Water supply control apparatus for in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9957922-B2
Application number	US-201415032152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2014
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A water supply control apparatus is applied to an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine ( 1 ) which injects fuel from a central area ( 2 a ) in a cylinder ( 2 ). The water supply control apparatus comprises a condensed water supply mechanism ( 22 ) where a state of supplying condensed water (CW) into the cylinder ( 2 ) is changeable between a first supply state that the condensed water (CW) is supplied to a whole inside of the cylinder ( 2 ) and a second supply state that the condensed water (CW) is limitedly supplied to the central area ( 2 a ) of the cylinder ( 2 ). In the second supply state, the supply amount of condensed water supplied into the cylinder ( 2 ) in the second supply state is less than the supply amount of condensed water supplied into the cylinder ( 2 ) in the first supply state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A water supply control apparatus for an in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine, the water supply control apparatus being applied to the in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine which injects fuel from a central area in a cylinder, and comprising:
a water supply wherein a state of supplying water into the cylinder from the water supply is changeable between a first supply state in which the water is supplied to an inside of the cylinder and a second supply state in which the water is supplied into the cylinder so that a supply amount of the water supplied to a central area lying in the cylinder is more than a supply amount of the water supplied to a peripheral area lying in the cylinder; and
a computer configured to control the water supply so that the supply amount of the water supplied into the cylinder in a case of the second supply state is less than the supply amount of the water supplied into the cylinder in a case of the first supply state.

2. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage tank which stores water, wherein
the computer is configured to control the water supply so that water is supplied into the cylinder in the second supply state, in a case of an insufficient water state that a storage water quantity in the storage tank is equal to or less than a predetermined quantity.

3. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the water supply realizes the second supply state by supplying water to the central area lying in the cylinder and also stopping supply of water to the peripheral area lying in the cylinder.

4. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply further comprises
a first intake port which makes intake gas flow into the central area lying in the cylinder;
a second intake port which makes intake gas flow into the peripheral area lying in the cylinder;
a first valve configured to supply condensed water to the intake gas flowing into the central area of the cylinder; and
a second valve configured to supply condensed water to at least the second intake port
wherein the computer is configured to change the supply amount of water supplied by the first valve and the supply amount of water supplied by the second valve.

5. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first valve is provided to the first intake port.

6. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine has an intake passage which divides into the first intake port and the second intake port, and
the second valve is provided to the second intake port lying at a position further downstream than a position where the intake passage divides into the first intake port and the second intake port.

7. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first valve is provided so as to face the central area lying in the cylinder.

8. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine has an intake passage which divides into the first intake port and the second intake port, and
the second valve is provided to the intake passage at a position further upstream than a position where the intake passage divides into the first intake port and the second intake port.

9. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the water is supplied into the cylinder in a high load range of the in-cylinder injection type internal combustion engine.

10. The water supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the first supply state the water is supplied to an inside of the cylinder so as to make no difference between the supply amount of the water supplied to the central area lying in the cylinder and the supply amount of the water supplied to the peripheral area lying in the cylinder.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishida Kentaro

Classifications

• F02M25/03 Primary

  into the cylinder {or the pre-combustion chamber} · CPC title

• F02M26/23

  Layout, e.g. schematics · CPC title

• F02M25/0227

  Control aspects; Arrangement of sensors; Diagnostics; Actuators · CPC title

• F02D19/12

  peculiar to engines working with non-fuel substances or with anti-knock agents, e.g. with anti-knock fuel · CPC title

• F02B17/005

  having direct injection in the combustion chamber · CPC title