Control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10900426-B2
Application number	US-201716069027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2017
Priority date	Jan 27, 2016
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A control device that controls an engine provided with an air amount measurement unit that measures an air amount passing through a throttle throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the engine, and a humidity measurement unit that measures a humidity of air passing through the throttle throttle valve, includes: an air amount calculation unit that calculates an air amount flowing into a cylinder of the engine based on a measurement result of the air amount measurement unit; and a pressure calculation unit that calculates a pressure of the intake manifold on a downstream side of the throttle throttle valve based on the air amount measured by the air amount measurement unit, the air amount calculated by the air amount calculation unit, and the humidity measured by the humidity measurement unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device configured to control an engine provided with an air amount sensor configured to measure an air amount passing through a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the engine, and a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity of air passing through the throttle valve, the control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
calculate an air amount flowing into a cylinder of the engine based on a measurement result of the air amount sensor;
calculate a pressure of the intake manifold on a downstream side of the throttle valve based on the air amount measured by the air amount sensor, the air amount calculated by the processor, and the humidity measured by the humidity sensor; and
correct a gas constant by using the humidity measured by the humidity sensor, wherein the calculating an air amount flowing into the cylinder of the engine uses the corrected gas constant.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the air amount sensor is a thermal type air flow meter.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the air amount sensor is configured to measure a humidity of an atmosphere.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the air amount sensor is configured to measure a humidity of air in the intake manifold.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the pressure of the intake manifold so that the pressure increases as the humidity measured by the humidity sensor increases.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the pressure of the intake manifold so that the pressure decreases as the measured atmospheric pressure rises.

7. A control device configured to control an engine provided with a supercharger provided in an intake passage of the engine, an air amount sensor configured to measure an air amount flowing into the supercharger, and a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity of air flowing into the supercharger, the control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
calculate an air amount passing through a throttle valve on a downstream side of the supercharger;
calculate a pressure between the supercharger and the throttle valve on the downstream side of the supercharger based on the air amount measured by the air amount sensor, the air amount calculated by the processor, and the humidity measured by the humidity sensor; and
correct a gas constant by using the humidity measured by the humidity sensor, wherein the calculating an air amount passing through the throttle valve on a downstream side of the supercharger uses the corrected gas constant.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate a pressure of an intake manifold on the downstream side of the throttle valve, based on the air amount passing through the throttle valve, the air amount being calculated by the processor, the pressure between the supercharger and the throttle valve on the downstream side of the supercharger, the pressure being calculated by the processor, and the humidity measured by the humidity sensor.

9. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the humidity sensor is configured to measure a humidity of air between the supercharger and the throttle valve on the downstream side of the supercharger.

10. The control device according to claim 9 , wherein the humidity sensor is configured integrally with the air amount sensor.

11. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the air amount sensor is a thermal type air flow meter.

12. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the air amount sensor is configured to measure a humidity of an atmosphere.

13. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the air amount sensor is configured to measure a humidity of air in the intake manifold.

14. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the pressure of the intake manifold so that the pressure increases as the humidity measured by the humidity sensor increases.

15. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the pressure of the intake manifold so that the pressure decreases as the measured atmospheric pressure rises.

16. A control device configured to control an engine provided with a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity of air passing through a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of an engine, a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of an intake manifold on a downstream side of the valve, and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve installed in a passage connecting an exhaust pipe of the engine and the intake pipe, the control device comprising:
a processor configured to:
calculate the pressure of the intake manifold using the humidity measured by the humidity sensor, and
control an EGR valve controller configured to control an opening degree of the EGR valve so that a difference between a detection value of the pressure sensor and the pressure calculated by the processor becomes a set value.

17. The control device according to claim 16 , wherein the EGR valve controller is configured to control an opening degree of the EGR valve so as to change an exhaust gas recirculation amount of the passage connecting the exhaust pipe and the intake pipe when the humidity measured by the humidity sensor changes.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Asano Seiji
• Akagi Yoshihiko
• Matohara Shinya
• ORYOJI Kazuhiro
• Suzuki Kunihiko

Classifications

• F02D9/02

  concerning induction conduits (throttle valves, or arrangements thereof in conduits F02D9/08) · CPC title

• F02D2200/0414

  Air temperature · CPC title

• F02D2200/0408

  Estimation of intake manifold pressure · CPC title

• F02D2200/0402

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

• F02D13/0219

  by shifting the phase, i.e. the opening periods of the valves are constant · CPC title