Abstract:
A method for monitoring the performance of a catalytic converter includes the monitoring of output from a first gas sensor (16) positioned upstream from a catalytic converter (12) and a second gas sensor (18) located at a position downstream from the catalytic converter (12). An engine controller (20) receives the output of the first and second gas sensors (16, 18) and also receives estimates of the exhaust gas mass flow rate and the catalyst temperature within the catalytic converter (12). The exhaust gas mass flow rate and the catalyst temperature are used to calculate a mass transfer coefficient that is determinative of the conversion efficiency of the catalytic converter (12). A monitoring parameter is determined using the output of the first and second gas sensors (16, 18), and the monitoring parameter is normalized to the coefficient. The engine controller (20) then accumulates a data set and compares the values of the data set with previously programmed pass/fail criteria to determine the performance of the catalytic converter (12).
Abstract:
A method and system for a misfire detection acquires (301) a series of acceleration data (302) representative of acceleration behavior of an engine. The data is sampled (304) to obtain acceleration data samples at a rate sufficient to obtain up to fourth-order perturbations of the data. The samples are filtered (322) to provide bandwidth limited samples, which are provided to at least two channels (325, 329). The samples are pattern matched (332) in a first channel to enhance harmonic phenomena and pattern canceled (330) in a second channel to enhance random phenomena. Hard and random misfires are detected (334) dependent on a magnitude of the filtered acceleration data samples. Preferably, a third channel (335) is added to detect multiple misfires.
Abstract:
An electronic throttle controller (200) includes a feedforward control (222), a PID (224), a sliding mode control (226) and an adder (230). The PID (224) is capable of generating a first feedback term that compensates for an error signal. The sliding mode control (226) is capable of generating a second feedback term that incorporates a solution to a Lyapunov equation applied to the error signal with sliding gain being updated by an estimation of unknown dynamics. The adder (230) adds the first feedback term, the second feedback term and the feedforwardcontrol (222) so as to generate a control signal (232).
Abstract:
An electronic throttle controller (200) includes a feedforward control (222), a PID (224), a sliding mode control (226) and an adder (230). The PID (224) is capable of generating a first feedback term that compensates for an error signal. The sliding mode control (226) is capable of generating a second feedback term that incorporates a solution to a Lyapunov equation applied to the error signal with sliding gain being updated by an estimation of unknown dynamics. The adder (230) adds the first feedback term, the second feedback term and the feedforwardcontrol (222) so as to generate a control signal (232).
Abstract:
An electronic throttle controller (200) includes a feedforward control (222), a PID (224), a sliding mode control (226) and an adder (230). The PID (224) is capable of generating a first feedback term that compensates for an error signal. The sliding mode control (226) is capable of generating a second feedback term that incorporates a solution to a Lyapunov equation applied to the error signal with sliding gain being updated by an estimation of unknown dynamics. The adder (230) adds the first feedback term, the second feedback term and the feedforwardcontrol (222) so as to generate a control signal (232).
Abstract:
A method for monitoring and controlling the performance of a catalytic converter (34) includes monitoring an exhaust gas stream from an engine (16) for the presence of methane. Upon detecting methane in the exhaust gas stream an oxygen storage level of a catalyst within the catalytic converter (34) is determined. The oxygen storage level is compared with a reference standard and the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gas stream is continuously adjusted to maintain the oxygen storage level within predetermined control limits.
Abstract:
A method and system for a misfire detection acquires (301) a series of acceleration data (302) representative of acceleration behavior of an engine. The data is sampled (304) to obtain acceleration data samples at a rate sufficient to obtain up to fourth-order perturbations of the data. The samples are filtered (322) to provide bandwidth limited samples, which are provided to at least two channels (325, 329). The samples are pattern matched (332) in a first channel to enhance harmonic phenomena and pattern canceled (330) in a second channel to enhance random phenomena. Hard and random misfires are detected (334) dependent on a magnitude of the filtered acceleration data samples. Preferably, a third channel (335) is added to detect multiple misfires.
Abstract:
A method for monitoring the performance of a catalytic converter includes the monitoring of output from a first gas sensor (16) positioned upstream from a catalytic converter (12) and a second gas sensor (18) located at a position downstream from the catalytic converter (12). An engine controller (20) receives the output of the first and second gas sensors (16, 18) and also receives estimates of the exhaust gas mass flow rate and the catalyst temperature within the catalytic converter (12). The exhaust gas mass flow rate and the catalyst temperature are used to calculate a mass transfer coefficient that is determinative of the conversion efficiency of the catalytic converter (12). A monitoring parameter is determined using the output of the first and second gas sensors (16, 18), and the monitoring parameter is normalized to the coefficient. The engine controller (20) then accumulates a data set and compares the values of the data set with previously programmed pass/fail criteria to determine the performance of the catalytic converter (12).