IP Library Granted Patent US 8,140,243
Granted Patent B2
US 8,140,243 · App. 12/535,206 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Method for controlling a V-type internal combustion engine

Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,140,243
App. No.
12/535,206
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a V-type internal combustion engine with a separate common rail system on an A side and a separate common rail system on a B side of the internal combustion engine, in which a set injection quantity is computed at least as a function of an actual speed relative to a set speed. An injection time for controlling an A-side injector is computed by an injector map as a function of the set injection quantity and as a function of an A-side actual rail pressure. The injection time for controlling a B-side injector is computed by the same injector map as a function of the set injection quantity and as a function of a B-side actual rail pressure.

Claims (3)

1. A method for controlling a V-type internal combustion engine with a separate common rail system on an A side and a separate common rail system on a B side of the internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of: computing a set injection quantity (QSL) at least as a function of an actual speed (nIST) relative to a set speed (nSL), computing an injection time (SD) for controlling an A-side injector by an injector map as a function of the set injection quantity (QSL) and as a function of an A-side actual rail pressure (pIST(A)); and computing an injection time (SD) for controlling a B-side injector by the same injector map as a function of the set injection quantity (QSL) and as a function of a B-side actual rail pressure (pIST(B)), including switching from the A-side actual rail pressure (pIST(A)) as an input variable of the injector map to the B-side actual rail pressure (pIST(B)) as the input variable of the injector map or vice versa as a function of firing order (ZF).

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 including computing the A-side actual rail pressure (pISTA(A)) from raw values (pCR(A)) of the A-side rail using a filter, and computing the B-side actual rail pressure (pIST(B)) from raw values (pCR(B)) of the B-side rail using a filter.

3. The method in accordance with claim 1 , further including computing the set injection quantity (QSL) as a function of a friction torque (MF), where the friction torque (MF) is predetermined either as a total torque (MFg) or as a cylinder-specific torque (MFe).

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 023305/0557 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 036 300 · Aug 4, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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