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Method for controlling fuel injection for engine

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-01-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-01-31
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is a method for controlling fuel injection for an engine, in which, on the basis of a phenomenon that a part of fuel vapored from a liquid film adhered on a wall surface of a fuel intake manifold remains in the intake manifold in the form of vapor fuel, the quantity of liquid film and the quantity of vapor fuel are estimated by using control parameters such as air mass flowing through a throttle valve, a throttle opening, an engine speed, an air fuel ratio, etc.; the quantity of liquid film and the quantity of vapor fuel at a desired point of time are predicted on the basis of the result of estimation; and the quantity of fuel injection is controlled so as to make the air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio. Further, the quantity of liquid film is estimated in the case where the data as to the air fuel ratio obtained by an 0 2 sensor includes an observation delay; a sum of the quantity of fuel vapored from a liquid film at a desired point of time and the quantity of fuel which does not adhere on a wall surface of an intake manifold is predicted on the basis of the result of the estimation; and the quantity of fuel injection is controlled so as to make the observed air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio on the assumption that the quantity of fuel corresponding to the estimated sum is sucked into a cylinder.

Inventors

  • 👤 Teruji Sekozawa
  • 👤 Motohisa Funabashi
  • 👤 Makoto Shioya
  • 👤 Michihiko Onari
  • 👤 Hiroatsu Tokuda

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/10; F02D41/047; F02D41/14; F02D41/1401; F02D2041/141; F02D2041/1413; F02D2041/1415; F02D2041/1431; F02D2041/1433

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
In an engine control apparatus for controlling a fuel injection quantity for an engine, a method for controlling fuel injection for the engine comprising the steps of: estimating the quantity of a liquid film which is a part of injected fuel adhered on a wall surface of a fuel intake manifold and the quantity of a part of fuel vapored from the liquid film and remaining in said intake manifold without being sucked into a cylinder; predicting the quantity of the liquid film and the quantity of vapor fuel at a desired point of time, on the basis of a resultant value of the estimation and by using a fuel system model including an air fuel ratio as a control parameter; and - controlling the quantity of fuel injection so as to make the air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
In an engine control apparatus for controlling a fuel injection quantity for an engine, a method for controlling fuel injection for the engine comprising the steps of: estimating the quantity of a liquid film which is a part of injected fuel adhered on a wall surface of a fuel intake manifold and the quantity of a part of fuel vapored from the liquid film and remaining in said intake manifold without being sucked into a cylinder; predicting the quantity of the liquid film and the quantity of vapor fuel at a desired point of time, on the basis of a resultant value of the estimation and by using a fuel system model including an air fuel ratio as a control parameter; and - controlling the quantity of fuel injection so as to make the air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 151 words
In an engine control apparatus for controlling a fuel injection quantity for an engine, a method for controlling fuel injection for the engine comprising the steps of: estimating the quantity of a liquid film which is a part of injected fuel adhered on a wall surface of a fuel intake manifold; predicting a sum of the quantity of fuel vapored from the liquid film and the quantity of fuel which does not adhere onto the intake manifold wall surface, on the basis a resultant value of the estimation and by using, as control parameters, a fuel system model including an air fuel ratio and an engine speed having an observation delay time; and controlling the quantity of fuel injection so as to make the air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio, on the assumption that the quantity of fuel corresponding to the predicted sum is sucked into a cylinder.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 151 words
In an engine control apparatus for controlling a fuel injection quantity for an engine, a method for controlling fuel injection for the engine comprising the steps of: estimating the quantity of a liquid film which is a part of injected fuel adhered on a wall surface of a fuel intake manifold; predicting a sum of the quantity of fuel vapored from the liquid film and the quantity of fuel which does not adhere onto the intake manifold wall surface, on the basis a resultant value of the estimation and by using, as control parameters, a fuel system model including an air fuel ratio and an engine speed having an observation delay time; and controlling the quantity of fuel injection so as to make the air fuel ratio be a desired air fuel ratio, on the assumption that the quantity of fuel corresponding to the predicted sum is sucked into a cylinder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
A method for controlling fuel injection for the engine according to Claim 2, in which the observation delay time is calculated from the engine speed.

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