Control device for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11073092-B2
Application number	US-201816607269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Priority date	May 10, 2017
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel cut of the internal combustion engine and without being affected by an intake air amount and an intake air temperature. A compression ratio ε is calculated on the basis of a change of in-cylinder pressure P with respect to crank angle θ at timing when an in-cylinder volume change rate dV/dθ/V takes an extreme value or at timing from closing of an intake valve 109 to the start of ignition of the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine including a cylinder in which an intake valve and an exhaust valve open and close in synchronization with rotation of a crank shaft connected to a piston, wherein
the control device calculates the compression ratio in accordance with a change of in-cylinder pressure with respect to a crank angle at timing from closing of the intake valve to a start of ignition of an air-fuel mixture in the cylinder, and
the control device calculates the compression ratio in accordance with the change of the in-cylinder pressure with respect to the crank angle at timing when an in-cylinder volume change rate obtained by normalizing a change of in-cylinder volume with respect to the crank angle by in-cylinder volume takes an extreme value.

2. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the control device calculates the compression ratio in accordance with an in-cylinder pressure change rate obtained by normalizing the change of the in-cylinder pressure with respect to the crank angle by an in-cylinder pressure.

3. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein
the control device calculates the compression ratio from a relationship between the predetermined in-cylinder pressure change rate and the compression ratio.

4. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the internal combustion engine includes a variable compression ratio mechanism that allows the compression ratio to be variable, and
when the calculated compression ratio is different from a preset target compression ratio, the control device corrects a command value for compression ratio control for variably controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism in accordance with a difference between the calculated compression ratio and the target compression ratio.

5. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein
the control device corrects the command value for the compression ratio control in accordance with a value obtained by dividing a difference between the calculated compression ratio and the target compression ratio by a slope of a predetermined control characteristic.

6. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the internal combustion engine includes a variable compression ratio mechanism that allows the compression ratio to be variable, and
the control device controls a command value for compression ratio control for variably controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism in a manner that the calculated compression ratio follows a target value determined by an operating state of the internal combustion engine.

7. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein
when the calculated compression ratio is larger than a preset target compression ratio, the control device controls a command value for ignition timing control in a manner that ignition timing of the air-fuel mixture is delayed in the cylinder.

8. A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine including a cylinder in which an intake valve and an exhaust valve open and close in synchronization with rotation of a crank shaft connected to a piston, the control device comprising:
a crank angle calculation unit that calculates a crank angle of the crank shaft;
an in-cylinder pressure calculation unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure of the cylinder;
an adiabatic change timing determination unit that determines, from the crank angle calculated by the crank angle calculation unit, timing from closing of the intake valve to a start of ignition of an air-fuel mixture in the cylinder;
an in-cylinder pressure differential unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure differential value by differentiating the in-cylinder pressure calculated by the in-cylinder pressure calculation unit with respect to the crank angle calculated by the crank angle calculation unit;
an in-cylinder pressure change rate calculation unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure change rate by normalizing the in-cylinder pressure differential value with the in-cylinder pressure at the timing determined by the adiabatic change timing determination unit; and
a compression ratio calculation unit that calculates the compression ratio in accordance with the in-cylinder pressure change rate calculated by the in-cylinder pressure change rate calculation unit.

9. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 8 , further comprising one or both of:
a compression ratio control command value calculation unit that calculates, in accordance with the compression ratio calculated by the compression ratio calculation unit, a compression ratio control command value for variably controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism that allows the compression ratio to be variable; and
an ignition timing control command value calculation unit that calculates, in accordance with the compression ratio calculated by the compression ratio calculation unit, an ignition timing control command value that controls ignition timing of the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder.

10. A control device for an internal combustion engine capable of estimating a compression ratio of an internal combustion engine including a cylinder in which an intake valve and an exhaust valve open and close in synchronization with rotation of a crank shaft connected to a piston, the control device comprising:
a crank angle calculation unit that calculates a crank angle of the crank shaft;
an in-cylinder pressure calculation unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure of the cylinder;
an extreme value timing determination unit that determines, from the crank angle calculated by the crank angle calculation unit, timing at which an in-cylinder volume change rate obtained by normalizing a change of in-cylinder volume with respect to the crank angle by the in-cylinder volume takes an extreme value;
an in-cylinder pressure differential unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure differential value by differentiating the in-cylinder pressure calculated by the in-cylinder pressure calculation unit with respect to the crank angle calculated by the crank angle calculation unit;
an in-cylinder pressure change rate calculation unit that calculates an in-cylinder pressure change rate by normalizing the in-cylinder pressure differential value with an in-cylinder pressure at timing determined by the extreme value timing determination unit; and
a compression ratio calculation unit that calculates the compression ratio in accordance with the in-cylinder pressure change rate calculated by the in-cylinder pressure change rate calculation unit.

11. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 10 , further comprising one or both of:
a compression ratio control command value calculation unit that calculates, in accordance with the compression ratio calculated by the compression ratio calculation unit, a compression ratio control command value for variably controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism that allows the compression ratio to be variable; and
an ignition timing control command value calculation unit that calculates, in accordance with the compression ratio calculated by the compression ratio calculation unit, an ignition timing control command value that controls ignition timing of the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Aono Toshihiro
• Saruwatari Masayuki

Classifications

• F02D35/023 Primary

  by determining the cylinder pressure · CPC title

• F02B75/047

  by means of variable crankshaft position · CPC title

• F02B75/045

  by means of a variable connecting rod length · CPC title

• F02D41/009

  using means for generating position or synchronisation signals · CPC title

• F02P5/10

  dependent on fluid pressure in engine, e.g. combustion-air pressure · CPC title