Control system of internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10151266-B2
Application number	US-201715409365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Jan 27, 2016
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A control system of an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: (i) obtain a detection value of a fuel pressure sensor at fixed sampling time intervals; (ii) calculate a center fuel pressure value of a pulsation of the fuel pressure, based on at least a first latest fuel pressure value and a second latest fuel pressure value as detection values of the fuel pressure sensor, (iii) calculate an amplitude of the pulsation of the fuel pressure, based on at least the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value; (iv) calculate an initial phase of the pulsation of the fuel pressure, based on at least one of the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value, and (v) predict a fuel pressure value corresponding to the crank angle, based on a predetermined formula.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a direct injection valve configured to directly inject a fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine;
a port injection valve configured to inject the fuel into an intake port of the internal combustion engine;
a low-pressure pump configured to pressurize the fuel;
a low-pressure fuel supply passage through which the fuel pressurized by the low-pressure pump is supplied to the port injection valve;
a high-pressure pump operatively linked with the internal combustion engine and configured to be driven by the internal combustion engine, the high-pressure pump being configured to further pressurize the fuel supplied from the low-pressure fuel supply passage such that pulsation of a fuel pressure is generated in the low-pressure fuel supply passage;
a high-pressure fuel supply passage through which the fuel pressurized by the high-pressure pump is supplied to the direct injection valve;
a crank angle sensor configured to detect a crank angle of the internal combustion engine;
a fuel pressure sensor configured to detect the fuel pressure in the low-pressure fuel supply passage; and
an electronic control unit configured to:
(i) obtain a detection value of the fuel pressure sensor at fixed sampling time intervals;
(ii) calculate a center fuel pressure value of the pulsation of the fuel pressure, based on at least a first latest fuel pressure value and a second latest fuel pressure value as detection values of the fuel pressure sensor, the first latest fuel pressure value being obtained most recently, the second latest fuel pressure value being obtained immediately before the first latest fuel pressure value is obtained;
(iii) calculate an amplitude of the pulsation of the fuel pressure based on at least the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value;
(iv) calculate an initial phase of the pulsation of the fuel pressure, based on at least one of the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value; and
(v) predict a fuel pressure value corresponding to the crank angle, based on a formula as follows:
P (θ)= A cos{ c (θ− B )}+ P c

where P is a fuel pressure value corresponding to the crank angle, θ is the crank angle, c is a number of times of discharge of the fuel from the high-pressure pump per 360 degrees of the crank angle, P c is the center fuel pressure value, A is the amplitude, and B is the initial phase.

2. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the amplitude, based on the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value and the crank angle corresponding to the sampling time interval.

3. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the initial phase, based on the one of the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value, the crank angle at a time when the one of the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value is obtained, the number of times of discharge, the amplitude, and the center fuel pressure value.

4. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit calculates the center fuel pressure value, based on a third latest fuel pressure value, the second latest fuel pressure value, the first latest fuel pressure value, and the crank angle corresponding to the sampling time interval, the third latest fuel pressure value being a detection value of the fuel pressure sensor obtained immediately before the second latest fuel pressure value is obtained.

5. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to calculate a smoothed value obtained through a smoothing operation based on the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value, as the center fuel pressure value.

6. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to set a smoothing coefficient for use in the smoothing operation to a smaller value as a difference between a target value of the fuel pressure in the low-pressure fuel supply passage and the calculated center fuel pressure value is larger, as compared with a case where the difference is smaller.

7. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the electronic control unit is configured to calculate an average value of a plurality of the detection values including the second latest fuel pressure value and the first latest fuel pressure value, as the center fuel pressure value; and
the electronic control unit is configured to calculate an average value of a smaller number of the detection values as the center fuel pressure value as a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is higher, as compared with a case where the rotational speed is lower.

8. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to predict the fuel pressure value corresponding to the crank angle, based on a formula below, in view of a phase delay from a time when the fuel pressure sensor generates an output signal corresponding to the detection value to a time when the electronic control unit obtains the detection value:
P (θ)= A cos{ c (θ− B −τ)}+ P c

where τ is the phase delay.

9. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the electronic control unit is configured to determine whether a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine calculated based on an output of the crank angle sensor belongs to a pulsation increase region in which the pulsation is larger than that in the other rotational speed region of the internal combustion engine; and
the electronic control unit is configured to predict the fuel pressure value, when the electronic control unit determines that the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine belongs to the pulsation increase region.

10. The control system of the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the electronic control unit is configured to control a fuel injection amount of the port injection valve, based on the predicted fuel pressure value;
the electronic control unit is configured to determine whether a start time of fuel injection of the port injection valve is after the first latest fuel pressure value is obtained, and before a next detection value of the fuel pressure is obtained; and
the electronic control unit is configured to predict the fuel pressure value, when the start time of fuel injection of the port injection valve is after the first latest fuel pressure value is obtained, and before the next detection value of the fuel pressure is obtained.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tachibana Rintarou
• Suda Tooru
• Idogawa Masanao

Classifications

• F02D41/3094 Primary

  the fuel injection being effected by at least two different injectors, e.g. one in the intake manifold and one in the cylinder · CPC title

• F02D2200/101

  Engine speed · CPC title

• F02D41/1401

  characterised by the control or regulation method (F02D41/1473, F02D41/1477 take precedence) · CPC title

• F02D2250/04

  Fuel pressure pulsation in common rails · CPC title

• F02D2041/3881

  with multiple common rails, e.g. one rail per cylinder bank, or a high pressure rail and a low pressure rail · CPC title