Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for testing a temperature sensor which comprises a temperature-dependent resistor (R2). The method comprises the steps of - determining the resistance R t1 for R2, - applying to the resistor R2 a voltage pulse with a predetermined voltage amplitude U t and a predetermined duration T, - determining the resistance R t2 for R2 after the voltage pulse, - determining the absolute value of the resistance difference AR = | R t1 - R t2 |, - comparing AR with one or more threshold values (TR1, TR2,...), - generating on the basis of the result of the comparison a test signal which represents the result of the testing of the temperature sensor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a measuring device (2) adapted to testing a liquid (4) used as reducing agent in connection with exhaust cleaning for exhaust gases from a combustion engine. The device comprises a temperature sensor (6) adapted to measuring the temperature in the liquid and an acoustic velocity measuring unit (8) adapted to measuring the acoustic velocity in the liquid. The temperature sensor is adapted to determining a first temperature T1 for the liquid and to delivering on the basis thereof a temperature signal (12) to a calculation unit (10); the acoustic velocity measuring unit (8) is adapted to determining a first acoustic velocity v1 for the liquid at the temperature T1 and to delivering on the basis thereof an acoustic velocity signal (14) to the calculation unit (10). The temperature sensor (6) is further adapted to determining a second temperature T2 for the liquid and to delivering on the basis thereof a temperature signal (12) to the calculation unit (10), which is adapted to calculating the absolute value of a temperature difference ?T between T1 and T2, i.e. ΔT = ΙT1-T2 Ι, and to comparing ΔT with a predetermined threshold value T TH . If ΔT exceeds T TH , a control signal (16) is delivered to the acoustic velocity measuring unit (8) to determine a second acoustic velocity v 2 for the liquid at the temperature T2 and to deliver on the basis thereof an acoustic velocity signal (14) to the calculation unit (10), which is adapted to comparing v 1 and v 2 with respective first and second velocity reference values vref1 and v ref 2 for a reference liquid at the respective temperatures T1 and T2. On the basis of the result of the comparison an indicating signal (18) is generated to the effect that the liquid is approved if the measured values v 1 and v 2 are within approved velocity ranges for the reference values, but not approved if v 1 and v 2 are not within a said approved velocity ranges.
Abstract:
Comfort warming control system (2) for a vehicle provided with a comfort warming system with one or more heating coils (4), comprising a control unit (6) and a feed unit (8) which is adapted to conveying to said heating coil a pulsewidth-modulated warming signal with a cycle length P H and a variable pulsewidth P W . The comfort warming control system further comprises a measuring unit (12) adapted to measuring the current I H and the voltage U H across the heating coil when the warming signal is conveyed to the heating coil, to determining the resistance of the heating coil on the basis of the measured voltage U H and the measured current I H and to generating on the basis thereof a resistance signal (14') for conveying to the control unit, the control unit being adapted to determining on the basis of the resistance a parameter related to the heating coil. According to an embodiment, the control system comprises a temperature input unit (10) for input of desired temperatures for the comfort warming system, and the control unit is adapted to determining a pulsewidth (P W ) for the warming signal on the basis of the current and/or resistance measured, the temperature desired and the parameter determined, so that the desired temperature is reached, and to delivering a control signal (16) to the feed unit which is adapted to conveying the warming signal to the heating coil with the pulsewidth determined.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for function detection in a feed configuration (230; 302a; 302b; 303a; 303b) which comprises feed lines (302a; 302b; 303a; 303b), an electronic conversion unit (310; 230) and a three-phase electric motor (230; 330). The method comprises the steps of: - detecting (s410) a response signal (S) in a feed line (301a; 301b) for the feed configuration (230; 302a; 302b; 303a; 303b), - detecting (s420) levels (v1-vn) of specific sections of said response signal (S), - comparing (s430) levels (v1-vn) thus detected of said specific sections of said response signal (S) with a predetermined threshold level (Th) over a predetermined period of time (T), and - determining (s440) an unwanted function of the feed configuration (230; 302a; 302b; 303a; 303b) if all of the levels (v1-vn) thus detected of said specific sections of said response signal (S) are below said predetermined threshold level (Th) over said predetermined period of time (T). The invention relates also to a computer programme product containing programme code (P) for a computer (200; 210) for implementing a method according to the invention. The invention relates also to a device and to a motor vehicle equipped with the device.