Control method of turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9523309-B2
Application number	US-201414534586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A control method for a turbocharger system may include a first intake line supplying outdoor air to an intake manifold, a turbocharger, a second intake line supplying fresh air to the compressor; a third intake line connecting the compressor and the first intake line; a throttle valve controlling a flow of air supplied from the first intake line and the third intake line; an intake bypass valve controlling a flow of air that flows in the first intake line; a first exhaust line; a second exhaust line; an exhaust bypass valve controlling a flow of the exhaust gas discharged from the first exhaust line; and a controller controlling opening levels of the intake bypass valve, the exhaust bypass valve, and the throttle valve according to a driving condition of a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for a turbocharger system, comprising:
a first intake line supplying outdoor air to an intake manifold of an engine;
a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor;
a second intake line supplying fresh air to the compressor;
a third intake line connecting the compressor and the first intake line;
a throttle valve installed to control a flow of air supplied from the first intake line and the third intake line;
an intake bypass valve installed to control a flow of air that flows in the first intake line;
a first exhaust line exhausting an exhaust gas of an exhaust manifold;
a second exhaust line provided to make a part of the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold join the first exhaust line through the turbine;
an exhaust bypass valve installed to control a flow of the exhaust gas discharged from the first exhaust line;
a controller controlling opening levels of the intake bypass valve, the exhaust bypass valve, and the throttle valve according to an operating condition of a vehicle,
a boost pressure sensor providing an indication of real boost pressure to the controller;
a rpm sensor providing an indication of engine rpm to the controller; and
the controller including non-transitory executable instructions for:
judging whether engine rpm of the engine satisfies a set low/medium speed condition;
judging whether an acceleration request condition is satisfied when the engine rpm satisfies the set low/medium speed condition;
closing the intake bypass valve;
judging whether a difference between a target boost pressure and a real boost pressure is greater than a predetermined differential pressure;
controlling an opening angle of the exhaust bypass valve according to the acceleration request condition when the difference between the target boost pressure and the real boost pressure is less than the predetermined differential pressure;
judging whether a predetermined time elapses when the difference between the target boost pressure and the real boost pressure is greater than the predetermined differential pressure; and
controlling the intake bypass valve to be opened when the predetermined time elapses.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises non-transitory executable instructions for judging whether a surge generating condition of the second intake line is satisfied after the controlling the opening angle of the exhaust bypass valve according to the acceleration request condition; and
controlling the intake bypass valve to be opened when the surge generating condition is satisfied.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the controller comprises non-transitory executable instructions for judging whether a current request torque is smaller than an engine torque when the surge generating condition is not satisfied, and controlling the exhaust bypass valve and the intake bypass valve to be opened when the current request torque is smaller than the engine torque.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the surge generating condition is satisfied when a variation of an accelerator pedal according to a time is greater than a predetermined value.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the controller comprises non-transitory executable instructions for judging whether the current request torque is smaller than the engine torque within a set time which is delayed after controlling the opening angle of the exhaust bypass valve.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises non-transitory executable instructions for opening the exhaust bypass valve and the intake bypass valve when the engine rpm does not satisfy the low/medium speed condition.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low/medium speed condition is satisfied when a current engine rpm is smaller than a maximum turbocharger operated engine rpm.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein it is judged whether the acceleration request condition is satisfied from a vehicle operating condition including a requested air volume, requested torque, and requested boost pressure.

9. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the requested air volume is an air volume requested by the engine, which is determined from the current accelerator opening angle, and
when the determined requested air volume is larger than an actual air volume supplied to the engine at present, the acceleration request condition is satisfied.

10. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the requested torque is requested torque determined from the current accelerator opening angle, and
when the determined requested torque is larger than the set maximum natural intake engine torque of the engine, the acceleration request condition is satisfied.

11. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the requested boost pressure is requested boost pressure determined from the current accelerator opening angle, and
when the determined requested torque is larger than the set maximum natural intake boost pressure of the engine, the acceleration request condition is satisfied.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the opening angle of the exhaust bypass valve is determined based on a operating condition of the vehicle including a requested air volume, a requested torque, and a requested boost pressure.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yoonjoo
• Lee Joowon
• Lim Hyunjun
• Joo Nahmroh
• Han Donghee
• Hwang Iljoong
• Park Jongil

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• Y02T10/144

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F02B37/16 Primary

  by bypassing charging air · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

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

• F02D23/00

  Controlling engines characterised by their being supercharged · CPC title