EP1215386B1 - Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Diagnose eines Kraftstoffversorgungssystems - Google Patents

Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Diagnose eines Kraftstoffversorgungssystems Download PDF

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EP1215386B1
EP1215386B1 EP20010129734 EP01129734A EP1215386B1 EP 1215386 B1 EP1215386 B1 EP 1215386B1 EP 20010129734 EP20010129734 EP 20010129734 EP 01129734 A EP01129734 A EP 01129734A EP 1215386 B1 EP1215386 B1 EP 1215386B1
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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
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/008—Controlling each cylinder individually
    • F02D41/0085—Balancing of cylinder outputs, e.g. speed, torque or air-fuel ratio
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/02—Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
    • F02D41/14—Introducing closed-loop corrections
    • F02D41/1497—With detection of the mechanical response of the engine
    • F02D41/1498—With detection of the mechanical response of the engine measuring engine roughness
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/22—Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/30—Controlling fuel injection
    • F02D41/38—Controlling fuel injection of the high pressure type
    • F02D41/3809—Common rail control systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/22—Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions
    • F02D2041/224—Diagnosis of the fuel system
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D2200/00—Input parameters for engine control
    • F02D2200/02—Input parameters for engine control the parameters being related to the engine
    • F02D2200/10—Parameters related to the engine output, e.g. engine torque or engine speed
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine, which is feed-back controlled by compensating a commanded value of a quantity of fuel supply to the engine according to a compensation amount determined on the basis of a deviation of an actual operating state of the engine with respect to a desired operating state of the engine, so that the engine is operated in the desired operating state.
  • JP-B2-2907001 discloses an apparatus arranged to lean-burn combustion of a lean-burn gasoline engine and diagnose the engine for abnormality, such that each cylinder of the engine is diagnosed for its combustion state by detecting a variation of a rotation speed of the engine, and the fuel supply to each cylinder is compensated so as to reduce the fuel concentration in each cylinder in a good combustion state, and increase the fuel concentration in each cylinder in a poor combustion state.
  • This apparatus is further arranged to check if the compensation of the air/fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture to increase the fuel concentration has been implemented more than a predetermined number of times, for any of the cylinders of the engine, and determine that the fuel supply system or an ignition system is defective, for each cylinder for which the compensation has been implemented more than the predetermined number of times.
  • the known apparatus described above is arranged to determine that a given cylinder of the engine is defective, where the fuel supply quantity of that cylinder cannot be controlled in a feedback fashion.
  • a cylinder to which the fuel supply is completely stopped due to sticking of a fuel injection valve in its closed position the commanded value of the fuel supply quantity of that cylinder is continuously compensated so as to increase the air/fuel ratio, so that this cylinder is diagnosed to be defective.
  • the feedback control in some specific operating conditions of the engine may permit normal fuel supply to a given cylinder whose fuel injection valve suffers from leakage of the fuel due to poor seating of its valve body or deterioration of its function of adjusting its opening time caused by an increased sliding resistance of the valve body.
  • the inadequate duration of opening of the fuel injection valve has a considerable influence on the quantity of the fuel supply to the cylinder, and the feedback control may not permit the normal fuel supply to that cylinder depending upon the operating condition of the engine.
  • the apparatus may not determine that the cylinder is defective, while in fact the fuel supply system for that cylinder is defective.
  • the feedback control so as to reflect the compensation amount obtained during the engine idling may permit normal fuel supply to that cylinder, even in the operating conditions of the engine other than some specific operating conditions such as the engine idling, if opening and closing actions of the fuel injection valve are normal
  • the known apparatus is not capable of accurately diagnosing the fuel supply system for abnormality or defect, causing not only a risk of a continued operation of the engine in a poor combustion state with the fuel supply system in a defective state, and deteriorated fuel economy and exhaust emission and other problems, but also a risk of erroneous diagnosis that the normally functioning fuel supply system is defective, which erroneous diagnosis prevents a normal operation of the engine.
  • US-5 058 547 discloses a generic apparatus and method for diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine provided with feedback control means for determining a compensation amount for compensating a commanded value of a quantity of injection of a fuel by the fuel supply system into the internal combustion engine on the basis of a deviation of an actual operating state of the internal combustion engine with respect to a desired operating state thereof, and for controlling the fuel supply system in a feedback fashion by compensating said commanded value, according to the compensation amount, so that the actual speed coincides with the desired speed.
  • DE 195 40 826 discloses a further method for diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine.
  • the one object indicated above may be achieved according to a first aspect of this invention, which provides an apparatus for diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine provided with feedback control means for determining a compensation amount for compensating a commanded value of a quantity of injection of a fuel by the fuel supply system into the internal combustion engine on the basis of a deviation of an actual operating state of the internal combustion engine with respect to a desired operating state thereof, and for controlling the fuel supply system in a feedback fashion by compensating said commanded value, according to the compensation amount, so that the internal combustion engine is operated in the desired operating state
  • the apparatus comprising diagnosing means for diagnosing the fuel supply system by compulsorily effecting a diagnostic adjustment of an operating condition of the fuel supply system when the compensation amount falls outside a predetermined reference range.
  • the object indicated above may be achieved according to another aspect of this invention, which provides a method of diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine wherein the fuel supply system is feedback-controlled such that the internal combustion engine is operated in a desired operating state, characterized by comprising the steps of:
  • the diagnosing apparatus and method described above are not arranged to diagnose the fuel supply system, depending merely upon whether the compensation amount used for the feedback control of the fuel supply system falls outside the predetermined reference range. Instead, the present diagnosing apparatus and method are arranged to compulsorily effect the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system when the compensation amount falls outside the predetermined reference range, so that the fuel supply system is diagnosed on the basis of a result of the diagnostic adjustment.
  • the present arrangement to effect the diagnostic operational adjustment of the fuel supply system permits accurate diagnosis of the fuel supply system for not only a sticking defect of a fuel injection valve in the fuel supply system, but also other abnormalities regarding the opening and closing actions of the fuel injection valve, such as deterioration of its function to adjust its opening time. Further, the diagnostic adjustment is effected when the compensation amount is outside the reference range, that is, when there is a high possibility that the fuel supply system is defective. This arrangement permits a further improvement in the accuracy of diagnosis of the fuel supply system.
  • the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system effected only when the compensation amount is outside the predetermined reference range prevents an unnecessary change of the combustion state of the internal combustion engine, and minimizes the deterioration of the fuel economy and exhaust emission of the engine, and minimizes the vibration of the engine due to a variation in its operating state.
  • the feedback control means detects an amount of variation of the actual operating state of the internal combustion engine while the internal combustion engine is in an idling state, calculates a the deviation of the amount of variation of the actual operating state in the idling state with respect to a desired amount of variation thereof, determines the compensation amount of each cylinders of the internal combustion engine on the basis of the above-indicated deviation, and compensates the commanded value of the quantity of injection of the fuel by the fuel supply system into each cylinder, according to the determined compensation amount, so that the internal combustion engine is operated in the desired operating state.
  • the diagnosing means effects the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system when the compensation amount determined on the basis of the deviation between the actual and desired amounts of variation of the operating state of the fuel supply system falls outside the predetermined reference range, so that the fuel supply system is diagnosed on the basis of a result of the diagnostic adjustment.
  • the above-described arrangement permits accurate diagnosis of the fuel supply system for each cylinder of the engine.
  • the accuracy of diagnosis is further improved since the diagnostic adjustment is effected only when the compensation amount of each cylinder is outside the reference range, that is, only when there is a high possibility that the fuel supply system is defective.
  • the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system effected only when the compensation amount of each cylinder is outside the reference range prevents an unnecessary change of the combustion state of the internal combustion engine, and minimizes the deterioration of the fuel economy and exhaust emission of the engine, and minimizes the vibration of the engine due to a variation in its operating state.
  • the diagnosing means is operable when the compensation amount of any one of the cylinders falls outside the predetermined reference range, to terminate an operation of the feedback control means and effect the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system for the above-indicated any one of the cylinders.
  • the diagnosing means described just above is arranged to terminate the feedback control operation by the feedback control means and effect the diagnostic adjustment of the fuel supply system for the cylinder whose compensation amount has become outside the reference range. This arrangement permits efficient and accurate diagnosis of the fuel supply system.
  • the diagnosing means is operable when the compensation amount of any one of the cylinders falls outside the predetermined reference range, to terminate an operation of the feedback control means and effect the diagnostic adjustments of the operating conditions of the fuel supply systems for selected ones of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine, which selected ones include the above-indicated any one cylinder.
  • the diagnosing means described just above is arranged to terminate the feedback control operation by the feedback control means and effect the diagnostic adjustments of the fuel supply systems for the selected cylinders include the cylinder whose compensation amount has become outside the reference range. According to this arrangement, only the fuel supply systems for the selected cylinders, which include the fuel supply system relatively likely to be defective, are diagnosed by effecting the diagnostic adjustments of those fuel supply systems. Accordingly, the present arrangement not only permits efficient and accurate diagnosis, but also effectively prevents an unnecessary change of the combustion state of the internal combustion engine, while minimizing the deterioration of the fuel economy and exhaust emission of the engine, and minimizes the vibration of the engine due to a variation in its operating state.
  • the diagnosing means may be arranged to be operable to effect a diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount of each of selected at least one of cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and diagnosing the fuel supply system for each selected cylinder, on the basis of a variation in the actual operating state of the internal combustion engine which is caused by the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount.
  • the fuel supply system for each of the selected cylinders of the engine is diagnosed on the basis of the variation in the actual operating state of the engine which is caused by the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount by the diagnosing means.
  • This arrangement permits higher degrees of efficiency and accuracy of the diagnosis.
  • the diagnosing means may be arranged to be operable to diagnose the fuel supply system for each selected cylinder to be normal when the actual operating state of the internal combustion engine varies in accordance with the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount, and defective or abnormal when the actual operating state does not vary in accordance with the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount.
  • the diagnosing means may be arranged to diagnose the fuel supply system to be normal if the actual operating state of the engine varies in accordance with the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount, and defective or abnormal if the actual operating state of the engine does not vary in accordance with the diagnostic compulsory increase or reduction of the compensation amount.
  • the compensation amount may be gradually increased or reduced when the diagnostic increase or reduction is compulsorily executed.
  • the compensation amount may be gradually returned to an original value after the diagnostic increase or reduction of the compensation amount is compulsorily executed.
  • a diesel engine 2 of common-rail type and a control system arranged according to the first embodiment of the present invention, for controlling the diesel engine 2.
  • the diesel engine 2 is adapted to be installed as a drive power source on an automotive vehicle.
  • the diesel engine 2 has a plurality of cylinders, more precisely, four cylinders #1-#4, in this specific embodiment.
  • Fig. 1 only one of the four cylinders #1-#4 is shown.
  • Each cylinder is provided with a fuel injection valve 4 arranged to inject fuel into its combustion chamber.
  • the fuel injection valve 4 is provided with an electromagnetic control valve 4a which is opened to permit the fuel injection valve 4a to inject the fuel into the corresponding cylinder and closed to inhibit the fuel injection.
  • an electromagnetic control valve 4a which is opened to permit the fuel injection valve 4a to inject the fuel into the corresponding cylinder and closed to inhibit the fuel injection.
  • Each fuel injection valve 4 is connected to a common rail 6, which functions an accumulator commonly for the four cylinders #1-#4. While the electromagnetic control valve 4a indicated above is held open, the fluid delivered from the common rail 6 is injected into the corresponding cylinder through the corresponding fuel injection valve 4.
  • the common rail 6 is kept charged with the pressurized fuel, the pressure of which is high enough to permit the fuel injection into each cylinder.
  • the common rail 6 is connected through a supply tube 8 to a discharge portion 10a of a fuel supply pump 10.
  • the fuel supply pump 10 is connected to a fuel tank 12 through a suction port 10b. A passage connecting the suction port 10b and the fuel tank 12 is provided with a filter 14.
  • the fuel supply pump 10 includes a plunger which is reciprocated by a drive cam (not shown) which is rotated in synchronization with a rotary motion of the diesel engine 2. With the fuel supply pump 10 thus operated, the fuel received from the fuel tank 12 through the filter 14 is pressurized by the fuel supply pump 10 to the desired level, and the thus pressurized fuel is delivered to the common rail 6.
  • the combustion chamber of each cylinder of the diesel engine 2 is connected to an intake passage 18 and an exhaust passage 20, and a throttle valve (not shown) is provided in the intake passage 18.
  • the angle of opening of this throttle valve is controlled depending upon the operating state of the diesel engine 2, to thereby a rate of flow of the intake air into the combustion chamber.
  • each cylinder of the diesel engine 2 is provided with a glow plug 22, which is energized with an electric current applied thereto from a glow-plug relay 22a immediately before the diesel engine 2 is started.
  • a spray mist of the fuel blown over the glow plug 22 is easily ignited, and the combustion of the fuel is promoted.
  • the glow plug 22 serves as a device for assisting the starting of the diesel engine 2.
  • an accelerator sensor 26 is disposed near an accelerator pedal 24, for detecting an operating amount ACCPF of the accelerator pedal 24, and an accelerator-OFF switch 28 is disposed near the accelerator sensor 26, to detect that the accelerator pedal 24 is at rest, that is, is placed in its non-operated position.
  • the diesel engine 2 is further provided with a starter 30 for starting the engine. This starter 30 is provided with a starter switch 30a for detecting its operating state.
  • the diesel engine 2 is also provided with a water temperature sensor 32 disposed on its cylinder block, for detecting a temperature THW of a cooling water flowing through the cylinder block.
  • the diesel engine 2 has an oil pan (not shown) in which an engine oil is stored, and is provided with an oil temperature sensor 34 for detecting a temperature THO of the engine oil in the oil pan.
  • a return tube 16 connected to the fuel tank 12, fuel supply pump 10 and fuel injection valve 4 is provided with a fuel temperature sensor 36 for detecting a temperature THF of the fuel.
  • the common rail 6 is provided with a fuel pressure sensor 38 for detecting the pressure of the fuel within the common rail 6.
  • the crankshaft (not shown) of the diesel engine 2 is provided with a pulser 41, and an engine speed sensor 40 for detecting the rotation speed of the engine 2 is disposed near the pulser 41, as shown in Fig. 4.
  • a rotary motion of the crankshaft is transmitted through a timing belt to a cam shaft (not shown) provided to open and close an intake valve 18a and an exhaust valve 20a.
  • This cam shaft is rotated at a speed which is one half the rotating speed of the crankshaft.
  • a pulser (not shown) disposed on the cam shaft, there is disposed a cylinder detecting sensor 42.
  • output signals of the engine speed sensor 40 and the cylinder detecting sensor 42 are used to calculate the speed NE and a crank angle CA of the diesel engine 2, and a top dead center (TDC) of the cylinder #1.
  • the vehicle has a transmission 44, which is provided with a shift position sensor 46 for detecting the presently selected one of the operating positions of the transmission 44 and an output speed sensor 48 for detecting the rotating speed of an output shaft of the transmission 44.
  • the output signal of the output speed sensor 48 is used to calculate a running speed SPD of the vehicle.
  • the vehicle also has an air conditioner (not shown) which is driven by the diesel engine 2 and which is turned on and off by an air conditioner switch 50.
  • an electronic control unit (ECU) 52 arranged according to the present embodiment of the invention.
  • the ECU 52 is arranged to effect a fuel-injection control, a glow-plug control and other controls of the diesel engine 2, and is further arranged to effect diagnostic controls to diagnose the fuel supply system of each cylinder.
  • the ECU 52 is principally constituted by a microcomputer incorporating: a central processing unit (CPU); a read-only memory (ROM) storing various control programs and data maps; a random-access memory (RAM) for temporarily storing various sorts of data such as those obtained by arithmetic operations by the CPU; a back-up RAM for storing arithmetic operation data and prepared data; time counters; an input interface; and an output interface.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • ROM read-only memory
  • RAM random-access memory
  • RAM random-access memory
  • the engine speed sensor 40 Also connected to the input interface are the engine speed sensor 40, cylinder detecting sensor 42, output speed sensor 48, etc. through waveform shaping circuits (not shown).
  • the accelerator-OFF switch 28, starter switch 30a, shift position sensor 46, air conditioner switch 50, etc. are directly connected to the input interface of the ECU 52.
  • the input interface of the ECU 52 further receives a signal indicative of a battery voltage Vb and a signal indicative of a duty ratio DF of an alternator (not shown) provided for the diesel engine 2.
  • the CPU reads in the output signals of the above-described sensors and switches which are received through the input interface.
  • the above-indicated electromagnetic control valve 4a and glow-plug relay 22a there are connected through driver circuits the above-indicated electromagnetic control valve 4a and glow-plug relay 22a, and a pressure control valve 10c provided for controlling the delivery pressure of the fuel supply pump 10.
  • the CPU operates to perform arithmetic operations on the basis of the signals received through the input interface, and suitably control the electromagnetic control valve 4a, pressure control valve 10c, glow relay 22a, etc., through the output interface.
  • a fuel-injection control routine executed by the ECU 52.
  • This fuel-injection control routine is repeatedly executed as an interruption routine with a cycle time corresponding to a predetermined amount of change of the crank angle CA of the engine 2, more precisely, with a cycle time corresponding to a change of the crank angle CA by 180°, in the present embodiment in which the engine 2 has the four cylinders.
  • steps of performing respective control operations are identified by respective step numbers preceded by alphabetic letter "S".
  • the fuel-injection control routine of Fig. 2 is initiated with step S110 to calculate a commanded value QFIN of a fuel injection quantity Q on the basis of the engine speed NE and accelerator operating amount ACCPF, and according to a predetermined equation.
  • Step S110 is followed by step S120 in which the commanded value QFIN of the fuel injection quantity is compensated according to the following equation (1), on the basis of a cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] which has been calculated in a cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine (which will be described by reference to the flow chart of Fig. 3), for a presently selected cylinder #K into which the fuel is to be injected.
  • step S130 sets the opening time of the electromagnetic control valve 4a of the fuel injection valve 4 provided for the presently selected cylinder #K, on the basis of the thus compensated commanded value QFIN of fuel injection quantity.
  • the above-indicated cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine will be described by reference to the flow chart of Fig. 3.
  • the present routine is repeatedly executed as an interruption routine with a cycle time corresponding to the predetermined amount of change of the crank angle CA, more precisely, with a cycle time corresponding to a change of the crank angle CA by 180°, in the present embodiment in which the engine 2 has the four cylinders.
  • the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3 is initiated with step S200 to determine whether a CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy is in an ON state. If the flag Xqcy is in an OFF state, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S200, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S200 If the flag Xqcy is in the ON state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S200, the control flow goes to step S210 to determine whether the diesel engine 2 is in a stable idling state.
  • the stabling idling state of the diesel engine 2 is interpreted to mean an idling state in which the vehicle speed SPD is 0km/h and the idling speed of the diesel engine 2 is stabilized with an elapse of a sufficiently long time after the accelerator pedal 24 has been returned to its fully released or non-operated position (at which the operating amount ACCPF is 0% and the accelerator-OFF switch 28 is in the ON state.
  • step S210 If the diesel engine 2 is not in the stable idling state, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S210, one cycle of execution of the routine of Fig. 3 is terminated. If the diesel engine 2 is in the stable idling state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S210, the control flow goes to step S220 to determine whether the presently detected engine speed NE is substantially equal to a desired idling speed NF, namely, whether the actual engine idling speed NE is held within a predetermined reference range determined by the desired idling speed NF.
  • a desired idling speed NF namely, whether the actual engine idling speed NE is held within a predetermined reference range determined by the desired idling speed NF.
  • This step S220 is implemented for the purpose of determining whether an external device to be driven by the diesel engine 2, such as a compressor of the air conditioner, has been just turned on or off. If the external device has been just turned on or off, the actual engine speed NE changes to a value outside the predetermined reference range which includes the desired idling speed NF, that is, the actual engine speed NE is not stabilized. The actual engine speed NE is stabilized while being held within the predetermined reference range, unless the external device has just been turned on or off.
  • step S220 If the actual engine speed NE is not substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S220, one cycle of execution of the present routine is terminated. If the actual engine speed NE is substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S220, on the other hand, the control flow goes to step S230 to calculate a speed variation DNE[K] of the presently selected cylinder #K (into which the fuel is to be injected), according to the following equation: DNE [ K ] ⁇ TNH [ K ] ⁇ TNH [ K ⁇ 1 ]
  • TNH[K] represents a value in dependence on the maximal speed of the presently selected cylinder #K (hereinafter referred to as "cylinder maximal speed), and TNH[K-1] represents a value corresponding to the maximal speed of the cylinder #K-1 the combustion stroke of which takes place one stroke before that of the presently selected cylinder #K.
  • the values TNH[K] and TNH[K-1], which will be later described in detail, are inversely or reciprocally proportional to the speed NE of the diesel engine 2.
  • the value TNH represents a time duration during which a predetermined number of successive pulse signals are generated by the engine speed sensor 40 in cooperation with the pulser 41 shown in Fig. 4.
  • the engine speed sensor 40 including an electromagnetic pick-up coil is disposed in the toothed outer circumferential surface of the wheel of the pulser 41 attached to the crankshaft of the diesel engine 2.
  • the engine speed sensor 40 generates a pulse signal each time one tooth formed on the wheel of the pulser 41 passes the engine speed sensor 40 during rotation of the crankshaft.
  • the ECU 52 calculates the rotation speed NE of the diesel engine 2 on the basis of the pulse signals generated by the engine speed sensor 40.
  • the wheel of the pulser 41 has a total of 36 tooth positions equiangularly spaced apart from each other in its circumferential direction at an angular interval of 10 °. However, the wheel of the pulse 41 has a total of 34 teeth in the absence of teeth at two successive ones of the 36 tooth positions, that is, in the presence of a non-toothed circumferential portion 41a corresponding to those two successive tooth positions.
  • one pulse signal is generated per each change of the crank angle CA by 10° and per each tooth of the pulse 41, namely, the pulse signals are generated by the engine speed sensor 40 at an angular spacing interval of 10° of the teeth of the pulser 41, as indicated in Fig.
  • the pulse-to-pulse interval at the non-toothed portion 41a corresponds to 30°, and this comparatively large pulse-to-pulse interval corresponding to the non-toothed portion 41a appears for each change of the crank angle CA by 360°, that is, for each full rotation of the crankshaft.
  • the cylinder detecting sensor 42 is arranged to detect a reference angular position of the cam shaft corresponding to the top dead center (TDC) of the cylinder #1, on the basis of the pulse signals generated by the engine speed sensor 40 and the cylinder detecting sensor 42, as described above, and the crank angle CA is obtained with respect to the detected top dead center of the cylinder #1.
  • the value TNH[K] represents the time duration during which the predetermined number of successive pulse signals are generated by the engine speed sensor 40
  • the value TNH[K] is smaller than the value TNH[K-1] when the maximal speed of the presently selected cylinder #K is higher than that of the cylinder #K-1.
  • the speed variation DNE[K] calculated according to the above equation (2) is a negative value.
  • the value TNH[K] is larger than the value TNK[K-1]. In this case, therefore, the speed variation DNE[K] is a positive value.
  • the maximal speed of each cylinder is presented by the time duration TNH of the predetermined number of successive pulse signals, namely, three pulse signals in the specific example of Fig. 5.
  • This time duration TNH of the three pulse signals is a time interval between the moments of rise of the first and fourth ones of four successive pulse signals which include the above-indicated three pulse signals and which are generated by the engine speed sensor 40 at respective four different crank angles CA (respective four angular positions of the crankshaft) which are equally spaced from each other. That is, those four pulse signals are generated at the respective crank angles CA corresponding to the maximal speed of each cylinder, as indicated in the graph of Fig. 5.
  • the value DNE[K] calculated according to the above equation (2) represents a difference between the maximal speeds of the two cylinders #K and #K-1, that is, a speed variation of the presently selected cylinder #K with respect to the speed of the preceding cylinder #K-1.
  • step S240 the control flow goes to step S240 to calculate an integral compensation amount dqcy on the basis of the speed variation DNE[K] and according to a graph shown in Fig. 6.
  • This graph represents a relationship between the integral compensation amount dqcy and the speed variation DNE[K], and is formulated such that the integral compensation amount dqcy increases with an increase of the speed variation DNE[K].
  • step S250 the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is updated on the basis of the thus calculated integral compensation amount dqcy and according to the following equation (3): q c y [ K ] ⁇ q c y [ K ] + d q c y
  • the integral compensation amount dqcy is added to the cylinder compensation qcy[K] when the speed variation of the successive two cylinders #K and #K-1 of the diesel engine 2, and the thus updated cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is used in step S120 of the fuel injection control routine of Fig. 2, to compensate the commanded value QFIN of the fuel injection quantity of each of the four cylinders, so as to eliminate the speed variation of the diesel engine 2, so that the fuel supply system is feedback-controlled so as to minimize a variation of the rotation speed of the diesel engine 2.
  • the integral compensation amount dqcy is a negative value, so that the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is reduced by the integral compensation amount dqcy. Consequently, the commanded fuel injection quantity value QFIN for the presently selected cylinder #K is reduced by the compensation in step S120.
  • the integral compensation amount dqcy is a positive value, so that the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is increased by the integral compensation amount dqcy. Consequently, the commanded fuel injection quantity value QFIN for the present cylinder #K is increased by the compensation in step S120.
  • the preliminary-diagnosis routine is illustrated in the flow charts of Figs. 7 and 8. This routine is repeatedly executed per each change of the crank angle CA by 180°.
  • the preliminary-diagnosis routine is initiated with step S310 to determine whether the diesel engine 2 is in the stable idling state.
  • This step S310 is identical with the step S210 in the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3. If the diesel engine 2 is in the stable idling state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S310, the control flow goes to step S320 to determine whether the detected engine speed NE is substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF.
  • This step S320 is identical to the step S220 of the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 2.
  • step S310 or S320 If a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S310 or S320, the control flow goes to step S330 to reset a DELAY counter Dcnt. If an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in both of the steps S310, S320, the control flow goes to step S340 to increment the DELAY counter Dcnt.
  • the content of the DELAY counter Dcnt represents a period of time during which the diesel engine 2 has been in the stable idling state with its speed NE being held substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF. More precisely, the content of the DELAY counter Dcnt represents a cumulative number of rotations of the crankshaft while the diesel engine 2 is held in the stable idling state with its speed NE being held substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF.
  • Step S330 and S340 are followed by step S350 to determine whether the content of the DELAY counter Dcnt is larger than a threshold value Td.
  • This threshold value Td provides a period of time necessary to obtain the cylinder compensation amounts qcy[K] of all of the four cylinders, by repeated implementation of steps S230-S250 in the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3.
  • step S350 If the content of the DELAY counter Dcnt is equal to or smaller than the threshold Td, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S350, the control flow goes to step S370.
  • a cylinder identification value "k” is set to 1. "k” identifies the cylinder whose compensation amount qcy[K] is to be diagnosed. In this case, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S350 When the content of the DELAY counter Dcnt has exceeded than the threshold Td as a result of repeated incrementing operations of the DELAY counter Dcnt while the diesel engine 2 is held in the stable idling state with its speed substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF, that is, when an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S350 as a reslt of the repeated incrementing operations of the counter Dcnt after the affirmative decisions (YES) are repeatedly obtained in steps S310 and S320, the control flow goes to step S380 to determine whether an UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is in an OFF state.
  • step S380 Since this flag Xtst is initially set in the OFF state, that is, since an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S380 in the first cycle of execution of the present preliminary-diagnosis routine, the control flow goes to step S390 to determine whether the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] obtained in step S250 of the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3 is equal to or larger than zero. Since the cylinder identification value "k" is initially set to "1", the compensation value qcy[1] of the cylinder #1 is checked.
  • step S390 If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is equal to or larger than zero, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S390, the control flow goes to step S400 to set a SIGN flag explus[k] in an ON state. In the first cycle, the SIGN flag explus[1] is set in the ON state. If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[1] is smaller than zero, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S390, the control flow goes to step S410 to set the SIGN flag explus[1] in an OFF state.
  • Steps S400 and S410 are followed by step S420 to determine whether the absolute value of the cylinder compensation amount qcy[k] is equal to or smaller than a preliminary-diagnosis threshold A. If absolute value of the compensation amount qcy[1] is equal to or smaller than the threshold A, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S420, the control flow goes to step S430 to increment the cylinder identification value "k". In the first cycle of execution of the routine of Figs. 7 and 8, the cylinder identification value "k" is incremented to "2".
  • step S420 If the absolute value of the compensation amount qcy[1] is larger than the threshold A, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S420, the control flow goes to step S440 to set the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag in the ON state. Step S440 is followed by step S430 to increment the cylinder identification value "k".
  • Step S430 is followed by step S450 to determine whether the cylinder identification value "k" is equal to or smaller than "4".
  • the diesel engine 2 has the four cylinders #1-#4. Since the cylinder identification value "k” is now equal to "2”, an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S450, and the control flow returns to step S390.
  • step S450 When the cylinder identification value "k" has been incremented to "5", that is, when a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S450, the control flow goes to step S470 to determine whether the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is now placed in the ON state. If the flag Xtst is placed in the OFF state, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S470, the control flow goes to step S475 to reset the DELAY counter Dcnt to "0", and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst in the OFF state indicates that the values
  • the DELAY counter Dcnt is reset to "0", and the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7-8 is executed again.
  • step S470 If the PRELIMINARY-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the ON state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S470, this indicates that the absolute value of the compensation amount qcy[k] is larger than the threshold A for at least one of the four cylinders #1-#4. In this case, the control flow goes to step S480 to reset an addition-subtraction term dtst to "0". The term dtst will be described below.
  • step S490 is implemented to store the presently obtained cylinder compensation amounts qcy[1], qcy[2], qcy[3] and qcy[4] as respective variables qcyorg[1], qcyorg[2], qcyorg[3] and qcyorg[4], and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S380 a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S380 since the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the ON state, and this cycle is terminated. As long as the flag Xtst is kept in the ON state, steps S390-S490 are not implemented even if the affirmative decision (YES) is maintained in steps S310, S320 and S350.
  • step S500 determines whether a GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret is set in an OFF state. Since this flag is initially set in the OFF state, an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in the first cycle of execution of the routine, and the control flow goes to step S510 to determine whether the diesel engine 2 is in the stable idling state.
  • step S510 is identical with the step S210 in the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3.
  • step S510 If the diesel engine 2 is in the stable idling state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S510, the control flow goes to step S520 to determine whether the detected engine speed NE is substantially equal to the desired idling speed NF.
  • step S520 is identical with the step S220 in the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3.
  • step S510 or S520 If a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S510 or S520, the control flow goes to step S525 to set the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst in the OFF state, and then goes to step S526 to reset the DELAY counter Dcnt to "0". Step S526 is followed by step S530 to set the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy in the ON state, and step S540 to increment a cylinder identification value "m", namely, to set the value "m” to "1" in the first cycle of execution of the routine. Thus, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S380 in the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7 and 8, and steps S390-S490 may be implemented. Further, since the flag Xqcy is set in the ON state, the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S200 of the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3, and the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K]may be updated in step S240.
  • step S550 determines whether the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is in the ON state. If the flag Xtst is in the OFF state, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S550, the control flow goes to step S530 to set the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy in the ON state. Step S530 is followed by step S540 to set the value "m" to "1", and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S550 If the flag Xtst is in the ON state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S550, the control flow goes to step S560 to set the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy in the OFF state.
  • the negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S200 in the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3, so that the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] of each cylinder is not updated in the routine of Fig. 3.
  • step S570 is implemented to calculate the addition-subtraction term dtst according to the following equation (4): d t s t ⁇ d t s t + d q
  • dq represents a gradual changing value provided to gradually increase the addition-subtraction value dtst.
  • step S580 determines whether the SIGN flag explus[m] is in the ON state.
  • the value "m” is equal to "1"
  • a determination as to whether the SIGN flag explus[1] is in the ON state If the flag explus[1] is in the ON state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S580, the control flow goes to step S590 to update the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m] according to the following equation (5): q c y [ m ] ⁇ q c y org [ m ] ⁇ d t s t
  • step S580 If the flag explus[m] is in the OFF state, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S580, the control flow goes to step S600 to update the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m] according to the following equation (6): q c y [ m ] ⁇ q c y org [ m ] + d t s t
  • Steps S590 and S600 are followed by step S610 to calculate the speed variation DNE[m] according to the following equation (7): DNE [ m ] ⁇ TNH [ m ] ⁇ TNH [ m ⁇ 1 ]
  • the calculation according to the above equation (7) is the same as the calculation effect in step S230 according to the equation (2).
  • Step S610 is followed by step S620 to determine whether the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[m] is larger than a threshold B. If the value
  • the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m] is gradually changed as long as the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[m] is equal to or smaller than the threshold B and the addition-subtraction term dtst is equal to or smaller than the threshold D, that is, as long as the negative decision (NO) is obtained in steps S620 and S630, while the fuel injection quantity is gradually increased or reduced by implementation of steps S590 and S600.
  • the commanded value QFIN of the fuel injection quantity of each cylinder is gradually increased or reduced by the gradual increase or reduction of the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] which has been described with respect to step S120 in the fuel-injection control routine of Fig. 2 and which is calculated according to the above equation (1).
  • step S640 diagnoses that the fuel supply system for the cylinder #m is normal.
  • step S650 increments the cylinder identification value "m”. If the fuel supply system for the cylinder #1 is diagnosed to be normal, the value "m" is incremented to "2".
  • Step S650 is followed by step S660 to determine whether the cylinder identification value "m" is equal to or smaller than "4". Since the value "m” is now equal to "2”, an affirmative decision(YES) is obtained in step S660, and the control flow goes to step S670 to reset the addition-subtraction term dtst to "0". Step S680 is then implemented to reset the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret to the ON state, and one cycle execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S500 the flag Xret is set in the ON state, that is, a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S500, no operation is practically performed.
  • a gradual-return control routine (which will be described) is executed to gradually return the cylinder compensation amount qcy[1] to the original value qcyorg[1].
  • step S500 the operation described above is repeated for the cylinder #2. Described in detail, the compensation amount qcy[2] for the cylinder #2 is gradually increased or reduced in steps S590, S600 depending upon the state of the SIGN flag explus[2], and the determination as to whether the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[2] is larger than the threshold B is made in step S620.
  • step S620 If the value I DNE[2]
  • Step S640 is followed by step S650 to increment the cylinder identification value "m" to "3". Since the value "m” is now equal to "3", the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S660, and the control flow goes to step S670 to reset the addition-subtraction value dtst to "0". Step S680 is then implemented to set the GRADUAL RETURN flag to the ON state, and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S500 the flag Xret is set in the ON state, that is, the negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S500, so that no operation practically is performed.
  • the gradual-return control routine (which will be described) is executed to gradually return the cylinder compensation amount qcy[2] to the original value qcyorg[2].
  • step S500 the operation described above is repeated for the cylinder #3. Described in detail, the compensation amount qcy[3] for the cylinder #3 is gradually increased or reduced in steps S590, S600 depending upon the state of the SIGN flag explus[3], and the determination as to whether the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[3] is larger than the threshold B is made in step S620.
  • step S620 If the value IDNE[3] I has become larger than the threshold B, that is, if the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S620, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #3 is diagnosed to be normal, and the compensation amount qcy[3] for the cylinder #3 is gradually returned to the original value qcyorg[3]. Then, the compensation amount qcy[4] for the cylinder #4 is gradually increased or reduced in steps S590, S600 depending upon the state of the SIGN flag explus[4], and determination as to whether the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[4] is larger than the threshold B is made in step S620.
  • step S620 If the value I DNE[4] I has become larger than the threshold B, that is, if the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S620, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #4 is diagnosed to be normal. Then, the cylinder identification value m" is incremented to "5" in step S650, so that a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S660. The GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret is then set in the ON state in step S680, and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated. Accordingly, the compensation amount qcy[4] for the cylinder #4 is gradually returned to the original value qcyorg[4] in the gradual return control routine.
  • the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy is set in the ON state in the gradual-return control routine, and the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the OFF state. Since the flag Xqcy is in the ON state, the compensation amount calculation according to the calculating routine of Fig. 3 may be practically effected. Since the flag Xtst is in the OFF state, the preliminary diagnosis according to the routine of Figs. 7 and 8 may be initiated, while the main diagnosis according to the routine of Figs. 9 and 10 is not practically effected.
  • step S810 determines whether the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret is set in the ON state. If the fag Xret is in the ON state, that is, an affirmative decision (NO) is obtained in step S810, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S810 If the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret has been set in the ON state in step S680 in the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10, an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S810, and the control flow goes to step S820 to determine whether the SIGN flag explus(m-1) is set in an ON state. If, for instance, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #1 is diagnosed in step S620 to be normal in the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10, with the affirmative decision (YES) obtained in step S620, the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S680. In this instance, the cylinder identification value "m" is set to "2".
  • step S820 determines whether the SIGN flag explus[m-1] is in the ON state. If the SIGN flag explus[m-1] is in the ON state, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S820, the control flow goes to step S830 to update the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] according to the following equation (8): q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] ⁇ q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] + d r e t
  • the value dret is a gradual returning value for gradually returning the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1]. The gradual returning amount dret may be the same as the gradual changing value "dq" described above.
  • step S590 the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is increased by the gradual returning value dret, so that the amount qcy[m-1] is gradually returned to the original value.
  • step S840 determines whether the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is equal to or larger than the variable qcyorg[m-1] which is the original value. If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is smaller than the variable qcyorg[m-1], that is, a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S840, it means that the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] has not been returned to the original value qcyorg[m-1]. In this case, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S850 If the flag explus[m-1] is in the OFF state, that is, if the negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S820, the control flow goes to step S850 to update the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] according to the following equation (9): q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] ⁇ q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] ⁇ d r e t
  • q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] ⁇ q c y [ m ⁇ 1 ] ⁇ d r e t
  • step S600 If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] has been gradually increased in step S600 in the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10, the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is reduced by the gradual returning value dret, so that the amount qcy[m-1] is gradually returned to the original value.
  • step S860 determines whether the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is equal to or smaller than the variable qcyorg[m-1] which is the original value. If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] is larger than the variable qcyorg[m-1], that is, a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S860, it means that the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] has not been returned to the original value qcyorg[m-1]. In this case, one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • step S840 or S860 If the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1] has been returned to the original value qcyorg[m-1] and an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S840 or S860 as a result of repeated implementation of step S830 or S850, the control flow goes to step S870 to set the variable qcyorg[m-1] as the cylinder compensation amount qcy[m-1], and to step S880 to set the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret in the OFF state.
  • step S890 determines whether the value "m-1" is equal to "4". Since the value "m” is now equal to "2”, a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S890, and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated. In the next cycle of execution, the flag Xret is in the OFF state, and the negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S810, so that no operation is practically performed in the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11. On the other hand, the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S500 in the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 since the flag Xret is set in the OFF state, so that the fuel supply system for the cylinder #2 is diagnosed as described above since the value "m” is now equal to "2".
  • the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret is set in the ON state in step S680, and the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 is executed for the cylinder #3, in the same manner as described above. Then, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #3 is diagnosed as described above. If the fuel supply system for the cylinder #3 is diagnosed to be normal, the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 is executed for the cylinder #4, in the same manner as described above. Then, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #4 is diagnosed, and if the fuel supply system for the cylinder #4 is diagnosed to be normal, the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 is executed with the value "m" set at "5".
  • step S890 is implemented to determine whether the value "m-1" is equal to "4", and the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S890.
  • the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy is set in the ON state in step S900, and the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the OFF state in step S910.
  • the DELAY counter Dent is reset in step S911, and one cycle of execution of the routine of Fig. 11 is terminated.
  • the flag Xret is set in the OFF state, and no operation is practically performed. Since the flag Xqcy is set in the ON state, the compensation amount calculation according to the calculating routine of Fig. 3 may be practically effected. Since the flag Xtst is in the OFF state, the preliminary diagnosis according to the routine of Figs. 7 and 8 may be initiated, while the main diagnosis according to the routine of Figs. 9 and 10 is not practically effected.
  • the time chart of Fig. 12 shows an example in which the fuel supply system for any cylinder is diagnosed to be defective.
  • the DELAY counter Dcnt has exceeded the threshold Td with the affirmative decision (YES) obtained in step S350 in the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7 and 8, at a point of time "t1", and steps S390-S450 are implemented.
  • the absolute value of the compensation amount qcy[2] is larger than the threshold A with the negative decision (NO) obtained in step S420, so that the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the ON state in step S440.
  • the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy is set in the OFF state in step S560 in the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10, and the compensation amount qcy[1] for the cylinder #1 is gradually reduced during a time period between points of time "t1" and “t2” and gradually increased during a time period between points of time “t2" and “t3", since the amount qcy[1] is equal to or larger than zero.
  • the compensation amount qcy[1] for the cylinder #1 is diagnosed to be normal, the compensation amount qcy[2] for the cylinder #2 is gradually reduced during a time period between points of time "t3" and "t4" and gradually increased during a time period between points of time "t4" and "t5", since the amount qcy[2] is equal to or larger than zero. Since the compensation amount qcy[2] for the cylinder #2 is also diagnosed to be normal, the compensation amount qcy[3] for the cylinder #3 is gradually increased during a time period between points of time "t5" and "t6” and gradually reduced during a time period between points of time "t6” and "t7", since the amount qcy[3] is smaller than zero.
  • the compensation amount qcy[3] for the cylinder #3 is also diagnosed to be normal, the compensation amount qcy[4] for the cylinder #4 is gradually reduced during a time period between points of time t7" and "t8" and gradually increased during a time period between points of time "t8" and "t9", since the amount qcy[4] is equal to or larger than zero.
  • the GRADUAL RETURN flag Xret is reset to the OFF state in step S880, and the CALCULATION PERMIT flag Xqcy is reset to the ON state in step S900, while the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is reset to the OFF state. Accordingly, the compensation amount calculation according to the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3 and the preliminary diagnosis according to the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7 and 8 are practically initiated, while the main diagnosis according to the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 is not practically effected.
  • the time duration TNH[2] of the cylinder #2 is longer than the time duration TNH[1] of the cylinder #1, for instance.
  • the speed variation DNE[2] calculated according to the above equation (2) in step S230 is a positive value
  • the positive integral compensation amount dqcy is determined in step S240 according to the graph of Fig. 6, so that this integral compensation amount dqcy is added to the compensation amount qcy[2] in step S250.
  • step S420 If it is determined in step S420 in the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7 and 8 that the compensation amount qcy[2] becomes larger than the threshold A, that is, if the negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S420, as a result of the addition of the integral compensation amount dqcy to the compensation amount qcy[2], the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst is set in the ON state in step S440.
  • the main diagnosis according to the routine of Figs. 9 and 10 is practically initiated, and fuel supply system for the cylinder #1 is initially diagnosed, by gradually changing the fuel quantity to be injected from the fuel injection valve 4 for the cylinder #1.
  • the absolute value of the speed variation DNE[1] exceeds the threshold B before the addition-subtraction term dtst exceeds the threshold D, that is, the affirmative decision (YES is obtained in step S620 before the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S630. Accordingly, the fuel supply system for the cylinder #1 is diagnosed in step S640 to be normal.
  • the main diagnosis of the fuel system for the cylinder #2 is initiated according to the routine of Figs. 9 and 10.
  • the electromagnetic control valve 4a for the cylinder #2 is deteriorated in its function of adjusting its opening time
  • the quantity of the fuel injection into the cylinder #2 is not actually changed according to a command applied to the electromagnetic control valve 4a of the corresponding fuel injection valve, even if the commanded value of the fuel quantity to be injected from the fuel injection valve 4 into the cylinder #2 is gradually reduced, that is, even if the commanded opening time of the electromagnetic control valve 4a of that fuel injection valve 4 is gradually reduced, by gradually increasing the addition-subtraction term dtst in step S590.
  • the addition-subtraction term dtst exceeds the threshold D before the speed variation DNE[2] exceeds the threshold B, that is, the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S630 before the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S620.
  • ta indicates a point of time at which the addition-subtraction term dtst exceeds the threshold D.
  • step S700 the fuel supply system for the cylinder #2 is diagnosed in step S690 to be defective, and a suitable remedial operation is performed in step S700 to deal with the defect.
  • the normal control of the diesel engine 2 is interrupted, and the remedial operation such as a "limp-home" processing is initiated.
  • Step S700 is followed by step S710 to set the UNDER-DIAGNOSIS flag Xtst in the OFF state, and one cycle of execution of the routine is terminated.
  • the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3 corresponds to feedback control means for feedback-controlling the fuel supply system
  • the preliminary-diagnosis routine of Figs. 7 and 8 main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 and gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 correspond to diagnosing means for diagnosing the fuel supply system for each cylinder.
  • the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 and the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 are executed when the absolute value of the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] calculated according to the cylinder-compensation-amount calculating routine of Fig. 3 becomes larger than the threshold A. That is, when the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is outside the predetermined reference range, there is a high possibility that the fuel supply system is defective. In this case, the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 and the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 are executed. This arrangement assures improved accuracy of diagnosis of the fuel supply system for abnormality.
  • the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system only when the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is outside the reference range prevents an unnecessary change of the combustion state of each cylinder, and prevents deterioration of the fuel economy and exhaust emission of the diesel engine 2, and minimizes the vibration of the diesel engine 2 due to a variation in its rotation speed.
  • the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 is arranged to diagnose the fuel supply system for the presently selected cylinder such that the fuel supply system is normal if the rotation speed of the diesel engine 2 varies in accordance with the diagnostic increase or reduction of the compensation amount qcy[K], and is defective if the rotation speed does not vary in accordance with the diagnostic increase or reduction of the compensation amount qcy[K]. This arrangement permits efficient and higher accuracy of diagnosis of the fuel supply system.
  • the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 and the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 are executed for all of the cylinders, when the compensation amount qcy[K] for any one of the cylinders falls outside the predetermined reference range.
  • the defective state of the fuel supply system for a given cylinder tends to have a significant influence on the compensation amounts qcy[K] of the cylinders whose combustion strokes take place one stroke before and after the combustion stroke of the cylinder whose fuel supply system is defective.
  • the diagnosis may be limited to the cylinders which are comparatively likely to be defective. This arrangement makes it possible to minimize the time required for execution of the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 and the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11, resulting in an accordingly reduced influence of the diagnosis on the vibration and exhaust emission of the diesel engine 2.
  • the main-diagnosis routine of Figs. 9 and 10 in the first embodiment is formulated such that the step S690 in which the fuel supply system for a given cylinder is diagnosed when the affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S630 is followed by the step S700 in which a suitable remedial operation is performed to deal with the defect. In this case, the diagnosis of the other cylinder or cylinders is not effected.
  • the main-diagnosis routine of Fig. 9 may be modified as shown in the flow chart of Fig. 13, which corresponds to Fig. 10. In this modified routine, the control flow goes to step S650 when the fuel supply system for a given cylinder is diagnosed to be defective in step S690, on the basis of the affirmative decision (YES) in step S630.
  • the fuel supply systems for all of the cylinders are diagnosed according to this modified routine, so that all cylinders whose fuel supply systems are defective can be identified, where the fuel supply systems for two or more of the cylinders are defective.
  • the third embodiment is further arranged to execute a gradual-return control routine illustrated in the flow chart of Fig. 14, in place of the gradual-return control routine of Fig. 11 used in the first embodiment, when the fuel supply system for any one of the cylinders is diagnosed to be defective. According to the gradual-return control routine of Fig.
  • step S912 determines whether fuel supply system for any one of the cylinders is defective. If none of the fuel supply systems for all of the cylinders are defective, that is, if a negative decision (NO) is obtained in step S912, one cycle execution of the routine is terminated. If the fuel supply system for any one of the cylinders is defective, that is, if an affirmative decision (YES) is obtained in step S912, the control flow goes to step S914 in which the suitable remedial operation is performed to deal with the defect.
  • step S912 the normal operation of the diesel engine 2 is terminated, and the remedial operation such as the "limp-home" processing is initiated to deal with the defect.
  • the limp-home processing is an operation to save data in software to minimize problems which would be caused by the defective fuel supply system.
  • the diagnostic change of the cylinder compensation amount qcy[K] is effected only once, and the fuel supply system for a given cylinder is diagnosed to be defective if the speed of the engine does not vary in accordance with the diagnostic change of the compensation amount qcy of that cylinder.
  • the accuracy of the diagnosis may be improved by effecting two or more diagnostic gradual changes of the compensation amount qcy[K] of each cylinder.
  • the fuel supply system for a given cylinder is diagnosed to be defective only if the speed of the engine does not vary in accordance with all of the two more diagnostic gradual changes of the compensation amount qcy[K].
  • the diagnosis may be effected depending upon the number of the diagnostic gradual changes by which the engine speed varies accordingly, and the number of the diagnostic gradual changes by which the engine speed does not vary accordingly.
  • the fuel supply system may be diagnosed to be defective if the engine speed does not vary in accordance with any one of the two or more diagnostic gradual changes.
  • the fourth embodiment of this invention employs any one of the alternative diagnostic methods described above.
  • the above-indicated diagnosing means for diagnosing the fuel supply system by effecting the diagnostic adjustment of the operating condition of the fuel supply system is arranged to terminate or inhibit the feedback control by the feedback control means when the compensation amount for any one of cylinders of the internal combustion engine falls outside the predetermined reference range, and is further arranged to effect diagnostic adjustments of the operating conditions of the fuel supply systems for the above-indicated one cylinder and the two cylinders whose combustion strokes take place one stroke before and after that of the above-indicated one cylinder, so that those fuel supply systems are diagnosed on the basis of a result of the diagnostic adjustments.
  • the apparatus characterized in that the above-indicated diagnosing means is arranged to effect a diagnostic increase or reduction of the compensation amount of each of selected at least one of cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and diagnosing the fuel supply system for each selected cylinder to be normal when an amount of a variation of the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine caused by the diagnostic increase or reduction of the compensation amount is larger than a predetermined threshold, and defective when the amount of the variation is not larger than the predetermined threshold.
  • Apparatus and method for diagnosing a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine wherein a compensation amount (qcy) for each cylinder is determined on the basis of a deviation (DNE) of an actual operating state of the engine with respect to a desired operating state thereof, and the fuel supply system is feedback-controlled by compensating a commanded value (QFIN) of a quantity of injection of a fuel by the fuel supply system into the internal combustion engine, according to the compensation amount.
  • the apparatus and method include respectively include a diagnosing device (52) and a diagnostic step for effecting a diagnostic compulsory adjustment (in steps S590 and S600) of an operating condition of the fuel supply system for each cylinder when the absolute value of the compensation amount (qcy) exceeds a predetermined threshold (A) (when affirmative decision is obtained in step S550), and for diagnosing the fuel supply system on the basis of a speed variation of the engine cause by the adjustment.

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  1. Gerät zum Diagnostizieren eines Kraftstoffzuführungssystems für eine Brennkraftmaschine (2), das mit einer Regeleinrichtung (52) zum Bestimmen eines Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) zum Kompensieren eines Befehlswertes (QFIN) einer Kraftstoffeinspritzmenge von dem Kraftstoffzuführungssystem in die Brennkraftmaschine (2) auf der Grundlage einer Abweichung (DNE) eines Ist-Betriebszustandes der Brennkraftmaschine (2) hinsichtlich eines gewünschten Betriebszustandes davon und zum Steuern des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems mittels einer Regelung durch Kompensieren des Befehlswertes (QFIN) gemäß dem Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) versehen ist, so dass eine IstDrehzahl (NE) mit einer gewünschten Drehzahl übereinstimmt, gekennzeichnet durch:
    eine Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) zum Diagnostizieren des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems durch zwangsweises Bewirken einer Diagnoseeinstellung eines Betriebszustandes des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems, wenn der Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) außerhalb eines vorbestimmten Referenzbereiches (A) fällt.
  2. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Regeleinrichtung (52) einen Änderungsbetrag (TNH) des Ist-Betriebszustandes der Brennkraftmaschine (2) erfasst, während die Brennkraftmaschine (2) in einem Leerlaufzustand ist, die Abweichung (DNE) des Änderungsbetrages (TNH) des Ist-Betriebszustandes bei dem Leerlaufzustand hinsichtlich eines gewünschten Änderungsbetrages davon berechnet, den Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) des jeweiligen Zylinders (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) auf der Grundlage der Abweichung (DNE) bestimmt und den Befehlswert (QFIN) der Kraftstoffeinspritzmenge von dem Kraftstoffzuführungssystem in den jeweiligen Zylinder gemäß dem bestimmten Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) so kompensiert, dass die Brennkraftmaschine (2) in dem gewünschten Betriebszustand betrieben wird.
  3. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) betreibbar ist, wenn der Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) von irgendeinem der Zylinder (#1 - #4) außerhalb des vorbestimmten Referenzbereiches (A) fällt, um einen Betrieb der Regeleinrichtung (52) zu beenden und die Diagnoseeinstellung des Betriebszustands des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems für den einen beliebigen Zylinder (#1 - #4) zwangsweise zu bewirken.
  4. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) betreibbar ist, wenn der Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) von irgendeinem der Zylinder (#1 - #4) außerhalb des vorbestimmten Referenzbereiches (A) fällt, um einen Betrieb der Regeleinrichtung zu beenden und die Diagnoseeinstellungen der Betriebszustände der Kraftstoffzuführungssysteme für ausgewählte Zylinder (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) zwangsweise zu bewirken, wobei die ausgewählten Zylinder den einen beliebigen Zylinder (#1 - #4) aufweisen.
  5. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) zum zwangsweisen Bewirken einer Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) von jedem des zumindest einen ausgewählten Zylinders (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) für eine Diagnose betreibbar ist, und wobei sie das Kraftstoffzuführungssystem für jeden ausgewählten Zylinder (#1 - #4) auf der Grundlage einer Änderung (DNE) des Ist-Betriebszustandes der Brennkraftmaschine (2) diagnostiziert, die durch die zwangsweise Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose verursacht wird.
  6. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) dazu betreibbar ist, das Kraftstoffzuführungssystem für jeden ausgewählten Zylinder (#1 - #4) als normal zu diagnostizieren, wenn sich der Ist-Betriebszustand der Brennkraftmaschine (2) gemäß der zwangsweisen Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose ändert, und als defekt, wenn sich der Ist-Betriebszustand nicht gemäß der zwangsweisen Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose ändert.
  7. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) zum Bewirken einer Vielzahl an zwangsweisen Erhöhungen oder Reduzierungen des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) von jedem des zumindest einen ausgewählten Zylinders (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) für eine Diagnose betreibbar ist, und wobei sie das Kraftstoffzuführungssystem für den jeweiligen Zylinder (#1 - #4) nur dann als defekt diagnostiziert, wenn die Änderungen (DNE) des Ist-Betriebszustandes der Kraftmaschine (2), die durch alle zwangsweisen Erhöhungen oder Reduzierungen aus der Vielzahl der zwangsweisen Erhöhungen oder Reduzierungen für die Diagnose verursacht werden, angeben, dass das Kraftstoffzuführungssystem für den jeweiligen Zylinder (#1 - #4) defekt ist.
  8. Gerät gemäß Anspruch 5 oder 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) den Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) allmählich erhöht oder reduziert, wenn die Erhöhung oder Reduzierung für eine Diagnose zwangsweise ausgeführt wird.
  9. Gerät gemäß einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Diagnoseeinrichtung (52) den Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) auf einen ursprünglichen Wert allmählich zurücksetzt, nachdem die Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose zwangsweise ausgeführt wurde.
  10. Verfahren zum Diagnostizieren eines Kraftstoffzuführungssystems für eine Brennkraftmaschine (2), wobei das Kraftstoffzuführungssystem so geregelt wird, dass die Brennkraftmaschine (2) in einem gewünschten Betriebszustand betrieben wird, mit folgenden Schritten:
    Berechnen einer Abweichung (DNE) eines Änderungsbetrages (TNH) eines Ist-Betriebszustandes hinsichtlich eines gewünschten Änderungsbetrages davon;
    Bestimmen eines Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) zum Kompensieren eines Befehlswertes (QFIN) einer Kraftstoffeinspritzmenge von dem Kraftstoffzuführungssystem in die Brennkraftmaschine (2) bei den jeweiligen Zylindern (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) auf der Grundlage der Abweichung (DNE); und
    Bestimmen, ob der bestimmte Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) außerhalb eines vorbestimmten Referenzbereiches (A) fällt; und
    gekennzeichnet durch einen Schritt zum
    Diagnostizieren des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems durch Unterbrechen einer Regelung des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems und durch zwangsweises Bewirken einer Diagnoseeinstellung eines Betriebszustandes des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems, wenn der bestimmte Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) außerhalb des vorbestimmten Referenzbereiches (A) fällt.
  11. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt zum Diagnostizieren des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems eine zwangsweise Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) von jedem von zumindest einen ausgewählten Zylinder (#1 - #4) der Brennkraftmaschine (2) für eine Diagnose und eine Diagnose des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems für jeden ausgewählten Zylinder (#1 - #4) auf der Grundlage einer Änderung (DNE) des Ist-Betriebszustandes der Brennkraftmaschine (2) aufweist, die durch die zwangsweise Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose verursacht wird.
  12. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt zum Diagnostizieren des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems ein Diagnostizieren des Kraftstoffzuführungssystems für jeden ausgewählten Zylinder (#1 - #4) als normal beinhaltet, wenn sich der Ist-Betriebszustand der Brennkraftmaschine (2) gemäß der zwangsweisen Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose ändert, und als defekt, wenn sich der Ist-Betriebszustand nicht gemäß der zwangsweisen Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages für die Diagnose ändert.
  13. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 11 oder 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) allmählich erhöht oder reduziert wird, wenn die Erhöhung oder Reduzierung für die Diagnose zwangsweise ausgeführt wird.
  14. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 11 oder 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kompensationsbetrag (qcy) allmählich zu einem ursprünglichen Wert zurückgesetzt wird, nachdem die Erhöhung oder Reduzierung des Kompensationsbetrages (qcy) für die Diagnose zwangsweise ausgeführt wurde.
  15. Verfahren gemäß einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Änderungsbetrag (TNH) des Ist-Betriebszustandes der Brennkraftmaschine (2) erfasst wird, während die Brennkraftmaschine (2) in einem Leerlaufzustand ist.
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