Control device and control method
Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which can control an injection amount of water injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine to a minimum injection amount that allows knock to be suppressed for each cylinder. Therefore, in a control device 1 that controls water supply valves 35 (water supply devices) that supply water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders R (cylinders R 1 to R 3 in the embodiment) of an internal combustion engine 100 , the control device 1 includes a water supply amount calculation unit 2 that calculates a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders R 1 to R 3 for each cylinder, and a water supply control unit 3 that controls the water supply valves 35 based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit 2 for each cylinder.
1. A control device that controls a water supply device that supplies water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine, the control device comprising:
a water supply amount calculation unit that calculates a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders for each of the cylinders; and
a water supply control unit that controls the water supply device based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit for each of the cylinders,
wherein the water supply amount calculation unit calculates a minimum supply amount of water at which knocking is a permissible limit or less every preset operating time or every preset operating distance of the internal combustion engine, and
wherein the water supply amount calculation unit corrects the minimum supply amount of water based on a load of the internal combustion engine, a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine, a temperature of cooling water, an oil temperature, a temperature of outside air, a fuel property, and an EGR rate.
2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit calculates a minimum supply amount of water at which knocking is a permissible limit or less for each of the cylinders based on knocking strength detected according to a change in a supply amount of water by the water supply device for each of the plurality of cylinders.
3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit sequentially calculates the minimum supply amount of water at which knocking is a permissible limit or less for each of the cylinders based on knocking strength sequentially detected according to a change in a supply amount of water by the water supply device for each of the plurality of cylinders.
4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as the load of the internal combustion engine increases.
5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine decreases.
6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as the cooling water temperature of the internal combustion engine, the oil temperature of the internal combustion engine, or the temperature of outside air increases.
7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as an octane number of the fuel decreases.
8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as an alcohol concentration of the fuel decreases.
9. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the water supply amount calculation unit performs correction so as to increase the minimum supply amount of water as the EGR rate of the internal combustion engine decreases.
10. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein a common knocking detection sensor that detects knocking is provided in the internal combustion engine, and the water supply amount calculation unit detects knocking strength detected by the knocking detection sensor, and thus calculates a minimum supply amount of water at which knocking is a permissible limit or less for each of the cylinders.
11. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising an abnormality diagnosis unit that diagnoses an abnormality of the internal combustion engine based on a variation width of a supply amount of water calculated every preset operating time of the internal combustion equine or a variation width of a supply amount of water calculated every preset operating distance of the internal combustion engine.
12. A control method of controlling a water supply device including a water supply amount calculation unit, the water supply device supplying water into each of combustion chambers of a plurality of cylinders of an internal combustion engine, the control method comprising:
a step of calculating a supply amount of water supplied to each of the combustion chambers of the plurality of cylinders for each of the cylinders;
a step of calculating a minimum supply amount of water at which knocking is a permissible limit or less every preset operating time or every preset operating distance of the internal combustion engine;
a step of correcting the minimum supply amount of water based on a load of the internal combustion engine, a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine, a temperature of cooling water, an oil temperature, a temperature of outside air, a fuel property, and an EGR rate; and
a step of controlling the water supply device based on the supply amount of water calculated by the water supply amount calculation unit for each of the cylinders.