Control device and control method for internal combustion engine with supercharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9903322-B2
Application number	US-201314380525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2013
Priority date	Mar 9, 2012
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

An internal combustion engine ( 1 ) is provided with a supercharger ( 12 ) and a cylinder direct injection fuel injector ( 10 ). When the engine shifts in a low-speed supercharging region at a state where the wall temperature of a cylinder bore ( 3 ) is low, liquid fuel adheres to a wall surface of the cylinder bore ( 3 ) so that lubricating oil is diluted with the liquid fuel and released into a combustion chamber ( 4 ). As a result, there occurs abnormal combustion. In the present invention, the fuel injection amount is increased at the time when the engine shifts in a predetermined low-speed supercharging region. The lower the wall temperature of the cylinder bore, the larger the rate of increase of the fuel injection amount. This makes it possible to suppress the temperature of air-fuel mixture in the vicinity of compression top dead center and prevent the occurrence of abnormal combustion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder direct injection fuel injector and a supercharger,
the control device programmed to:
perform air-fuel mixture cooling control to suppress a temperature of an air-fuel mixture in the vicinity of a compression top dead center so as to prevent the occurrence of a pre-ignition phenomenon in which oil component acts as an ignition source to cause ignition before the ignition timing of a spark plug,
wherein, when the internal combustion engine is operated in a predetermined low-speed supercharging region at an unwarmed state where a cylinder bore wall temperature of the internal combustion engine is lower than the cylinder bore wall temperature at completion of engine warm-up, the control device performs the air-fuel mixture cooling control in such a manner that the air-fuel mixture cooling control is increased as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower.

2. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes increasing a fuel injection amount of the fuel injector in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the rate of increase of the fuel injection amount is larger.

3. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal combustion engine further comprises a variable compression ratio mechanism; and
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes controlling the variable compression ratio mechanism to decrease a mechanical compression ratio of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the mechanical compression ratio is lower.

4. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal combustion engine further comprises a variable valve mechanism for varying at least one of intake valve opening timing and exhaust valve closing timing; and
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes controlling the variable valve mechanism to increase a valve overlap between the intake valve opening timing and the exhaust valve closing timing in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the valve overlap is larger.

5. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal combustion engine further comprises an exhaust gas recirculation system; and
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes controlling the exhaust gas recirculation system to recirculate exhaust gas in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the rate of recirculation of the exhaust gas is larger.

6. The control device for the internal combustion engine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the internal combustion engine further comprises an intercooler to cool intake air; and
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes controlling the intercooler to cool the intake air in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the cooling of the intake air is increased.

7. A control method for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder direct injection fuel injector and a supercharger, the control method comprising:
when the internal combustion engine is operated in a predetermined low-speed supercharging region at an unwarmed state where a cylinder bore wall temperature of the internal combustion engine is lower than the cylinder bore wall temperature at completion of engine warm-up, performing air-fuel mixture cooling control to suppress a temperature of an air-fuel mixture in the vicinity of a compression top dead center so as to prevent the occurrence of a pre-ignition phenomenon in which oil component acts as an ignition source to cause ignition before the ignition timing of a spark plug,
wherein the air-fuel mixture cooling control is increased as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower.

8. The control method for the internal combustion engine according to claim 7 ,
wherein performing the air-fuel mixture cooling control includes increasing a fuel injection amount of the fuel injector in such a manner that, as the cylinder bore wall temperature is lower, the rate of increase of the fuel injection amount is larger.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Kassai Masaharu

Classifications

• F02D2700/03

  Controlling by changing the compression ratio · CPC title

• F02M26/00

  Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems · CPC title

• F02D41/064

  at cold start (F02D41/067 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

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

• F02B47/08

  the substances including exhaust gas · CPC title