Construction machine

1. A construction machine comprising:

an automotive vehicle body ( 2 , 4 );

an engine ( 10 ) that is mounted on said vehicle body ( 2 , 4 ); an exhaust gas purifying device ( 18 ) that is provided in

an exhaust side of said engine ( 10 ) and includes a filter ( 21 ) for trapping particulate matter in an exhaust gas emitted from said engine ( 10 ); and

a regeneration device ( 22 , 41 ) that burns the particulate matter trapped in said filter ( 21 ) in said exhaust gas purifying device ( 18 ) to execute regeneration treatment of said filter ( 21 ),

said regeneration device ( 22 , 41 ) including:

a first calculating unit that estimates a trapping quantity of the particulate matter trapped in said filter ( 21 ) based upon at least a differential pressure (ΔP=P 1 −P 2 ) as a difference between pressure (P 1 ) in an inlet side and pressure (P 2 ) in an outlet side of said filter ( 21 );

a second calculating unit that estimates a trapping

quantity of the particulate matter trapped in said filter ( 21 ) based upon at least a rotational speed (N) of said engine ( 10 ), a fuel injection quantity (F) and an exhaust gas temperature (GT); and

a regeneration determining unit that determines whether or not the regeneration treatment is executed using a first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) estimated by said first calculating unit and a second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) estimated by said second calculating unit, characterized in that:

said regeneration determining unit is configured to include a low-rotational time processing unit that makes the determination using only the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) estimated by said second calculating unit when said engine ( 10 ) is in a predetermined low rotational condition or using the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) estimated by said first calculating unit in the point in time where said engine ( 10 ) becomes in the predetermined low rotational condition, and

said regeneration determining unit is configured to make the determination using both the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) estimated by said first calculating unit and the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) estimated by said second calculating unit when said engine ( 10 ) is not in the predetermined low rotational condition.

2. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said regeneration determining unit is configured to perform an automatic regeneration treatment determination that determines whether or not the regeneration treatment is automatically executed and a manual regeneration treatment determination that determines whether or not an alarm is given an operator to manually execute the regeneration treatment, and

said low-rotational time processing unit, when said engine ( 10 ) is in the predetermined low rotational condition, is configured to perform the automatic regeneration treatment determination and the manual regeneration treatment determination using only the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) by said second calculating unit or using the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) by said first calculating unit in the point in time where said engine ( 10 ) becomes in the predetermined low rotational condition.

3. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said regeneration determining unit is configured to perform the automatic regeneration treatment determination that determines whether or not the regeneration treatment is automatically executed, the manual regeneration treatment determination that determines whether or not an alarm is given an operator to manually execute the regeneration treatment and an excessive deposit determination that determines whether or not the particulate matter is deposited excessively in said filter ( 21 ), and

said low-rotational time processing unit, when said engine ( 10 ) is in the predetermined low rotational condition, is configured to perform the automatic regeneration treatment determination, the manual regeneration treatment determination and the excessive deposit determination using only the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) by said second calculating unit or using the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) by said first calculating unit in the point in time where said engine ( 10 ) becomes in the predetermined low rotational condition.

4. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said low-rotational time processing unit is configured to determine whether or not said engine ( 10 ) is in the predetermined low rotational condition based upon the differential pressure (ΔP), wherein

when the differential pressure (ΔP) is equal to or less than a predetermined value (ΔPa 1 ), the determination is performed using only the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) by said second calculating unit or using the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) by said first calculating unit in the point in time where the differential pressure (ΔP) becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value (ΔPa 1 ).

5. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

said low-rotational time processing unit is configured to determine whether or not said engine ( 10 ) is in the predetermined low rotational condition based upon a rotational speed (N) of said engine ( 10 ), wherein

when the rotational speed (N) is equal to or less than a predetermined value (N 1 ), the determination is performed using only the second estimated trapping quantity (H 2 ) by said second calculating unit or using the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) by said first calculating unit in the point in time the rotational speed (N) becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value (N 1 ).

6. The construction machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the state where said engine ( 10 ) is in the predetermined low rotational condition corresponds to a period from a state where the rotational speed (N) of said engine ( 10 ) is higher than the predetermined value (N 1 ) to a state where it becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value (N 1 ) and again, is higher than the predetermined value (N 1 ),

the point in time said engine ( 10 ) becomes in the predetermined low rotational condition corresponds to the point in time ( 30 A) where the rotational speed (N) of said engine ( 10 ) becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value (N 1 ), and

the first estimated trapping quantity (H 1 ) by said first calculating unit continues to use the value in the point in time ( 30 A) during a period from the point in time ( 30 A) where the rotational speed (N) of said engine ( 10 ) becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value (N 1 ) to the point in time ( 30 B) where it becomes again higher than the predetermined value (N 1 ).