Method for controlling an internal combustion engine, a computer program, a computer readable medium, a control unit, an internal combustion engine, and a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11746715-B2
Application number	US-201817276410-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2018
Priority date	Oct 1, 2018
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a method to control an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder, an exhaust guide arranged to guide an exhaust flow from the cylinder through a turbine, and a bypass guide arranged to bypass a bypass flow from the cylinder past the turbine. The method comprises the step to determine a value of at least one engine operation parameter. The method is characterized by the step to determine a target value of an exhaust performance parameter depending on the determined engine operation parameter value. Further, the method comprises, depending on the determined target exhaust performance parameter value, the step to control the exhaust flow through the exhaust guide and the step to control the bypass flow through the bypass guide.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder, an exhaust guide arranged to guide an exhaust flow from the cylinder through a turbine of a turbo charger, wherein an adjustable exhaust flow restriction element is arranged between the cylinder and the turbine and arranged to control the exhaust flow guided through the exhaust guide, and a bypass guide arranged to bypass a bypass flow from the cylinder past the turbine, wherein an adjustable bypass flow restriction element is arranged downstream of the cylinder to control the bypass flow guided through the bypass guide, the method comprising the steps:
determining a value of at least one engine operation parameter, wherein the at least one engine operation parameter is at least one of the following:
an engine speed,
an engine load,
a coolant temperature, and
an ambient temperature,

and
determining a target value of an exhaust performance parameter depending on the determined engine operation parameter value, wherein the exhaust performance parameter is at least one of the following:
an exhaust temperature,
an exhaust mass flow,
an exhaust manifold pressure, and
an exhaust power and

depending on the determined target exhaust performance parameter value,
controlling the exhaust flow through the exhaust guide and
controlling the bypass flow through the bypass guide.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising: determining a current exhaust performance parameter value, and controlling the exhaust flow through the exhaust guide depending on a deviation of the determined current exhaust performance parameter value from the determined target exhaust performance parameter value; and/or controlling the bypass flow through the bypass guide depending on a deviation of the determined current exhaust performance parameter value from the determined target exhaust performance parameter value.

3. The method according to claim 1 comprising: determining an engine speed value and/or determining an engine load value, and determining the target exhaust performance parameter value depending on the determined engine speed value and/or the determined engine load value.

4. The method according to claim 1 comprising:
choosing a value map for determining the target exhaust performance parameter value depending on the determined coolant temperature value and/or the determined ambient temperature value and/or the determined exhaust temperature value, and/or
determining the target exhaust performance parameter value depending on the determined coolant temperature value and/or the determined ambient temperature value and/or the determined exhaust temperature value.

5. The method according to claim 1 comprising: transforming the determined target exhaust power value to the target exhaust temperature value and/or to the target exhaust mass flow value.

6. The method according to claim 1 comprising:
determining a current exhaust temperature value,
determining a current exhaust manifold pressure value,
controlling the exhaust flow through the exhaust guide depending on a deviation of the determined current exhaust manifold pressure value from the determined target exhaust manifold pressure value, and
controlling the bypass flow through the bypass guide depending on a deviation of the determined current exhaust temperature value from the determined target exhaust temperature value.

7. The method according to claim 1 comprising: controlling an air flow through an air flow guide, wherein the air guide is arranged to guide the air flow from the compressor to the cylinder, and wherein an adjustable air flow restriction element is arranged upstream of the cylinder to control the air flow guided through the air guide
depending on the determined target exhaust performance parameter value; and/or
depending on the deviation of the determined current exhaust performance parameter value from the determined target exhaust performance parameter value.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying a computer program comprising program code for performing the steps of claim 1 when said program code is run on a computer.

9. A control unit for controlling the internal combustion engine, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the steps of the method according to claim 1 .

10. An internal combustion engine comprising
the cylinder,
the turbo charger having a compressor and a turbine driving the compressor,
an air guide arranged to guide an air flow from the compressor to the cylinder,
the exhaust guide arranged to guide an exhaust flow from the cylinder to the turbine,
the adjustable exhaust flow restriction element arranged between the cylinder and the turbine and arranged to control the exhaust flow through the exhaust guide, and
the bypass guide arranged to bypass a bypass flow past the turbine, and
the adjustable bypass flow restriction element arranged to control the bypass flow guided through the bypass guide

wherein the internal combustion engine further comprises
the control unit according to claim 9 .

11. The internal combustion engine according to claim 10 , wherein the internal combustion engine comprises
an exhaust flow temperature sensor arranged downstream of the cylinder, and/or
an engine coolant system having a coolant temperature sensor, and/or
an ambient temperature sensor arranged peripheral to the internal combustion engine, and/or
an exhaust flow pressure sensor arranged downstream of the cylinder, and/or
an air flow pressure sensor arranged upstream of the cylinder.

12. A vehicle comprising the internal combustion engine according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Mohlin Anders
• Ehleskog Malin

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F02D41/0007 Primary

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F01N13/107

  More than one exhaust manifold or exhaust collector · CPC title

• F02B37/183

  Arrangements of bypass valves or actuators therefor · CPC title

• F02D9/04

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