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Process and device for tank-ventilation adaptation in lambda control
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1989-06-08
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Granted: 1991-09-03
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Expires: 2009-06-08
Abstract
Abstract In known methods for tank-ventilation adaptation, the last value of the charge factor is stored at the conclusion of the process and, when the process is restarted, is used directly as initial value of the charge factor for the tank-ventilation adaptation. In contrast, in the method according to the invention, the stored value is first multiplied by a reset factor and only the multiplication result is used as an initial value. The reset factor is a function of the fuel temperature and is a maximum of 1. The advantage of this method is that, when the process is restarted, good control results are obtained immediately, even when an internal combustion engine operated by means of the process is stopped with a high content of fuel vapor in the tank-venting gas and is restarted with a low content.
Inventors
- 👤 Cordes Henning
- 👤 Kurle Jurgen
- 👤 Pfau M. Eberhard
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M25/00; F02M25/08; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/003; F02D41/0045; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/06; F02D2200/0606; F02D41/0042; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1438; F02D41/1486; F02D41/1488; F02D41/149
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for tank-ventilation adaptation is the lambda control of the air/fuel mixture to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of: determining the charging factor for the tank-venting gas; storing the last value as the charging factor at the end of the method; multiplying the stored charge factor by a reset factor when the method is restarted, said reset factor having a maximum value of unity and being dependent on the value of a variable dependent on fuel temperature; and using the value obtained from the multiplication of said stored charge factor and said reset factor as an initial value of the charge factor for the tank-ventilation adaptation with the reset factor being the greater, the higher the value of the variable dependent on the fuel temperature is.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for tank-ventilation adaptation is the lambda control of the air/fuel mixture to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of: determining the charging factor for the tank-venting gas; storing the last value as the charging factor at the end of the method; multiplying the stored charge factor by a reset factor when the method is restarted, said reset factor having a maximum value of unity and being dependent on the value of a variable dependent on fuel temperature; and using the value obtained from the multiplication of said stored charge factor and said reset factor as an initial value of the charge factor for the tank-ventilation adaptation with the reset factor being the greater, the higher the value of the variable dependent on the fuel temperature is.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the reset factor amounts at most to between 0.7 and 0.9.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the reset factor is 0 below a lower temperature threshold.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the charge factor is determined as a function of the engine temperature.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 1, comprising the further steps of: obtaining the value of the variable dependent on the fuel temperature by measuring the fuel temperature at the conclusion of the method and storing said last-mentioned value; measuring the fuel temperature at the restart of the method; and, dividing this fuel temperature value by the stored fuel-temperature value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a new charge factor is stored at the end of the first tank-ventilation adaptation phase.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a new charge factor is stored when a predetermined value of the variable dependent on the fuel temperature is reached.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
117 words
Device for tank-ventilation adaptation in the lambda control of the air/fuel mixture to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: adaptation means for adapting a charge factor; a non-volatile memory for storing the last value of the charge factor when the device is deactivated; means for outputting a value for a reset factor having a magnitude not exceeding unity when the device is activated, the value for said reset factor being dependent upon fuel temperature; and means for multiplying said last value of said charge factor by the reset factor and for transmitting the multiplication value to said adaptation means for adapting the charge factor as a new initial value for the tank-ventilation adaptation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
117 words
Device for tank-ventilation adaptation in the lambda control of the air/fuel mixture to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: adaptation means for adapting a charge factor; a non-volatile memory for storing the last value of the charge factor when the device is deactivated; means for outputting a value for a reset factor having a magnitude not exceeding unity when the device is activated, the value for said reset factor being dependent upon fuel temperature; and means for multiplying said last value of said charge factor by the reset factor and for transmitting the multiplication value to said adaptation means for adapting the charge factor as a new initial value for the tank-ventilation adaptation.
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