Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control device controlling sensor heating in internal combustion engine
- Patent Title (中): 控制装置控制内燃机中的传感器加热
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Application No.: US13551401Application Date: 2012-07-17
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Publication No.: US09097194B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Kunihiko Suzuki , Toshio Hori , Koji Matsufuji , Kenji Takada , Heikichi Kamoshita , Hiroshi Sekine
- Applicant: Kunihiko Suzuki , Toshio Hori , Koji Matsufuji , Kenji Takada , Heikichi Kamoshita , Hiroshi Sekine
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2011-158269 20110719
- Main IPC: F02D41/00
- IPC: F02D41/00 ; F02D41/14 ; F02D41/06

Abstract:
Control device of an internal combustion engine that determines whether or not to perform sensor element heating control of an air-fuel ratio sensor with high accuracy based on the mass of condensed water in an exhaust pipe. The control device computes the rate of change of condensed water mass in an exhaust pipe based on the saturated water vapor pressure and the water vapor partial pressure of exhaust gas, and computes the rate of change of evaporation mass in the exhaust pipe based on the amount of heat which the condensed water receives in the exhaust pipe. The control device updates the mass of condensed water based on the rate of change of condensed water mass and the rate of change of evaporation mass, and determines whether or not to perform heating control by a heating controlling unit based on the updated mass of condensed water.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130024088A1 CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2013-01-24
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