IP Library Granted Patent US 9,162,184
Granted Patent B2
US 9,162,184 · App. 13/807,408 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine

Inventors: Kazunari Ide (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikatsu Ikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B01D53/9495F01N9/002F01N13/0097F02D41/029F02D41/1445F01N3/106F01N2900/0408F01N2900/0418F01N2900/1602F02B37/00F02D2041/141F02D2041/1409F02D2041/1422F02D2200/0802Y02T10/47
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Patent No.
US 9,162,184
App. No.
13/807,408
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust gas purification system includes a feedforward controller 47 , a feedback controller 49 outputting a correcting variable for achieving a target temperature of DPF 7 , and a variable adding unit 51 that adds the correcting variable output from the feedback controller 49 to a basic variable output from the feedforward controller 47 to compute a manipulated variable. The system further includes either one of an integrator resetter 55 that resets the integral value of an integrator that forms the feedback controller 49 when the amount of exhaust gas has suddenly dropped, and a basic variable calculating unit that calculates the basic variable to be output from the feedforward controller based on a signal representing the flow rate of exhaust gas.

Claims (21)

1. An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine that includes a diesel oxide catalyst (DOC) and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) for collecting particulate matter (PM) in exhaust gas in an exhaust gas passage and that treats the PM collected in the DPF to regenerate the DPF,

the system comprising:

a regeneration control unit controlling a temperature raising unit, when the PM has accumulated more than a predetermined amount, to heat up the DPF to around a predetermined target temperature and burn off the accumulated PM,

the regeneration control unit including a feedforward controller outputting a basic variable for the temperature raising unit based on an operating condition of the internal combustion engine, a feedback controller outputting a correcting variable for achieving the target temperature of the DPF, and a variable adding unit adding the correcting variable output from the feedback controller to the basic variable output from the feedforward controller to compute a manipulated variable,

the system further comprising:

at least one of an integrator resetter resetting an integral value of an integrator forming the feedback controller when a sudden drop in exhaust gas flow rate is detected based on a monitored exhaust gas flow rate or a control value calculated from the exhaust gas flow rate, and a basic variable calculating unit calculating the basic variable to be output from the feedforward controller based on the exhaust gas flow rate or a control value calculated from the exhaust gas flow rate.

2. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the integrator resetter determines that there has been a sudden drop in the exhaust gas flow rate when the rate of change of exhaust gas flow rate shows a decrease rate of less than a threshold.

3. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the integrator resetter determines that there has been a sudden drop in the exhaust gas flow rate when the exhaust gas flow rate has decreased to less than a threshold.

4. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the integrator resetter determines that there has been a sudden drop in the exhaust gas flow rate when the exhaust gas flow rate shows a decrease rate of less than a threshold, as well as when the exhaust gas flow rate has decreased to less than a threshold.

5. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein determination is made that there has been a sudden drop in the exhaust gas flow rate when the exhaust gas flow rate remains less than the threshold for more than a certain period of time.

6. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the integral value of the integrator forming the feedback controller is reset when the integral value is positive.

7. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the basic variable calculating unit calculates the basic variable by using an equation of a preset transfer function modeling temperature rising characteristics of the exhaust gas in the DOC in use of a deviation of a measured DOC inlet temperature from the target DPF inlet temperature, and a control gain calculated based on the exhaust gas flow rate.

8. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 1 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

9. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein determination is made that there has been a sudden drop in the exhaust gas flow rate when the exhaust gas flow rate remains less than the threshold for more than a certain period of time.

10. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 2 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

11. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 3 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

12. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 4 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

13. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 5 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

14. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 6 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

15. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 7 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

16. The exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine according to claim 9 , wherein the manipulated variable of the temperature raising unit represents an amount of late post-injection that is performed in a period after a main injection and that does not directly contribute to combustion, after activation of the DOC.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047063/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: IDE, KAZUNARI; IKAWA, YOSHIKATSU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029540/0449 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-216085 · Sep 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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