Device and method for starting internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10308338-B2
Application number	US-201515540986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2015
Priority date	Jan 5, 2015
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A device and a method for starting an internal combustion engine, provided with an exhaust turbine turbocharger, an electric motor generator, a power storage unit, an engine rotation starter device, injectors, and a control device that controls the electric motor generator, the engine rotation starter device, and the injectors, wherein when an engine rotation activation start signal is input and the rotational frequency of the exhaust turbine turbocharger reaches an engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the control device starts driving the engine rotation starter device, and when the engine rotational frequency reaches a fuel-supply-starting rotational frequency, the control device starts driving the injectors, thus improving the starting performance of the internal combustion engine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a compressor that supplies combustion gas to the internal combustion engine;
an electric motor that drives the compressor;
an internal combustion engine rotation starter device that supplies operation gas without supplying any fuel to the internal combustion engine to drive the internal combustion engine;
a fuel supply device that supplies fuel to the internal combustion engine; and
a control device that controls driving the electric motor, the internal combustion engine rotation starter device, and the fuel supply device,
wherein the control device acquires a measurement value of a rotational frequency of the compressor, an internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency set in advance, and a fuel-supply-starting rotational frequency set in advance,
when the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the control device drives the internal combustion engine rotation starter device such that the internal combustion engine rotation starter device to supply the operation gas to the internal combustion engine to cause the internal combustion engine to start air running thereby raising the rotational frequency of the internal combustion engine, and
when the rotational frequency of the internal combustion engine reaches the fuel-supply-starting rotational frequency by the air running, the control device starts driving the fuel supply device such that the fuel supply device supply fuel to the internal combustion engine to start an operating of the internal combustion engine due to combustion.

2. The device for starting the internal combustion engine, according to claim 1 ,
wherein there is provided a power storage unit which supplies power to the electric motor, and the power storage unit receives power from an external power source device and stores the power, and
wherein after storing power in the power storage unit starts and a voltage of the power storage unit reaches a standby voltage set in advance, the control device starts driving the compressor, and when the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the control device starts driving the internal combustion engine rotation starter device.

3. The device for starting the internal combustion engine, according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the voltage of the power storage unit reaches the standby voltage, after driving the electric motor starts by power of the power storage unit and the rotational frequency of the compressor becomes the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the control device maintains the rotational frequency of the compressor at the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, and in a case where an internal combustion engine rotation activation signal is input to the control device, the control device starts driving the internal combustion engine rotation starter device.

4. The device for starting the internal combustion engine, according to claim 2 ,
wherein in a case where the voltage of the power storage unit reaches the standby voltage and the internal combustion engine rotation activation signal is input to the control device, the control device starts driving the electric motor by power of the power storage unit, and when the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the control device starts driving the internal combustion engine rotation starter device.

5. A method for starting an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a step of starting storing power in a power storage unit;
a step of driving a compressor by driving an electric motor by power of the power storage unit after a voltage of the power storage unit reaches a standby voltage set in advance;
a step of acquiring a measurement value of a rotational frequency of the compressor, an internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency set in advance, and a fuel-supply-starting rotational frequency set in advance;
a step of starting rotation of the internal combustion engine by starting air running supplying operation gas without supplying any fuel to the internal combustion engine to raise rotational frequency of the internal combustion engine, when the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency; and
a step of supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine to start an operating of the internal combustion engine due to combustion when the rotational frequency of the internal combustion engine reaches the fuel-supply-starting rotational frequency by the air running.

6. The method for starting the internal combustion engine, according to claim 5 ,
wherein after the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency, the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency is maintained and driving an internal combustion engine rotation starter device starts upon a reception of an internal combustion engine rotation activation signal.

7. The method for starting the internal combustion engine, according to claim 5 ,
wherein the voltage of the power storage unit is maintained after reaching the standby voltage, and driving the internal combustion engine rotation starter device starts after driving the electric motor starts by power of the power storage unit upon a reception of an internal combustion engine rotation activation signal and the rotational frequency of the compressor reaches the internal combustion engine rotation-activation-starting rotational frequency.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yamashita Yukio
• Ono Yoshihisa
• Sakamoto Musashi
• Tsuji Takeshi
• Miyanagi Akihiro

Classifications

• F02N2200/022

  Engine speed · CPC title

• F02D41/3827

  for diesel engines · CPC title

• F02N9/04

  the pressure fluid being generated otherwise, e.g. by compressing air · CPC title

• F02B37/04

  Engines with exhaust drive and other drive of pumps, e.g. with exhaust-driven pump and mechanically-driven second pump · CPC title

• F02B33/34 Primary

  with rotary pumps (with cell-type pressure exchangers or the like F02B33/42) · CPC title