Systems for an engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10267249-B2
Application number	US-201615140252-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2016
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

Systems are provided for detecting a change in performance of an engine component. In one example, a system includes a first pressure sensor of a first exhaust manifold coupled to a first subset of cylinders of an engine, a second pressure sensor of a second exhaust manifold coupled to a second subset of cylinders of the engine, a passage coupling the first exhaust manifold to an intake manifold, and a controller configured to detect a change in performance of any cylinder of the engine based on frequency content from the first pressure sensor and from the second pressure sensor during both a first mode where no exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold is provided to the intake manifold, and during a second mode where all exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold is provided to the intake manifold, and adjust an operating parameter responsive to the change in performance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a first exhaust pressure sensor for sensing exhaust pressure of a first exhaust manifold of an engine, the first exhaust manifold coupled to a first subset of cylinders of the engine;
a second exhaust pressure sensor for sensing exhaust pressure of a second exhaust manifold of the engine, the second exhaust manifold coupled to a second subset of cylinders of the engine;
an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including a first EGR valve, a second EGR valve, an EGR passage coupling the first exhaust manifold to an intake manifold of the engine, and an EGR bypass passage for routing exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold to an exhaust passage; and
a controller configured to:
detect a change in performance of a cylinder of the engine based on frequency content from the first exhaust pressure sensor and frequency content from the second exhaust pressure sensor during both a first mode where no exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold is provided to the intake manifold, and during a second mode where all exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold is provided to the intake manifold; and
adjust at least one parameter of engine operating conditions responsive to the change in performance having been detected;
wherein the at least one parameter of the engine operating conditions comprises at least one of: a change in cylinder performance of a cylinder under-fuel event and a cylinder over-fuel event or a change in EGR flow rate via opening and closing the first EGR valve and the second EGR valve.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
during the first mode, identify a first magnitude of a first selected frequency component of the frequency content of the first exhaust pressure sensor and identify a second magnitude of a second selected frequency component of the frequency content of the second exhaust pressure sensor;
during the second mode, identify a third magnitude of the first selected frequency component of the frequency content of the first exhaust pressure sensor and identify a fourth magnitude of the second selected frequency component of the frequency content of the second exhaust pressure sensor; and
indicate a change in performance of a cylinder of the first subset of cylinders when the first magnitude is outside a first threshold range of magnitudes, the second magnitude is outside a second threshold range of magnitudes, the third magnitude is outside the first threshold range of magnitudes, and the fourth magnitude is within the second threshold range of magnitudes, wherein the first selected frequency component is a half-order frequency component of the frequency content of the first exhaust pressure sensor, and the second selected frequency component is a half-order frequency component of the frequency content of the second exhaust pressure sensor.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to:
indicate a change in performance of a cylinder of the second subset of cylinders when the first magnitude is outside the second threshold range of magnitudes, the second magnitude is outside the first threshold range of magnitudes, the third magnitude is within the second threshold range of magnitudes, and the fourth magnitude is outside the first threshold range of magnitudes.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein during at least one of the first magnitude being greater than the first threshold range of magnitudes and also greater than a third threshold magnitude or exhaust gas temperature of the first exhaust manifold being greater than an expected value, the controller is configured to indicate that the change in cylinder performance is a cylinder over-fuel event of the first subset of cylinders, and during at least one of the first magnitude being greater than the first threshold range of magnitudes and also less than the third threshold magnitude or the exhaust gas temperature of the first exhaust manifold being less than the expected value, the controller is configured to indicate that the change in cylinder performance is a cylinder under-fuel event of the first subset of cylinders.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein, in response to the cylinder over-fuel event, the controller, after identifying which cylinder of the first subset of cylinders received a fuel amount being in excess of an expected fuel amount via at least one sensor, adjusts a fuel injector to reduce fueling to that cylinder.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein, responsive to indicating the cylinder under-fuel event, the controller, after identifying is configured to identify which cylinder of the first subset of cylinders received a fuel amount being less than an expected fuel amount, adjusts at least one of a fuel injector to of fuel and increase fueling to remainder cylinders of the first subset of cylinders, and an EGR flow rate via actuating the first EGR valve and the second EGR valve.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust passage is coupled to the second exhaust manifold.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein during the second mode, the controller is configured to fully open the first EGR valve in the EGR passage coupling the first exhaust manifold to the intake manifold of the engine and fully close the second EGR valve to route all exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold to the intake manifold, and wherein during the first mode, the controller is configured to fully close the first EGR valve and fully open the second EGR valve to route all exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold to the exhaust passage and prevent the exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold to the intake manifold.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein during both the first mode and the second mode, all exhaust gas from the second exhaust manifold is routed to the exhaust passage.

10. A system, comprising:
a first exhaust pressure sensor for sensing exhaust pressure of a first exhaust manifold of an engine, the first exhaust manifold coupled to a first subset of cylinders of the engine;
a second exhaust pressure sensor for sensing exhaust pressure of a second exhaust manifold of the engine, the second exhaust manifold coupled to a second subset of cylinders of the engine;
an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including:
an EGR passage coupling the first exhaust manifold to an intake manifold of the engine;
a bypass passage coupling the first exhaust manifold to an exhaust passage downstream of the second exhaust manifold; and
one or more EGR valves configured to control flow of EGR through the EGR passage and bypass passage; and

a controller configured to detect a change in performance of the one or more EGR valves based on frequency content from the first exhaust pressure sensor and frequency content from the second exhaust pressure sensor, and adjust an EGR flow rate to the engine responsive to detecting the change in performance, via opening and closing the one or more EGR valves.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more EGR valves comprises a first EGR valve positioned in the EGR passage and a second EGR valve positioned in the bypass passage.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein to detect the change in performance of the first EGR valve, the controller is configured to identify a first frequency component of the frequency content of the first exhaust pressure sensor and a second frequency component of the frequency content of the second exhaust pressure sensor, the first frequency component and second frequency component each associated with movement of the first EGR valve, and if a parameter of one or more of the first frequency component and second frequency component is different tha

Assignees

• Gen Electric
• Ge Global Sourcing Llc

Inventors

• Karunaratne Milan Palinda
• Flynn Paul Lloyd
• Schreiner James Robert

Classifications

• F02D41/0052 Primary

  Feedback control of engine parameters, e.g. for control of air/fuel ratio or intake air amount · CPC title

• F02D41/0085

  Balancing of cylinder outputs, e.g. speed, torque or air-fuel ratio · CPC title

• F02D41/0007 Primary

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02D2041/2027

  Control of the current by pulse width modulation or duty cycle control · CPC title

• F02D41/0077

  Control of the EGR valve or actuator, e.g. duty cycle, closed loop control of position (EGR valve position sensor F02M26/48) · CPC title