Controlling combustion noise of diesel fuel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9506419-B2
Application number	US-201414558474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of controlling combustion noise of diesel fuel. The method includes steps of setting a first target value indicating a crank angle at a maximum heat release rate and a second target value indicating a combustion noise index; calculating the value of X, which is the difference between a crank angle under the current conditions of a vehicle and the first target value and calculating the value of Y, which is the difference between a combustion noise index under the current conditions of the vehicle and the second target value; setting a third target value indicating a value of Y for the value of X, and calibrating the amount of pilot fuel injected into an engine according to the difference between the value of Y and the third target value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a combustion noise of diesel fuel, comprising:
setting a first target value indicating a crank angle at a maximum heat release rate and a second target value indicating a combustion noise index;
calculating a value of X which is a difference between a crank angle under the current conditions of a vehicle and the first target value, and a value of Y which is a difference between a combustion noise index under the current conditions of the vehicle and the second target value;
setting a third target valuefor a value of Y corresponding to the value of X; and
calibrating an amount of pilot fuel injected into an engine according to a difference between the value of Y and the third target value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first target value and the second target value are set by using a fuel amount, an engine RPM, a gear position, an inlet air temperature, and a cooling water temperature.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a value of X, which is a difference between a crank angle under the current conditions of a vehicle and the first target value, is calculated and then a main fuel injection timing is calibrated according to the difference.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the step of calibrating a pilot fuel amount according to the difference between the value of Y and the third target value, the pilot fuel amount is increased if a value of Y is greater than the third target value, and is decreased if a value of Y is less than the third target value.

5. A system for controlling a combustion noise of diesel fuel, comprising:
a detector for detecting operation conditions of a vehicle;
a calculator for calculating a value of X, which is a difference between a crank angle under the current conditions of a vehicle measured by the detector and a first target value indicating a crank angle at a maximum heat release rate, and a value of Y, which is a difference between a combustion noise index under the current conditions of the vehicle measured by the detector and a second target value indicating a preset combustion noise index;
a data storage for storing the first target value, the second target value and a third target valuefor a value of Y corresponding to the value of X; and
a controller for calibrating a pilot fuel amount according to the difference between the value of Y and the third target value.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the data storage has the first target value and the second target value stored by using a fuel amount, an engine RPM, a gear position, an inlet air temperature and a cooling water temperature.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller transmits to a main fuel injection unit a signal for a fuel injection timing calibrated according to the value of X, which is a difference between a crank angle under the current conditions of the vehicle measured by the detector and the first target value.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller transmits to a pilot fuel injection unit a signal for increasing a pilot fuel injection amount, if a value of Y is greater than the third target value, and a signal for decreasing a pilot fuel injection amount, if a value of Y is less than the third target value.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung In Soo

Classifications

• Y02T10/44

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F02D35/028

  by determining the combustion timing or phasing · CPC title

• F02D2200/025

  Engine noise, e.g. determined by using an acoustic sensor · CPC title

• F02D41/403 Primary

  with pilot injections · CPC title

• F02D35/023

  by determining the cylinder pressure · CPC title