Method and system for diagnosing common rail diesel engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9476378-B2
Application number	US-201414313525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 18, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine. The method for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine may include setting a time when a pressure of a common rail becomes a first set pressure to a diagnosis start time and neglecting a state of the common rail until the pressure of the common rail decreases from the first set pressure to a second set pressure which is a diagnosis end pressure, verifying a time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure and determining the time as a diagnosis end time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure, calculating a diagnosis time as an elapsed time from the diagnosis start time to the diagnose end time, and diagnosing that fuel leaks from the common rail when the diagnosis time is shorter than a diagnosis set time by comparing the diagnosis time with the diagnosis set time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
determining by a diagnoser, whether a diagnosis request signal for requesting a diagnosis of the common rail diesel engine is input while the common rail diesel engine is driven;
increasing by the diagnoser, a pressure of a common rail by controlling a high-pressure fuel pump through an engine control unit (ECU) to a set pressure if the diagnosis request signal is input;
stopping by the diagnoser, the common rail diesel engine through the ECU and neglecting the common rail diesel engine when the pressure of the common rail detected through a pressure sensor increases to the set pressure and until the pressure of the common rail decreases to a first set pressure which is a diagnosis start pressure;
setting by the diagnoser, a time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the first set pressure to a diagnosis start time by using a timer and neglecting a state of the common rail until the pressure of the common rail detected through the pressure sensor decreases from the first set pressure to a second set pressure which is a diagnosis end pressure;
verifying by the diagnoser, a time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure and determining the time by using the timer as a diagnosis end time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure;
calculating by the diagnoser, a diagnosis time as an elapsed time from the diagnosis start time to the diagnose end time; and
diagnosing by the diagnoser, that fuel leaks from the common rail when the diagnosis time is shorter than a diagnosis set time by comparing the diagnosis time with the diagnosis set time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
a state in which the common rail diesel engine is driven is an idle state.

3. A system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
the diagnoser operates by a program set for performing the method of claim 2 ;
the high-pressure fuel pump configured to set fuel of a diesel engine at a high pressure;
a pressure control valve configured to control a pressure of fuel output from the high-pressure fuel pump;
an injector configured to inject high-pressure fuel into a combustion chamber of the diesel engine;
the common rail configured to supply the high-pressure fuel into the injector;
the pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the common rail;
the engine control unit (ECU) configured to control the common rail diesel engine; and
the diagnoser configured to diagnose a fuel leak from the common rail.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the diagnosis request signal is output from an external engine diagnosis equipment.

5. A system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
the diagnoser operated by a program set for performing the method of claim 4
the high-pressure fuel pump configured to set fuel of a diesel engine at a high pressure;
a pressure control valve configured to control a pressure of fuel output from the high-pressure fuel pump;
an injector configured to inject high-pressure fuel into a combustion chamber of the diesel engine;
the common rail configured to supply the high-pressure fuel into the injector;
the pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the common rail;
the engine control unit (ECU) configured to control the common rail diesel engine; and
the diagnoser configured to diagnose a fuel leak from the common rail.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the set pressure of the common rail is a maximum pressure of the common rail.

7. A system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
the diagnoser operated by a program set for performing the method of claim 6 ;
the high-pressure fuel pump configured to set fuel of a diesel engine at a high pressure;
a pressure control valve configured to control a pressure of fuel output from the high-pressure fuel pump;
an injector configured to inject the high-pressure fuel into a combustion chamber of the diesel engine;
the common rail configured to supply the high-pressure fuel into the injector;
the pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the common rail;
the engine control unit (ECU) configured to control the common rail diesel engine; and
the diagnoser configured to diagnose a fuel leak from the common rail.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating an alert when it is diagnosed that the fuel leaks from the common rail.

9. A system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
the diagnoser operates by a program set for performing the method of claim 8
the high-pressure fuel pump configured to set fuel of a diesel engine at a high pressure;
a pressure control valve configured to control a pressure of fuel output from the high-pressure fuel pump;
an injector configured to inject the high-pressure fuel into a combustion chamber of the diesel engine;
the common rail configured to supply the high-pressure fuel into the injector;
the pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the common rail;
the engine control unit (ECU) configured to control the common rail diesel engine; and
the diagnoser configured to diagnose a fuel leak from the common rail.

10. A system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine, comprising:
the diagnoser operated by a program set for performing the method of claim 1 ;
the high-pressure fuel pump configured to set fuel of a diesel engine at a high pressure;
a pressure control valve configured to control a pressure of fuel output from the high-pressure fuel pump;
an injector configured to inject high-pressure fuel into a combustion chamber of the diesel engine;
the common rail configured to supply the high-pressure fuel into the injector;
the pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the common rail;
the engine control unit (ECU) configured to control the common rail diesel engine; and
the diagnoser configured to diagnose a fuel leak from the common rail.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
an alerter configured to generate an alert when it is diagnosed that the fuel leaks from the common rail.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Tae Seong

Classifications

• F02D41/3809 Primary

  Common rail control systems (common rail apparatus F02M55/025, F02M63/0225) · CPC title

• F02D2200/0602

  Fuel pressure · CPC title

• F02D41/042

  for stopping the engine · CPC title

• F02D2041/225

  Leakage detection · CPC title

• F02D41/221

  relating to the failure of actuators or electrically driven elements · CPC title