Engine system having secondary air injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844780-B2
Application number	US-201816175182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	Apr 4, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

An engine system having a secondary air injection device include: an engine having a plurality of cylinders; a first intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a second intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line and the second intake line, respectively; an exhaust manifold connected with the plurality of cylinders; an exhaust line connected with the exhaust manifold such that exhaust gas flows to the exhaust line through the exhaust manifold; an exhaust gas purification device disposed in the exhaust line; and a secondary air injection device injecting air into the exhaust manifold or the exhaust line from the intake line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine system having a secondary air injection system for a vehicle, the engine system comprising:
an engine having a plurality of cylinders that generate a driving torque of the vehicle by combustion of a fuel;
a first intake line in which intake air supplied into the plurality of cylinders flows;
a second intake line in which intake air supplied into the plurality of cylinders flows;
a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line;
a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed on the first intake line and the second intake line, respectively;
an exhaust manifold connected with the plurality of cylinders;
an exhaust line connected with the exhaust manifold such that exhaust gas flows to the exhaust line through the exhaust manifold;
an exhaust gas purification device disposed in the exhaust line;
a secondary air injection device arranged between the exhaust manifold and the first intake line and configured to inject air;
a first intake valve disposed in the first intake line;
a second intake valve disposed in the second intake line; and
a bypass valve disposed in the bypass line,
wherein the secondary air injection device includes:
an air injection line branched from the first intake line and then joined to the exhaust manifold; and
an air injection valve disposed in the air injection line,

wherein the first intake valve is disposed in the first intake line downstream of the first electric supercharger, and
wherein the second intake valve is disposed in the second intake line upstream of the second electric supercharger,
wherein the air injection line is branched from the first intake line between the first intake valve and the first electric supercharger and then joined to the exhaust manifold,
wherein the engine system further comprises a controller for controlling operations of the engine, the first and second electric superchargers, the first and second intake valves, the bypass valve, and the air injection valve, and
wherein the controller controls the first intake valve and the bypass valve to be closed, controls the first electric supercharger to be operated such that supercharged air from the first electric supercharger is generated in the first intake line and the bypass line, and adjusts an opening of the air injection valve such that the supercharged air from the first electric supercharger is supplied to the exhaust manifold.

2. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the first intake line and the second intake line are joined to a main intake line, and a first intercooler is disposed in the main intake line.

3. The engine system of claim 1 , further comprising a second intercooler that is disposed in the bypass line.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Oh Heechang
• Park Jong Il
• Lim Hyun Jun
• Hong Seungwoo
• Lee Joowon
• Park Yeongseop
• Han Dong Hee
• Lee Hyungbok

Classifications

• F02B39/10 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• F02M35/10157

  Supercharged engines · CPC title

• F02M35/10255

  Arrangements of valves; Multi-way valves (F02M35/10032 takes precedence; valves in the plenum chamber F02M35/10065; check valves F02M35/10275) · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F01N3/323

  Electrically driven air pumps · CPC title