Operating state determination device for engine, vehicle, operating state determination method for engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11828240-B2
Application number	US-201917420615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2019
Priority date	Jan 15, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of a turbocharger is detected for each cycle of an engine. A first vibration component corresponding to each of cylinders is specified from a pulsation component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, and the first vibration components for each of the cylinders are integrated over a plurality of cycles. A variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders is calculated by comparing integration results among the cylinders.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An operating state determination device for an engine mounted with a turbocharger and including a plurality of cylinders, the device comprising: a turbo rotation speed sensor detecting a temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of the turbocharger, for each cycle of the engine; and a processor and a storage medium storing program that causes the processor to: specify a first vibration component which is a waveform corresponding to each of the cylinders from the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed in one cycle of the engine; first integrate a frequency of an amplitude of the first vibration components for each of the cylinders over a plurality of cycles of the engine; and calculate a variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders by comparing integration results of the first integrating step among the cylinders, wherein the specifying step specifies the first vibration component based on a temporally increasing region of the temporal change, and wherein the program further causes the processor to: determine presence or absence of an abnormality in the engine based on the calculation result of the calculate step.

2. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the region is an amplitude difference between a minimum value and a maximum value of the temporal change, the maximum value immediately succeeding the minimum value.

3. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first integrate step integrates the first vibration components on which a normalization process regarding an operating state of the engine is performed.

4. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein, if the temporal change has an amplitude of not greater than a predetermined value, a process is prohibited.

5. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specify step associates the first vibration component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed with each of the cylinders, based on a reference signal synchronized with a rotation state of a crank shaft.

6. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein calculate step calculates, as the variation, a variance value regarding the integration results of the first vibration components corresponding to the respective cylinders, and
wherein the determine step determines that the engine has the abnormality, if the variance value is not less than a first threshold.

7. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calculate step calculates, as the variation, a variation of the integration results of the first vibration components corresponding to the respective cylinders and an average value of the integration results, and
wherein the determine step determines that there is the abnormality in the cylinders having the difference of not less than a second threshold.

8. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein, if the correction control is performed not less than a predetermined number of times, the program causes the processor to determine that the engine has the abnormality, regardless of the calculation result of the first variation calculation part.

9. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein the program further causes the processor to: detect a temporal change of an engine rotation speed of the engine, for each cycle of the engine; specify a second vibration component which is a waveform corresponding to each of the cylinders from the temporal change of the engine rotation speed in one cycle of the engine; second integrate the second vibration components for each of the cylinders over the plurality of cycles of the engine; second calculate a variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders by comparing integration results of the integrate step among the cylinders; and third determine an operating state of the engine based on a calculation result of the first calculate step and a calculation result of the second calculate step.

10. A vehicle, comprising:
the operating state determination device according to claim 1 ; and
a vehicle controller controlling the engine based on a determination result of the operating state determination device.

11. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 1 , wherein
the program further causes the processor to:
specify a rank of the first vibration component for each of the cylinders included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, for each cycle of the engine,
wherein the first integrate step integrates values of the ranks for each of the cylinders over the plurality of cycles of the engine.

12. The operating state determination device for the engine according to claim 11 ,
wherein an average value of the ranks for each of the cylinders is calculated, and based on whether the average value of each of the cylinders falls within a predetermined range, presence or absence of an abnormality in the engine is determined.

13. An operating state determination device for an engine mounted with a turbocharger and including a plurality of cylinders, the device comprising: a turbo rotation speed sensor detecting a temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of the turbocharger, for each cycle of the engine; and a processor and a storage medium storing program that causes the processor to: specify a first vibration component which is a waveform corresponding to each of the cylinders from the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed in one cycle of the engine; first integrate the first vibration components for each of the cylinders over a plurality of cycles of the engine; calculate a variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders by comparing integration results of the first integrate step among the cylinders; and specify a rank of the first vibration component for each of the cylinders included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, for each cycle of the engine, wherein the first integrate step integrates a frequency of the ranks for each of the cylinders over the plurality of cycles of the engine.

14. An operating state determination method for an engine mounted with a turbocharger and including a plurality of cylinders, the method comprising: a step of detecting a temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of the turbocharger, for each cycle of the engine; a step of specifying a first vibration component which is a waveform corresponding to each of the cylinders from the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed in one cycle of the engine; a step of integrating a frequency of an amplitude of the first vibration components for each of the cylinders over a plurality of cycles of the engine; a step of calculating a variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders by comparing integration results of the first vibration components among the cylinders; and a step of determining presence or absence of an abnormality in the engine based on the calculation result of the calculate step, wherein the step of specifying the first vibration component includes specifying the first vibration component based on a temporally increasing region of the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed.

15. The operating state determination method for the engine according to claim 14 ,
wherein the region is an amplitude difference between a minimum value and a maximum value of the temporal change

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Engine & Turbocharger Ltd

Inventors

• Sase Ryo
• Noguchi Shintarou
• An Byeongil

Classifications

• F02D41/0007 Primary

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

• F02B39/16

  Other safety measures for, or other control of, pumps · CPC title

• F02D41/009

  using means for generating position or synchronisation signals · CPC title

• F02D41/22 Primary

  Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions {(in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809)} · CPC title

• F02D41/28

  Interface circuits · CPC title