Control device for an internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10578010-B2
Application number	US-201815873042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Jul 19, 2017
Publication date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Mar 3, 2020

Abstract

In a control device for an internal combustion engine, when a target pre/post compressor pressure ratio calculated by a target pre/post compressor pressure ratio calculation part is more than a turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio calculated by a turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio calculation part, an upper limit of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio is limited by the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio, and a change rate of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio is limited by a change rate limit value during a change rate limitation period after upper limit limitation processing starts, thereby preventing the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio from being suddenly fluctuated by a sudden fluctuation in a compressor passage flow rate, and suppressing the occurrence of the over rotation of the turbine and the control hunting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, which is configured to control an internal combustion engine provided for a vehicle,
the vehicle comprising:
a throttle valve, which is provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine;
an air flow sensor, which is configured to detect an intake air flow rate in the intake passage of the internal combustion engine;
a turbocharger, which includes a turbine provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and a compressor provided in the intake passage of the internal combustion engine and configured to rotate integrally with the turbine;
an exhaust bypass passage, which is configured to allow an upstream side and a downstream side of the turbine to communicate to each other;
a wastegate valve, which is provided in the exhaust bypass passage, and is configured to adjust a flow rate of exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, which flows through the exhaust bypass passage;
an actuator, which is configured to drive the wastegate valve to change an open position of the wastegate valve; and
a throttle upstream pressure sensor, which is configured to detect an actual throttle upstream pressure having an actual value of a pressure of intake air on an upstream side of the throttle valve, which is compressed by the compressor,

the control device for the internal combustion engine comprising a processor configured to:
calculate a target throttle upstream pressure having a target value of the pressure of the intake air compressed by the compressor, based on an operation state of the internal combustion engine;
calculate a target pre/post compressor pressure ratio based on the target throttle upstream pressure;
carry out feedback control corresponding to a difference between the actual throttle upstream pressure detected by the throttle upstream pressure sensor and the target throttle upstream pressure, to thereby calculate a feedback correction amount for a target opening degree of the wastegate valve based on the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio;
calculate, based on the feedback correction amount, the target opening degree of the wastegate valve required for matching the actual throttle upstream pressure with the target throttle upstream pressure to output the target opening degree to the actuator;
calculate a compressor passage flow rate passing through the compressor based on the intake air flow rate detected by the air flow sensor;
calculate a pressure on an upstream side of the compressor based on an atmospheric pressure;
calculate a pressure on a downstream side of the compressor based on the actual throttle upstream pressure detected by the throttle upstream pressure sensor; and
calculate, based on the compressor passage flow rate, a turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio being a pressure ratio of the pressure on the downstream side to the pressure on the upstream side of the compressor at a turbine limit revolution number;
compare the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio and the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio with each other, and to carry out upper limit limitation processing of limiting the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio by the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio when the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio is more than the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio; and
carry out change rate limitation processing of limiting a change rate of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio limited by the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio so as to avoid exceeding a change rate limit value set in advance during a period set in advance after execution of the upper limit limitation processing starts.

2. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein a start timing of the change rate limitation processing includes an execution start timing of the upper limit limitation processing.

3. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the change rate limitation processing is carried out only when the change rate changes toward an increase side.

4. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
calculate an actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio being a ratio of the pressure on the downstream side of the compressor to the pressure on the upstream side of the compressor;
compare the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio and the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio with each other, and calculate, when the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio is more than the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio, a decrease-side correction pre/post compressor pressure ratio for correcting the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio limited by the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio toward a decrease side, based on an amount by which the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio exceeds the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio; and
use, in the upper limit limitation processing, the decrease-side correction pre/post compressor pressure ratio in place of the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio to limit the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio.

5. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein, when a value of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio, which is calculated before the execution of the upper limit limitation processing, changes toward a decrease side due to a deceleration request issued by a driver of the vehicle during the period during which the change rate is limited, the processor is further configured to release the limitation on the change rate even before the period ends.

6. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the process is further configured to:
calculate an actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio being a ratio of the pressure on the downstream side of the compressor to the pressure on the upstream side of the compressor;
compare the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio and the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio with each other, and calculate, when the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio is more than the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio, a decrease-side correction pre/post compressor pressure ratio for correcting the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio limited by the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio toward a decrease side, based on an amount by which the actual pre/post compressor pressure ratio exceeds the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio; and
use, in the upper limit limitation processing, the decrease-side correction pre/post compressor pressure ratio in place of the turbine-limit-time pre/post compressor pressure ratio to limit the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio.

7. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 6 , wherein, when a value of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio, which is calculated before the execution of the upper limit limitation processing, changes toward a decrease side due to a deceleration request issued by a driver of the vehicle during the period during which the change rate is limited, the processor is further configured to release the limitation on the change rate even before the period ends.

8. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein, when a value of the target pre/post compressor pressure ratio, which is calculated before the execution of the upper limit limitation proces

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Maruo Toshiaki
• Kubota Yuji
• Ono Takahiko

Classifications

• F02B37/225

  air passages · CPC title

• F02B37/186 Primary

  Arrangements of actuators or linkage for bypass valves · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

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

• F02D2200/0402

  the parameter being determined by using a model of the engine intake or its components · CPC title

• F02D41/18

  by measuring intake air flow · CPC title