Exhaust gas analysis apparatus, exhaust gas analysis system, exhaust gas measurement method, program recording medium recorded with program for exhaust gas analysis apparatus, and calibration method for exhaust gas analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11592364-B2
Application number	US-201816144639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2018
Priority date	Oct 13, 2017
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

To provide an exhaust gas analysis apparatus that, without the need to greatly change the flow rate of diluted exhaust gas passing through a filter, can change the flow rate of exhaust gas in the diluted exhaust gas passing through the filter with good followability to reflect weighting, and accurately measure PM, the exhaust gas analysis apparatus is adapted to include: a collection part that collects particulate matter in sampling exhaust gas partially splitting from original exhaust gas or in the diluted exhaust gas resulting from diluting the sampling exhaust gas with diluent gas; and a split flow ratio control mechanism configured to, in accordance with a vehicle driving mode set in compliance with predetermined regulations, change a split flow ratio that is the ratio of the split flow rate of the sampling exhaust gas to the total flow rate of the original exhaust gas.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An exhaust gas analysis apparatus comprising:
a diluent gas supply path through which diluent gas flows;
a dilution tunnel configured to receive the diluent gas from the diluent gas supply path and receive sampling exhaust gas partially or wholly split from original exhaust gas that flows through a main flow path, and to output diluted exhaust gas by mixing the diluent gas and the sampling exhaust gas;
a collection part configured to receive a total amount of the diluted exhaust gas from the dilution tunnel and to collect a measurement target component in the diluted exhaust gas; and
a split flow ratio control mechanism, including a main flowmeter that measures a flow rate of the original exhaust gas that flows through the main flow path, configured to, during a test of a vehicle or a part of the vehicle, change and control a split flow ratio upstream of the dilution tunnel in accordance with a vehicle driving mode set in compliance with a predetermined regulation based on at least the flow rate of the original exhaust gas measured by the main flowmeter, wherein the split flow ratio is a ratio of a split flow rate of the sampling exhaust gas to a total flow rate of the original exhaust gas.

2. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in multiple phase intervals constituting a driving mode, the diluted exhaust gas flows to the collection part in common.

3. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the driving mode has multiple phase intervals,
weighting factors are set for the respective phase intervals, and
the split flow ratio control mechanism is configured to change the split flow ratio in dependence on the weighting factors set for the respective phase intervals.

4. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the driving mode includes
a cold start region having one or more phase intervals and in which the vehicle is cold started; and
a hot start region having one or more phase intervals and in which the vehicle is hot started,
weighting factors are respectively set for the cold start region and the hot start region, and
the split flow ratio control mechanism is configured to change the split flow ratio in dependence of the weighting factors set for the cold start region and the hot start region.

5. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the cold start region has a first phase interval and a second phase interval,
the hot start region has a third phase interval,
a ratio among weighting factors respectively for the first phase interval, the second phase interval, and the third phase interval is set to a:1:(1−a), and
the split flow ratio control mechanism is configured to change the split flow ratio among the respective phase intervals so that a ratio among split flow ratios in the first phase interval, the second phase interval, and the third phase interval becomes 1/a:1:1/(1−a).

6. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the main flow path through which the original exhaust gas flows;
a sampling flow path through which the sampling exhaust gas splitting from the original exhaust gas flows; and
a diluted exhaust gas flow path that is a flow path after merger of the sampling flow path and the diluent gas supply path.

7. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the split flow ratio control mechanism comprises:
a first flowmeter that measures a flow rate of the diluent gas flowing through the diluent gas supply path;
a flow rate control valve that is provided in the diluent gas supply path;
a second flowmeter that measures a flow rate of diluted exhaust gas flowing through the diluted exhaust gas flow path;
a split flow ratio setting part that sets a target split flow ratio in accordance with a driving mode,
a target flow rate calculation part that, on a basis of the target split flow ratio set by the split flow ratio setting part, the total flow rate of the original exhaust gas, the total flow rate being measured by the main flowmeter, and a measured flow rate of the diluted exhaust gas, the measured flow rate being measured by the second flowmeter, calculates a target flow rate of the diluent gas flowing through the diluent gas supply path, and
a first controller that controls the flow rate control valve so that a deviation between a measured flow rate of the diluent gas, the measured flow rate being measured by the first flowmeter, and the target flow rate calculated by the target flow rate calculation part decreases.

8. The exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the split flow ratio control mechanism further comprises:
a pump provided in the diluted exhaust gas flow path; and
a second controller that controls the pump so that the flow rate of the diluted exhaust gas flowing through the diluted exhaust gas flow path becomes constant at a predetermined flow rate.

9. An exhaust gas analysis system comprising:
the exhaust gas analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
an analysis part that analyzes the measurement target component collected by the collection part.

10. An exhaust gas analysis method using an exhaust gas analysis apparatus comprising a diluent gas supply path through which diluent gas flows, a dilution tunnel configured to receive the diluent gas from the diluent gas supply path and receive sampling exhaust gas partially or wholly split from original exhaust gas that flows through a main flow path, and to output diluted exhaust gas by mixing the diluent gas and the sampling exhaust gas, a collection part configured to receive the diluted exhaust gas from the dilution tunnel and to collect a measurement target component in the diluted exhaust gas, and a main flowmeter that measures a flow rate of the original exhaust gas that flows through the main flow path, the exhaust gas analysis method comprising:
introducing a total amount of the diluted exhaust gas from the dilution tunnel to the collection part; and
during a test of a vehicle or a part of the vehicle, changing and controlling a split flow ratio upstream of the dilution tunnel in accordance with a vehicle driving mode set in compliance with a predetermined regulation based on at least the flow rate of the original exhaust gas measured by the main flowmeter, wherein the split flow ratio is a ratio of a split flow rate of the sampling exhaust gas to a total flow rate of the original exhaust gas.

Assignees

• Horiba Ltd

Inventors

• Otsuki Yoshinori

Classifications

• G01N15/0618

  of the filter type (G01N15/0643 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01F1/44

  Venturi tubes · CPC title

• G01N15/00

  Investigating characteristics of particles; Investigating permeability, pore-volume or surface-area of porous materials · CPC title

• G01N33/0004

  Gaseous mixtures, e.g. polluted air · CPC title

• G01N2001/2264

  with dilution · CPC title