Engine system and controller, control system and control method for engine system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10024230-B2
Application number	US-201415107615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A controller for an engine system includes an exhaust-driven turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, an exhaust gas recirculation unit configured to recirculate exhaust gas from a downstream portion of the turbine in an exhaust gas passage to an upstream portion of the compressor in an intake gas passage, and a cooling unit configured to cool the turbine, the controller includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a degree of cooling of the turbine based on a predetermined condition in which a gas temperature at an outlet portion of the compressor is higher than a predetermined temperature and the recirculating of exhaust gas is performed, and set a higher degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is satisfied compared to a degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A controller for an engine system, the engine system including:
an exhaust-driven turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, the compressor disposed in an intake gas passage of an internal combustion engine and the turbine disposed in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine;
an exhaust gas recirculation unit that includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage that communicates with the exhaust gas passage and the intake gas passage, the exhaust gas recirculation unit being configured to recirculate exhaust gas from a downstream portion of the turbine in the exhaust gas passage to an upstream portion of the compressor in the intake gas passage;
a cooling system that includes a radiator and a water pump configured to cool the turbine by circulating a coolant in a coolant passage disposed in the turbine;
the controller comprising an electronic control unit including executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium to
set a degree of cooling of the turbine by the cooling system based on a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition being a condition that a detected gas temperature at an outlet portion of the compressor is higher than a predetermined temperature and a recirculating of exhaust gas is performed by the exhaust gas recirculation unit; and
set a higher degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is satisfied compared to a degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

2. The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit further comprises the executable instructions to increase a degree of cooling of the turbine by the cooling system as an amount of exhaust gas recirculated to the upstream portion of the compressor in the intake gas passage increases.

3. The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit further comprises the executable instructions to increase a degree of cooling of the turbine by the cooling system by increasing an amount of coolant passing through the coolant passage per unit time.

4. An engine system comprising:
an internal combustion engine;
an exhaust-driven turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, the compressor disposed in an intake gas passage of the internal combustion engine and the turbine disposed in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine;
an exhaust gas recirculation unit that includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage that communicates with the exhaust gas passage and the intake gas passage, the exhaust gas recirculation unit being configured to recirculate exhaust gas from a downstream portion of the turbine in the exhaust gas passage to an upstream portion of the compressor in the intake gas passage;
a cooling system that includes a radiator and a water pump configured to cool the turbine by circulating a coolant in a coolant passage disposed in the turbine; and
an electronic control unit including a non-transitory computer readable medium to execute of:
setting a degree of cooling of the turbine based on a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition being a condition that a detected gas temperature at an outlet portion of the compressor is higher than a predetermined temperature and a recirculating of exhaust gas is performed by the exhaust gas recirculation unit; and
setting a higher degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is satisfied compared to a degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

5. A control method for an engine system, the engine system including an exhaust-driven turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, the compressor disposed in an intake gas passage of an internal combustion engine and the turbine disposed in an exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas recirculation unit that includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage that communicates with the exhaust gas passage and the intake gas passage, the exhaust gas recirculation unit being configured to recirculate exhaust gas from a downstream portion of the turbine in the exhaust gas passage to an upstream portion of the compressor in the intake gas passage, a cooling system that includes a radiator and a water pump configured to cool the turbine by circulating a coolant in a coolant passage disposed in the turbine, and an electronic control unit, the control method comprising:
setting, by the electronic control unit, a degree of cooling of the turbine based on a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition being a condition that a detected gas temperature at an outlet portion of the compressor is higher than a predetermined temperature and a recirculating of exhaust gas is performed by the exhaust gas recirculation unit; and
setting a higher degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is satisfied compared to a degree of cooling of the turbine when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwata Akitoshi

Classifications

• F02M26/23

  Layout, e.g. schematics · CPC title

• F02B39/005 Primary

  Cooling of pump drives · CPC title

• F02M26/06

  Low pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust downstream of the turbocharger turbine and reintroduced into the intake system upstream of the compressor · CPC title

• F01M13/022

  using engine inlet suction · CPC title

• F01M2013/027

  with a turbo charger or compressor · CPC title