Control device and control method for internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670866-B2
Application number	US-201314416522-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2013
Priority date	Oct 16, 2012
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A control device for an internal combustion engine includes: an EGR control unit executing open/close control over an EGR valve on the basis of an operating state of the engine; and a fuel injection control unit carrying out at least one of port injection and in-cylinder direct injection by operating at least one of a port injection injector and an in-cylinder direct injection injector on the basis of the engine operating state. The fuel injection control unit sets an EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region, in which the port injection is stopped and the in-cylinder direct injection is carried out while the EGR valve is closed, within an operation range of the engine, and sets part of an EGR operation port injection permissible region, in which at least the port injection is carried out while the EGR valve is open, within the EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including: an exhaust passage; an intake passage; an EGR passage that connects the exhaust passage to the intake passage; an EGR valve that opens or closes the EGR passage; a port injection injector that carries out port injection in which fuel is injected into the intake passage; and an in-cylinder direct injection injector that carries out in-cylinder direct injection in which fuel is directly injected into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, the control device comprising:
an EGR control unit configured to execute open/close control over the EGR valve on the basis of an operating state of the internal combustion engine; and
a fuel injection control unit configured to carry out at least one of the port injection and the in-cylinder direct injection by operating at least one of the port injection injector and the in-cylinder direct injection injector on the basis of the operating state of the internal combustion engine, wherein
the fuel injection control unit is configured to set an EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region, in which the port injection is stopped and the in-cylinder direct injection is carried out in a state where the EGR valve is closed when an EGR operation condition is not satisfied, within an operation range of the internal combustion engine, and to set part of an EGR operation port injection permissible region, in which at least the port injection is carried out in a state where the EGR valve is open when the EGR operation condition is satisfied, within the EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the EGR control unit is configured to set an EGR operation region in which the EGR valve is open and an EGR non-operation region in which the EGR valve is closed within the operation range of the internal combustion engine, and the fuel injection control unit is configured to set the EGR operation port injection permissible region such that at least one of a load factor of the internal combustion engine and an engine rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches a wider range than that in the EGR operation region.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the fuel injection control unit is configured to set the EGR operation port injection permissible region as an operation region that includes the EGR operation region.

4. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the EGR control unit is configured to set the EGR operation region within a load operation range that exceeds a predetermined load factor of the internal combustion engine at or below which the in-cylinder direct injection and the port injection are permitted to be carried out.

5. The control device according claim 1 , wherein
the EGR operation port injection permissible region is an EGR operation injection distribution region in which the port injection and the in-cylinder direct injection are carried out in the state where the EGR valve is open.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the fuel injection control unit is configured to limit a lower limit value of a fuel injection amount through the port injection in part of the EGR operation injection distribution region to a preset lower limit injection amount.

7. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the fuel injection control unit is configured to set an EGR non-operation injection distribution region, in which the in-cylinder direct injection and the port injection are carried out in the state where the EGR valve is closed, within the operation range of the internal combustion engine in addition to the EGR operation injection distribution region and the EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region, and to set part of the EGR operation injection distribution region such that the part of the EGR operation injection distribution region is extended from the EGR non-operation injection distribution region side to the EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region side.

8. A control method for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including: an exhaust passage; an intake passage; an EGR passage that connects the exhaust passage to the intake passage; an EGR valve that opens or closes the EGR passage; a port injection injector that carries out port injection in which fuel is injected into the intake passage; and an in-cylinder direct injection injector that carries out in-cylinder direct injection in which fuel is directly injected into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, the control method comprising:
setting an EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region, in which the port injection is stopped and the in-cylinder direct injection is carried out in a state where the EGR valve is closed when an EGR operation condition is not satisfied, within an operation range of the internal combustion engine, and setting part of an EGR operation port injection permissible region, in which at least the port injection is carried out in a state where the EGR valve is open when the EGR operation condition is satisfied, within the EGR non-operation in-cylinder direct injection region.

Assignees

• Mashiki Zenichiro
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mashiki Zenichiro

Classifications

• F02M61/145

  the injection nozzle opening into the air intake conduit · CPC title

• F02D41/3094 Primary

  the fuel injection being effected by at least two different injectors, e.g. one in the intake manifold and one in the cylinder · CPC title

• F02D13/0276

  Actuation of an additional valve for a special application, e.g. for decompression, exhaust gas recirculation or cylinder scavenging · CPC title

• F02D41/0057

  Specific combustion modes (combustion modes per se F02D41/3017) · CPC title

• F02D41/3029

  further comprising a homogeneous charge spark-ignited mode · CPC title