Control device for internal combustion engine based on in-cylinder temperature and oxygen concentration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9617942-B2
Application number	US-201314646537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2013
Priority date	Nov 26, 2012
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A control device 100 for an internal combustion engine includes an in-cylinder oxygen concentration acquisition unit configured to acquire an in-cylinder oxygen concentration, an in-cylinder temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire an in-cylinder temperature, a target in-cylinder temperature acquisition unit configured to acquire a target in-cylinder temperature during main injection based on the in-cylinder oxygen concentration acquired by the in-cylinder oxygen concentration acquisition unit, and an in-cylinder oxygen concentration control unit configured to execute in-cylinder oxygen concentration control for controlling an in-cylinder oxygen concentration during pilot injection performed prior to the main injection based on the difference between the target in-cylinder temperature during the main injection acquired by the target in-cylinder temperature acquisition unit and the in-cylinder temperature acquired by the in-cylinder temperature acquisition unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the control device comprising:
an electronic control device configured to
i) acquire an in-cylinder oxygen concentration as the oxygen concentration in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine,
ii) acquire an in-cylinder temperature as the temperature in the cylinder,
iii) acquire a target in-cylinder temperature during main injection based on the in-cylinder oxygen concentration, and
iv) execute in-cylinder oxygen concentration control for controlling an in-cylinder oxygen concentration during pilot injection performed prior to the main injection based on a difference between the target in-cylinder temperature during the main injection and the in-cylinder temperature.

2. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to decrease the target in-cylinder temperature as the in-cylinder oxygen concentration increases.

3. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to increase the target in-cylinder temperature as the cetane number of a fuel used in the internal combustion engine decreases.

4. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal combustion engine is provided with a throttle arranged in an intake passage and an EGR valve arranged in an EGR passage, and
wherein the electronic control device is configured to control the EGR valve to be closed after decreasing a throttle amount in a case where the in-cylinder oxygen concentration during the pilot injection is increased, the EGR valve is open, and the throttle amount of the throttle exceeds a predetermined value.

5. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to execute the in-cylinder oxygen concentration control in a case where the cetane number of the fuel used in the internal combustion engine is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

6. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to control an additional injection amount as the amount of fuel injection during additional injection after the main injection in accordance with an increment in the in-cylinder oxygen concentration during the execution of the in-cylinder oxygen concentration control.

7. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to allow the in-cylinder oxygen concentration during the pilot injection to be higher in a case where the in-cylinder temperature is lower than the target in-cylinder temperature during the main injection than in a case where the in-cylinder temperature is equal to or higher than the target in-cylinder temperature.

8. The control device for an internal combustion engine according to claim 7 ,
wherein the electronic control device is configured to increase an amount of air flowing into the cylinder in increasing the in-cylinder oxygen concentration during the pilot injection.

Assignees

• Nakajima Toshiya
• Kitano Koji
• Gotou Isamu
• Suzuki Naoki
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakajima Toshiya
• Kitano Koji
• Gotou Isamu
• Suzuki Naoki

Classifications

• F02D41/0052

  Feedback control of engine parameters, e.g. for control of air/fuel ratio or intake air amount · CPC title

• F02D35/026

  using an estimation · CPC title

• F02D41/20

  Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

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

• F02D41/1458

  with determination means using an estimation · CPC title