EP0658691B1 - EGR Device for internal combustion engine equipped with exhaust-gas brake - Google Patents
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- EP0658691B1 EP0658691B1 EP94118145A EP94118145A EP0658691B1 EP 0658691 B1 EP0658691 B1 EP 0658691B1 EP 94118145 A EP94118145 A EP 94118145A EP 94118145 A EP94118145 A EP 94118145A EP 0658691 B1 EP0658691 B1 EP 0658691B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F02D9/00—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits
- F02D9/04—Controlling engines by throttling air or fuel-and-air induction conduits or exhaust conduits concerning exhaust conduits
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
- F02M26/52—Systems for actuating EGR valves
- F02M26/55—Systems for actuating EGR valves using vacuum actuators
- F02M26/56—Systems for actuating EGR valves using vacuum actuators having pressure modulation valves
- F02M26/57—Systems for actuating EGR valves using vacuum actuators having pressure modulation valves using electronic means, e.g. electromagnetic valves
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
- F02M26/52—Systems for actuating EGR valves
- F02M26/59—Systems for actuating EGR valves using positive pressure actuators; Check valves therefor
- F02M26/61—Systems for actuating EGR valves using positive pressure actuators; Check valves therefor in response to exhaust pressure
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M26/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding exhaust gases to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture, e.g. by exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] systems
- F02M26/52—Systems for actuating EGR valves
- F02M26/59—Systems for actuating EGR valves using positive pressure actuators; Check valves therefor
- F02M26/61—Systems for actuating EGR valves using positive pressure actuators; Check valves therefor in response to exhaust pressure
- F02M26/615—Systems for actuating EGR valves using positive pressure actuators; Check valves therefor in response to exhaust pressure the exhaust back pressure
Description
- The present invention relates to an EGR (exhaust-gas recirculation) device of an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust-gas brake, and more specifically to an EGR device of an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust-gas brake, which can prevent an undesirable recirculation of the exhaust-gas through the EGR device when the exhaust-gas brake is operated.
- In order to reduce the amount of NOx (nitrogen oxides) in the exhaust-gas, an exhaust-gas recirculation (hereafter referred to as EGR) device has been used. The EGR device recirculates exhaust-gas to an air-intake passage via a recirculation passage (hereafter referred to as an EGR passage) usually provided between an exhaust manifold and an intake manifold. In such an EGR device, an EGR control valve is usually provided within the EGR passage. This EGR control valve controls the amount of exhaust-gas supplied to the air-intake passage.
- In a large vehicle, such as a truck, a bus, and such like, an exhaust-gas brake device is used as an assisting brake system. The exhaust-gas brake device has a cutoff valve disposed midway in the exhaust-gas passage. When the cutoff valve is closed, the exhaust-gas passage is blocked, thereby increasing the backpressure. The increased backpressure creates a braking action at the engine of the vehicle by means of increased pumping resistance. When a conventional exhaust-gas brake is operated, and if the backpressure increases above a certain pressure, the exhaust valves of the engine are forcibly pushed open by means of the backpressure during the intake cycle. As a result, the opening of the exhaust valves allows exhaust-gas to escape from the exaust passage, thereby preventing the backpressure exceeding the predetermined value.
- In an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust-gas brake and an EGR device for controlling exhaust emissions of NOx, the increase in backpressure due to the operation of the exhaust-gas brake causes the EGR control valve to be forcibly pushed open. If the EGR control valve is forcibly opened, it allows exhaust-gas to escape via the EGR passage, resulting in a drop in backpressure and leading to the problem of a reduction in the exhaust-gas braking action.
- To solve this problem, an EGR device which increases the opening force on the EGR control valve when the exhaust-gas brake is operated, is proposed in the Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-79463. In this EGR device, the stem of the EGR control valve is mounted on a diaphragm provided in a diaphragm chamber of the EGR device. The diaphragm chamber is divided, into an opening pressure chamber, with a spring inside thereof and a closing pressure chamber by the diaphragm. The opening pressure of the EGR control valve is set by the spring in the opening pressure chamber.
- In the device proposed in the Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-79463, when the exhaust-gas brake is not operated, the EGR control valve closing pressure chamber is open to atmospheric pressure. The EGR control valve is opened by applying a vacuum which exceeds the closing force of the spring provided inside the opening pressure chamber. When the exhaust-gas brake is operated, vacuum is applied to the closing pressure chamber of the EGR control valve to increase the force required to open the EGR control valve. That is, when a vacuum is applied to the closing pressure chamber of the EGR control valve, the force required to open the EGR control valve becomes the sum of the closing force of the spring inside the opening pressure chamber and the force of the vacuum applied to the closing pressure chamber. The force of the vacuum is due to the pressure difference between the atmospheric pressure and the vacuum. The sum of the closing force of the spring and the force of the vacuum is greater than normal force. Therefore, if backpressure from the exhaust-gas passage is applied to the valve of the EGR control valve when the exhaust-gas brake is operated, the EGR control valve will not open.
- However, it is necessary to provide a source of high vacuum to the closing pressure chamber of the EGR control valve in the device proposed in the Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-79463. Further, it is also necessary to provide a vacuum switching valve (VSV) which applies a vacuum, from the vacuum source, to the opening pressure chamber when the exhaust-gas brake is not operated but the EGR device is operated, and which applies the vaccuum to the closing pressure chamber when the exhaust-gas brake is operated.
- In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art devices, it is the object of the invention to provide an EGR-device having a simple structure, which maintains a sufficient braking force when an exhaust brake is used.
- This object is solved with an EGR-device having the features of claim 1.
- In an internal combustion engine according to the present invention, the exhaust valves of cylinders that are in the intake cycle open at a lower pressure than the EGR control valve when the exhaust-gas brake is operated and the backpressure on the upstream side from the exhaust-gas brake valve rises, since the valve opening pressure of the exhaust valve is set to a value which provides a suitable exhaust-gas braking force and is lower than the pressure required to open the EGR control valve of the EGR device. As a result, when the exhaust-gas brake operates, the EGR control valve does not open, and there is no leakage of exhaust-gas towards the air-intake manifold side and a suitable exhaust-gas braking force is provided.
- The present invention will be more clearly understood from the description as set forth below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- Fig. 1 shows the overall configuration of an EGR device of an internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas brake according to the present invention;
- Fig. 2 shows a comparison of the characteristics of the backpressures in accordance with the valve opening pressures required to open an EGR control valve and an exhaust valve;
- Fig. 3 is a configuration diagram which includes a cross-sectional view showing the details of the EGR control valve and the exhaust valve of the internal combustion engine with the exhaust-gas brake shown in Fig. 1; and
- Fig. 4 is a graph which explains the change in backpressure characteristic with respect to the magnitude of the pressure required to open the exhaust-gas brake valve.
- A detailed description of an embodiment of present invention will follow, with reference to the attached drawings.
- Figure 1 shows the overall configuration of an EGR device of an internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas brake according to the present invention. In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine, 2 denotes an air-intake manifold, 3 denotes an exhaust manifold, 4 denotes an exhaust passage, 5 denotes an exhaust-gas brake device having a exhaust-
gas control valve 51 provided within the exhaust-gas passage 4, 6 denotes a muffler, 7 denotes an exhaust-gas recirculation passage (EGR passage) which brings exhaust-gas from the exhaust manifold 3 to the air-intake manifold control circuit vacuum intake pipe 13 supplies vacuum from the vacuum pump 9 to the exhaust-gas brake device 5 via thecontrol valve 11 and theEGR control valve 8 via thecontrol valve 12. - The
EGR control valve 8 is opened when vacuum from the vacuum pump 9 is brought in through thevacuum intake pipe 13 via thecontrol valve 12, after thecontrol valve 12 is opened by a signal from thecontrol circuit 10. When the EGR control valve is opened, exhaust-gas is returned, from exhaust-gas manifold 3 via theEGR passage 7, to air-intake manifold 2, thereby reducing the amount of NOx in the exhaust-gas. - The exhaust-
gas brake device 5 is operated when thecontrol circuit 10 detects a reduction in the speed of the vehicle. When thecontrol circuit 10 detects a reduction in the speed of the vehicle, thecontrol circuit 10 sends a signal to open thecontrol valve 11. After the thecontrol valve 11 is opened, vacuum from the vacuum pump 9 is applied to the exhaust-gas brake device 5, through thevacuum intake pipe 13, to close the exhaust-gas control valve 51. The closure of the exhaust-gas control valve 51 causes exhaust-gas to be trapped in the exhaust-gas pipe 4 and within theEGR pipe 7, thereby increasing the backpressure. When the backpressure is increased, the pumping resistance of the engine piston increases to act as a brake. - In the exhaust-
gas brake device 5 which operates as described above, when the exhaust-gas-control valve 51 is closed, and the backpressure in the exhaust-gas passage 4 and inside theEGR passage 7 continues to increase, the exhaust valves (not shown in the drawing) of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine 1 which are in the intake cycle, and theEGR control valve 8, are caused to open by the backpressure. Figure 2 shows the characteristic of the backpressures in accordance with the valve opening pressures required to open theEGR control valve 8 and the exhaust valve shown in Fig. 1. In this embodiment, the pressure required to open theexhaust valve 5 by the backpressure is set higher than the lower limit value at which it is possible to achieve exhaust-gas-braking force, and the pressure required to open theEGR control valve 8 by the backpressure is set higher than the same to open theexhaust valve 5. - Figure 3 is a configuration diagram which includes a cross-sectional view that shows the details of an
EGR control valve 8 and anexhaust valve 30 which is provided in the internal combustion engine 1, with the exhaust-gas brake shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 3,reference numeral 14 denotes an intake passage which is connected to an air-intake manifold intake passage -
Exhaust valve 30 has avalve 31 which opens and closes theexhaust port 19, aspring 32 which applies force in the direction which causes thevalve 31 to close theexhaust port 19, and anexhaust cam 33 for the purpose of opening thevalve 31 in opposition to the force of thespring 32. TheEGR control valve 8 is divided into avalve part 8A and a valve-drive part 8B. In thehousing 80 of thevalve part 8A, there is provided avalve 81 which opens and closes theEGR passage 7, and avalve stem 82 which is mounted on thevalve 81. Thevalve drive part 8B has ahousing 88 which is separated into anatmospheric pressure chamber 88A and avacuum chamber 88B by adiaphragm 83. Aspring 84 is located inside thevacuum chamber 88B. The end of thevalve stem 82 is connected to thediaphragm 83 inside theatmospheric pressure chamber 88A. Thespring 84 applies force to thediaphragm 83 in a direction that causes thevalve 81 to close. - When the
control valve 12, shown in Fig. 1, is opened by thecontrol circuit 10, vacuum generated in vacuum pump 9 is applied to thevacuum chamber 88B viavacuum intake pipe 13. Thediaphragm 83 moves in the direction of thevacuum chamber 88B against the force ofspring 84 due to the vacuum in thevacuum chamber 88B. The movement of thediaphragm 83 described above causes thevalve 81 to open, thus causing exhaust-gas to return to the air-intake manifold 2 via theEGR passage 7. - Furthermore, when the exhaust-
gas control valve 51 in the exhaust-gas brake device 5 is closed, the pressure within the exhaust-gas pipe 4 and theEGR passage 7 rises in a pulsating manner, as shown by the solid line B in Fig. 4, and then stabilizes at a given pressure. This pulsation is caused by a reverse flow of exhaust-gas trapped within the exhaust-gas passage 4, to thecombustion chamber 17 and a normal flow thereof from thecombustion chamber 17 to the exhaust-gas passage 4. The reverse flow occurs when thevalve 31 opens at the beginning of the exhaust cycle, and this causes a drop in pressure. Contrary to this, the normal flow occurs when thepiston 18 rises to cause compression during the progress of the exhaust cycle, and this causes an increase in the pressure. - The reason the overall rise in pressure stops after the passage of time is that when the backpressure reaches the closing force set on the
spring 32 of theexhaust valve 30, thevalve 31 of theexhaust valve 30 of the cylinder in the air-intake cycle is pushed downward by the backpressure. The opening of theexhaust valve 30 of the cylinder in the air-intake cycle causes the exhaust-gas to escape to thecombustion chamber 17 of the cylinder in the air-intake cycle. - In this condition, if the
spring 32 is made sufficiently strong so as to increase the valve opening pressure of theexhaust valve 30, the pressure at which this backpressure stabilizes increases, as shown by the solid line A in Fig. 4. If thespring 32 of theexhaust valve 30 is made still stronger, the backpressure rises higher, as shown by the dot-dash line C in Fig. 4. - Contrary to this, if the closing force set on the
spring 84 of theEGR control valve 8 is lower than the closing force set on thespring 32 of theexhaust valve 30, theEGR control valve 8 opens at a lower pressure than theexhaust valve 30, when theexhaust control valve 51 closes the exhaust-gas passage 4 to cause a rise in backpressure. When theEGR control valve 8 opens at a lower pressure than theexhaust valve 30 when the exhaust-gas-brake device 5 is operated, the backpressure in the exhaust-gas passage 4 drops and the braking performance of the exhaust-gas brake falls. - For this reason, in this embodiment, as explained in Fig. 2, the opening pressure required to open the
exhaust valve 30 is set to a value that provides a suitable exhaust braking performance. Under this condition, the closing force of thespring 84 of theEGR control valve 8 is set to a value higher than the closing force of thespring 32 of theexhaust valve 30 to prevent a reduction in the exhaust-gas braking performance due to the opening operation of theEGR control valve 8. - Examples of calculations of the valve-closing-force of the
spring 32 of theexhaust valve 30 and the valve-closing-force of thespring 84 of theEGR control valve 8 are shown below. In the equations shown below, reference Dex denotes the surface diameter over which backpressure is applied tovalve body 31 ofexhaust valve 30 in the opening direction, Pex denotes the backpressure required when the exhaust-gas brake is operated (this value depends on the type of the vehicle), and Degr denotes the surface diameter over which backpressure is applied tovalve 81 of theEGR control valve 8 in the opening direction. -
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- Therefore, the valve-closing-force Fegr of the
spring 84 of theEGR control valve 8 should be determined so as to achieve the value of force determined according to theequation ④ . - As described above, it is possible for the EGR device of an internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas brake according to the present invention to control the backpressure to produce a suitable exhaust brake force when the exhaust-gas-
brake device 5 is operated, because theexhaust valve 30 opens at a lower backpressure than theEGR control valve 8. In this manner, it is not necessary for the EGR device of the present invention to have a powerful drive source to increase the opening force of theEGR control valve 8, or a vacuum switching device, since the present invention only adjusts the set value of the valve-opening-pressure of the exhaust valve 30 (=valve-closing-force of thespring 32 of the exhaust valve 30) and the EGR valve 8 (=valve-closing-force of thespring 84 of the EGR valve 8) which already exist on the internal combustion engine. - Accordingly, the EGR device of the present invention produces a suitable exhaust-gas-braking force in an internal combustion engine using an exhaust-gas brake device.
- In addition, because the above does not necessitate a powerful drive source, to increase the opening force of the EGR control valve, or a vacuum switching means, there is no increase in cost.
- In an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas brake device in exhaust-gas pipe and an EGR device which returns part of the exhaust-gas from the exhaust-gas pipe upstream from this exhaust-gas brake device to the air-intake manifold, a suitable exhaust-gas-brake force can be obtained by setting the opening pressure required to open the exhaust-gas valve to a value which allows the production of a suitable exhaust-gas-braking force but lower than the opening pressure required to open the EGR control valve of EGR device. As a result, when the exhaust-gas brake operates, the leakage of exhaust-gas into the air-intake manifold is eliminated, and the desired exhaust-gas-braking force is achieved.
Claims (2)
- An EGR device of an internal combustion engine (1) having an exhaust-gas brake device (5) which temporarily shuts off the flow of exhaust-gas within an exhaust-gas passage (4) so as to generate a backpressure (Pex) therein, said EGR device comprising an EGR control valve (8) and an EGR passage (7) which returns part of said exhaust-gas from said exhaust passage (4) upstream of said exhaust-gas brake device (5) to an air-intake manifold (2) of said engine (1), wherein said engine (1) comprises an exhaust valve (31) for selectively connecting a combustion chamber (17) of said engine (1) with said exhaust passage (4), said exhaust valve (31) being biased in a closed position by means of a spring (32), and wherein said EGR control valve (8) comprises an EGR valve (81) biased in a closed position by means of a spring (84), characterized in that said exhaust valve (31) and its spring (32), and said EGR valve (81) and its spring (84) fulfill the relation
- An EGR device according to claim 1, wherein said exhaust-gas brake device (5) and said EGR control valve (8) are controlled by a vacuum generated by a vacuum pump (9).
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