IP Library Granted Patent US 9,657,661
Granted Patent B2
US 9,657,661 · App. 14/689,427 · Granted May 23, 2017

Engine control system

Inventors: Takashi Hibira (Shioya-gun, JP); Shinji Yokoyama (Shioya-gun, JP); Masaya Ootsuka (Shioya-gun, JP); Makoto Haruta (Shioya-gun, JP); Noriaki Sumisya (Shioya-gun, JP)
Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
F02D41/0027F02D19/061F02D19/0615F02D19/0621F02D19/0628F02D19/0647F02D41/0025F02D41/0032F02D41/1439F02D41/1454F02D41/2454F02D41/126F02D41/1488F02D2200/0612Y02T10/36
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Patent No.
US 9,657,661
App. No.
14/689,427
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine control system is a system configured to selectively switch between first fuel and second fuel and perform an operation control of a single engine, including: a sensor configured to detect an oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas that is exhausted from the engine; and a control device configured to perform an air-fuel ratio feedback control such that an air-fuel ratio becomes a target air-fuel ratio based on an output signal of the sensor, wherein the control device calculates a correction coefficient of an air-fuel ratio feedback control during an operation with the second fuel, and further stores a fuel composition correction coefficient that is a value in a predetermined range and corrects a difference between the calculated correction coefficient and a targeted correction coefficient arising from a change in composition of the second fuel.

Claims (22)

1. An engine control system configured to selectively switch between a first fuel and a second fuel and perform an operation control of a single engine, the engine control system comprising:

a sensor configured to detect an oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas that is exhausted from the engine; and

a control device configured to perform an air-fuel ratio feedback control using an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient such that an air-fuel ratio becomes a target air-fuel ratio based on an output signal of the sensor, wherein

the second fuel is a gas fuel; and

the control device comprises:

a correction device configured to calculate an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient of an air-fuel ratio feedback control during an operation with the second fuel and further correct, using a fuel composition correction coefficient, a difference between the calculated air-fuel ratio correction coefficient and a targeted air-fuel ratio correction coefficient arising from a change in composition of the second fuel;

a storage device configured to store the fuel composition correction coefficient that is a value in a predetermined range; and

a limiting device configured to set a limit to a changing range when the fuel composition correction coefficient is stored.

2. The engine control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device calculates the fuel composition correction coefficient when the air-fuel ratio feedback control is in operation and while a purge control is stopped.

3. The engine control system according to claim 2 , wherein

an allowable value of the fuel composition correction coefficient is set in a range such that the change of the composition of the second fuel can be corrected while a predetermined operation state is continued for a predetermined duration.

4. The engine control system according to claim 3 , wherein

the control device does not store the fuel composition correction coefficient in a state where the load of the engine or the rotation number of the engine is high.

5. The engine control system according to claim 2 , wherein

the control device does not store the fuel composition correction coefficient in a state where the load of the engine or the rotation number of the engine is high.

6. The engine control system according to claim 1 , wherein

an allowable value of the fuel composition correction coefficient is set in a range such that the change of the composition of the second fuel can be corrected while a predetermined operation state is continued for a predetermined duration.

7. The engine control system according to claim 6 , wherein

the control device does not store the fuel composition correction coefficient in a state where the load of the engine or the rotation number of the engine is high.

8. The engine control system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device does not store the fuel composition correction coefficient in a state where the load of the engine or the rotation number of the engine is high.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: HIBIRA, TAKASHI; YOKOYAMA, SHINJI; OOTSUKA, MASAYA; HARUTA, MAKOTO; SUMISYA, NORIAKI
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035435/0036 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-089475 · Apr 23, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150308361A1 · Oct 29, 2015