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20080196392 | Flexible fuel injection for multiple modes of diesel engine exhaust aftertreatment - One embodiment is a system including a controller operable to control fuel injection events. The system is operable in a base mode, and at least one of a deNOx mode, a deSOx mode, and a deSoot mode. The base mode includes a pilot injection pulse, a main injection pulse, a post injection pulse, and a second post injection pulse. The deNOx mode includes a pilot injection pulse, a main injection pulse, and a post injection pulse. The deSOx mode includes a pilot injection pulse, a main injection pulse, a post injection pulse, a second post injection pulse, and a third post injection pulse. The deSoot mode includes a pilot injection pulse, a main injection pulse, a post injection pulse, a second post injection pulse, and a third post injection pulse. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. | 08-21-2008 |
20080196393 | Device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine - In a device for restraining the deterioration of a catalytic apparatus of an internal combustion engine of the present invention, when the temperature of the catalytic apparatus arranged in the engine exhaust system is higher than a predetermined temperature in a vehicle deceleration, a fuel-cut of the engine is prohibited and a first motor-generator MG | 08-21-2008 |
20080202098 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Method and Purifier - An exhaust gas purification system ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080202099 | FUEL CONTROL OF AN INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a fuel control for an internal-combustion engine having an exhaust gas purifying device that is disposed in an exhaust system of the engine. A reducing agent is supplied to the exhaust gas purifying device by injecting fuel in an expansion stroke or an exhaust stroke of the engine. An intake air amount supplied to the engine is controllable. The fuel control includes decreasing the intake air amount supplied to the engine during the fuel injection for the supply of the reducing agent. The fuel control also includes advancing an injection timing of the fuel injection for the supply of the reducing agent when an actual intake air amount is less than a desired intake air amount or when an actual boost pressure is higher than a desired boost pressure. The advancement of the injection timing improves the combustibility of engine while decreasing the HC exhaust amount. | 08-28-2008 |
20080202100 | Exhaust emission control device and method for internal combustion engine and engine control unit - An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of completing a regeneration operation in a short time period, thereby making it possible to ensure excellent fuel economy. The exhaust emission control device includes a NOx catalyst, an ECU, and a NOx catalyst temperature sensor. The ECU sets a control parameter for controlling the operation of the engine to first to third predetermined values. The ECU selects the first predetermined value when the temperature of the NOx catalyst detected by the NOx catalyst temperature sensor is within a target temperature range, and selects the second predetermined value when the detected temperature of the NOx catalyst is lower than the target temperature range. Further, the ECU selects the third predetermined values when the detected temperature of the NOx catalyst is higher than the target temperature range. | 08-28-2008 |
20080236145 | Emission Control System using a Multi-Function Catalyzing Filter - A multi-function filter is provided for use in emission control systems, for example, on the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The filter has a substrate constructed using bonded fiber structures, which cooperate to form a highly uniform open cell network, as well as to provide a uniform arrangement of pores. The substrate typically is provided as a wall-flow honeycomb structure, and in one example, is manufactured using an extrusion process. In this way, the substrate has many channel walls, each having an inlet surface and an outlet surface. The inlet surface has a uniform arrangement of pores that form a soot capture zone, where soot and other particulate matter is captured from an exhaust gas. A gas conversion catalyst is disposed inside the channel wall, where one or more pollutants in the exhaust gas are converted to less harmful substances. Because of the uniform pore structure and open cell arrangement inside the channel wall, the filter is capable of being heavily loaded with catalyst, while avoiding undue increase in backpressure to the internal combustion engine. | 10-02-2008 |
20080264039 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO VERIFY DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OPERATION - A sensor for use with a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system includes a collection device configured to be positioned downstream of the diesel particulate filter such that particulate matter not captured by the diesel particulate filter accumulates on the collection device. The collection device is configured to visually indicate a rate of particulate matter accumulation on the collection device. The rate of particulate matter accumulation corresponds to filter performance. | 10-30-2008 |
20080264040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOx EMISSIONS IN AN APPARATUS HAVING A DIESEL ENGINE - In a mechanical apparatus having a diesel engine including a combustion chamber, the mechanical apparatus also having an aftertreatment device configured to treat emissions from the diesel engine and an intake valve for passing air into the combustion chamber, a method of operating the engine is disclosed, wherein the method includes performing at least one combustion in the combustion chamber at a first intake valve closure timing, determining a temperature of the aftertreatment device, and if the temperature of the aftertreatment device is equal to or below a preselected temperature threshold, then performing at least one combustion in the combustion chamber at a second intake valve closure timing to thereby increase the temperature of exhaust emitted by the diesel engine. | 10-30-2008 |
20080271436 | ENGINE WARM-UP OF A HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE - A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an HCCI internal combustion engine effective for robust engine warm-up operation. The method includes selectively implementing ones of a plurality of operating modes in response to predetermined catalyst and engine temperature conditions. | 11-06-2008 |
20080271437 | ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An intake air temperature detected by an airflow sensor is corrected based on a rotation speed of an engine and a fuel supply amount to thereby estimate an atmospheric temperature. The atmospheric temperature is estimated by calculating a dynamic temperature error caused by heat generated around an engine and a correction factor in regard to thermal influence which changes according to the flow rate of an intake air, and correcting the intake air temperature detected by the airflow sensor with the temperature error corrected with the correction factor. On the basis of the atmospheric temperature, an electric heater is controlled, which is provided on at least a part of a system of supplying a reducing agent or its precursor, for example, a supply pipe mutually communicating a reducing agent container with a reducing agent supplying apparatus. | 11-06-2008 |
20080276597 | Exhaust Gas Purification System for an Internal Combustion Engine - An object of the present invention is to perform removal of NOx in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine equipped with an NOx catalyst while suppressing the consumption amount of reducing agent used for NOx removal even when the NOx catalyst is deteriorated. To achieve the object, when the degree of deterioration of the NOx catalyst is lower than or equal to a specific deterioration degree, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is adjusted to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or a rich air-fuel ratio. On the other hand, when it is determined that the degree of deterioration of the NOx catalyst is higher than the specific deterioration degree, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the NOx catalyst is adjusted to a specific lean air-fuel ratio. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282674 | Electrically heated particulate filter regeneration methods and systems for hybrid vehicles - A control system for controlling regeneration of a particulate filter for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The system generally includes a regeneration module that controls current to the particulate filter to initiate regeneration. An engine control module controls operation of an engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the control of the current to the particulate filter. | 11-20-2008 |
20080282675 | Temperature determination and control of exhaust aftertreatment system adsorbers - One embodiment is a unique method including determining a temperature of a NOx adsorber. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. | 11-20-2008 |
20080295490 | Exhaust purification system for internal combustion engine - An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve. | 12-04-2008 |
20080295491 | Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine - An exhaust gas purification device of a diesel engine having a DPF (diesel particulate filter) for collecting particulate matters such as soot and unburned components from exhaust gas of the diesel engine calculates an oil dilution quantity as a quantity of fuel diluting engine oil from a regeneration time of the DPF and an operation state. The exhaust gas purification device alleviates an increase in the oil dilution quantity by using a regeneration device that causes the oil dilution quantity less than the oil dilution quantity caused by another regeneration device when the oil dilution quantity exceeds a predetermined value. Thus, both of suppression of the oil dilution quantity and inhibition of deterioration of fuel consumption due to post-injection can be achieved. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307772 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When it is determined that fuel in use is low-cetane fuel or a present location point is at a high altitude, a map of rich combustion, exhaust gas fuel addition or a post-injection is rewritten on the occasion of reduction of NOx to inhibit a misfire. Also, deterioration of fuel consumption due to regeneration of a diesel particulate filter is inhibited by suppressing excessive discharge of smoke due to the rich combustion. Thus, an exhaust purification device of an internal combustion engine capable of achieving both of inhibition of the deterioration in the fuel consumption due to the regeneration of the diesel particulate filter and inhibition of torque shock accompanying the misfire during the rich combustion for the NOx reduction is provided. | 12-18-2008 |
20080314023 | Method for Determining Current Oxygen Loading of a 3-Way Catalytic Converter of a Lambda-Controlled Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a method for determining the actual oxygen load of a 3-path catalyst of a lambda-controlled internal combustion engine, whereby a value for the actual oxygen load is calculated from the signal of a pre-catalyst lambda probe and the measured air mass flow rate by integration over time, whereby the post-catalyst lambda probe is initialized when the signal is interrupted. | 12-25-2008 |
20080314024 | System for Assisting Regeneration of Pollution Management Means in an Exhaust Line - The invention concerns a system for assisting regeneration of pollution management means ( | 12-25-2008 |
20080314025 | Device for Purifying Exhaust Gas of an Internal Combustion Engine - A device for purifying exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising a NOx catalyst device, fuel feeding means for feeding additional fuel into combusted gas flowing into the NOx catalyst device during the regeneration treatment, and a NOx concentration sensor arranged on the exhaust downstream of the NOx catalyst device, wherein when the NOx concentration detected by the NOx concentration sensor is lower than a preset concentration during the regeneration treatment of this time, the amount of NOx absorbed by the NOx catalyst device during a preset period until the regeneration treatment of the next time is estimated by utilizing the NOx concentration sensor, and when the absorbed amount of NOx is smaller than a preset amount, it is decided that the amount of additional fuel fed during the regeneration processing of this time had been abnormally decreased. | 12-25-2008 |
20090000276 | Internal Combustion Engine and Method of Controlling the Same - Cylinders of an internal combustion engine are divided into at least two cylinder groups. First air-fuel ratio sensors are disposed in each exhaust branch pipe connected to the cylinder groups, and a second air-fuel ratio sensor is disposed in a common exhaust pipe upstream from the catalyst. When a vapor amount introduced into an intake passage during purge control is determined, the vapor amount is determined during normal operation using output values from the first air-fuel ratio sensors and the vapor amount value learned during normal operation. During rich-lean operation, the vapor amount is determined using the output value from the second air-fuel ratio sensor and the vapor amount value learned during rich-lean operation. Thereby, the vapor amount introduced into the intake passage when a switch is made from normal to rich-lean operation of the internal combustion engine is accurately determined. | 01-01-2009 |
20090019836 | Exhaust gas purification method and exhaust gas purification system - An exhaust gas purification system has a NOx purification catalyst ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090025368 | EXHAUST GAS AFTER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXHAUST GAS AFTER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system for controlling performance of an internal combustion engine. The system may include an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system for processing gases exhausted from the internal combustion engine. The exhaust system may be comprised of at least one mixing device, at least one emission control device, and a delivery apparatus for delivering an agent affecting operation of the emission control device into the exhaust system. The at least one mixing device may be located downstream of the internal combustion engine and upstream of the at least one emission control device, and the delivery apparatus may be located upstream of the emission control device. The system may include a controller to adjust at least one engine parameter in relation to an operating condition of the mixing device. | 01-29-2009 |
20090025369 | Exhaust Purification Device of Compression Ignition Type Internal Combustion Engine - In an internal combustion engine, the engine is formed so that an output of an electric motor can be superposed on an output of the engine. In the engine exhaust passage upstream of the NO | 01-29-2009 |
20090031706 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An individual exhaust passage is provided independently for each cylinder group in an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinder groups each having a plurality of cylinders. A first catalyst is provided in each of the individual exhaust passages. Downstream of those first catalysts, the individual exhaust passages merge to form a common exhaust passage in which a second catalyst is provided. When control of the internal combustion engine is switched from cylinder group-specific control to stoichiometric control, an air-fuel ratio control portion makes the air-fuel ratio of a cylinder group in which the air-fuel ratio was made rich by cylinder group-specific control lean for a predetermined period of time, and makes the air-fuel ratio of a cylinder group in which the air-fuel ratio was made lean by the cylinder group-specific control rich for a predetermined period of time. | 02-05-2009 |
20090038289 | GAS SENSOR, AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROLLER, AND TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A gas sensor includes a gas detection section, a heater whose electrical resistance value changes in accordance with temperature, and a control section arranged to control an operation of the heater and to perform powering of the heater for heating. The control section includes a current supply section to supply a current to the heater in a period during which powering of the heater for heating is stopped, a voltage detection section arranged to detect an end-to-end voltage of the heater while a current is being supplied to the heater from the current supply section, and a current adjustment section arranged to adjust the level of the current, during a cold period of the heater, which is supplied from the current supply section based on an ambient temperature and the end-to-end voltage of the heater as detected by the voltage detection section. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044517 | Exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine - The present invention has for its object to provide a technique in which in an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas purification apparatus that is constructed to include a catalyst having an oxidation function, the temperature of the catalyst is able to be raised in a quicker manner. In the present invention, when the catalyst is raised to its activation temperature, an exhaust gas flow rate control valve is controlled in a valve closing direction, and at the same time an intake air amount control valve is controlled in a valve opening direction. In addition, an engine discharged exhaust gas is raised in temperature by retarding fuel injection timing in the internal combustion engine. | 02-19-2009 |
20090049824 | ENGINE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS ENABLING ACCURATE JUDGEMENT OF APPROPRIATE TIME FOR TERMINATING NOx CATALYST REGENERATION PROCEDURE - In an engine exhaust gas purification apparatus incorporating a LNT (lean NOx trap), during a NOx catalyst regeneration procedure for deoxidizing and removing accumulated sulfur from the LNT by producing a fuel-rich atmosphere in the exhaust system, the point at which to terminate the regeneration procedure is judged based on a difference between values of A/F ratio measured by sensors located respectively upstream and downstream from the LNT, with the regeneration being terminated when the difference falls below a predetermined threshold value. | 02-26-2009 |
20090049825 | Exhaust Gas Purification Device For Internal Combustion Engine - A NOx absorbent is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and a fuel supply valve ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090071124 | ELEVATED EXHAUST TEMPERATURE, ZONED, ELECTRICALLY-HEATED PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER - A system comprises an electrical heater and a particulate matter (PM) filter that is arranged one of adjacent to and in contact with the electrical heater. A control module selectively increases an exhaust gas temperature of an engine to a first temperature and that initiates regeneration of the PM filter using the electrical heater while the exhaust gas temperature is above the first temperature. The first temperature is greater than a maximum exhaust gas temperature at the PM filter during non-regeneration operation and is less than an oxidation temperature of the PM. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077948 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission purification system for an internal combustion engine, which can appropriately recover the cleanup performance of a NOx purification device that is disposed on the downstream side of a SOx absorbent is disclosed. The exhaust emission purification system is provided with a SOx trap | 03-26-2009 |
20090120066 | COOLING DEVICE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE EXHAUST - A cooling system for cooling exhaust gases includes a section of pipe adapted to receive exhaust gases having a first temperature. The cooling system further includes an air amplifier with a passage extending therethrough. The air amplifier receives a flow of compressed air and directs the flow of the compressed air through the passageway. The compressed air entrains ambient air into one end of the passageway so that discharge air, which includes compressed air and ambient air, is discharged from the other end of the passageway. A conduit is connected to the air amplifier and extends through a wall of the section of pipe. Discharge air from the air amplifier passes through the conduit into the interior portion of the pipe and mixes with the exhaust gases. The mixture of discharge air and exhaust gases has a second temperature that is less than the first temperature. | 05-14-2009 |
20090120067 | Hydrocarbon Retaining System and Method - Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media are described in which exhaust gas is routed to a hydrocarbon retaining device during starting, and purged to the engine intake manifold. Various alternative approaches are described for controlling operation and diagnosing degradation. Further, various interrelated configurations are described. | 05-14-2009 |
20090120068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING A REDUCTION CATALYST TO REDUCE NITRATE OXIDE - A method of controlling a system having an internal combustion engine, a filter in an exhaust passage, a reduction catalyst downstream of said filter capable of reducing nitrate oxide contained in the exhaust gas with reductant supplied thereto is provided. The method may include, in a first mode, combusting a first amount of particulate matter trapped in said filter and supplying a first amount of reductant to said reduction catalyst when an amount of particulate matter trapped in said filter is less than a predetermined trapping amount (α). The method may further include, in a second mode, combusting a second amount of particulate matter that is greater than said first amount of particulate matter and supplying a second amount of reductant to said reduction catalyst when an amount of particulate matter trapped in said filter is equal to or greater than said predetermined trapping amount (α). | 05-14-2009 |
20090126346 | PROTECTING AN OXIDATION CATALYST UPSTREAM OF A PARTICULATE FILTER FOR A DIESEL ENGINE BY LIMITATION OF INJECTED FUEL - A method for controlling an engine including an oxidation catalytic converter. The method, if certain criteria are verified, calculates a maximum amount of fuel to be post-injected based on a measured air flow rate and a threshold operating temperature of the oxidation catalytic converter. | 05-21-2009 |
20090126347 | Regenaration Control Method for Exhaust Gas Purification System, and Exhaust Gas Purification System - In an exhaust gas purification system ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090145112 | Method for Regenerating Nitrogen Oxide Storage Catalysts - Nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converters for purifying the exhaust gas of lean-burn engines are periodically regenerated by switching the engine from lean-burn mode to rich-burn mode. After regeneration has taken place, the engine is switched back to lean-burn mode. At this time, rich exhaust gas is still flowing in the exhaust line from the engine to the catalytic converter, which rich exhaust gas is ejected via the catalytic converter into the environment by the following, lean exhaust gas. This leads to brief emissions peaks of the rich exhaust gas constituents and impairs the level of exhaust gas cleaning which can be obtained. In order to solve said problem, it is proposed to create oxidizing conditions by injecting air upstream of the storage catalytic converter, so that the rich exhaust gas constituents still flowing in the exhaust line upstream of the storage catalytic converter can be converted at the storage catalytic converter to form non-harmful products. The proposed method can lead to a considerable improvement in exhaust gas purification in particular in the case of catalytic converters which are already impaired in terms of their storage capacity through aging, and which must be regenerated significantly more frequently than fresh catalytic converters. | 06-11-2009 |
20090145113 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine in which a front end catalyst ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090158710 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - An exhaust purification apparatus for an engine comprises a selective reduction-type NOx catalyst that is interposed in an exhaust passage of the engine and selectively reduces NOx contained in exhaust gas of the engine, an EGR device that recirculates exhaust gas of the engine to an intake side of the engine, an exhaust-purification-efficiency estimation unit that estimates exhaust purification efficiency of the NOx catalyst with respect to NOx, a target-exhaust-purification-efficiency calculation unit that calculates target exhaust purification efficiency with respect to NOx on the basis of an operational state of the engine, and a control unit that controls the EGR device to compensate a decrease amount of the estimated exhaust purification efficiency to the target exhaust purification efficiency. | 06-25-2009 |
20090158711 | EXHAUST CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR DIRECT CYLINDER FUEL INJECTED SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - An engine exhaust controlling device is provided, including a controller for detecting whether or not a request is present for activating a catalyst when the engine is started, and whether or not a fuel pressure meets or exceeds a predetermined pressure. When a request is not present, the engine is operated in a homogeneous combustion mode in which fuel is injected during the intake stroke and ignition occurs before compression top dead center. When a request is present, an intake valve characteristic is adjusted to be larger than when the request is not present. If the fuel pressure is not greater than or equal to the predetermined fuel pressure, the engine is operated in the homogeneous combustion mode, otherwise, the engine is operated in a retarded combustion mode in which the ignition timing is retarded to ignite the fuel-air mixture after compression top dead center. | 06-25-2009 |
20090178389 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Fuel-Fired Burner of an Emission Abatement Assembly - A method of operating a fuel-fired burner of an emission abatement assembly includes advancing exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine to the fuel-fired burner. The method further includes determining an amount of useable oxygen present in the exhaust gas. The method further includes adjusting an amount of fuel supplied to the burner based upon the amount of useable oxygen present in the exhaust gas. | 07-16-2009 |
20090178390 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A first intake air control mode of setting an intake throttle valve to (or close to) a fully-opened state and setting an EGR valve to (or close to) a fully-closed state is performed when DPF temperature and a particulate matter deposition quantity are greater than corresponding predetermined values respectively, a no-injection operation state exists, and engine rotation speed is higher than a corresponding predetermined value. A second intake air control mode of setting the intake throttle valve to (or close to) a fully-closed state and setting the EGR valve to (or close to) a fully-opened state is performed when the DPF temperature and the particulate matter deposition quantity are greater than the corresponding predetermined values respectively, the no-injection operation state exists, and the engine rotation speed is lower than the corresponding predetermined value. | 07-16-2009 |
20090188236 | Exhaust gas purifying device - A NOx occluding reduction catalyst that occludes NOx is efficiently regenerated by carrying our post-injection of a necessary and sufficient quantity of fuel without diluting engine oil on the inner wall surface of a cylinder. A NOx absorbing agent and an active metal are carried on the NOx occluding reduction catalyst ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090188237 | Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine - An object of the present invention is to recover the performance of an exhaust gas purification apparatus while suppressing slipping of fuel through the exhaust gas purification apparatus. When the performance of the exhaust gas purification apparatus is to be recovered at a time when the intake air quantity of the internal combustion engine is increasing (S | 07-30-2009 |
20090188238 | Exhaust Purification Device of Compression Ignition Type Internal Combustion Engine - In an internal combustion engine, the engine is formed so that an output of an electric motor can be superposed on an output of the engine. An SO | 07-30-2009 |
20090211234 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine having a NOx catalyst provided to an exhaust passage for occluding NOx in a lean atmosphere and for reducing the occluded NOx in a rich atmosphere has an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas from the exhaust passage to an intake passage, an exhaust gas recirculation valve provided in the exhaust gas recirculation passage, a rich combustion control section for performing rich combustion in the internal combustion engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation valve control section for controlling an opening degree of the exhaust gas recirculation valve to conform a pressure value in the intake passage to a predetermined pressure value while the rich combustion control section performs the rich combustion. | 08-27-2009 |
20090235644 | Method of Controlling Exhaust Gas Purificaiton System, and Exhaust Gas - In an exhaust gas temperature raising control for recovering purification ability of an exhaust gas purification device ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090235645 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An exhaust gas purification control apparatus for an internal combustion engine instructs an exhaust fuel valve to inject additive fuel when a diesel particulate filter is to be regenerated, and determines that both the exhaust fuel valve and an oxidation catalyst are normal if an exhaust temperature rises. If the exhaust temperature does not rise, the control apparatus instructs an engine fuel valve to inject additive fuel as a post-injection. If the exhaust temperature does not rise, the control apparatus determines that the oxidation catalyst is abnormal. If the exhaust temperature rises, the control apparatus determines that the oxidation catalyst is normal but the exhaust fuel valve is abnormal. | 09-24-2009 |
20090266055 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION EVENTS - Various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing regeneration event characteristics. For example, according to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling the temperature of the outlet exhaust of an internal combustion engine for a regeneration event on a particulate matter filter includes a regeneration module and a fuel injection strategy module. The regeneration module is configured to determine a desired engine outlet exhaust gas temperature for a regeneration event. The fuel injection strategy module is configured to determine a regeneration fuel injection strategy for achieving the desired engine outlet exhaust gas temperature. The regeneration fuel injection strategy includes a main fuel injection, a first heat post-injection, and a second heat post-injection. In certain implementations, the fuel injection strategy also includes at least one or two non-heat post-injections for achieving a desired particulate filter inlet exhaust gas temperature. | 10-29-2009 |
20090272100 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine with an exhaust passage in which a catalyst purifying NO | 11-05-2009 |
20090277158 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION IN A PARTICULATE FILTER UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS - One embodiment of the invention includes a method of operating an internal combustion engine system comprising an engine, an oxidation catalyst, and a particulate filter, the method comprising: determining if the outlet temperature of exhaust gas from the oxidation catalyst is below a first temperature, measuring the time that the outlet temperature of exhaust gas from the oxidation catalyst is below the first temperature, determining if the measured time has exceeded a first time period, and if so, elevating the temperature of the exhaust gas exiting the oxidation catalyst. | 11-12-2009 |
20090282809 | Exhaust purification device for internal combustion engine - There are provided a fuel addition means which adds fuel into the exhaust, a NOx storage reduction catalyst by which NOx which has been stored is reduced by fuel which is added by the fuel addition means, and a control means which, based upon the intake air amount of the internal combustion engine, the fuel supply amount to the internal combustion engine, the target air/fuel ratio during NOx reduction, and the rich continuation period over which this target air/fuel ratio should be continued, calculates an added fuel amount to be added during this rich continuation period, and controls the fuel addition means so that fuel is added by dispersing this calculated added fuel amount over this rich continuation period. | 11-19-2009 |
20090282810 | ENGINE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE REGULATION - In one example, a method of operating an engine in a vehicle is described. The method comprises delivering a first substance to a cylinder of the engine from a first injector; delivering a second substance to the cylinder of the engine from a second injector, where the second substance has a greater heat of vaporization than the first substance; and increasing injection of the second substance responsive to an exhaust over-temperature condition. | 11-19-2009 |
20090282811 | DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER OVERSTRESS MITIGATION - Methods and systems for reducing overstress of a DPF are provided herein. One example of such a method includes measuring a radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter, and adjusting at least one engine operating parameter to control the radial temperature gradient based on the measured radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter. One example of such a system includes two exit-face temperature sensors configured to measure a radial temperature gradient near the exit face of the diesel particulate filter and a controller configured to adjust at least one engine operating parameter based on the measured temperature gradient to control the radial temperature gradient. | 11-19-2009 |
20090282812 | System and method of operating internal combustion engines at fuel rich low-temperature- combustion mode as an on-board reformer for solid oxide fuel cell-powered vehicles - The invention provides a distinctive method of operating an internal combustion engine in a low-temperature combustion mode. An engine combustion chamber is provided with fuel and air charges before combustion conditions are reached. The fuel charge is sufficient to provide a fuel-air equivalence ratio of at least 1.05. The fuel and air are allowed to mix prior to combustion. The fuel is provided to the combustion chamber at least 20 crank angle degrees before top dead center. The fuel and air charges are regulated such that the mixture auto-ignites as a result of the heat and pressure generated by the compression stroke. The amounts are further regulated such that combustion occurs below a temperature at which significant soot production occurs. In one embodiment, early intake valve closing is used to limit the air charge. The method provides a rich low temperature combustion mode operation, which has several applications. | 11-19-2009 |
20090293453 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE EXHAUST TEMPERATURE - Various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling engine exhaust temperature. For example, according to one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for controlling the temperature of engine output exhaust of an internal combustion engine during a regeneration event on a particulate matter filter includes a regeneration module and an exhaust temperature manager. The regeneration module is configured to determine a desired diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) inlet exhaust temperature during a regeneration event. The exhaust temperature manager is configured to determine an air-to-fuel ratio strategy for achieving a desired air-to-fuel ratio within the combustion chamber for producing an engine output exhaust temperature approximately equal to the desired DOC inlet exhaust temperature. The air-to-fuel ratio strategy includes a first mode and a second mode. The first mode includes varying the position of an air intake throttle valve while maintaining a VGT device in a fixed position. The second mode includes varying the position of the VGT device while maintaining the air intake throttle valve in a fixed position. | 12-03-2009 |
20090301060 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING CATALYST TEMPERATURE OF A MULTI-DISPLACEMENT INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of estimating temperature of a catalyst associated with a cylinder bank of a multi-displacement internal combustion engine having multiple cylinder banks associated with multiple catalysts. A temperature estimate of the catalysts associated with the multiple cylinder banks is set substantially equal to a base model temperature. Deactivation of a cylinder bank of the multiple cylinder banks is determined, and a catalyst cooldown correction is identified for the catalyst associated with the deactivated cylinder bank from a catalyst cooldown model including time elapsed since deactivation of the cylinder bank. The catalyst cooldown correction is applied to the temperature estimate of the catalyst associated with the deactivated cylinder bank to update the temperature estimate of the catalyst. | 12-10-2009 |
20090301061 | LIMITING TRANSMISSION FUNCTION WHILE IN REGENERATION MODE FOR A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - System and method for regenerating a diesel particulate filter in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine driven vehicle that is equipped with an automatic mechanical transmission. The particulate load in the diesel particulate filter is determined to exceed a minimum predetermined threshold amount which is sufficiently high to warrant regeneration of the filter. Current vehicle conditions are determined to exist that permit the establishment of appropriate conditions in the exhaust system to affect regeneration of the particulate loaded filter by appropriately configuring the AMT. The immediate future driving conditions are analyzed to assure they permit operation of the combustion engine under sufficient load and at sufficiently low speeds to maintain a sufficiently high regeneration temperature and exhaust flow in the exhaust system under the control of the AMT to affect regeneration of the diesel particulate filter. Finally, successful regeneration of the filter is executed by appropriately configuring the AMT to cause the combustion engine to run in a manner that establishes a sufficiently high regeneration temperature and exhaust flow in the exhaust system and that is maintained for a prescribed period of time. | 12-10-2009 |
20090301062 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine includes a capturing device that is disposed in an exhaust passage of the engine and that captures particulate matter in exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage, a sensor that is disposed in the exhaust passage on a downstream side of the capturing device in a flow direction of exhaust gas and that measures an amount of soot in the particulate matter, a control unit for increasing the particulate matter that flows into the capturing device, and a determination device for determining whether the capturing device is at fault based on the amount of soot measured by the sensor after increasing the particulate matter that flows into the capturing device through the control unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20090308054 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NOx REDUCTION SYSTEM - To provide a method for controlling a NOx reduction system which can remove NO | 12-17-2009 |
20090308055 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - The catalyst smell reducing control in which the fuel cutoff is performed is not executed regardless of the catalyst smelling flag Fs | 12-17-2009 |
20090320454 | CATALYST MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A total amount of NOX that flows into an NOX catalyst between the time that air-fuel ratio control ends and the time that the air-fuel ratio control starts the next time, is obtained. A total stored amount, which is the sum of an oxygen stored amount and an stored amount in the NOX catalyst before the air-fuel ratio control started, is calculated based on the amount of reducing agent that has flowed into the NOX catalyst during the air-fuel ratio control. The oxygen stored amount is calculated by extrapolating a relationship between the total amount of NOX and the total stored amount. The relationship is established beforehand by executing the air-fuel ratio control with at least two levels. | 12-31-2009 |
20100024397 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOx EMISSIONS FROM AN ENGINE SYSTEM - Various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling NO | 02-04-2010 |
20100024398 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst positioned in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine, which can be used with the internal combustion engine to permit efficient use of ozone when ozone is added to an exhaust gas. A NOx oxidation gas supply device supplies air or ozone (O | 02-04-2010 |
20100024399 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas control apparatus applied to an internal combustion engine including plural cylinders and a turbocharger, wherein an exhaust passage includes first and second branch passages. The first branch passage connects exhaust sides of cylinders # | 02-04-2010 |
20100031635 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine wherein three-way catalysts are arranged in an exhaust passage of a first cylinder group and an exhaust passage of a second cylinder group and a common NO | 02-11-2010 |
20100031636 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification controller for controlling bed temperature of a DPF, which is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, at a target bed temperature by supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification controller includes a control unit and a transitional state detection unit. The control unit, when controlling the bed temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, learns a supply amount of fuel that allows for correction of a difference between the catalyst bed temperature and the target bed temperature in the present state and reflects a learned value obtained through the learning on the supply amount of fuel. The transitional state detection unit detects a transitional state of an exhaust gas flow to the DPF. The control unit restricts the learning when the transitional state of the exhaust gas flow is detected. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037594 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine wherein exhaust gas from the cylinder groups ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100037595 | CONTROL DEVICE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The control device of the internal combustion engine appropriately controls plural exhaust valves to effectively perform sulfur poisoning recovery in an exhaust gas purifying catalyst. The control device controls the internal combustion engine which performs lean burn. The exhaust system of the internal combustion engine includes: first exhaust valves and second exhaust valves provided in each of the plural cylinders; a first exhaust passage communicating with the first exhaust valves; a second exhaust passage communicating with the second exhaust valves; a first exhaust gas purifying catalyst provided at least one of the first exhaust passage and the second exhaust passage; and a second exhaust gas purifying catalyst provided on an exhaust passage downstream of a junction of the first exhaust passage and the second exhaust passage. The control means controls the exhaust valves such that an effect of rich combustion occurs more to the second exhaust gas purifying catalyst than to the first exhaust gas purifying catalyst, when performing rich combustion. By this, the consumption of the exhaust gas in the first exhaust gas purifying catalyst can be suppressed, and the temperature of the second exhaust gas purifying catalyst can be effectively risen. Therefore, the sulfur poisoning recovery and the like can be effectively performed. | 02-18-2010 |
20100043401 | METHOD FOR LIMITING THE AIR INTAKE NOISE GENERATED AT THE END OF THE REGENERATION OF THE EXHAUST GAS POST-TREATMENT SYSTEM - A control method for an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gases post-processing system and a system for recirculating the exhaust gases towards the intake, wherein the engine can be switched from a regeneration operation mode with throttling to a nominal mode without throttling. At the end of the engine operation in the regeneration mode, the engine is temporarily operated in an intermediate mode with partial throttling for limiting the contrast of the intake noise. | 02-25-2010 |
20100043402 | PASSIVE AMMONIA-SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION FOR NOx CONTROL IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes controlling the engine to a preferred air/fuel ratio to generate an engine-out exhaust gas feedstream including preferred concentrations of nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen, converting the nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen to ammonia across a first catalytic device; and storing the ammonia on an ammonia-selective catalytic reduction device fluidly serially connected downstream of the first catalytic device. | 02-25-2010 |
20100043403 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - The invention has its object to automatically conduct forced regeneration of a particulate filter | 02-25-2010 |
20100058738 | Engine Idling Duration Control - Systems and methods are described for controlling an engine in a vehicle. One example method includes, after a threshold duration of engine idling, continuing engine idle operation when an exhaust NOx sensor indicates a NOx level below a NOx threshold, and stopping engine idle and shutting down the engine when the exhaust NOx sensor indicates the NOx level is above the NOx threshold. | 03-11-2010 |
20100058739 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION CATALYST AND ENGINE CONTROLLER - An exhaust emission purification catalyst which purifies exhaust gas of an engine, includes: a carrier which is formed with a plurality of cell holes; and a plurality of catalytic layers which are carried in the plurality of cell holes. The plurality of catalytic layers includes: a first layer including an auxiliary catalyst that includes a zeolite including a transition metal that occludes NOx in the exhaust gas during a time period of low temperature; and a second layer disposed adjacent to a surface of the first layer and including a main catalyst that includes at least one of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal and that occludes the NOx occluded in the auxiliary catalyst when temperature of the main catalyst reaches active temperature. | 03-11-2010 |
20100077730 | METHOD TO REDUCE ENGINE EMISSIONS FOR AN ENGINE CAPABLE OF MULTI-STROKE OPERATION AND HAVING A CATALYST - A method to control valves in a cylinder operating in a multi-stroke cylinder mode. Valves are controlled to improve engine emissions as operating conditions vary. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083639 | Apparatus and Method for Optimizing Exhaust Temperature Control in a Vehicle During Particulate Filter Regneration - A method controls an exhaust gas temperature from a vehicle engine during regeneration of particulate filter (PF) in a vehicle having an oxidation catalyst (OC) and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst (SCR). The method ensures that a final OC temperature does not exceed a maximum of the target OC outlet temperature and a calibrated maximum OC outlet temperature. An apparatus for controlling a temperature of the exhaust gas includes sensors for measuring a temperature within the exhaust system and a controller having an algorithm, an OC temperature lookup table, and a PF temperature lookup table. The algorithm calculates a target OC outlet temperature using the lookup tables and a delayed error value that compensates for a thermal mass of the SCR. Actual OC outlet temperature is limited during regeneration of the PF to the lesser of the target OC outlet temperature and a calibrated maximum OC outlet temperature. | 04-08-2010 |
20100095652 | EMISSION REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR TURBO CHARGED ENGINE - An emissions reduction system includes an emissions control module that selectively controls fuel injection at a lean A/F ratio based on a first temperature of a catalytic converter and that selectively turns on an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) based on the first temperature. A fuel injection module selectively injects fuel into an engine cylinder during an expansion stroke based on a second temperature of the EHC. | 04-22-2010 |
20100107608 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Upon a system startup, a hybrid vehicle | 05-06-2010 |
20100115921 | CATALYTIC COMBUSTOR STRATEGY USING HC ADSORBER - A vehicle system includes a hydrocarbon adsorber, a catalyst, a control module, and a heater. The hydrocarbon adsorber receives first exhaust gases, adsorbs hydrocarbons from the first exhaust gases, and outputs second exhaust gases. The catalyst receives the second exhaust gases. The control module controls a heater and fuel injectors. The heater heats a portion of the catalyst to a predetermined temperature. The control module controls the fuel injectors to generate a fuel-rich air/fuel mixture when the portion of the catalyst is heated to the predetermined temperature. | 05-13-2010 |
20100115922 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to reduce oxide stored in an NOx catalyst in a more preferable manner. According to the present invention, when oxide stored in the NOx catalyst is to be reduced, the combustion mode of the internal combustion engine is switched into a low air-fuel ratio mode in which the air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in the internal combustion engine is low, and supply of fuel is executed at a time when the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas has been made low by the switching of the combustion mode. | 05-13-2010 |
20100115923 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, a pair of NO | 05-13-2010 |
20100115924 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOx PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND NOx PURIFICATION SYSTEM - In a NOx purification system | 05-13-2010 |
20100122523 | COLD-START ENGINE LOADING FOR ACCELERATED WARMING OF EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - The methods of the present invention are adapted to adjust engine loading during catalyst warm up to accelerate heating of the exhaust aftertreatment system and thereby decrease catalyst light-off times. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: monitoring the current catalyst temperature; determining if the current catalyst temperature is less than a predetermined minimum catalyst temperature; and, if the current catalyst temperature is less than the predetermined minimum catalyst temperature, increasing the current engine load. The current engine load is increased by activating a reducing agent tank heating device and/or a reducing agent line heating device. | 05-20-2010 |
20100122524 | AMMONIA (NH3) STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD AT LOW NITROGEN OXIDE (NOx) MASS FLOW RATES - A control system comprising an ammonia (NH | 05-20-2010 |
20100122525 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - If it is determined that accumulation quantity of deposit on an inner wall of an exhaust passage is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, addition quantity of urea solution from a urea solution addition valve is decreased. Thereafter, exhaust gas temperature is increased rapidly when request torque of a diesel engine increases. Thus, the deposit having accumulated on the inner wall of the exhaust passage is decomposed at once and is supplied to a urea SCR as ammonia. | 05-20-2010 |
20100132333 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - The invention has its object to realize compact arrangement of particulate filter | 06-03-2010 |
20100139248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT-INJECTION ENGINE - Operation of a spark ignition, direct injection engine having an aftertreatment system including an oxidation catalyst and a selective catalyst reduction device is described. The method includes controlling to a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and retarding spark ignition timing. Engine fueling is then controlled to a lean air/fuel ratio and spark is retarded. The engine is then operated to generate ammonia reductant. Engine operation then comprises operating at a preferred air/fuel ratio and controlling spark ignition timing to a preferred timing. | 06-10-2010 |
20100139249 | EXHAUST GAS AFTER TREATMENT SYSTEM - An exhaust gas after treatment system includes a diesel particulate filter unit (DPFU) provided downstream of a diesel engine, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) arrangement provided in fluid communication with said DPFU, a first injector for feeding reducing agent into the exhaust gas provided downstream of said DPFU and upstream of said SCR, at least one NOx sensor provided downstream of said SCR for providing at least one NOx signal to a NOx coordinator, at least one temp sensor provided upstream and/or downstream of said SCR for providing at least one temp signal to said NOx coordinator, wherein said NOx coordinator is provided for switching said diesel engine into a high NOx mode or a low NOx mode depending on the values of the at least one NOx signal and the at least one temp signal. | 06-10-2010 |
20100139250 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM AND EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - A system and a method are provided for operating an exhaust aftertreatment system of an engine in which one or more constituents of the exhaust gas are oxidized in an oxidation catalyst and one or more constituents of the exhaust gas are deoxidized by means of a group of possible chemical reactions of different type between the one or more constituents of the exhaust gas and catalytic material arranged in a selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst, wherein the exhaust gas flows from the oxidation catalyst to the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst, wherein the steps are performed: (a) adjusting at least one desired ratio among one or more pairs of the one or more constituents by varying a space velocity of the exhaust gas in at least the oxidation catalyst; (b) varying the space velocity of the exhaust gas by varying one or more operation parameters of the engine; and (c) establishing the ratio to a value at least approaching the desired ratio among the one or more pairs of the one or more constituents at the inlet of the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146937 | Exhaust Purification Device of Internal Combustion Engine - An internal combustion engine wherein an SO | 06-17-2010 |
20100146938 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID DRIVE - To improve the purification action of a catalytic converter that is being heated but has not yet reached a desired operating temperature, the internal combustion engine is driven by an electric machine to convey a flow of heating medium through a catalytic converter for heating purposes before the internal combustion engine is started. | 06-17-2010 |
20100154387 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE FOR REDUCTANT ADDITION VALVE - An addition valve is instructed to add a reductant (step | 06-24-2010 |
20100154388 | PROCEDURE FOR REGENERATING A PARTICLE FILTER THAT IS ARRANGED IN THE EXHAUST GAS AREA OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCEDURE - Suggested is a procedure for regenerating a particle filter ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100180578 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM, ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - An engine control system for an engine equipped with a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas includes: a catalyst temperature acquisition section that acquires the temperature of the catalyst; and a control section that controls an engine such that a rate of increase in engine output speed is changed in accordance with the temperature of the catalyst. | 07-22-2010 |
20100205942 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine is provided that performs stoichiometric burn operation under control for providing a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio as basic control for an air-fuel ratio. A particulate filter (PM filter) is provided in an exhaust passage of the engine to trap particulate matter PM contained in exhaust gas. If it is judged that the PM filter will have excessively elevated temperature, fuel cut is prohibited during deceleration. Otherwise, before the prohibition of the fuel cut, the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas is controlled so that the atmosphere of the PM filter is brought into an atmosphere slightly leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. | 08-19-2010 |
20100212294 | METHOD FOR EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes first and second sets combustion chambers fluidly coupled to respective first and second aftertreatment devices. A third aftertreatment device including a supplemental heating device is fluidly coupled to outlets of the first and second aftertreatment devices. The first set of combustion chambers is operated rich and the second set of combustion chambers is operated lean. The supplemental heating device is operated to transfer thermal energy to the exhaust gas feedstream. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212295 | TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA ON DEMAND IN A THREE WAY CATALYST FOR A PASSIVE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEM - A powertrain includes an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders and an aftertreatment system having a selective catalytic reduction device utilizing ammonia as a reductant. An ammonia generation cycle includes operating some portion of the cylinders at an air/fuel ratio conducive to producing molecular hydrogen and some portion of the cylinders at an air/fuel ratio conducive to producing NOx. An ammonia generation catalyst is utilized between the engine and the selective catalytic reduction device to produce ammonia. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212296 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A technique is provided which is capable of completing SOx poisoning recovery control on a NOx storage reduction catalyst in a shorter period of time. In the course of the SOx poisoning recovery control, the degree of decrease of a SOx release speed resulting from a decrease in an amount of SOx occlusion of the NOx catalyst (the degree of decrease of the SOx release speed (Ddw)) with respect to that at the time of start of the SOx poisoning recovery control is estimated. In accordance with the increasing degree of decrease of the SOx release speed (Ddw), a catalyst bed temperature (Tc) is caused to rise up to a higher side target temperature (Tct), and at the same time an exhaust gas air fuel ratio (A/F) is caused to lower up to a richer side target air fuel ratio (A/Ft), whereby the SOx release speed Vsox during the SOx poisoning recovery control is suppressed from lowering. | 08-26-2010 |
20100223912 | PARTICULATE FILTER TEMPERATURE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system of controlling an engine includes a control system includes an exhaust gas flow rate module generating an exhaust gas flow rate signal corresponding to a flow rate of exhaust gases. The control system further includes a temperature adjustment module that determines a temperature correction factor based on the exhaust gas flow rate and that determines a corrected temperature particulate sensor signal in response to a measured particulate temperature signal and the temperature correction factor. | 09-09-2010 |
20100242444 | Procedures for the operation of an internal combustion engine's particle filter and the mechanism for the execution of the procedure - This paper suggests a procedure for the operation of an internal combustion engine, which has a particle filter arrayed to its emission system, which, during regeneration, is cleansed of its stored particles. This also describes the procedure's comparison of the engine's amount of a load to the load threshold value. It also has a throttle cut-off, which suppresses the fuel supply entirely when the engine's amount of a load is lower than the load threshold value and the engine's revolutions are higher the revolution threshold value. The set load threshold value above null is further dependant on the particle filter's regeneration signal. These procedures, based in this invention, are to prevent the overheating of the particle filter during its regeneration. | 09-30-2010 |
20100269489 | OXIDATION CATALYST OUTLET TEMPERATURE CORRECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A temperature control system comprises a temperature determination module, a temperature correction module, a temperature control module, and an updating module. The temperature determination module determines a desired outlet temperature for an oxidation catalyst (OC) that is located upstream of a particulate filter (PF) in an exhaust system. The temperature correction module determines a temperature correction from a plurality of temperature corrections. The temperature control module controls an outlet temperature of the OC based on the desired outlet temperature and the temperature correction. The updating module selectively updates at least one of the plurality of temperature corrections when an engine speed and an engine load are within respective predetermined ranges. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275583 | ENGINE SYSTEM PROPERTIES CONTROLLER - Various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for manipulating the properties of engine exhaust at least partially through the engine's control system to increase the efficiency and performance of the exhaust aftertreatment system. According to one representative embodiment, an engine system properties controller includes an exhaust aftertreatment system module, a powertrain module, and a combustion module. The exhaust aftertreatment system module is configured to generate an exhaust conditions vector request. The powertrain module is configured to receive the exhaust conditions vector request from the exhaust aftertreatment system module and generate at least one engine operating condition target based on the exhaust conditions vector request. The combustion module is configured to receive the at least one engine operating condition target and generate at least one engine controls command based on the at least one engine operating condition target. | 11-04-2010 |
20100275584 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine, in which a catalyst installed in an exhaust passage is quickly heated to the activation temperature of the catalyst. The exhaust gas purification device has a NOx purification catalyst ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100300073 | PASSIVE NOx AND PM AFTERTREATMENT FOR DIESEL ENGINE - A method of reducing emissions by operating a diesel engine in a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio mode. To achieve an optimal stoichiometric mode, intake throttling, boost air intake control, fuel injection adjustments, and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) are used. This mode of operation permits an aftertreatment system that has only an oxidation catalyst and a particulate filter. | 12-02-2010 |
20100307137 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST GASES OF A THERMAL ENGINE - A method for controlling temperature of a gas post-treatment system in an exhaust circuit of a thermal engine having a more or less rich combustion mode, in which at least a post-treatment member is periodically submitted to regeneration phase at a set-point temperature. The duration of each regeneration phase is divided into a series of fractioned periods for tuning the engine alternatively according to two combustion modes each having a different richness, respectively a mode hotter than necessary for reaching the set-point temperature and a mode that is not so hot, the duration of each period being controlled so that excess energy introduced during a hotter mode period is compensated by the lack of energy in the following period with the less hot mode, and conversely, to maintain at the output of the post-treatment member a mean temperature corresponding to the set-point temperature. | 12-09-2010 |
20100313549 | DESULFATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAN NOx TRAP (LNT) - A desulfation control system includes a desulfation control module and a spark control module. The desulfation control module initiates a desulfation process in an emission reduction device by increasing temperature of the emission reduction device. The spark control module retards a spark timing to increase the temperature of the emission reduction device in response to the desulfation control module initiating the desulfation process. | 12-16-2010 |
20100319320 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A LEAN NOX TRAP AND TWO-WAY CATALYST AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An exhaust gas treatment system for a diesel engine is disclosed. The exhaust gas treatment system includes a lean NO | 12-23-2010 |
20100319321 | Engine Powered Machine - An engine powered machine is provided with an economical exhaust gas purification system capable of avoiding overheating. The engine powered machine is provided with an exhaust gas purification system that injects a reducing agent into an exhaust pipe of an engine by a reducing agent feeder to detoxify nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases. A cooling fan, the driving or stopping of which is controlled by a controller, is arranged as a cooling device for a reducing agent tank in which the reducing agent to be injected by the reducing agent feeder is stored. When a detected temperature signal output from a reducing agent temperature detector has become higher than a cooling initiation temperature stored in a storage unit, the controller drives the cooling fan to initiate cooling of the reducing agent tank. | 12-23-2010 |
20100319322 | METERING SYSTEM FOR INJECTING A UREA SOLUTION INTO THE EXHAUST GAS FLOW OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a metering system for injecting a urea solution into the exhaust gas flow ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110011061 | CONTROL METHOD OF SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE AND SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE SYSTEM - In a specified operating area including a low engine-speed and low engine-load area, an excess air ratio λ is set at a specified ratio which is two or greater and three or smaller and an ignition timing θig of a spark plug is set at a timing of MBT to provide the maximum torque as a normal combustion control (S | 01-20-2011 |
20110016850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CATALYST TEMPERATURE IN AN HCCI COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and system for controlling an engine includes a homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode control module that operates an engine in HCCI mode and a condition monitor module that monitors operating conditions of the engine. The control module also includes a condition predictor module that generates a first predicted condition of a catalyst in response to the operating conditions of the engine. A comparison module compares the first predicted condition to a first threshold. A spark injection mode control module operates the engine in a spark injection mode in response to comparing. | 01-27-2011 |
20110047980 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING FUEL CONSUMPTION - An engine control system comprises a temperature control module and an engine disabling module. The temperature control module regulates a first temperature of an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) based on a first predetermined light-off temperature while an engine is shut down. The engine disabling module selectively disables start up of the engine when a second temperature of a passive catalyst is less than a second predetermined light-off temperature while a maximum torque output of an electric motor is greater than a desired torque output. | 03-03-2011 |
20110061370 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, an NO | 03-17-2011 |
20110072793 | PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION IN AN ENGINE - Systems and methods for controlling regeneration of a particulate filter downstream of an engine in a vehicle are provided herein. One exemplary method includes, during an engine shutdown, increasing a throttle opening and regenerating a particulate filter downstream of a three-way catalyst. The method also includes, during an engine start following an engine shutdown, setting one or more engine parameters based on whether the particulate filter was regenerated during a last engine shutdown before the engine start. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING A PARTICULATE FILTER FOR A DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A method for regenerating a particulate filter is disclosed. In one example, oxygen is pumped from the intake system of a direct injection turobocharged gasoline engine to the exhaust system by a compressor. The oxygen is introduced to a particulate filter at a location upstream from the particulate filter. In this way, regeneration of a particulate filter may be accomplished without disturbing the chemistry of a three-way catalyst located in the exhaust system upstream of the particulate filter. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072795 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING A PARTICULATE FILTER FOR A BOOSTED DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A method for regenerating a particulate filter is disclosed. In one example, oxygen is pumped from the intake system of a direct injection turobocharged gasoline engine through a cylinder and into the exhaust system by a compressor. In this way, regeneration of a particulate filter may be accomplished without an auxiliary air supply. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072796 | CONTROL OF EXHAUST FLOW IN AN ENGINE INCLUDING A PARTICULATE FILTER - Methods and systems for controlling operation of exhaust of an engine including a particulate filter are provided. One example method includes generating vacuum during engine operation, and storing the vacuum. The method further includes, during or after engine shutdown, drawing ambient air through the particulate filter via the vacuum. | 03-31-2011 |
20110072797 | CONTROLLING OPERATION OF EXHAUST OF AN ENGINE INCLUDING A PARTICULATE FILTER - Methods and systems for controlling operation of exhaust of an engine including a particulate filter are described. One example method includes generating compressed air during engine operation, and storing the compressed air. The method further includes, during or after engine shutdown, pushing the compressed air through the particulate filter using a pressure of the compressed air. | 03-31-2011 |
20110088374 | TELEMETRY-BASED REGENERATION STRATEGY FOR AN ENGINE EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT DEVICE - A method for timing performance of a maintenance function, in particular the timing of regeneration of a diesel particulate filter ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110146243 | EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A DIESEL ENGINE AND METHOD OF INCREASING A TEMPERATURE OF AN SCR CATALYST TO REDUCE NOx IN EXHAUST GASES - An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for a diesel engine is provided. The system includes a controller operably coupled to the engine that induces the engine to combust a rich air/fuel mixture in at least one cylinder at a predetermined time interval after startup of the engine to output exhaust gases including elevated levels of CO, and a percentage increase in HC that is less than a minimal threshold percentage relative to combusting a lean air/fuel mixture. The system further includes a diesel oxidation catalyst that receives the exhaust gases and oxidizes the CO to obtain an exothermic reaction that increases a temperature of the exhaust gases flowing through the oxidation catalyst to greater than a threshold temperature level. The system further includes an SCR catalyst which receives the exhaust gases and reduces NO | 06-23-2011 |
20110146244 | REGENERATION ASSIST DELAY PERIOD - A power system comprising an engine that produces exhaust, a particulate filter that traps soot from the engine, and a controller that switches the power system from a first operation mode into a second operation mode to regenerate the particulate filter in response to a load on the engine changing and a threshold amount of time greater than zero passing after the load on the engine changed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110173957 | DIESEL FUEL ALTERNATIVE DETECTION AND CORRECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fuel control system for a vehicle comprises a fuel control module, a heat release determination module, and a detection module. The fuel control module supplies fuel to a cylinder of a diesel engine for combustion within the cylinder. The heat release determination module determines a heat release value based on a pressure within the cylinder during the combustion. The detection that selectively indicates that the fuel is a diesel fuel alternative when the heat release value is less than a predetermined heat release value. The predetermined heat release value is less than a second predetermined heat release value associated with diesel fuel. | 07-21-2011 |
20110173958 | DIESEL ENGINE - An object is to provide a diesel engine ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110203261 | Snapper Valve for Hot End Systems with Burners - A system for controlling the temperature of an exhaust stream includes a main exhaust passageway adapted to receive the exhaust stream from an engine. A bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet in communication with the main exhaust passageway. The outlet is located downstream from the inlet. A burner is positioned within the bypass passage for treating the exhaust passing through the bypass passage. A valve is positioned within the main exhaust passageway downstream from the inlet and upstream from the outlet. The valve is operable to vary the exhaust flow through the burner. A controller selectively operates the burner to maintain a desired exhaust temperature downstream of the outlet. | 08-25-2011 |
20110209462 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a NO | 09-01-2011 |
20110209463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE DURING DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION AT IDLE CONDITIONS - A method and control system for controlling an engine during diesel particulate filter regeneration includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) regeneration request module that generates a DPF regeneration request signal and an idle condition module that generates an idle condition signal when the engine is at an idle condition. A DPF regeneration control module initiates a timer in response to the DPF regeneration request signal and the idle condition signal. The DPF regeneration control module controls the engine oxygen level to a second level less than a first level corresponding to a non-idle speed level, and after a time period, controls the engine to generate oxygen at a third level greater than the second level. | 09-01-2011 |
20110219750 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine. An object of the invention is to reduce the amount of particulate matter that flows out from a catalytic converter that continuously burns particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas. The exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine of the present invention includes a catalytic converter that continuously burns particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas; particle amount acquisition means that acquires an inflow amount of particulate matter to the catalytic converter; and particle amount increase means that, when an acquired inflow amount of particulate matter is less than a predetermined threshold value α, changes a value of a control parameter of the internal combustion engine in a direction such that the inflow amount of particulate matter to the catalytic converter increases. The threshold value α corresponds to a value of a particulate matter inflow amount to the catalytic converter at a time when a particulate matter outflow amount from the catalytic converter is a local minimum in a graph showing a relation between a particulate matter inflow amount to the catalytic converter and a particulate matter outflow amount from the catalytic converter. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225956 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is an exhaust purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine capable of reducing the quantity of a catalytic noble metal used in a catalytic converter without reducing the purification performance. A catalytic converter unit ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110265455 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine capable of using ammonia as fuel comprises an exhaust purifying catalyst purifying ammonia and NO | 11-03-2011 |
20110265456 | Diesel Engine and Method for Flexible Passive Regeneration of Exhaust After-Treatment Devices - A diesel engine and method for operating a diesel engine with exhaust after-treatment device regeneration capability are disclosed. The diesel engine may employ an exhaust after-treatment device such as a diesel particular filter to remove soot from the combustion gases exhausted by the engine. In order to regenerate the exhaust after-treatment device, the temperature of the exhaust gases is raised sufficiently to do so. The temperature of the exhaust gases is raised to such a level by employing multiple compression and expansion strokes of the piston in certain engine cycles, with a combustion event associated with each pair of compression and expansion strokes. The engine may operate in a four stroke, one combustion cycle during conventional power operation, and switch to an enhanced combustion cycle during regeneration. The enhanced combustion cycle may include eight strokes such as one intake stroke, three compression strokes, three expansion strokes, and one exhaust stroke, with three combustion events. The engine may switch between cycles by using a cam follower with lost motion device capability, an electrical actuator, or any other selectively actuable valve actuator to prevent opening of the intake and exhaust valves during regeneration. | 11-03-2011 |
20110265457 | EXHAUST PURIFYING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided an exhaust purifying device for an internal combustion engine in which NOx can be purified in selective catalytic reduction and occurrence of an ammonia slip can be restricted. In the exhaust purifying device provided with selective catalytic reduction in an exhaust passage to selectively reduce nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas and urea water adding valve for supplying ammonia as a reducing agent, an absorption excess amount of the ammonia in the selective catalytic reduction is calculated based upon a maximum absorption amount of ammonia capable of being absorbed by the selective catalytic reduction and changing with a temperature and an actual absorption amount of the ammonia actually absorbed in the selective catalytic reduction, and at least one of an operating condition and the urea adding valve is controlled in such a manner that the absorption excess amount calculated is secured at a predetermined value or greater. | 11-03-2011 |
20110277451 | CONTROL UNIT FOR MULTI-CYLINDERED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The “imbalance index value” representing the magnitude of the difference among the cylinder-by-cylinder air-fuel ratios (imbalance of air-fuel ratios among cylinders) is acquired based on the output value of the air-fuel ratio sensor disposed above the catalyst. The execution of the emission reduction control is “limited” when the magnitude of the imbalance of air-fuel ratios among cylinders represented by the imbalance index value is the first degree or more, and less than the second degree which is larger than the first degree, and is “prohibited” when it is the second degree or more. As the emission reduction control, a purge control, an EGR control, an Al incremental control, a cold VVT control, a catalyst warm-up delay angle control, an SCV control, and the like can be exemplified. Misfire due to the execution of emission reduction control are suppressed, when the imbalance of air-fuel ratios among cylinders occurs. | 11-17-2011 |
20110277452 | Exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, exhaust gas cleaning device, and system comprising internal combustion engine - The invention makes use of an exhaust gas catalyst, comprising an active component comprising at least one type of metal from noble metals and transition metals; NOx-absorbing material for absorbing and releasing nitrogen oxides according to the surrounding nitrogen oxide concentration; and compounds represented by A | 11-17-2011 |
20110283684 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system of an internal combustion engine in which a first fuel of ammonia and a second fuel which is easier to burn than ammonia are used as fuels. An ammonia ratio is usually set to a reference ammonia ratio which is determined in advance in accordance with an operating state of an engine. At the time when feed of the fuel is restarted after suspension of feed of the fuel at the time of deceleration, the ammonia ratio is temporarily made lower than the reference ammonia ratio in accordance with the operating state of the engine. | 11-24-2011 |
20120011831 | Method for Managing Temperatures in an Exhaust System of a Motor Vehicle - A method and system for managing temperatures in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method includes a step of predicting an overheat condition of a catalyst and a seal mat included in a catalytic converter. The method also includes a step of selecting a fuel enrichment map to determine a fuel delivery amount based on a predicted overheat condition. The method and system further includes providing a fuel enrichment map for an overheat condition of a catalyst that includes fuel delivery amounts that are less than fuel delivery amounts included in a fuel enrichment map for an overheat condition of a seal mat. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023913 | CATALYST ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - The air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas supplied to a catalyst is alternately and actively switched between a rich state value and a lean state value. In conjunction with the performance of this active air-fuel ratio control, the oxygen storage capacity of the catalyst is measured. Whether the catalyst is normal or abnormal is determined by comparing the measured value of the oxygen storage capacity with a predetermined determination value. The temperature of the catalyst is acquired, and the determination value is set based on the acquired catalyst temperature. The determination value is set so as to decreases with increasing catalyst temperature when the catalyst temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature. | 02-02-2012 |
20120031080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING PEAK TEMPERATURE IN A VEHICLE PARTICULATE FILTER - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having an exhaust port, a regenerable particulate filter in fluid communication with the exhaust port, and a host machine which calculates a predicted peak temperature in the particulate filter. The host machine automatically executes a control action when the predicted peak temperature exceeds a calibrated threshold, thus preventing the peak temperature from being realized. A soot model may be used to estimate filter soot loads and corresponding burn rates, with the host machine extracting information from the soot model to calculate the predicted peak temperature. A system for use aboard the vehicle includes the particulate filter and host machine configured as noted above. A method for use aboard the vehicle includes calculating a predicted peak temperature in the particulate filter using the host machine, and automatically executing a control action when the predicted peak temperature exceeds a calibrated threshold. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036838 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - To provide an exhaust purification system for a vehicle with which, even in a form of vehicle in which operation and stopping of an internal combustion engine are frequently alternated between, exhaust gas is prevented from being exhausted to the outside of the vehicle with a purification treatment remaining insufficient and an excessive drop in battery capability is prevented. | 02-16-2012 |
20120073269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING PARTICULATE MATTER VENTED FROM AN ENGINE CRANKCASE - System and methods for treating particulate matter vented from an engine crankcase are provided. In one embodiment, an engine includes a crankcase. A ventilation hose is coupled to the engine to vent a crankcase gas from the crankcase. A catalytic emissions control device is coupled to the ventilation hose to treat particulate matter in the crankcase gas. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079815 | DIESEL ENGINE - A diesel engine is configured to be optionally set either to a low fuel consumption mode in which the amount of fuel consumption is reduced or to a low noise mode in which the noise is reduced so that a continuous regeneration mode is automatically selected when the output value of the diesel engine is greater than a predetermined value, the estimated amount of accumulation of particulate matter collected in a DPF is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a forced regeneration mode is automatically selected when the output value of the diesel engine is less than the predetermined value and the estimated amount of accumulation of particulate matter collected in the DPF is greater than the predetermined value when either the continuous regeneration mode or forced regeneration mode is manually selected, control is started depending on the selected mode. | 04-05-2012 |
20120192549 | EXHAUST PURIFYING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine including an NSR catalyst and an SCR, to provide an exhaust purifying system that can limit aggravation of emissions by allowing the SCR to recover effectively from degraded performance caused by poisoning. An exhaust purifying system for an internal combustion engine capable of a lean burn operation includes an NSR catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; an SCR disposed downstream of the NSR catalyst; means for detecting sulfur poisoning of the SCR; and means for increasing a bed temperature of the SCR when the poisoning detecting means detects sulfur poisoning of the SCR. The temperature increasing means includes bank control, stoichiometric control, and rich spike control, any one of which is selected for performance according to an operating condition of the internal combustion engine. | 08-02-2012 |
20120204545 | VALVETRAIN CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSERVING COMBUSTION HEAT - An engine control system includes a catalyst module and a cylinder module. The catalyst module determines a catalyst temperature. The cylinder module selectively switches operation of a first cylinder from a first engine cycle having four strokes to a second engine cycle having N times four strokes, based on the catalyst temperature, wherein N is an integer greater than one. A related method is also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
20120222408 | Thermal Management Systems For Efficient Lean Operating Engines - A thermal management system includes a catalytic converter module that determines whether a catalytic converter is active. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst module determines whether a SCR catalyst is active. An engine control module adjusts an air and fuel ratio of an engine to operate at a stoichiometric ratio and retards spark of the engine when the catalytic converter is not active. The engine control module at least one of performs post fuel injection and directly injects fuel into an exhaust system of the engine when the catalytic converter is active and the SCR catalyst is not active. | 09-06-2012 |
20120227385 | AIR/FUEL RATIO CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal-combustion engine of the invention includes a catalyst which has an oxidizing ability and is provided in an exhaust passage, wherein an air/fuel ratio of an air/fuel mixture is controlled so that the air/fuel ratio leaner than a theoretical air/fuel ratio and the air/fuel ratio richer than the theoretical air/fuel ratio are alternated with a predetermined amplitude with respect to a target air/fuel ratio. On the assumption that the temperature of the catalyst is referred to as a catalyst temperature, an amplitude set according to the catalyst temperature is adopted as the predetermined amplitude, and the amplitude set when the catalyst temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature is smaller than the amplitude set when the catalyst temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature. | 09-13-2012 |
20120311998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN AMMONIA GENERATION RATE IN A THREE-WAY CATALYST - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a rate determination module, a storage level determination module, and an air/fuel ratio control module. The rate determination module determines an ammonia generation rate in a three-way catalyst based on a reaction efficiency and a reactant level. The storage level determination module determines an ammonia storage level in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst positioned downstream from the three-way catalyst based on the ammonia generation rate. The air/fuel ratio control module controls an air/fuel ratio of an engine based on the ammonia storage level. | 12-13-2012 |
20120324870 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used. | 12-27-2012 |
20130025263 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR POWER UNIT - A control apparatus for a power unit equipped with an internal combustion engine and outputs a power. The control apparatus according to the invention starts engine operation when the required power becomes equal to or larger than an engine start threshold during engine stop, and stops engine operation when the required power becomes equal to or smaller than an engine stop threshold during engine operation. The internal combustion engine is equipped with a catalyst. When the purification capacity of the catalyst is lower than a start threshold correction threshold, a value smaller than a reference engine start threshold is set as the engine start threshold. When the purification capacity of the catalyst is equal to or higher than the start threshold correction threshold, a value equal to the reference engine start threshold or a value larger than the reference engine start threshold is set as the engine start threshold. | 01-31-2013 |
20130025264 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - The exhaust gas purification device includes an exhaust gas post-processing device | 01-31-2013 |
20130042599 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle and equipped with an exhaust passage, a reforming catalyst and a NOx purification catalyst. The exhaust passage communicates with the engine. The reforming catalyst is provided on the exhaust passage at the upstream side of the NOx purification catalyst, and it generates the reducing agent by reforming CH | 02-21-2013 |
20130152552 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine capable of effectively restoring an NSR catalyst from sulfur poisoning while suppressing reduction of fuel efficiency and worsening of emission, in the internal combustion engine including the NSR catalyst and SCR. An exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine capable of a lean burn operation includes a TWC that is placed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and supports a precious metal in an inside thereof, an NSR catalyst that is placed at an exhaust downstream side of the TWC and supports a precious metal and a base in an inside thereof, and an SCR that is placed in the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the NSR catalyst, wherein the NSR catalyst is placed in a region in which a bed temperature at a time of an operation thereof becomes 500° C. to 750° C. The TWC and the NSR catalyst are preferably configured as an SC of a tandem structure in which the TWC and the NSR catalyst are integrated by being serially arranged. | 06-20-2013 |
20130192212 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130192213 | Control System For Modulating An Air Mass - A control system for an internal combustion engine is provided, and includes an exhaust gas conduit, an oxidization catalyst (“OC”) device, a temperature sensor, an intake mass air flow sensor, an engine air intake mechanism, and a control module. The exhaust gas conduit is in fluid communication with, and is configured to receive an exhaust gas. The OC device is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit. The OC device has an OC light-off temperature. The OC device is selectively activated to the light-off temperature to induce oxidization of the exhaust gas. The temperature sensor is situated in the exhaust stream upstream of the OC device. The temperature sensor monitors an exhaust gas temperature. The intake mass air flow sensor measures an air mass entering the internal combustion engine. The engine air intake mechanism is selectively activated to modulate the air mass entering the internal combustion engine. | 08-01-2013 |
20130213016 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An emission control system for an engine includes an upstream sensor provided upstream of a catalyst in a flow direction of exhaust gas, a downstream sensor provided downstream of the catalyst to detect an air-fuel ratio so that the air-fuel ratio approaches a target air-fuel ratio in a sub feedback control, a constant current supply portion which changes an output characteristic of the downstream sensor by applying a constant current on a pair of electrodes thereof. A characteristic control portion controls the constant current supply portion in the sub feedback control to advance a timing of lean detection of the downstream sensor when the air-fuel ratio is richer than the target air-fuel ratio, and to advance a timing of rich detection of the downstream sensor when the air-fuel ratio is leaner than the target air-fuel ratio. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219868 | DIESEL MOTOR HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES - The present invention describes a motor designed for biodiesel compatibility comprising a particulate filter, a motor control unit being able to inject fuel to the engine in order to increase the exhaust temperature, and a lubricant composition, characterized in that the lubricant composition comprises at least one ester group containing polymer. | 08-29-2013 |
20130269324 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL APPARATUS - An air-fuel ratio control apparatus of the present invention includes a determination section and a reverse direction correction introducing section. The determination section determines whether or not an output of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor falls within a predetermined range whose center corresponds to a target value corresponding to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. When the output of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor falls within the predetermined range, the reverse direction correction introducing section temporarily introduces, to an air-fuel ratio correction in a direction requested by the output, an air-fuel ratio correction in a direction opposite to the requested direction. | 10-17-2013 |
20130333358 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine determines, based on an output value of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, an air-fuel ratio of a gas flowing into the catalyst that is set to either a “target rich ratio” or a “target lean ratio”, and determines a fuel injection amount. Disclosed is an evaporated fuel purge section for introducing an evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank into an intake passage. The purge section starts the purge when the target air-fuel ratio is set to the target rich ratio at a purge execution condition satisfied time point at which a state has changed from a state in which the purge execution condition is unsatisfied to a state in which it is satisfied, and does not start the purge when the target air-fuel ratio is set to the target lean air-fuel ratio at the purge execution condition satisfied time point. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340410 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An embodiment (control apparatus) for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention determines, based on an output value of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor disposed downstream of a three-way catalyst, determines which air-fuel ratio request, a rich request or a lean request, is occurring. The control apparatus sets a target upstream air-fuel ratio to a target rich air-fuel ratio when the rich request is occurring, and sets the target upstream air-fuel ratio to a target lean air-fuel ratio when the lean request is occurring. Each of the target rich air-fuel ratio and the target lean air-fuel ratio is varied depending on an intake air amount. Further, the control apparatus increases a purge amount of an evaporated fuel as a magnitude (air-fuel ratio change amount ΔAF, |afLean−afRich|) of a difference between the target rich air-fuel ratio and the target lean air-fuel ratio becomes larger. | 12-26-2013 |
20140000244 | PARTICULATE MATTER PROCESSING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140075924 | CORRECTION DEVICE FOR AIR/FUEL RATIO SENSOR - A correction device for an air/fuel ratio sensor in the present invention, the sensor issuing an output according to an air/fuel ratio and installed on the downstream from catalyst of the exhaust passage, has air/fuel ratio control means for controlling an air/fuel ratio of an exhaust gas on the upstream side from a catalyst to switch between a rich air/fuel ratio which is richer and a lean air/fuel ratio which is leaner than a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio. Moreover, correction means for correcting an output of the sensor in accordance with a difference between the output of the sensor during a predetermined period during air/fuel ratio control by the air/fuel ratio control means, and a reference output corresponding to a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, is provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140130483 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises urea-SCR catalyst | 05-15-2014 |
20140216013 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - Provided is an exhaust purification system for an internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification system comprising: a NO | 08-07-2014 |
20140250869 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Fuel in a fuel tank is supplied by a low-pressure pump to intake passage injectors mounted on an intake manifold via a low-pressure fuel supply pipe and a low-pressure fuel distribution pipe. A high-pressure pump is provided on the low-pressure fuel supply pipe. The pressure of the fuel is boosted by the high-pressure pump, and then is supplied to in-cylinder injectors via a high-pressure fuel distribution pipe. In an intake passage injection (MPI) mode, excitation of a solenoid is stopped and operation of an electromagnetic spill valve is stopped so as reduce vibration and noise caused by the seating of the electromagnetic spill valve in a valve seat. | 09-11-2014 |
20140305101 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes fuel injection valves and an ECU. In the internal combustion unit, predetermined injection is performed when the bed temperature of a catalyst is lower that a predetermined temperature. In the predetermined injection, fuel is injected from a first fuel injection valve, from among the fuel injection valves, within the valve opening period of an intake valve, and fuel is injected from a second fuel injection valve, from among the fuel injection valves, within the valve opening period of an exhaust valve. In the internal combustion engine, a first injection amount is specifically injected from the first fuel injection valve in the predetermined injection. | 10-16-2014 |
20140311130 | DOSING MODULE - The invention relates to a dosing module ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140311131 | SECONDARY AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A secondary air supply system includes an electric air pump that supplies secondary air to a location upstream of an exhaust gas purification catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage; a control valve that opens/closes a secondary air supply passage; a pressure detector that detects a pressure between the pump and the control valve; and a control unit that detects a first pressure in a first operating state where the control valve is closed, and detects a second pressure in a second operating state where the control valve is open, using the pressure detector. The control unit corrects at least one of the first and second pressures based on a first driving voltage for the pump in the first operating state and a second driving voltage in the second operating state, and estimates a secondary air flow rate based on the first and second pressures after correction. | 10-23-2014 |
20140331651 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a turbo-supercharger; a port injection valve and an in-cylinder injection valve; and catalysts. The control apparatus determines whether or not blow-by of gas to an exhaust passage from an intake passage through a combustion chamber occurs, or whether or not a condition in which the blow-by of gas is likely to occur is satisfied. If the determination is affirmative, the control apparatus sets the fuel injection timing for the port injection valve or the in-cylinder injection valve so as to execute fuel injection after an exhaust valve is closed. Further, if the aforementioned determination is affirmative, the control apparatus sets the fuel injection amount so that the air-to-fuel ratio defined using the amount of air passing through the intake valve coincides with a value leaner than the stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio. | 11-13-2014 |
20140331652 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to an exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine comprising a catalyst ( | 11-13-2014 |
20150033712 | METHOD FOR DRAINING A DELIVERY UNIT FOR LIQUID ADDITIVE, DELIVERY UNIT AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DELIVERY UNIT - A method for draining a delivery unit for a liquid additive, in particular a urea-water solution, includes at least: a) producing an electrical connection by using a currentless switch which is constructed to produce an electrical connection when a temperature falls below a threshold temperature; and b) draining the delivery unit when, in step a), the electrical connection has been produced. The method can be used, in particular, in SCR systems for exhaust-gas aftertreatment for motor vehicles. A delivery unit and a motor vehicle having a delivery unit are also provided. | 02-05-2015 |
20150128574 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This invention relates to an air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine, and an object of the invention is to provide an air-fuel ratio control device of an internal combustion engine that is capable of suppressing a deterioration in the controllability of air-fuel ratio feedback control after restarting an engine. FIG. | 05-14-2015 |
20150292426 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - A reciprocating internal combustion engine with an emission control device and a method for operating same are described. At least one throttle, arranged on the intake side, at least one main fuel injection nozzle for feeding a main fuel to a combustion chamber of the diesel engine, and at least one catalytic converter are arranged in the centre of an exhaust gas passage for conducting exhaust gas out of the combustion chamber, and at least one control device is used. A soot burn-off rate determined according to a model approach is maximized using a regulation process by means of a throttle valve. | 10-15-2015 |
20150308364 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An internal combustion engine control device is provided. An engine executes A/F oscillation that alternates between lean combustion and rich combustion every cylinder. If a reaction state between rich gas and lean gas inside an exhaust passage on the upstream side of a catalyst is judged to be low, the assignment of cylinders conducting lean combustion and cylinders conducting rich combustion is swapped, so that rich combustion is conducted by a #1 cylinder farthest away from the catalyst in terms of the length of the exhaust passage, and also so that lean combustion is conducted by a #2 cylinder closer to the catalyst than the cylinder that is farthest away. | 10-29-2015 |
20150322834 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A hydrocarbon feed valve and an exhaust purification catalyst are arranged in an engine exhaust passage. A first NO | 11-12-2015 |
20150322878 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This control device for an internal combustion engine includes: an upstream catalyst; a downstream catalyst that is provided further downstream than the upstream catalyst in the exhaust flow direction; a downstream air-fuel ratio detection means that is provided between these catalysts; a storage amount estimation means that estimates the oxygen storage amount of the downstream catalyst; and an inflow air-fuel ratio control device that controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the upstream catalyst such that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas reaches a target air-fuel ratio. In a rich control during normal operation, the target air-fuel ratio is set lean if the air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream air-fuel ratio detection means is rich, and the target air-fuel ratio is set rich if the upstream catalyst oxygen storage amount is equal to or greater than the upstream reference storage amount. If the downstream catalyst oxygen storage amount is equal to or less than a downstream lower-limit storage amount, which is less than the maximum storage amount, then the target air-fuel ratio is set lean such that the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing out from the upstream catalyst becomes lean. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322881 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine includes first and second intake ports ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150330275 | Exhaust Purification System for Internal Combustion Engine - An object of the present invention is to suppress a reduction in a NO | 11-19-2015 |
20150330323 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This control device for an internal combustion engine includes: an exhaust purification catalyst that is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor that is provided downstream of the exhaust purification catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control device that controls such that the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst reaches a target air-fuel ratio. The downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is configured such that the applied voltage thereof at which the output current becomes zero decreases as the exhaust air-fuel ratio increases. If the target air-fuel ratio is richer than the reference air-fuel ratio, the voltage applied to the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is set to a higher voltage than the voltage at which the output current becomes zero when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. If the target air-fuel ratio is leaner than the reference air-fuel ratio, the voltage applied to the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is set to a lower voltage than the voltage at which the output current becomes zero when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. A control device for an internal combustion engine using an air-fuel ratio sensor that can reliably detect when the absolute value of the exhaust air-fuel ratio reaches a prescribed air-fuel ratio richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is thus provided. | 11-19-2015 |
20150354487 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine, equipped with: an exhaust purification catalyst provided in the exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and capable of absorbing oxygen; a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor provided downstream from the exhaust purification catalyst in the direction of the exhaust flow; and an engine control device that controls the internal combustion engine in response to the output from the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor. The downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is configured such that the applied voltage for which the output current is zero changes in response to the exhaust air-fuel ratio, and such that when the exhaust air-fuel ratio equals the theoretical air-fuel ratio and the applied voltage in the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is increased, the output current increases in conjunction therewith. When the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is detected by the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, the applied voltage in the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is fixed at a constant voltage, with this constant voltage being a voltage for which the output current is zero when the exhaust air-fuel ratio is a predetermined air-fuel ratio that is leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio. | 12-10-2015 |
20150361844 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - A straight-flow exhaust purification catalyst ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150369153 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to increase opportunities that a filter is regenerated. Provided is an exhaust purification apparatus for a spark ignition type internal combustion engine, the apparatus including a catalyst and a filter in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and a control device that prohibits fuel cut when thermal degradation of the catalyst is predicted to advance in the case of implementing a fuel cut. The control device executes the fuel cut even where thermal degradation of the catalyst is predicted to advance, when regeneration of the filter, which is processing of removing particulate matter trapped in the filter, is needed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369156 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This control device for an internal combustion engine is equipped with: an air/fuel ratio sensor provided to the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine; and an engine control device that controls the internal combustion engine on the basis of the sensor output current of the air/fuel ratio sensor. The air/fuel ratio sensor is equipped with: a gas chamber to be measured, into which exhaust gas flows; a reference cell for which the reference cell output current varies according to the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas inside the gas chamber to be measured; and a pump cell that, according to the pump current, pumps oxygen into or out of the exhaust gas in the gas chamber to be measured. The reference cell is configured so that the applied voltage, at which the reference cell output current reaches zero, varies according to the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas in the gas chamber to be measured. The applied voltage in the reference cell is fixed at a constant voltage, said constant voltage being set to a voltage different to the voltage at which the reference cell output current reaches zero when the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas in the gas chamber to be measured is the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio. | 12-24-2015 |
20160010527 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 01-14-2016 |
20160017831 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine, equipped with: an exhaust purification catalyst capable of storing oxygen; a downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor arranged downstream in the direction of flow of exhaust from the exhaust purification catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control device that controls the air-fuel ratio such that air-fuel ratio of the exhaust flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst reaches a target air-fuel ratio. The control device changes the target air-fuel ratio to a lean air-fuel ratio setting when the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a rich air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a slightly lean air-fuel ratio setting before the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a lean air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a rich air-fuel ratio setting when the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a lean air-fuel ratio, and then changes the target air-fuel ratio to a slightly rich air-fuel ratio setting before the exhaust air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream-side air-fuel ratio sensor reaches a rich air-fuel ratio. | 01-21-2016 |
20160032811 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, an exhaust purification catalyst and a hydrocarbon feed valve are arranged in an exhaust passage. When the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas which flows into the exhaust purification catalyst should be made rich, rich control, which makes the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas which is exhausted from the combustion chamber rich, is performed. In order to prevent clogging of the hydrocarbon feed valve, clogging preventing injection which injects hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve by an injection interval ΔtCB is performed. The exhaust purification catalyst has an oxygen storage ability. At the initial period of rich control, clogging preventing injection is performed by a shorter injection interval ΔtCS. | 02-04-2016 |
20160047323 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL DEVICE OF GAS ENGINE - An object is to provide an exhaust-gas control device for a gas engine whereby NOx is reduced and fuel consumption is improved by performing NOx restriction operation when an environmental or geographical condition in which the amount of NOx emission needs to be temporarily restricted is satisfied, and otherwise performing stable operation focusing on the fuel consumption. The exhaust-gas control device for a gas engine includes: a basic operation mode unit ( | 02-18-2016 |
20160053654 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification device includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) that collects particulate matter (PM) from an exhaust gas, a urea water spray unit that sprays urea water into the exhaust gas, a selection catalytic reduction (SCR) device that reduces and purifies NO | 02-25-2016 |
20160053656 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine, wherein a hydrocarbon supply valve ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160053693 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine which is capable of a lean burn operation and which includes a catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and which has an oxidizing ability, a supercharger; an in-passage injection valve which injects fuel into an intake passage; an in-cylinder injection valve which injects fuel into a cylinder, and a variable valve apparatus which changes at least one of an opening timing of an intake valve and a closing timing of an exhaust valve. The control apparatus performs creating a valve overlap that is a state where the intake valve and the exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine are opened, completing an injection of fuel from the in-passage injection valve during a period in which the intake valve is closed, and completing an injection of fuel from the in-cylinder injection valve during an intake stroke when intake air pressure of the internal combustion engine is higher than atmospheric pressure. | 02-25-2016 |
20160061077 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system which can suppress a decrease in engine torque during a desulfurization process applied to a NOx storage reduction catalyst. The system includes a NOx storage reduction catalyst in an exhaust pipe of an engine, and a desulfurization process control unit that controls an amount of intake air introduced to the engine to enrich the exhaust gas, and performs a desulfurization process to the NOx storage reduction catalyst. The desulfurization process control unit is configured to gradually reduce an amount of intake air when the desulfurization process is commenced. | 03-03-2016 |
20160108783 | REGENERATION ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - A device for determining any regeneration abnormality of a particulate filter | 04-21-2016 |
20160108844 | SULFUR CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A concentration of sulfur components contained in fuel is determined, without adding any special sensor for determining the sulfur concentration of the fuel. To this end, a sulfur concentration determination system for an internal combustion engine is provided with an exhaust gas purification device including an oxidation catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage, and a supply device for supplying fuel to exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust gas purification device, wherein after the end of poisoning elimination processing of the oxidation catalyst, fuel supply processing is carried out in which the fuel is supplied to the exhaust gas purification device in such a manner that an amount of fuel supplied to the exhaust gas purification device per unit time becomes constant, and the concentration of sulfur components contained in the fuel is determined by using as a parameter a period of time (an oxidation reaction period of time) required from a starting point in time of the fuel supply processing until the temperature of the oxidation catalyst drops to an initial temperature or below. | 04-21-2016 |
20160115886 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine in which an exhaust purification device is provided the control device controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust purification device when the temperature of a three-way catalyst belongs to a temperature range in which it is not less than an activation onset temperature and is less than an activation complete temperature. The control device controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification device to a first air-fuel ratio which is lower than or equal to a theoretical air-fuel ratio when the temperature of the three-way catalyst belongs to a low-side temperature region, and controls the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification device to a second air-fuel ratio which is higher than the theoretical air-fuel ratio when the temperature of the three-way catalyst belongs to a high-side temperature region. | 04-28-2016 |
20160123200 | SYSTEMS FOR REGENERATION OF A GASOLINE PARTICULATE FILTER - A system includes a soot module, a coordinator module, a regeneration module, and actuator modules. The soot module determines a current amount of soot mass in a particulate filter of a gasoline engine, where the particulate filter is downstream from the gasoline engine and receives an exhaust gas from the gasoline engine. The coordinator module generates an enable signal, a torque reserve signal, and an equivalence ratio. The regeneration module, based on the current amount of soot mass and the enable signal, generates a regeneration signal to regenerate the particulate filter. The actuator modules, based on the regeneration signal, the torque reserve signal and the equivalence ratio, retard spark and increase an amount of air flow to the particulate filter. The actuators maintain a same amount of torque out of the gasoline engine during regeneration as output from the gasoline engine prior to the regeneration of the particulate filter. | 05-05-2016 |
20160131059 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - An exhaust gas purification control device includes an engine, an actuator using the engine as a driving source, an operation unit used by an operator to operate the actuator or the engine, an operation detector detecting whether or not the operation unit is being operated, a purification device for capturing soot in exhaust gas of the engine, an accumulation amount detector detecting an accumulation amount of the soot captured by the purification device, a regeneration unit for performing an regenerating operation of regenerating the purification device by burning the soot captured by the purification device, and a controller controlling the regenerating operation. The controller switches a control from a control of prioritizing an operation by the operation unit to a control of prioritizing the regenerating operation in a stepwise manner as the accumulation amount of the soot detected by the accumulation amount detector increases. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131091 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In the present invention, an internal combustion engine is provided with an in-cylinder fuel injection valve and a secondary air supply device and is formed so as to make possible first catalyst warming control and second catalyst warming control that promote the raising of the temperature of an exhaust gas purification catalyst. The first catalyst warming control comprises control to inject fuel from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve during the compression stroke to form a stratified state, and control to greatly delay ignition timing. The second catalyst warming control comprises control to supply secondary air to an engine exhaust gas passage. The internal combustion engine executes the first catalyst warming control after startup and, after the first catalyst warming control is executed, carries out control (third catalyst warming control) to execute the first catalyst warming control and the second catalyst warming control simultaneously. | 05-12-2016 |
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