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Process and system for operating a diesel engine
Assignee: Mercedes Benz Group AG
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Filing: 1998-11-13
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2018-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A system and a process for operating a diesel engine using an automatic engine control which, as a function of characteristic diagrams, automatically controls the operation of the diesel engine and permits an automatic rich/lean controlling of the diesel engine. The automatic engine control includes a computer which, as a function of predetermined change-over criteria, causes a change-over to the rich or the lean operation of the diesel engine. A sensor system communicates with the computer and monitors the parameters necessary for change-over criteria. A memory communicates with the computer, the memory storing separate characteristic diagrams for the operation of the diesel engine for the lean operation and for the rich operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Steffen Digeser
- 👤 Frank Duvinage
- 👤 Hans Fausten
- 👤 Walter Friess
- 👤 Anton Kerckhoff
- 👤 Thomas Liebscher
- 👤 Stefan Pischinger
- 👤 Marco Stotz
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 09:14
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D41/00; F02D41/02; F02D41/021; F02D41/0235; F02D41/024; F02D41/025; F01; F01N; F01N3/00; F01N3/08; F01N3/0807; F01N3/0828; F01N3/0842; F02D41/0002; F02D41/0007; F02D41/30; F02D41/38; F02D41/40; F02D41/402; F02D41/403; F01N2430/00; F01N2430/06; F01N2430/08; F01N2430/085; F02B; F02B2275/00; F02B2275/14; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02B37/00; F02D41/0025; F02D41/0047; F02D41/005; F02D41/0057; F02D41/0065; F02D41/3011; F02D41/3017; F02D41/3035; F02D41/405; F02M; F02M26/00; F02M26/02; F02M26/04; F02M26/05; F02M26/13; F02M26/17; F02M26/21; F02M26/22; F02M26/23; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A process for operating a diesel engine having an automatic engine control which automatically controls the diesel engine as a function of characteristic diagrams between a rich operation and a lean operation, said process comprising: controlling a changeover between said rich operation and said lean operation as a function of predetermined changeover criteria via a computer; monitoring parameters necessary for said change-over criteria via a sensor system communicated with the computer; and selectively recalling separate characteristic diagrams and for the lean operation and the rich operation of the diesel engine stored in a memory which communicates with the computer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A process for operating a diesel engine having an automatic engine control which automatically controls the diesel engine as a function of characteristic diagrams between a rich operation and a lean operation, said process comprising: controlling a changeover between said rich operation and said lean operation as a function of predetermined changeover criteria via a computer; monitoring parameters necessary for said change-over criteria via a sensor system communicated with the computer; and selectively recalling separate characteristic diagrams and for the lean operation and the rich operation of the diesel engine stored in a memory which communicates with the computer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that, in comparison to the lean operation, the fuel combustion in each of the combustion spaces of the diesel engine takes place only relatively far after the top dead center of the respective piston.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein in comparison to the lean operation, a point in time of a main fuel injection during the rich operation is at least one of: (a) selected relatively late; (b) the injection pressure is reduced; (c) the injection duration is extended; and (d) the injection quantity is increased.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein before a main fuel injection, a preliminary injection takes place which, in comparison to the lean operation, has at least one of a changed injection start and a changed injection duration.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process according to claim 4, wherein, with respect to said at least one of a changed injection start and a changed injection duration, the preliminary injection is coordinated with the fuel combustion which is delayed in comparison to the lean operation such that a uniform running of the engine is ensured.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that, in comparison to the lean operation, a point in time for the start of a main fuel injection is selected so late that a premixture combustion occurs in an exhaust gas recirculation with a relatively high recirculation rate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 6, wherein a fuel post-injection is provided which takes place at such a late point in time that the post-injected fuel essentially evaporates.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that, after a main fuel injection, a fuel post-injection takes place such that essentially a processing or cracking of the post-injected fuel takes place in the respective combustion space.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that, in comparison to the lean operation, the premixture combustion takes place at a point relatively far in front of the top dead center of the respective piston.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 9, wherein, in comparison to the lean operation, a point in time of the preliminary fuel injection is selected relatively early.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that, in comparison to the lean operation, cross-sections provided for the air inlet into the individual combustion spaces are throttled.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
54 words
A process according to claim 11, wherein, for throttling the air inlet cross-sections for every cylinder of the diesel engine, a throttle valve arranged in an intake section is operable by way of an actuator by an auxiliary-force-operated actuating drive in a controlled manner as a function of signals of the automatic engine control.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic diagrams for the rich operation of the diesel engine are selected such that the pressure difference--scavenging gradient--between the pressure of the gases after the combustion--exhaust gas back pressure--and the pressure of the gases before the combustion--suction pipe pressure--is increased.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
A process according to claim 13, wherein the diesel engine is provided with an exhaust gas recirculation, the cross-section of a fresh air feed being throttled in front of a connection point of the exhaust gas recirculation to the air feed to a suction pipe.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
55 words
A process according to claim 14, wherein in the fresh air feed, at least one throttle valve arranged in front of the connection point of the exhaust gas recirculation is operable by way of an actuator by an auxiliary-force-operated actuating drive in a controlled manner as a function of signals of the automatic engine control.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process according to claim 13, wherein the diesel engine is provided with an exhaust gas turbocharger, at least one of a turbocharger turbine inlet cross-section and an exhaust gas flow-through volume being reduced by the exhaust gas turbocharger.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
45 words
A according to claim 16, wherein at least one of the turbine inlet cross-section and the exhaust gas flow-through volume is changeable via an actuator operable in a controlled manner by an auxiliary-force-operated actuating drive as a function of signals of the automatic engine control.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
107 words
A system for operating a diesel engine, having an automatic engine control which automatically controls the diesel engine as a function of characteristic diagrams between a rich operation and a lean operation, said automatic engine control comprising: a computer which controls a changeover between said rich operation and said lean operation as a function of predetermined change-over criteria; a sensor system which communicates with the computer and monitors parameters necessary for said change-over criteria; and a memory which communicates with the computer and in which separate characteristic diagrams and for the operation of the diesel engine are stored for the lean operation and for the rich operation.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
107 words
A system for operating a diesel engine, having an automatic engine control which automatically controls the diesel engine as a function of characteristic diagrams between a rich operation and a lean operation, said automatic engine control comprising: a computer which controls a changeover between said rich operation and said lean operation as a function of predetermined change-over criteria; a sensor system which communicates with the computer and monitors parameters necessary for said change-over criteria; and a memory which communicates with the computer and in which separate characteristic diagrams and for the operation of the diesel engine are stored for the lean operation and for the rich operation.
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