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Process for determining fuel quantity
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Filing: 1993-12-14
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2013-12-14
Abstract
Abstract In order to determine the fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each stroke of the engine, the air mass sucked into each cylinder for combustion during each intake stroke is determined based on an intake-pipe pressure. A current air mass is determined using a measured value for the intake-pipe pressure. Subsequently, during a period in which there is no change in an air intake cross-section for each cylinder, the air mass is determined using a projected intake-pipe pressure, and the fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder during the current and subsequent intake strokes is determined based on the air mass determinations and a wall film model.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin Klenk
- 👤 Winfried Moser
- 👤 Kurt Ingrisch
- 👤 Christian Klinke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-28 19:17
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/24; F02D41/2406; F02D41/2425; F02D41/2429; F02D41/2451; F02D41/02; F02D41/04; F02D41/047; F02D41/14; F02D41/1401; F02D41/18; F02D2200/00; F02D2200/02; F02D2200/04; F02D2200/0402
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: (a) determining an air intake cross-section and an angular velocity of a crank shaft for a current stroke; (b) determining a current intake-pipe pressure associated with predetermined operating conditions based on the air intake cross-section and angular velocity; (c) determining a time constant for a change in the intake-pipe pressure based on the air intake cross-section and the angular velocity of the crank shaft; (d) determining a projected intake-pipe pressure for a next stroke based on the current intake-pipe pressure associated with predetermined operating conditions, and the time constant for the change in intake-pipe pressure; (e) determining an air mass sucked into the air intake for an intake stroke based upon the projected intake pipe pressure for the next stroke; and (f) determining the fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder for the next stroke based on the air mass determinations made in step (e) and a wall film model.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: (a) determining an air intake cross-section and an angular velocity of a crank shaft for a current stroke; (b) determining a current intake-pipe pressure associated with predetermined operating conditions based on the air intake cross-section and angular velocity; (c) determining a time constant for a change in the intake-pipe pressure based on the air intake cross-section and the angular velocity of the crank shaft; (d) determining a projected intake-pipe pressure for a next stroke based on the current intake-pipe pressure associated with predetermined operating conditions, and the time constant for the change in intake-pipe pressure; (e) determining an air mass sucked into the air intake for an intake stroke based upon the projected intake pipe pressure for the next stroke; and (f) determining the fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder for the next stroke based on the air mass determinations made in step (e) and a wall film model.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the intake-pipe pressure for the current stroke is determined by measurement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the projected intake-pipe pressure for the next stroke is determined according to a recurrence formula in which the intake-pipe pressure projected in a previous fuel feed determining cycle is used as a value for the current intake-pipe pressure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined value for the intake-pipe pressure associated with predetermined operating conditions is determined from a family of characteristics addressable via current values of the air intake cross-section and the angular velocity of the crank shaft.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
A process according to claim 4 wherein the process further includes the steps off: (a) measuring the intake-pipe pressure under predetermined operating conditions; and (b) comparing a characteristic value associated with present operating conditions to the measured value and, when the difference between the characteristic value and the measured value exceeds a threshold level, correcting the characteristic value in a direction of the measured value.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined value for the time constant is determined from a family of characteristics addressable via the current values of the air intake cross-section and the angular velocity of the crank shaft.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A process according to claim 6, wherein the process further includes the steps of: (a) comparing a current measured intake-pipe pressure to the projected intake-pipe pressure for that stroke and, when the difference between the values exceeds a threshold level, recalculating the time constant so that the projected value corresponds to the measured value; and (b) correcting the value of the time constant in the direction of the newly calculated time constant value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: a. measuring a present intake pipe pressure, for a present intake stroke, for each cylinder; b. predicting, during a period when there is no change in an air intake cross-section for each cylinder, a subsequent intake pipe pressure, for a subsequent intake stroke, for each cylinder based upon at least the present intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; c. determining, for each cylinder, an air mass sucked therein for the subsequent intake stroke based upon the predicted subsequent intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; and d. determining a fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder during the subsequent intake stroke based upon the air mass determinations of step c.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
133 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: a. measuring a present intake pipe pressure, for a present intake stroke, for each cylinder; b. predicting, during a period when there is no change in an air intake cross-section for each cylinder, a subsequent intake pipe pressure, for a subsequent intake stroke, for each cylinder based upon at least the present intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; c. determining, for each cylinder, an air mass sucked therein for the subsequent intake stroke based upon the predicted subsequent intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; and d. determining a fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder during the subsequent intake stroke based upon the air mass determinations of step c.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 8 wherein, after a change in the air intake cross-section, a predicted subsequent intake pipe pressure is based only upon the present intake pipe pressure.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process according to claim 8 further comprising the step of determining an ignition time for each intake stroke based upon the air mass determinations of step c.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
190 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: a. measuring a present intake pipe pressure, for a present intake stroke, for each cylinder; b. predicting, during a period when there is no change in an air intake cross-section for each cylinder, a subsequent intake pipe pressure, for a subsequent intake stroke, for each cylinder based upon at least the present intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; c. determining, for each cylinder, a subsequent air mass sucked therein for the subsequent intake stroke based upon the predicted subsequent intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; d. determining a temperature of a present air mass sucked into each cylinder; e. determining an air mass correction value based upon the temperature of the present air mass; f. correcting, for each cylinder, the subsequent air mass determined in step c based upon the air mass correction value; and d. determining a fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder during the subsequent intake stroke based upon the corrected subsequent air mass determinations of step f and a wall film model.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
190 words
A process for determining a fuel quantity to be fed into an internal combustion engine during each intake stroke, comprising the steps of: a. measuring a present intake pipe pressure, for a present intake stroke, for each cylinder; b. predicting, during a period when there is no change in an air intake cross-section for each cylinder, a subsequent intake pipe pressure, for a subsequent intake stroke, for each cylinder based upon at least the present intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; c. determining, for each cylinder, a subsequent air mass sucked therein for the subsequent intake stroke based upon the predicted subsequent intake pipe pressure for each cylinder; d. determining a temperature of a present air mass sucked into each cylinder; e. determining an air mass correction value based upon the temperature of the present air mass; f. correcting, for each cylinder, the subsequent air mass determined in step c based upon the air mass correction value; and d. determining a fuel quantity to be fed to each cylinder during the subsequent intake stroke based upon the corrected subsequent air mass determinations of step f and a wall film model.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process according to claim 11, further comprising the step of determining an ignition time for each stroke based upon the corrected subsequent air mass determined in step f.
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