Abstract:
A balancing method of the cylinders (2) of an internal combustion engine (1); the balancing method includes the steps of: determining, during a design phase, a first investigation window (Wa) associated to a first cylinder (2a); determining, during the design phase, a second investigation window (Wb) associated to a second cylinder (2b); sampling, during an engine cycle, the measure of the instantaneous intake pressure provided by at least one pressure sensor (13) coupled to at least one intake duct (3); determining a first balance index (Ia) associated to the first cylinder (2a) by calculating an average of the instantaneous intake pressures within the first investigation window (Wa); determining a second balance index (Ib) associated to the second cylinder (2b) by calculating an average of the instantaneous intake pressures within the second investigation window (Wb); and determining the degree of unbalance of the two cylinders (2) according to the balance indexes (Ia, Ib).
Abstract:
An electronic concentration control system in which a first exhaust gas composition sensor (16) located in an exhaust pipe (9) downstream from a catalytic converter (11) is connected to an input to a P.I. circuit (28) which generates a control output signal (K02) comprising a succession of opposing triangular ramps. The system includes a second exhaust gas composition sensor (14) located in the exhaust pipe (9) upstream from the catalytic converter (11) generating a signal which is fed to a proportional integral circuit (30) whose integrating and multiplying coefficients (Ki,Kp) are altered on the basis of the control signal (K02). The system further comprises a diagnostic circuit (50) for detecting malfunction function of the second exhaust gas composition sensor (14).
Abstract:
A method for controlling fuel injection in a multifuel internal-combustion engine (1); the control method envisages the steps of: receiving a request for fuel switching at a first instant (T 0 ); waiting, starting from the first instant (T 0 ), for a first time interval (A) during which fuel switching has never been performed; carrying out, starting from a second instant (T 1 ) and for a second time interval (B), fuel switching only if a cut-off phase or else an idling phase occurs; carrying out, starting from a third instant (T 2 ) and for a third time interval (C), fuel switching only if a cut-off phase, an idling phase, or else a stabilized-r.p.m. phase occurs; and carrying out, starting from a fourth instant (T 3 ) fuel switching in any condition.
Abstract:
A method for controlling the wastegate (16) in a turbocharged internal combustion engine (1); the method contemplates the steps of: determining, during a design phase, a control law (CL) which provides an objective opening of a controlling actuator (35) of the wastegate (16) according to the supercharging pressure (P); determining an objective supercharging pressure (P obj ); measuring an actual supercharging pressure (P); determining a first open loop contribution (WG OL ) of an objective position (WG obj ) of a controlling actuator (35) of the wastegate (16) by means of the control law (CL) and according to the objective supercharging pressure (P obj ); determining a second closed loop contribution (WG CL1 ) of the objective position (WG obj ) of the controlling actuator (35) of the wastegate (16); and calculating the objective position (WG obj ) of the controlling actuator (35) of the wastegate (16) by adding the two contributions (WG OL ,WG CL1 ).
Abstract:
A method for controlling the knocking in an internal-combustion engine (1), which presents the steps of: determining a spark advance (AA); determining, in a step of design and setting up, at least two adaptive maps (8) that provide at least part of an instantaneous advance correction (CAI) of the spark advance (AA) according to the engine point for fuels with high anti-knock value and for fuels with low anti-knock value, respectively; recognizing the anti-knock value of the fuel introduced through refuelling; using, for determining the instantaneous advance correction (CAI) according to the engine point, the adaptive map (8) corresponding to the anti-knock value of the fuel in use; applying the instantaneous advance correction (CAI) to the spark advance (AA); detecting onset of phenomena of knocking; and updating the instantaneous advance correction (CAI) according to onset of phenomena of knocking.
Abstract:
An electronic concentration control system in which a first exhaust gas composition sensor (16) located in an exhaust pipe (9) downstream from a catalytic converter (11) is connected to an input to a P.I. circuit (28) which generates a control output signal (K02) comprising a succession of opposing triangular ramps. The system includes a second exhaust gas composition sensor (14) located in the exhaust pipe (9) upstream from the catalytic converter (11) generating a signal which is fed to a proportional integral circuit (30) whose integrating and multiplying coefficients (Ki,Kp) are altered on the basis of the control signal (K02). The system includes a diagnostic circuit (50) which checks the efficiency of the first and second sensors (16, 14).