IP Library Granted Patent US 7,856,961
Granted Patent B2
US 7,856,961 · App. 12/535,142 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Method for automatic pressure control

Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,856,961
App. No.
12/535,142
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for automatically controlling the pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, in which the rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side is automatically controlled by an A-side closed-loop pressure control system, and the rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side is automatically controlled by a B-side closed-loop pressure control system. The automatic control of each side is independent of the other. A common set rail pressure is set as a reference input for both closed-loop pressure control systems. A set injection quantity is computed by a speed controller as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed, and a common disturbance variable is computed as a function of the set injection quantity. Both the correcting variable of the A-side pressure controller and the correcting variable of the B-side pressure controller are corrected by the common disturbance variable.

Claims (10)

1. A method for automatically controlling pressure of a common rail system on an A side and a common rail system on a B side of a V-type internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of:

automatically controlling rail pressure (pCR(A)) of the common rail system on the A side by an A-side closed-loop pressure control system, the common rail system on the A side having at least one injector;

automatically controlling rail pressure (pCR(B)) of the common rail system on the B side by a B-side closed-loop pressure control system, the common rail system on the B side having at least one injector, the automatic control of each side being independent of the other, including setting a common set rail pressure (pSL) as a reference input for both closed-loop pressure control systems; and

computing a set injection quantity (QSL) by a speed controller as a function of an actual speed (nIST) relative to a set speed (nSL), computing a common disturbance variable (VSRG) as a function of the set injection quantity (QSL), and correcting both a correcting variable (V(A)) of the A-side pressure controller and a correcting variable (V(B)) of the B-side pressure controller using the common disturbance variable (VSRG).

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the common disturbance variable (VSRG) corresponds to a static disturbance variable (VSTAT), which is computed from the product of the set injection quantity (QSL), the actual speed (nIST), the number of cylinders (ZYL), and factors (F 1 , F 2 ).

3. The method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the common disturbance variable (VSRG) is a dynamic disturbance variable, which is computed from the static disturbance variable (VSTAT) by a PDT1 element.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising providing a closed-loop current control system, which is subordinate to both the A-side closed-loop pressure control system and the B-side closed-loop pressure control system, for automatically controlling the regulating current of a suction throttle.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the common set rail pressure (pSL) is preset as a constant value.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the common set rail pressure (pSL) is computed as a function of a set torque.

7. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the common set rail pressure (pSL) is computed as a function of the set injection quantity (QSL) and the actual speed (nIST).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
To: ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 058741/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2009
From: DOELKER, ARMIN; PROTHMANN, MICHAEL
To: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 023305/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 036 299 · Aug 4, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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