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Control method for turbocharged diesel engines having exhaust gas recirculation
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
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Filing: 1999-01-26
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Granted: 2000-03-14
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Expires: 2019-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A method of controlling the airflow into a compression ignition engine having an EGR and a VGT. The control strategy includes the steps of generating desired EGR and VGT turbine mass flow rates as a function of the desired and measured compressor mass airflow values and exhaust manifold pressure values. The desired compressor mass airflow and exhaust manifold pressure values are generated as a function of the operator-requested fueling rate and engine speed. The EGR and VGT turbine mass flow rates are then inverted to corresponding EGR and VGT actuator positions to achieve the desired compressor mass airflow rate and exhaust manifold pressure. The control strategy also includes a method of estimating the intake manifold pressure used in generating the EGR valve and VGT turbine positions.
Inventors
- 👤 Ilya V. Kolmanovsky
- 👤 Mrdjan J Jankovic
- 👤 Miroslava Jankovic
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-28 03:33
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D21/00; F02D21/06; F02D21/08; F02B; F02B37/00; F02B37/12; F02B37/24; F02B47/00; F02B47/04; F02B47/08; F02D41/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; F02D41/005; F02D41/0052; F02D41/02; F02D41/14; F02D41/1438; F02D41/1444; F02D41/1448; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02D41/1401; F02D2041/1413; F02D2041/1418; F02D2041/1433; F02D2041/1434; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/02; F02M26/04; F02M26/05; F02M26/09; F02M26/10; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
299 words
A method of controlling the air-fuel ratio and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) fraction in a compression ignition engine having an EGR system including a valve connecting an intake manifold and exhaust manifold of the engine, and a variable geometry turbocharger including a compressor connected to a turbine having guide vanes, the compressor in communication with the intake manifold and the turbine guide vanes in communication with the exhaust manifold, the method comprising the steps of: determining an engine speed value (N(k)) indicative of the current engine speed; determining a fueling rate value (F(k)) to be injected as a function of N(k) and the operator-requested fueling rate; generating a desired compressor airflow value (m comp ,d (k) ) as a function of F(k) and N(k); generating a desired exhaust manifold pressure value (P exh ,d (k)) as a function of F(k) and N(k); determining an exhaust pressure value (P exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold pressure; determining an mass airflow value (m comp (k)) indicative of the compressor mass airflow; generating a commanded EGR mass flow value (m egr ,c (k)) and a commanded turbine mass flow value (m turb ,c (k)) as a function of m comp ,d (k), P exh ,d (k), m comp (k) , and P exh (k); determining an intake pressure value (P m (k)) indicative of the intake manifold pressure; generating an EGR valve percent opening command (EGR p ,c (k)) and a variable geometry turbocharger percent open command (VGT p ,c (k)) as a function of m egr ,c (k) and m turb ,c (k), respectively; and applying EGR p ,c (k) and VGT p ,c (k) to the EGR valve and turbine guide vanes, respectively, to drive the EGR valve and turbine guide vanes to the respective desired percent open values.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
299 words
A method of controlling the air-fuel ratio and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) fraction in a compression ignition engine having an EGR system including a valve connecting an intake manifold and exhaust manifold of the engine, and a variable geometry turbocharger including a compressor connected to a turbine having guide vanes, the compressor in communication with the intake manifold and the turbine guide vanes in communication with the exhaust manifold, the method comprising the steps of: determining an engine speed value (N(k)) indicative of the current engine speed; determining a fueling rate value (F(k)) to be injected as a function of N(k) and the operator-requested fueling rate; generating a desired compressor airflow value (m comp ,d (k) ) as a function of F(k) and N(k); generating a desired exhaust manifold pressure value (P exh ,d (k)) as a function of F(k) and N(k); determining an exhaust pressure value (P exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold pressure; determining an mass airflow value (m comp (k)) indicative of the compressor mass airflow; generating a commanded EGR mass flow value (m egr ,c (k)) and a commanded turbine mass flow value (m turb ,c (k)) as a function of m comp ,d (k), P exh ,d (k), m comp (k) , and P exh (k); determining an intake pressure value (P m (k)) indicative of the intake manifold pressure; generating an EGR valve percent opening command (EGR p ,c (k)) and a variable geometry turbocharger percent open command (VGT p ,c (k)) as a function of m egr ,c (k) and m turb ,c (k), respectively; and applying EGR p ,c (k) and VGT p ,c (k) to the EGR valve and turbine guide vanes, respectively, to drive the EGR valve and turbine guide vanes to the respective desired percent open values.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
97 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating a desired compressor airflow value (m comp ,d (k)) further comprises the steps of: retrieving a desired air/fuel ratio value (AF d (k)) from a table of values indexed by F(k) and retrieving a desired exhaust gas recirculation flow fraction value (EGR d (k)) from a table of values indexed by F(k) and N(k); and generating a desired compressor airflow value (m comp ,d (k)) according to the following equation: m.sub.comp,d (k)=[AF.sub.s EGR.sub.d (k)+AF.sub.d (k) (1-EGR.sub.d)]F(k) wherein AF s represents the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
112 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating a desired exhaust manifold pressure value (P exh ,d (k)) further comprises the following steps: generating a temperature value (T exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold temperature; and generating a desired exhaust manifold pressure value (P exh ,d (k)) according to the following equation: P.sub.exh,d (k)=P.sub.a /[1-(T.sub.a /η*T.sub.exh (k)) ((P.sub.m,d (k)/P.sub.a).sup.(γ-1)/γ -1)].sup.γ/(γ-1) wherein T a and P a represents the ambient air temperature and pressure, respectively, P m ,d (k) represents the desired intake manifold pressure, η* represents the total turbocharger efficiency, and γ represents the ratio of the pressure specific heat constant to volume specific heat constant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
149 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating a commanded exhaust gas recirculation mass flow value (m egr ,c (k)) and a commanded turbine mass flow value (m turb ,c (k)) further comprises the steps of: generating an airflow value (m comp (k)) indicative of the compressor mass airflow; generating an exhaust pressure value (P exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold pressure; generating a commanded exhaust gas recirculation mass flow value (m egr ,c (k)) according to the following equation: m.sub.egr,c (k)=m.sub.egr,d (k)+K.sub.11 (m.sub.comp (k)-m.sub.comp,d (k))+. . . K.sub.12 (P.sub.exh (k)-P.sub.exh,d (k)) and; generating a commanded turbine mass flow value (m turb ,c (k)) according to the following equation: m.sub.turb,c (k)=m.sub.comp,d (k)+F(k)-K.sub.21 (m.sub.comp (k)-m.sub.comp,d (k))+K.sub.22 (P.sub.exh (k)-P.sub.exh,d (k)) wherein K 11 , K 12 , K 21 , and K 22 represent controller feedback gains having values greater than or equal to zero.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of determining an intake pressure value (P m (k)) includes the step of measuring the intake manifold pressure with a manifold absolute pressure sensor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
109 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of determining an intake pressure value (P m (k)) further comprises the steps of: determining the intake manifold temperature (T m (k)); determining an exhaust gas recirculation valve mass airflow value (m egr (k)); and calculating an intake pressure value (P m (k)) according to the following equation P.sub.m (k)=(1-(TRT.sub.m (k)/V.sub.m)α((N(k),T.sub.m (k)))P.sub.m (k-1)+. . . (TRT.sub.m (k)/V.sub.m) (m.sub.comp (k)+m.sub.egr (k)) wherein R represents the difference between the pressure specific heat constant and volume specific heat constant, τ represents the sampling clock time, V m represents the intake manifold volume, and α(N(k),T m (k)) is the engine pumping coefficient.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
225 words
The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating an exhaust gas recirculation valve percent opening command (EGR p ,c (k)) and a variable geometry turbocharger percent open command (VGT p ,c (k)) includes the steps of: generating a temperature value (T exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold temperature; generating an exhaust pressure value (P exh (k)) indicative of the exhaust manifold pressure; computing EGR p ,c (k) according to the following equation: EGR.sub.p,c (k)=Ψ.sub.egr.sup.-1 ((T.sub.exh (k)/T.sub.nom).sup.1/2 m.sub.egr,c (k)P.sub.nom /(P.sub.exh (k)G.sub.s (P.sub.m (k)/P.sub.exh (k)))) for (P m (k)/P exh (k))<1, otherwise: EGR.sub.p,c =0 wherein Ψ egr is the EGR valve characteristic dependent upon the area of the valve opening and discharge coefficient, T nom and P nom are nominal upstream temperature and pressure values, and G s is a subsonic flow correction factor for the EGR having the following form: G.sub.s (P.sub.m /P.sub.exh)=γ.sup.1/2 (2/(γ+1)) .sup.(γ+1)/(2(γ-1) for (P m /P exh )≦(2/(γ+1)).sup.γ/(γ-1), otherwise: G.sub.s (P.sub.m /P.sub.exh)=[(2γ/(γ-1)) ((P.sub.m /P.sub.exh).sup.2/γ -(P.sub.m /P.sub.exh).sup.(γ+1)/γ)].sup.1/2 where γ represents the ratio of the pressure specific heat constant to volume specific heat constant; and computing VGT p ,c (k) according to the following equation: VGT.sub.p,c (k)=Ψ.sub.vgt.sup.-1 ((T.sub.exh (k)/T.sub.nom).sup.1/2 m.sub.turb,c (k)P.sub.nom /(P.sub.exh (k)G.sub.s (P.sub.a (k)/P.sub.exh (k)))) wherein Ψ egr is the VGT flow characteristic dependent upon the flow area of the opening and the discharge coefficient for the VGT.
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