EP1859133A1

EP1859133A1 - Method for control of fuel injection for an internal combustion engine and engine using such a method

Info

Publication number: EP1859133A1
Application number: EP06709299A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Alain Ranini; Sébastien Potteau
Original assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles IFPEN
Current assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles IFPEN
Priority date: 2005-02-16
Filing date: 2006-02-13
Publication date: 2007-11-28
Also published as: FR2882100A1; WO2006087451A1; US7874276B2; FR2882100B1; JP2008530444A; US20090020098A1; KR20070110086A; KR101233501B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for control of fuel injection for an internal combustion engine, in particular with direct fuel injection, comprising at least one cylinder (10), one piston (30) running in said cylinder, with a projection (34) arranged in a concave bowl (32), a fuel injector (22) and a combustion chamber (26). According to the invention, during high engine loads, a first amount of fuel is injected at a piston (30) position of between 35 and 70 ° before the top dead centre position of said piston, followed by an injection of at least one second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel being less than the second amount and the fuel is injected into said combustion chamber by means of an injector (22) with a cone angle (a1) less than or equal to 2Arctg CD/2F where CD is the diameter of the cylinder (10) and F the distance between the points of origin of the fuel jets from the injector (22) and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° with relation to the top dead centre (PMH) of the piston.

Description

A method of controlling fuel injection for an internal combustion engine and engine using such a method.

The present invention relates to a fuel injection control method for an internal combustion engine, particularly direct injection, and a motor using such a method.

It relates more particularly to a method for a diesel engine that can operate in two modes of combustion. A homogeneous mode, for low and medium engine loads, with a fuel injection to obtain a homogeneous mixture of fuel with air or with a mixture of air and recirculated exhaust gas before the start of operation. combustion. The other combustion mode, called conventional combustion, consists of an injection of the fuel around the top dead center of the piston and diffusion combustion, this mode being preferably used at high loads.

Such a type of engine, as better described in French Patent Applications Nos. 2,818,324 and 2,818,325, comprises at least one cylinder, a piston sliding in this cylinder, a combustion chamber delimited on one side by the upper face of the cylinder. piston comprising a stud disposed in the center of a concave bowl and at least one injector for injecting fuel with an angle of

CD tablecloth less than or equal to 2Arctg - where CD is the diameter of the cylinder and F la

IF distance between the point of origin of the fuel jets from the injector and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° relative to the top dead center.

Thus, in the case of early injections, that is to say when the position of the piston is in the vicinity of 50 ° crank angle for the selected injection phase relative to the top dead center of the piston, Ie fuel does not come into contact with the cylinder wall and mix with the air or the mixture of air and recirculated flue gas present in the combustion chamber. However in the case of very high loads, for example at 4000 rpm full load, the engine operates in conventional combustion mode.

In this mode of combustion and given the relatively low compression ratio (of the order of 14), the fuel is conventionally injected into the combustion chamber in a single sequence but burns only after a certain period of time associated with the combustion. interaction of the fuel jets with the piston wall, existing with the type of homogeneous combustion developed by the applicant.

This leads to a decrease in performance, especially in terms of the power developed.

The present invention proposes to overcome the drawbacks enumerated above by means of a method which makes it possible to introduce the fuel so as to reduce the self-ignition time of the latter.

For this purpose, the present invention relates to a fuel injection control method for an internal combustion engine, especially direct injection, comprising at least one cylinder, a piston sliding in this cylinder and comprising a stud arranged in a bowl. concave, a fuel injector and a combustion chamber, characterized in that, for very high engine loads, a first quantity of fuel is injected for a piston position between 35 and 70 ° before the top dead center. of this piston, followed by the injection of at least a second quantity of fuel, the first quantity of fuel being less than the second and that the fuel is injected into said combustion chamber with an injector having

CD a web angle (a-i) less than or equal to lArctg - where CD is the diameter of the

IF cylinder and F the distance between the point of origin of the fuel jets from the injector and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° with respect to the top dead center (TDC) of the piston.

Preferably, one can begin the injection of the second amount of fuel between 20 to 35 ° before the top dead center of the piston. The second amount of fuel can be continued after the top dead center of the piston.

The fuel can be injected with a ratio between the first quantity of fuel and the second quantity of 1/10 to 1/20.

The invention also relates to an internal combustion engine, in particular direct injection engine comprising at least one cylinder, a piston sliding in this cylinder, a combustion chamber delimited on one side by the upper face of said piston comprising a stud arranged in the center of a concave bowl and a fuel injector, characterized in that it comprises a

Injector CD having a lap angle (ai) less than or equal to lArctg - where CD is

2F the diameter of the cylinder and F the distance between the point of origin of the fuel jets from the injector and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° relative to the top dead center, and control means and calculation for injecting, during very heavy loads of the engine, a first quantity of fuel for a piston position of between 35 and

70 ° before the top dead center of this piston, followed by the injection of at least a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel being less than the second.

The other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the description given below from a non-limiting example of embodiment, with reference to the appended drawings in which:

- Figure 1 shows schematically an internal combustion engine according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the reduction of combustion noise by using the method according to the invention and FIG. 3 is also a graph showing the power levels generated by the engine with and without the process. of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a direct injection diesel internal combustion engine comprises at least one cylinder 10 of diameter CD and a cylinder head 12 carrying air intake means and exhaust gas exhaust means, here respectively at least one intake manifold 14 for a gaseous fluid, such as air or a mixture of air and recirculated flue gas (EGR), at least one exhaust pipe 16 of flue gas, the pipes being controlled by opening or closing, by an intake valve 18 and an exhaust valve 20. The cylinder head also carries a fuel injector 22 which is preferably disposed coaxially with the axis of the cylinder and comprises in the vicinity of its nose 24 a plurality of orifices through which the fuel is sprayed into the combustion chamber 26, according to jets 28. The combustion chamber is delimited by the upper face of a piston 30, sliding alternately rectilinear in the cylinder 10, the inner face of the cylinder head 12 facing this piston and the circular wall of the cylinder 10 between the two faces. In addition, the upper face of the piston comprises a concave bowl 32 inside which a pin 34 is arranged being located substantially in the center of this bowl and rising towards the cylinder head 12.

As better described in French Patents N ° 2,818,324 and 2,818,325 of the applicant, which are incorporated by reference in the present application, the fuel injector 22 is typical low angle ply a- _\. This angle ai is chosen so that the wall of the cylinder 10 is never wetted by the fuel for any position of the piston 30 between + 50 ° and + α or between

-50 ° and -ce, where α represents the crankshaft angle for the selected injection phase relative to the top dead center of the piston, this angle α being greater than

50 ° and less than or equal to 180 ° to obtain a homogeneous combustion type.

If CD denotes the diameter (in mm) of the cylinder 10 and F the distance (in mm) between the point of origin of the fuel jets 28 and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 °, then the lap angle ai (in

degree) will be less than or equal to 2Arctg.

2 F

By nappe angle, it is understood the angle at the top that forms the cone coming from the injector and whose imaginary peripheral wall passes through all the axes of the fuel jets 28.

Advantageously, the angular range for the lap angle α1 is at most 120 ° and preferably between 40 ° and 100 °.

This engine also comprises a control and calculation unit 36, called engine ECU, which is connected by conductors (for some bi-directional) to the various organs and sensors of the engine (shown schematically by the box 38 in the figure) so as to be able to receive the various signals emitted by these sensors, such as the position of the piston 30 via a position sensor connected to the crankshaft that usually comprises this engine, to process them by calculation and then to control the organs of this engine to ensure its proper operation. This unit also receives indications on the request of the driver, for example the position of the accelerator pedal 40. Based on this information and indications, the engine computer 36, which contains tables or maps, sends instructions to the various organs. engine to meet the driver's demand.

This unit is particularly suitable for controlling the parameters of the fuel injection, such as the amount of fuel injected into the combustion chamber by the injector 22 as well as the injection moment in the usual cycle of combustion of the engine. For this, the unit 36 is connected by control lines 42 to the various control members (not shown) of the injectors 22.

Thus in operation, the unit 36 knows at all times the operating state of the engine and the driver's request.

Therefore, for low and medium loads, the computer controls the injection of fuel so as to obtain a homogeneous fuel mixture in Ia combustion chamber while avoiding that fuel wets the walls of the cylinder.

For very high loads, for a rotation of the engine generally in the vicinity of 4000 rpm, the computer 36 controls the injector 22 so as to achieve, before the piston reaches its top dead point combustion, a first fuel injection, said primary injection, then at least a second fuel injection, called the main injection, in greater quantity. The ratio between the primary injection and the main injection is about 1/10 to 1/20. The primary injection is not too early so as to avoid any wetting of the wall by the fuel.

For very heavy loads, it is understood the range of use of the engine ranging from very heavy loads to full load.

In practice, the unit 36 receives instructions from the support on the accelerator pedal by the driver, as the depression of the pedal and the speed of the depression. These instructions are analyzed and compared by the computer based on maps contained in this unit. In the case where the unit deduces that the instructions received correspond to a request for very high loads, the unit 36 controls the primary injection of fuel for a position of the piston between 35 and 70 ° before the PMH then realizes the beginning the main injection between 20 to 35 ° before the top dead center (TDC) of the piston and continues this main injection after TDC, if necessary.

With this, the first amount of fuel injected can burn and increases the pressure and temperature of the mixture present in the combustion chamber. The following main fuel injection is performed in a chamber with consequent pressure / temperature parameters so that this fuel can burn in a conventional manner with a reduced self-ignition time.

As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, the primary injection of fuel thus makes it possible to reduce the combustion noise by about 2 dB (FIG. A1 bar for a fuel injection without primary injection and the B1 bar for a fuel injection with primary injection) and to increase the engine power by about 4% (Figure 3: A2 bar for a fuel injection without primary injection and the bar B2 for a fuel injection with primary injection).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above but encompasses all variants and all equivalents.

Claims

1) Fuel injection control method for an internal combustion engine, in particular direct injection, comprising at least one cylinder (10), a piston (30) sliding in this cylinder and comprising a stud

(34) disposed in a concave bowl (32), a fuel injector (22) and a combustion chamber (26), characterized in that, for very high engine loads, a first quantity of fuel is injected for a position of the piston (30) between 35 and 70 ° before the top dead center of this piston, followed by the injection of at least a second quantity of fuel, the first quantity of fuel being less than the second and injecting the fuel into said combustion chamber with an injector (22)

CD having a slant angle (a-i) less than or equal to 2Arctg - where CD is the

IF cylinder diameter (10) and F the distance between the point of origin of the fuel jets from the injector (22) and the position of the piston corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° with respect to the top dead center ( PMH) of the piston.

2) Method according to claim 1, characterized in that one starts the injection of the second amount of fuel between 20 to 35 ° before the top dead center of the piston.

3) Process according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it continues the injection of the second amount of fuel after the top dead center of the piston.

4) Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the fuel is injected with a ratio between the first amount of fuel and the second amount of 1/10 to 1/20.

5) Internal combustion engine, especially direct injection comprising at least one cylinder (10), a piston (30) sliding in this cylinder, a combustion chamber (26) bounded on one side by the upper face of said piston comprising a pin (34) disposed in the center of a concave bowl (32) and a fuel injector (22), characterized in that it comprises an injector (22)

CD having a slant angle (ai) less than or equal to 2Arctg - where CD is the

1, F diameter of the cylinder (10) and F the distance between the point of origin of the fuel jets from the injector and the position of the piston (30) corresponding to a crankshaft angle of 50 ° relative to the neutral position high (PMH), and control and calculation means (36) for injecting, during very high engine loads, a first fuel quantity for a position of the piston (30) between 35 and 70 ° before the neutral position top of this piston, followed by the injection of at least a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel being less than the second.