Control device for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10415514-B2
Application number	US-201815903095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2018
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

An internal combustion engine includes an intercooler configured to cool an intake gas compressed by a compressor, a cooler bypass passage configured to bypass the intercooler, and a cooler bypass valve configured to open and close the cooler bypass passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation gas is introduced into an upstream side of the intercooler. An electronic control unit is configured to open the cooler bypass valve during use of a high exhaust gas recirculation rate region, and to close the cooler bypass valve during use of a low exhaust gas recirculation rate region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine,
the internal combustion engine including
an ignition device configured to ignite a fuel and air mixture in a cylinder,
a supercharger including a compressor provided in an intake passage,
an intercooler configured to cool an intake gas compressed by the compressor,
an exhaust gas recirculation device including an exhaust gas recirculation passage configured to connect the intake passage on an upstream side relative to the intercooler to an exhaust passage,
a cooler bypass passage connected to the intake passage so as to bypass the intercooler, and
a passage switching valve configured to switch between a cooler passing passage mode in which the intake gas passes through the intercooler and a cooler bypass passage mode in which the intake gas passes through the cooler bypass passage,

the control device comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to control the passage switching valve such that the cooler bypass passage mode is selected while at least part of a high exhaust gas recirculation rate region requesting a high exhaust gas recirculation rate of 25% or more is used,
the electronic control unit being configured to control the passage switching valve such that the cooler passing passage mode is selected while at least part of a low exhaust gas recirculation rate region requesting a low exhaust gas recirculation rate of less than 25% is used,
the high exhaust gas recirculation rate region and the low exhaust gas recirculation rate region being included in an operating region of the internal combustion engine.

2. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured not to control the passage switching valve such that the cooler bypass passage mode is selected, during an increase delay period of an actual exhaust gas recirculation rate with respect to a target exhaust gas recirculation rate at a time of shifting from the low exhaust gas recirculation rate region to the high exhaust gas recirculation rate region.

3. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 2 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to permit the passage switching valve to be controlled such that the cooler bypass passage mode is selected, when a dew point of a fuel mixture of an intake air and an exhaust gas recirculation gas increases to a temperature of cooling water or more during the increase delay period, the cooling water being circulating through the intercooler.

4. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 3 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to control the ignition device such that an ignition timing is retarded, when an engine torque fluctuation is higher than a determination value during the increase delay period after the passage switching valve is controlled such that the cooler bypass passage mode is selected, along with the increase of the dew point of the fuel mixture to the temperature of the cooling water or more.

5. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured not to control the passage switching valve such that the cooler passing passage mode is selected, during a decrease delay period of an actual exhaust gas recirculation rate with respect to a target exhaust gas recirculation rate at a time of shifting from the high exhaust gas recirculation rate region to the low exhaust gas recirculation rate region.

6. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 5 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured not to control the passage switching valve such that the cooler passing passage mode is selected, until a dew point of a fuel mixture of an intake air and the exhaust gas recirculation gas on the presumption that the cooler passing passage mode is selected after a start of the decrease delay period decreases to a temperature of cooling water or less during the decrease delay period, the cooling water being circulating through the intercooler.

7. The control device for the internal combustion engine, according to claim 3 , wherein:
the electronic control unit is configured to estimate the actual exhaust gas recirculation rate based on an engine rotation speed; and
the electronic control unit is configured to estimate the dew point of the fuel mixture based on the actual exhaust gas recirculation rate thus estimated.

8. A control method for an internal combustion engine,
the internal combustion engine including
an ignition device configured to ignite a fuel and air mixture in a cylinder,
a supercharger including a compressor provided in an intake passage,
an intercooler configured to cool an intake gas compressed by the compressor,
an exhaust gas recirculation device including an exhaust gas recirculation passage configured to connect the intake passage on an upstream side relative to the intercooler to an exhaust passage,
a cooler bypass passage connected to the intake passage so as to bypass the intercooler, and
a passage switching valve configured to switch between a cooler passing passage mode in which the intake gas passes through the intercooler and a cooler bypass passage mode in which the intake gas passes through the cooler bypass passage, and
an electronic control unit,

the control method comprising:
controlling, by the electronic control unit, the passage switching valve such that the cooler bypass passage mode is selected while at least part of a high exhaust gas recirculation rate region requesting a high exhaust gas recirculation rate of 25% or more is used; and

controlling, by the electronic control unit, the passage switching valve such that the cooler passing passage mode is selected while at least part of a low exhaust gas recirculation rate region requesting a low exhaust gas recirculation rate of less than 25% is used,
the high exhaust gas recirculation rate region and the low exhaust gas recirculation rate region being included in an operating region of the internal combustion engine.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Haga Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F02P5/1516

  with means relating to exhaust gas recirculation, e.g. turbo · CPC title

• F02P5/045

  combined with electronic control of other engine functions, e.g. fuel injection (in general F02D37/02) · CPC title

• F02D2200/0418

  Air humidity · CPC title

• F02D2200/0414

  Air temperature · CPC title

• F02D41/005

  according to engine operating conditions · CPC title