Internal combustion engine control device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10890124-B2
Application number	US-201716340923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2017
Priority date	Oct 17, 2016
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the amount of fuel adhering to a wall surface of a cylinder in an engine whose wall surface temperature varies every cycle. An internal combustion engine control device that controls an internal combustion engine, which injects fuel into a cylinder and generates combustion by ignition, includes: a wall surface temperature calculation unit that calculates a wall surface temperature of the cylinder based on a pressure in the cylinder; and a combustion control unit that controls the combustion of the internal combustion engine based on the calculated wall surface temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An internal combustion engine control device controlling an internal combustion engine that injects fuel into a cylinder and generates combustion by ignition, the internal combustion engine control device comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
calculate a wall surface temperature of the cylinder based on a pressure in the cylinder; and
control combustion of the internal combustion engine based on the calculated wall surface temperature.

2. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor corrects a combustion parameter to be used for at least one of injection and ignition in the combustion based on the wall surface temperature.

3. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor measures the wall surface temperature every cycle and determines the combustion parameter in a next cycle based on the wall surface temperature.

4. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor changes a fuel injection timing of next and subsequent cycles based on a result obtained by comparing the wall surface temperature with a predetermined reference value.

5. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the internal combustion engine injects fuel by splitting the injection into a plurality of times within one cycle, and
the processor changes a number of fuel injections in one cycle based on a result obtained by comparing the wall surface temperature with a predetermined reference value.

6. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the internal combustion engine injects fuel by splitting the injection into a plurality of times within one cycle, and
the processor changes a ratio of fuel to be injected in each fuel injection during one cycle in next and subsequent cycles based on a result obtained by comparing the wall surface temperature with a predetermined reference value.

7. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor changes an ignition timing of next and subsequent cycles based on a result obtained by comparing the wall surface temperature with a predetermined reference value.

8. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the processor advances the ignition timing to a fuel consumption optimum point when the wall surface temperature is lower than the reference value.

9. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the processor retards the ignition timing to a predetermined time at which knocking does not occur when the wall surface temperature is higher than the reference value.

10. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 1 , wherein
in an expansion stroke, the processor estimates first parameters based on a difference between an actual measurement value of a workload calculated using results obtained by measuring in-cylinder pressures at a plurality of crank angles and a calculation value of a workload calculated based on a cooling loss and an assumption of adiabatic expansion including the first parameters, and calculates a wall surface temperature for each cycle based on the estimated first parameters.

11. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the processor estimates the first parameter by a calculation that minimizes the difference between the actual measurement value of the workload and the calculation value of the workload.

12. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the first parameters are a gas temperature at a start of expansion and a heat transfer coefficient between a gas and the wall surface.

13. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the processor calculates the actual measurement value of the workload based on in-cylinder pressure measurement values measured at a plurality of crank angles and an in-cylinder volume set depending on a shape of a combustion chamber.

14. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the processor calculates the calculation value of the workload based on a specific heat ratio of a post-combustion gas calculated based on a measured in-cylinder pressure, a crank angle, an air-fuel ratio, and a mass of intake air, an in-cylinder pressure calculated assuming adiabatic expansion, and an in-cylinder volume set depending on a shape of a combustion chamber.

15. The internal combustion engine control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor stops correcting the combustion parameter based on the wall surface temperature in a predetermined abnormal state that affects the calculation of the wall surface temperature.

16. An internal combustion engine control method for controlling an internal combustion engine that injects fuel into a cylinder and generates combustion by ignition, the internal combustion engine control method comprising:
calculating, by a processor, a wall surface temperature of the cylinder based on a pressure in the cylinder; and
controlling, by the processor, the combustion of the internal combustion engine based on the calculated wall surface temperature.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
estimating, by the processor, first parameters during an expansion stroke based on a difference between an actual measurement value of a workload calculated using results obtained by measuring in-cylinder pressures at a plurality of crank angles and a calculation value of a workload calculated based on a cooling loss and an assumption of adiabatic expansion including the first parameters; and
calculating a wall surface temperature for each cycle based on the estimated first parameters.

18. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising correcting, by the processor, a combustion parameter to be used for at least one of injection and ignition in the combustion based on the wall surface temperature.

19. The method according to claim 18 , further comprising:
measuring, by the processor, the wall surface temperature every cycle; and
determining the combustion parameter in a next cycle based on the wall surface temperature.

20. The method according to claim 19 , further comprising changing, by the processor, a fuel injection timing of next and subsequent cycles based on a result obtained by comparing the wall surface temperature with a predetermined reference value.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• YONEYA Naoki
• Saruwatari Masayuki

Classifications

• F02P5/1521

  with particular means during a transient phase, e.g. starting, acceleration, deceleration, gear change · CPC title

• F02D41/0047

  Controlling exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] (temperature control with cooler in recirculation circuit F02M26/33) · CPC title

• F02D35/023

  by determining the cylinder pressure · CPC title

• F02P5/152

  dependent on pinking (detecting or indicating knocks in internal-combustion engines G01L23/22) · CPC title

• F02D35/026 Primary

  using an estimation · CPC title