IP Library Granted Patent US 7,334,405
Granted Patent B2
US 7,334,405 · App. 11/474,917 · Granted Feb 26, 2008

Method of controlling an exhaust gas turbocharger

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Patent No.
US 7,334,405
App. No.
11/474,917
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of controlling an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine charged by a compressor wherein as guide value for the control an operating point of the compressor is used, the operation of each cylinder bank of the internal combustion engine is controlled by dividing the total air mass flow by the number of cylinder banks and an equal amount of desired air mass flow is assigned to each cylinder bank and if the air mass flow to any of the cylinder banks is smaller than that to the other or others air from the other cylinder bank or banks is supplied to the one cylinder bank via a compensation arrangement so that the air mass flows to all cylinder banks are essentially equal.

Claims (5)

1. A method of controlling an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine with cylinder banks charged by a compressor wherein as a guide value for the control an operating point of the compressor is used, said method comprising the steps of: separately controlling the operation of each cylinder bank of the internal combustion engine, dividing a predetermined desired air mass flow (msdks_w) by the number of cylinder banks so as to assign to each cylinder bank an equal amount/quantity of the desired air mass, limiting the desired air masses (ldoLMSoll) for the individual cylinder banks and, if the air mass flow to any one of the cylinder banks is insufficient, and supplying air from the other cylinder bank or banks to the one cylinder bank via a compensation arrangement so that the air mass flow is equal for all cylinder banks.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein, as the guide value for controlling, a quotient of the air mass flow and the pressure ratio at the compressor is used.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein an operating point for the control of the exhaust gas turbocharger is determined from a compressor performance graph on the basis of a given ingestion line of the internal combustion engine.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein a P 1 controller with a performance graph-based pilot control is used for controlling the exhaust gas turbocharger.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the internal combustion engine includes two cylinder banks, and the desired air mass (ldoLMSoll) for the two cylinder banks is limited in each case to a manually admissible desired air mass value.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Dec 11, 2015
From: BURANI CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
To: CHEMTRON RESEARCH LLC
Reel/Frame 037273/0458 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2012
From: DAIMLER AG
To: BURANI CONSULTING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 027624/0585 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 24, 2009
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 022846/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2006
From: AUGSTEIN, JOACHIM; REISSING, MARCUS; WEIK, ROLAND
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
Reel/Frame 018145/0966 →