Abstract:
An internal combustion engine (10) is an operating gas circulation type internal combustion engine that uses argon as the operating gas, for example, and includes a hydrogen and oxygen supply portion (40,50), an argon supply amount regulating portion (70), and an electric control unit (80). The electric control unit determines the amount of hydrogen and oxygen to be supplied to a combustion chamber (21) based on a required torque which is the torque required of the internal combustion engine, and supplies the determined amounts of hydrogen and oxygen to the combustion chamber using the hydrogen supply portion and the oxygen supply portion. Further, the electric control unit determines an amount of operating gas to be supplied to the combustion chamber according to the required torque, and controls the argon supply amount regulating portion such that the determined amount of operating gas is supplied to the combustion chamber.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine (10) is an operating gas circulation type internal combustion engine that uses argon as the operating gas, for example, and includes a hydrogen and oxygen supply portion (40,50), an argon supply amount regulating portion (70), and an electric control unit (80). The electric control unit determines the amount of hydrogen and oxygen to be supplied to a combustion chamber (21) based on a required torque which is the torque required of the internal combustion engine, and supplies the determined amounts of hydrogen and oxygen to the combustion chamber using the hydrogen supply portion and the oxygen supply portion. Further, the electric control unit determines an amount of operating gas to be supplied to the combustion chamber according to the required torque, and controls the argon supply amount regulating portion such that the determined amount of operating gas is supplied to the combustion chamber.
Abstract:
Described here are systems and methods for treating fuel injected exhaust streams. In general, the systems comprise a fuel injector, a pre-combustor, and a fuel combustor. The methods described herein include methods for regenerating a NO x trap or a DPF, and methods for generating a substantially uniform fuel air mixture at a fuel combustor inlet, or a substantially uniform temperature at a fuel combustor outlet. The methods of regenerating a NO x trap typically comprise the steps of injecting fuel into an exhaust stream, passing the stream through a pre-combustor, operating the pre-combustor to at least partially combust the injected fuel, reacting the fuel and exhaust stream mixture within a fuel combustor to generate a reducing gas mixture, and introducing the reducing gas mixture into a NO x trap, whereby the NO x trap is regenerated. Similar methods for regenerating a diesel particulate filter are also described. Control strategies are also provided.
Abstract:
An exhaust gas purifier for internal combustion engines comprises an exhaust gas purifying means (40) capable of reducing the amount of harmful substance in exhaust gases under predetermined exhaust gas pressure conditions, and an exhaust gas sensor (22) for detecting the concentrations of particular exhaust gas components (H2, O2) in exhaust gases, the means (40) and sensor (22) being disposed in the exhaust gas passageway (20) of an internal combustion engine (1), wherein a performance lowering decision means makes a decision on the performance lowering of the exhaust gas purifying means (40) by detecting the failure of the predetermined exhaust gas pressure conditions to be fulfilled on the basis of the output from the exhaust gas sensor.
Abstract:
Fuel reforming catalysts 28 generate a hydrogen-containing reformed gas when they come into contact with exhaust gas that contains a reforming fuel. Upstream and downstream air-fuel ratio sensors 58, 60 are respectively installed upstream and downstream of the fuel reforming catalysts 28. The upstream air-fuel ratio sensor 58 outputs a upstream sensor signal in accordance with oxygen concentration. The downstream air-fuel ratio sensor 60 outputs a downstream sensor signal in accordance with oxygen concentration and hydrogen concentration by using zirconia's oxygen detection capability and a change of a diffusion layer's hydrogen-concentration-dependent oxygen detection capability. An ECU 50 detects the hydrogen concentration without being affected by the oxygen concentration through the use of the upstream sensor signal in which only the oxygen concentration is reflected and the downstream sensor signal in which the oxygen concentration and hydrogen concentration are reflected. This makes it possible to establish a hydrogen concentration detection system with the common air-fuel ratio sensors 58, 60.
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (1) according to the invention includes: a catalyst element (11) that oxidizes hydrogen contained in exhaust gas to remove the hydrogen; a first air-fuel ratio sensor (17) that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has not passed through the catalyst element (11); a second air-fuel ratio sensor (18) that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has passed through the catalyst element (11); and a unit (20) that determines whether abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders has occurred based on an amount by which a value detected by the second air-fuel ratio sensor (18) is leaner than a value detected by the first air-fuel ratio sensor (17).
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (1) according to the invention includes: a catalyst element (11) that oxidizes hydrogen contained in exhaust gas to remove the hydrogen; a first air-fuel ratio sensor (17) that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has not passed through the catalyst element (11); a second air-fuel ratio sensor (18) that detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas that has passed through the catalyst element (11); and a unit (20) that determines whether abnormal air-fuel ratio variation among the cylinders has occurred based on an amount by which a value detected by the second air-fuel ratio sensor (18) is leaner than a value detected by the first air-fuel ratio sensor (17).