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Method for optimizing the air/fuel ratio under non-steady conditions in an internal combustion engine
Assignee: Daimler Benz AG
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Filing: 1985-07-03
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Granted: 1988-03-22
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Expires: 2005-07-03
Abstract
Abstract A self-optimizing control method for optimizing the fuel/air ratio under non-steady conditions in an internal combustion engine is described; in this method, a probe is provided both before and after the catalyst. Control quantities and the time during which the post catalyst probe shows an undesirable fuel/air ratio are stored for certain specified engine-operating conditions in the non-steady range. When the same engine operating condition is repeated, reference is made to the stored control quantities and time and the control quantity is varied in the direction of the correct fuel/air ratio. The time now obtained is compared with the stored time and, if the time has decreased, the new control quantity and the new time are stored. The control values are iteratively corrected by repeating these procedures, when the same engine operating condition reappears, until the time reaches a minimum.
Inventors
- 👤 Jorg Abthoff
- 👤 Dieter Schuster
- 👤 Christoph Noller
- 👤 Ferry Durschmidt
- 👤 Gunter Loose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
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2026-10-27 21:44
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1438; F02D41/1473; F02D41/1474; F02D41/1439; F02D41/1441; F02D41/1486; F02D41/1487
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A control method for optimizing the fuel/air ratio under non-steady conditions in an internal combustion engine, which is equipped with a pre- and post-exhaust gas catalyst probe and a control system for adjusting undesired fuel/air ratio recognized by said probe comprising: storing a plurality of sets of correction control values and time values of the duration which the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio, for a plurality of sets of specified engine-operating conditions in the non-steady range; determining a non-steady range of operation; sensing engine operation conditions, reading a set of a correction control value and a time value for the sensed engine-operating conditions, and modifying said read correcting control value to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio; measuring the time the post catalyst probe indicated undesirable fuel/air ratio using said modified correcting control value; comparing said measured time with the read time value; and storing said modified correction value and measured time value for the set of sensed engine operating conditions if said measured time value is less than said read time value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A control method for optimizing the fuel/air ratio under non-steady conditions in an internal combustion engine, which is equipped with a pre- and post-exhaust gas catalyst probe and a control system for adjusting undesired fuel/air ratio recognized by said probe comprising: storing a plurality of sets of correction control values and time values of the duration which the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio, for a plurality of sets of specified engine-operating conditions in the non-steady range; determining a non-steady range of operation; sensing engine operation conditions, reading a set of a correction control value and a time value for the sensed engine-operating conditions, and modifying said read correcting control value to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio; measuring the time the post catalyst probe indicated undesirable fuel/air ratio using said modified correcting control value; comparing said measured time with the read time value; and storing said modified correction value and measured time value for the set of sensed engine operating conditions if said measured time value is less than said read time value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A control method according to claim 1, wherein sensing engine operating conditions include sensing the rotational speed of the engine and the air mass flow.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A control method according to claim 2, wherein sensing the air mass flow includes measuring the deflection of a sensor plate located in the induction ducting.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said storing stores a plurality of a set of values for an acceleration and deceleration non-steady range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein modifying said correction control value includes determining if the fuel/air ratio is rich or lean and modifying said corrective control value as a function of the rich or lean determination and time.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein determining said non-steady range of operation includes determining a minimum level of non-steady range of operation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said modifying includes determining a correction constant as a function of stored time and modifying said stored correction control value using said correction constant.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
221 words
In a control system for correcting fuel/air ratio of an internal combustion engine having a pre- and post-exhaust gas catalyst probe and means for adjusting said fuel/air ratio in response to ratios sensed by said probes to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio the improvement being means for providing non-steady sense of operation correction signal to said adjusting means comprising: means for storing a plurality of sets of correcting control values and time values of the duration which the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio, for a plurality of sets of specified engine-operating conditions in the non-steady range; means for determining non-steady range of operation; means for sensing engine operating conditions; means for reading a set of a correction control value and a time for said sensed engine operating conditions; means for modifying said read correction control value to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio and providing said signal to said adjusting means in response to a determined non-steady range; means for measuring the time the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio using said modified correction value; means for comparing said measured time value with said read time value; and means for storing said modified correction value and measured time value for the set of sensed engine operating conditions if said measured time value is less than said read time value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
221 words
In a control system for correcting fuel/air ratio of an internal combustion engine having a pre- and post-exhaust gas catalyst probe and means for adjusting said fuel/air ratio in response to ratios sensed by said probes to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio the improvement being means for providing non-steady sense of operation correction signal to said adjusting means comprising: means for storing a plurality of sets of correcting control values and time values of the duration which the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio, for a plurality of sets of specified engine-operating conditions in the non-steady range; means for determining non-steady range of operation; means for sensing engine operating conditions; means for reading a set of a correction control value and a time for said sensed engine operating conditions; means for modifying said read correction control value to achieve a desired fuel/air ratio and providing said signal to said adjusting means in response to a determined non-steady range; means for measuring the time the post-catalyst probe indicates an undesirable fuel/air ratio using said modified correction value; means for comparing said measured time value with said read time value; and means for storing said modified correction value and measured time value for the set of sensed engine operating conditions if said measured time value is less than said read time value.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A control system according to claim 8, wherein said sensing means includes means for sensing rotational speed of the engine and air mass flow.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
A control system according to claim 9, wherein said means sensing air mass flow includes means for measuring the deflection of a sensor plate located in the induction ducting.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A control system according to claim 8, wherein said determining means includes means for determining a minimum level of non-steady range of operation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
A control system according to claim 8, wherein said modifying means includes means for determining a correction constant as a function of stored time and means for modifying said stored correction value using said correction constant.
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