EP2246550B1 - Control device for common-rail system in abnormal condition - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an abnormality control system for a common rail system, and in particular to a technology for controlling faulty detections in low temperature conditions.
- a particularly preferred form of electronically controlled fuel injection systems for diesel engines is the common rail fuel injection system that draws fuel from a fuel tank by using a low pressure pump (feed pump), pressurizes the drawn fuel by using a high pressure pump (supply pump) which is mechanically actuated by the engine, stores the pressurized fuel in a common rail, and distributes the fuel stored in the common rail to the fuel injection valves of the different cylinders.
- feed pump low pressure pump
- supply pump high pressure pump
- a common rail system is typically equipped with an abnormality detection system that detects the occurrence of fuel leakage by comparing a target output (pressure compensation value) set for a fuel output control valve for controlling the output of the supply pump with a prescribed reference value, and determining the occurrence of fuel leakage according to the result of this comparison. See Japanese patent No. 3147460 .
- an abnormality detection system to avoid incorrectly detecting fuel leakage, the detection of fuel leakage is temporarily prohibited under certain operating conditions of the engine which involve rapid changes in the pressure of the fuel supply system, and could cause significant changes in the target output or target pressure control value.
- a primary object of the present invention is to provide an abnormality control system for a common rail system that can prevent an incorrect abnormality detection in low temperature conditions.
- an abnormality control system for a common rail system in accordance with claim 1.
- the common rail system comprises a supply pump (65) for pressurizing fuel to a prescribed pressure, a common rail (7) for storing the pressurized fuel, a fuel injection valve (8) for injecting the fuel in the common rail into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine (E), a rail pressure detector (75) for detecting a rail pressure in the common rail, and an output control unit (72) for controlling an output of the supply pump according to a result of comparison between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and a target rail pressure, the abnormality control system being configured to determine an occurrence of abnormality and to execute a prescribed abnormality control process when a difference between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and the target rail pressure exceeds an abnormality determination threshold value.
- the abnormality control system comprises a fuel temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the fuel, and an abnormality determination canceling unit that cancels an execution of the abnormality control process when
- the present invention provides an abnormality control system according to claim 2.
- the abnormality control process comprises lighting of an alarm lamp.
- the common rail system comprises a fuel heater.
- the abnormality determination canceling unit cancels the execution of the abnormality control process so that the vehicle operator is prevented from experiencing anxiety or being otherwise discomforted by an unnecessary warning such as lighting of a fuel leakage warning lamp.
- the output of the supply pump is reduced so that the load of the supply pump is reduced, and an erroneous detection of fuel leakage can be avoided because the abnormality control process is executed only after the rail pressure has risen to a prescribed level.
- the vehicle operator is notified of an abnormal condition of the fuel supply system, and is allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- the fuel temperature progressively rises, and the blockage of the fuel piping system due to waxing can be eliminated in a relatively short period of time.
- Figure 1 generally illustrates the overall structure of the engine system of the first example
- Figure 2 is a block diagram showing how an engine ECU is connected to various components in the first example
- Figure 3 is a simplified block diagram showing the overall structure of an abnormality detecting unit of the first example.
- the engine system 1 of the first embodiment comprises, in association with an inline four-cylinder diesel engine (internal combustion engine; referred to simply as "engine” in the following description) E, an intake system including an air cleaner 2, an intake pipe 3 and an intake manifold 4, an exhaust system including an exhaust manifold 5 and an exhaust pipe 6 and a fuel supply/injection system (common rail system) including a common rail 7 and electronically controlled fuel injection valves 8.
- an engine ECU (electronic control unit) 9 is provided inside the cabin of the vehicle, and an accelerator pedal 10 is provided adjacent to the driver's seat for a vehicle operator to use.
- Each cylinder of the engine E is fitted with a glow plug 48 to warm up the cylinder head when cold starting the engine.
- VG turbo variable geometry turbocharger
- the intake pipe 3 is provided with an intercooler 12 for cooling the intake air which is heated as a result of pressurization by the VG turbo 11 and an electrically actuated intake shutter 13 for restricting the intake air flow in a prescribed operating range.
- an electrically actuated swirl control valve 14 for increasing the intake flow velocity by narrowing the cross section of the flow passage in a prescribed low-rpm, low load operating range.
- the intake manifold 4 and exhaust manifold 5 are connected to each other via an EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) passage 21 to conduct hot exhaust gas to the combustion chambers.
- EGR exhaust gas recirculation
- a middle part of the EGR passage 21 is branched into an EGR cooler 21a and a bypass passage 21b, and a converging part of these two passages is provided with a switch valve 22.
- an EGR control valve 23 for adjusting the amount of exhaust gas (EGR gas) that flows into the combustion chambers.
- the exhaust pipe 6 is connected to an exhaust gas cleaning device 34 including a DOC (diesel oxide catalyst) 31, a DPF (diesel particulate filter) 32 and a LNC (lean Nox catalyst) 33 which are connected in series along the direction of the exhaust gas flow.
- DOC diesel oxide catalyst
- DPF diesel particulate filter
- LNC lean Nox catalyst
- the engine E is provided with a crank angle sensor 41 for detecting a crank angle of the engine and a water temperature sensor 42 for detecting a cooling water temperature of the engine.
- the accelerator pedal 10 is provided with an accelerator pedal sensor 43 that detects a depression stroke of the accelerator pedal 10.
- the intake system includes an intake flow rate sensor 44 and an intake air temperature sensor 45 provided immediately downstream of the air cleaner 2, and an upstream end intake pressure sensor 46 and an upstream end intake air temperature sensor 47 provided between the intercooler 12 and intake shutter 13.
- the intake system further comprises a shutter opening angle sensor for detecting an opening angle of the intake shutter 13, a downstream end intake pressure sensor for detecting an intake pressure downstream of the intake shutter 13 and a downstream end intake air temperature sensor for detecting an intake temperature downstream of the intake shutter 13.
- the exhaust system includes a first exhaust temperature sensor 51 and a first LAF (linear air fuel ratio) sensor 52 provided immediately downstream of the VG turbo 11, a second exhaust temperature sensor 53 provided between the DOC 31 and DPF 32, a second LAF sensor 54 provided between the DPF 32 and LNC 33, and a third exhaust temperature sensor 55 and a third LAF sensor 56 provided downstream of the LNC 33.
- a first LAF (linear air fuel ratio) sensor 52 provided immediately downstream of the VG turbo 11
- second exhaust temperature sensor 53 provided between the DOC 31 and DPF 32
- a second LAF sensor 54 provided between the DPF 32 and LNC 33
- a third exhaust temperature sensor 55 and a third LAF sensor 56 provided downstream of the LNC 33.
- the common rail system essentially consists of a feed pump 62 provided inside a fuel tank 61, a fuel filter 64 for removing moisture and foreign matters contained in the fuel, a supply pump (two-cylinder plunger pump) 65 actuated by the engine to pressurize the fuel and the common rail 7 for storing the pressurized fuel.
- the fuel filter 64 is provided with a fuel heater 71 for heating the fuel in low temperature conditions.
- the supply pump 65 is provided with an output control valve 72 for controlling the pump output and a fuel temperature sensor 73 for detecting the temperature of the fuel.
- the common rail 7 is provided with a rail pressure control valve 74 for controlling the rail pressure and a rail pressure sensor 75 for detecting the rail pressure.
- the feed pump 62, fuel filter 64 and supply pump 65 are connected to one another by feed pipes 81 and 82, and the supply pump 65 is connected to the common rail 7 via supply pipes 83 and 84.
- the common rail 7 is connected to the fuel injection valves 8 via delivery pipes 85.
- the output control valve 72 and rail pressure control valve 74 are connected to the fuel tank 61 via a drain pipe 86 to return excess fuel back to the fuel tank 61.
- the engine ECU 9 essentially consists of a microcomputer, ROM, RAM, peripheral circuits, an input/output interface and various drivers. As shown in Figure 2 , the engine ECU 9 receives detection signals from the above mentioned sensors, and forwards drive signals to the above mentioned components such as the fuel injection valves 8, VG turbo, supply pump 65 and so on. The engine ECU 9 is also connected to various other sensors and engine control devices, but it is omitted from the description.
- the engine ECU 9 includes an abnormality detecting unit 91 which is outlined in Figure 3 .
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 includes a pressure difference detector 92, a waxing detecting unit (abnormality determination canceling unit) 93, and a fuel leakage detecting unit 94 that detects the occurrence of fuel leakage according to the outputs of the pressure difference detector 92 and waxing detecting unit 93.
- the pressure difference detector 92 computes a pressure difference ⁇ Pr between the target rail pressure Prtgt and detected rail pressure Prr, and forwards the pressure difference to the fuel leakage detecting unit 94.
- the waxing detecting unit 93 forwards a waxing detection signal to the fuel leakage detecting unit 9 typically when the fuel temperature is low, and additionally forwards an output reduction flag to the output control unit.
- the engine ECU 9 controls the operation of the engine by looking up the target fuel injection amount, target supercharge pressure and target rail pressure by using maps not shown in the drawings or otherwise determining such variables according to the detections signals of the various sensors, and drives the fuel injection valves 8, VG turbo 11 and supply pump 65 in a corresponding manner.
- the engine ECU 9 of the illustrated embodiment cyclically executes a fuel leakage determining process as depicted in the flowchart of Figure 4 at a prescribed processing interval (10 ms, for instance) in parallel with the startup and operation control of the engine
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 Upon starting of a fuel leakage determining process, the abnormality detecting unit 91 computes a pressure difference ⁇ Pr between a target rail pressure Prtgt received from a rail pressure setting unit not shown in the drawings and a rail pressure detection value Prr received from the rail pressure sensor 75 in step S1 in the flowchart of Figure 4 , and then determines if the pressure difference ⁇ Pr is higher than a rail pressure drop detection threshold value (abnormality detection threshold value) Prth in step S2.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 determines that there is no abnormality in the fuel system, and resets an output reduction flag Ffc (which is described hereinafter) having an initial value of 0 and a fuel leakage flag Ffl (which is described hereinafter) both back to 0 in step S3 and step S4, respectively. Thereafter, the program flow returns to start.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets an abnormality code Cerr to 1 in step S5, sets the output reduction flag Ffc to 1 in step S6, and determines if the fuel temperature Tf received from the fuel temperature sensor 73 is higher than a waxing detection threshold value Tfth in step S7.
- the abnormality code Cerr is a code indicating the possibility of leakage in the fuel system, and is stored in a storage device (not shown in the drawings) of the engine ECU 9.
- the output reduction flag Ffc is a flag forwarded to an output control unit (not shown in the drawings) of the engine ECU 9. When the value of the output reduction flag Ffc is 1, an output reduction command is forwarded from the output control unit to the output control valve 72 so that the load of the supply pump 65 is prevented from being excessive even when there is blockage in the fuel piping system caused by waxing.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S8 as a case of leakage in the fuel system.
- the fuel leakage flag Ffl is forwarded to a fuel leakage processing unit (not shown in the drawings) of the engine ECU 9.
- a fuel leakage processing unit not shown in the drawings
- an abnormality process (such as lighting up a fuel leakage warning lamp, special rail pressure control at the time of fuel leakage, etc.) is executed. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- step S7 determines that the fuel piping (such as the feed pipes 81 and 82 and supply pipe 83) may be blocked up due to waxing, and sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 0 in step S4 as a measure to prevent an erroneous leakage detection. Thereafter, the program flow returns to start.
- the fuel piping such as the feed pipes 81 and 82 and supply pipe 83
- the fuel forwarded from the feed pump 62 to the supply pump 65 is in part supplied to the fuel injection valves 8 via the common rail 7, and the remaining part of the fuel returns to the fuel tank 61 via the output control valve 72, rail pressure control valve 74 and drain pipe 86.
- the fuel is warmed up by the fuel heater 71 provided in the fuel filter 64 and other heat sources.
- the fuel temperature Tf progressively rises.
- step S2 causes the determination result of step S2 to No.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 then resets the output reduction flag Ffc to 0 in step S3, and the program flow returns to start.
- the output reduction command ceases to be forwarded to the output control valve 72, and the supply pump 65 is operated so as to achieve the target rail pressure Pretgt.
- the abnormality code Cerr is kept stored in a storage device of the engine ECU 9 until the engine E is shut down.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S8. In such a case, the vehicle operator is notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- the second example is similar to the first example except for a part of the fuel leakage determining process. Therefore, the part of the structure of the second example similar to that of the first example, including the flags in the fuel leakage determining process, is omitted from the following description.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 Upon starting of the fuel leakage detecting process, the abnormality detecting unit 91 computes a pressure difference ⁇ Pr between a target rail pressure Prtgt received from a rail pressure setting unit not shown in the drawings and a rail pressure detection value Prr received from the rail pressure sensor 75 in step S11 in the flowchart of Figure 5 . It is then determines if the pressure difference ⁇ Pr is greater than a rail pressure drop detection threshold value (abnormality detection threshold value) Prth in step S12.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 determines that there is no abnormality in the fuel system, and resets an output reduction flag Ffc having an initial value of 0 and a fuel leakage flag Ffl both back to 0 in step S13 and step S14, respectively, similarly as in the first embodiment. Thereafter, the program flow likewise returns to start.
- step S12 When the determination result of step S12 is Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets an abnormality code Cerr to 1 in step S15, sets the output reduction flag Ffc to 1 in step S16, and determines if the fuel temperature Tf is higher than a waxing detection threshold value Tfth in step S17. If the determination result of step S17 is also Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S18. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 increments a determination delay timer Td which has an initial value of 0 by 1 in step S19, and determines if the value of the determination delay timer Td has reached a count-up value Tdmax in step S20.
- the count-up value Tdmax is set such that the fuel temperature has risen to a sufficient level by the operation of the engine E.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 0 in step S14 as there may be a blockage in the fuel piping owing to waxing before the program flow returns to start.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S18. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- step S12 As the fuel temperature Tf rises, and waxing disappears, the pressure difference ⁇ Pr diminishes, and the determination result of step S12 eventually changes to No.
- the abnormality detecting unit 91 then resets the output reduction flag Ffc to 0 in step S13, and the program flow returns to start. As a result, the output reduction command ceases to be forwarded to the output control valve 72, and the supply pump 65 is operated so as to achieve the target rail pressure Pretgt.
- the fuel leakage can be determined at a high precision in spite of the possible blockage of the fuel piping owing to waxing so that the vehicle operator may be prevented from experiencing unnecessary discomfort or unnecessary trouble of bringing the vehicle to a repair shop.
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Description
- The present invention relates to an abnormality control system for a common rail system, and in particular to a technology for controlling faulty detections in low temperature conditions.
- In modem automotive diesel engines, to the end of reducing harmful emissions and improving fuel economy, there is a growing use of electronically controlled fuel injection systems that can control the injection pressure, injection timing, injection period (amount of injection) at a high precision. A particularly preferred form of electronically controlled fuel injection systems for diesel engines is the common rail fuel injection system that draws fuel from a fuel tank by using a low pressure pump (feed pump), pressurizes the drawn fuel by using a high pressure pump (supply pump) which is mechanically actuated by the engine, stores the pressurized fuel in a common rail, and distributes the fuel stored in the common rail to the fuel injection valves of the different cylinders.
- The output of the supply pump is feedback controlled so that the pressure (rail pressure) in the common rail may be maintained at a fixed level. As a result, should fuel leakage occur in any part of the paths between the supply pump and fuel injection valves, the output of the supply pump would be increased to maintain the rail pressure, and this would further increase the fuel leakage. Therefore, a common rail system is typically equipped with an abnormality detection system that detects the occurrence of fuel leakage by comparing a target output (pressure compensation value) set for a fuel output control valve for controlling the output of the supply pump with a prescribed reference value, and determining the occurrence of fuel leakage according to the result of this comparison. See Japanese patent No.
3147460 -
DE 102004 003316 A1 discloses an abnormality control system according to the preamble ofclaim 1. - In the abnormality detection system proposed in
patent document 1, because diesel fuel contains paraffin for the purpose of lubrication, a correct detection of abnormality may not be possible in low temperature conditions. More specifically, a drop in the ambient temperature may cause waxing (solidification of paraffin) in the fuel supply system, and the resulting partial blockage of the fuel pipe immediately following the startup of the engine may prevent the rise of the rail pressure to a prescribed level. This may be incorrectly detected by the abnormality detection system as the occurrence of fuel leakage. Such an incorrect detection of fuel leakage would activate a fuel leakage warning lamp so that the vehicle operator may have to experience unnecessary discomfort and may even cause the unnecessary trouble of bringing the vehicle to a repair shop. - In view of such problems of the prior art, a primary object of the present invention is to provide an abnormality control system for a common rail system that can prevent an incorrect abnormality detection in low temperature conditions.
- According to a first aspect of the present invention, such an object can be accomplished by providing an abnormality control system for a common rail system in accordance with
claim 1. The common rail system comprises a supply pump (65) for pressurizing fuel to a prescribed pressure, a common rail (7) for storing the pressurized fuel, a fuel injection valve (8) for injecting the fuel in the common rail into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine (E), a rail pressure detector (75) for detecting a rail pressure in the common rail, and an output control unit (72) for controlling an output of the supply pump according to a result of comparison between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and a target rail pressure, the abnormality control system being configured to determine an occurrence of abnormality and to execute a prescribed abnormality control process when a difference between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and the target rail pressure exceeds an abnormality determination threshold value. The abnormality control system comprises a fuel temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the fuel, and an abnormality determination canceling unit that cancels an execution of the abnormality control process when a temperature detected by the fuel temperature sensor is lower than an abnormality determination canceling threshold value. - According to a preferred second aspect, the present invention provides an abnormality control system according to
claim 2. - According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the first aspect of the present invention, the abnormality control process comprises lighting of an alarm lamp.
- According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the first aspect of the present invention, the common rail system comprises a fuel heater.
- According to the first aspect of the present invention, in low temperature conditions when the rail pressure does not rise to a prescribed level owing the occurrence of waxing in the fuel supply system, even when a state indicative of fuel leakage is detected, the abnormality determination canceling unit cancels the execution of the abnormality control process so that the vehicle operator is prevented from experiencing anxiety or being otherwise discomforted by an unnecessary warning such as lighting of a fuel leakage warning lamp. According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when a partial blockage of the fuel piping system should occur, the output of the supply pump is reduced so that the load of the supply pump is reduced, and an erroneous detection of fuel leakage can be avoided because the abnormality control process is executed only after the rail pressure has risen to a prescribed level. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the vehicle operator is notified of an abnormal condition of the fuel supply system, and is allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, as the operation of the engine continues, the fuel temperature progressively rises, and the blockage of the fuel piping system due to waxing can be eliminated in a relatively short period of time.
- Two examples applied to a common rail system of an automotive diesel engine are described in the following with reference to the appended drawings.
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Figure 1 generally illustrates the overall structure of the engine system of the first example,Figure 2 is a block diagram showing how an engine ECU is connected to various components in the first example, andFigure 3 is a simplified block diagram showing the overall structure of an abnormality detecting unit of the first example. - Referring to
Figure 1 , theengine system 1 of the first embodiment comprises, in association with an inline four-cylinder diesel engine (internal combustion engine; referred to simply as "engine" in the following description) E, an intake system including anair cleaner 2, anintake pipe 3 and an intake manifold 4, an exhaust system including anexhaust manifold 5 and an exhaust pipe 6 and a fuel supply/injection system (common rail system) including acommon rail 7 and electronically controlledfuel injection valves 8. In the illustrated vehicle, an engine ECU (electronic control unit) 9 is provided inside the cabin of the vehicle, and anaccelerator pedal 10 is provided adjacent to the driver's seat for a vehicle operator to use. Each cylinder of the engine E is fitted with aglow plug 48 to warm up the cylinder head when cold starting the engine. - Between the
intake pipe 3 and exhaust pipe 6 is interposed a variable geometry turbocharger (VG turbo) 11 to supply pressurized air to the engine E by using the energy of the exhaust gas. Theintake pipe 3 is provided with anintercooler 12 for cooling the intake air which is heated as a result of pressurization by the VGturbo 11 and an electrically actuatedintake shutter 13 for restricting the intake air flow in a prescribed operating range. Between theintake pipe 3 and intake manifold 4 is provided an electrically actuatedswirl control valve 14 for increasing the intake flow velocity by narrowing the cross section of the flow passage in a prescribed low-rpm, low load operating range. - The intake manifold 4 and
exhaust manifold 5 are connected to each other via an EGR (exhaust gas recirculation)passage 21 to conduct hot exhaust gas to the combustion chambers. A middle part of the EGRpassage 21 is branched into an EGRcooler 21a and abypass passage 21b, and a converging part of these two passages is provided with aswitch valve 22. To the downstream end of theswitch valve 22 is connected anEGR control valve 23 for adjusting the amount of exhaust gas (EGR gas) that flows into the combustion chambers. - The exhaust pipe 6 is connected to an exhaust gas cleaning device 34 including a DOC (diesel oxide catalyst) 31, a DPF (diesel particulate filter) 32 and a LNC (lean Nox catalyst) 33 which are connected in series along the direction of the exhaust gas flow.
- The engine E is provided with a
crank angle sensor 41 for detecting a crank angle of the engine and awater temperature sensor 42 for detecting a cooling water temperature of the engine. Theaccelerator pedal 10 is provided with anaccelerator pedal sensor 43 that detects a depression stroke of theaccelerator pedal 10. - The intake system includes an intake
flow rate sensor 44 and an intakeair temperature sensor 45 provided immediately downstream of theair cleaner 2, and an upstream endintake pressure sensor 46 and an upstream end intakeair temperature sensor 47 provided between theintercooler 12 andintake shutter 13. Although not shown in the drawing, the intake system further comprises a shutter opening angle sensor for detecting an opening angle of theintake shutter 13, a downstream end intake pressure sensor for detecting an intake pressure downstream of theintake shutter 13 and a downstream end intake air temperature sensor for detecting an intake temperature downstream of theintake shutter 13. - The exhaust system includes a first
exhaust temperature sensor 51 and a first LAF (linear air fuel ratio)sensor 52 provided immediately downstream of the VGturbo 11, a secondexhaust temperature sensor 53 provided between the DOC 31 andDPF 32, asecond LAF sensor 54 provided between theDPF 32 andLNC 33, and a thirdexhaust temperature sensor 55 and athird LAF sensor 56 provided downstream of theLNC 33. - The common rail system essentially consists of a
feed pump 62 provided inside afuel tank 61, afuel filter 64 for removing moisture and foreign matters contained in the fuel, a supply pump (two-cylinder plunger pump) 65 actuated by the engine to pressurize the fuel and thecommon rail 7 for storing the pressurized fuel. - The
fuel filter 64 is provided with afuel heater 71 for heating the fuel in low temperature conditions. Thesupply pump 65 is provided with anoutput control valve 72 for controlling the pump output and afuel temperature sensor 73 for detecting the temperature of the fuel. Thecommon rail 7 is provided with a railpressure control valve 74 for controlling the rail pressure and arail pressure sensor 75 for detecting the rail pressure. - The
feed pump 62,fuel filter 64 andsupply pump 65 are connected to one another byfeed pipes supply pump 65 is connected to thecommon rail 7 viasupply pipes common rail 7 is connected to thefuel injection valves 8 viadelivery pipes 85. Theoutput control valve 72 and railpressure control valve 74 are connected to thefuel tank 61 via adrain pipe 86 to return excess fuel back to thefuel tank 61. - The
engine ECU 9 essentially consists of a microcomputer, ROM, RAM, peripheral circuits, an input/output interface and various drivers. As shown inFigure 2 , theengine ECU 9 receives detection signals from the above mentioned sensors, and forwards drive signals to the above mentioned components such as thefuel injection valves 8, VG turbo,supply pump 65 and so on. The engine ECU 9 is also connected to various other sensors and engine control devices, but it is omitted from the description. - The engine ECU 9 includes an abnormality detecting unit 91 which is outlined in
Figure 3 . As shown inFigure 3 , the abnormality detecting unit 91 includes apressure difference detector 92, a waxing detecting unit (abnormality determination canceling unit) 93, and a fuelleakage detecting unit 94 that detects the occurrence of fuel leakage according to the outputs of thepressure difference detector 92 andwaxing detecting unit 93. Thepressure difference detector 92 computes a pressure difference ΔPr between the target rail pressure Prtgt and detected rail pressure Prr, and forwards the pressure difference to the fuelleakage detecting unit 94. Thewaxing detecting unit 93 forwards a waxing detection signal to the fuelleakage detecting unit 9 typically when the fuel temperature is low, and additionally forwards an output reduction flag to the output control unit. - Once the
engine system 1 is started up, and the engine E is cranked up by the vehicle operator, theengine ECU 9 controls the operation of the engine by looking up the target fuel injection amount, target supercharge pressure and target rail pressure by using maps not shown in the drawings or otherwise determining such variables according to the detections signals of the various sensors, and drives thefuel injection valves 8,VG turbo 11 andsupply pump 65 in a corresponding manner. Theengine ECU 9 of the illustrated embodiment cyclically executes a fuel leakage determining process as depicted in the flowchart ofFigure 4 at a prescribed processing interval (10 ms, for instance) in parallel with the startup and operation control of the engine - Upon starting of a fuel leakage determining process, the abnormality detecting unit 91 computes a pressure difference ΔPr between a target rail pressure Prtgt received from a rail pressure setting unit not shown in the drawings and a rail pressure detection value Prr received from the
rail pressure sensor 75 in step S1 in the flowchart ofFigure 4 , and then determines if the pressure difference ΔPr is higher than a rail pressure drop detection threshold value (abnormality detection threshold value) Prth in step S2. If this determination result is No, the abnormality detecting unit 91 determines that there is no abnormality in the fuel system, and resets an output reduction flag Ffc (which is described hereinafter) having an initial value of 0 and a fuel leakage flag Ffl (which is described hereinafter) both back to 0 in step S3 and step S4, respectively. Thereafter, the program flow returns to start. - When the determination result of step S2 is Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets an abnormality code Cerr to 1 in step S5, sets the output reduction flag Ffc to 1 in step S6, and determines if the fuel temperature Tf received from the
fuel temperature sensor 73 is higher than a waxing detection threshold value Tfth in step S7. The abnormality code Cerr is a code indicating the possibility of leakage in the fuel system, and is stored in a storage device (not shown in the drawings) of theengine ECU 9. The output reduction flag Ffc is a flag forwarded to an output control unit (not shown in the drawings) of theengine ECU 9. When the value of the output reduction flag Ffc is 1, an output reduction command is forwarded from the output control unit to theoutput control valve 72 so that the load of thesupply pump 65 is prevented from being excessive even when there is blockage in the fuel piping system caused by waxing. - When the fuel temperature Tf is relatively high, and the determination result of step S7 is thereby Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S8 as a case of leakage in the fuel system. The fuel leakage flag Ffl is forwarded to a fuel leakage processing unit (not shown in the drawings) of the
engine ECU 9. When the value of the fuel leakage flag Ffl is 1, an abnormality process (such as lighting up a fuel leakage warning lamp, special rail pressure control at the time of fuel leakage, etc.) is executed. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop. - When the fuel temperature Tf is low typically due to a low ambient temperature, and this has caused the determination result of step S7 to be No, the abnormality detecting unit 91 determines that the fuel piping (such as the
feed pipes - As the engine E warms up, the fuel forwarded from the
feed pump 62 to thesupply pump 65 is in part supplied to thefuel injection valves 8 via thecommon rail 7, and the remaining part of the fuel returns to thefuel tank 61 via theoutput control valve 72, railpressure control valve 74 anddrain pipe 86. By the time the fuel has returned to thefuel tank 61, the fuel is warmed up by thefuel heater 71 provided in thefuel filter 64 and other heat sources. As the engine E continues to run, the fuel temperature Tf progressively rises. - Eventually, the rise in the fuel temperature Tf eliminates waxing, and the resulting reduction in the pressure difference ΔPr causes the determination result of step S2 to No. The abnormality detecting unit 91 then resets the output reduction flag Ffc to 0 in step S3, and the program flow returns to start. As a result, the output reduction command ceases to be forwarded to the
output control valve 72, and thesupply pump 65 is operated so as to achieve the target rail pressure Pretgt. At this time, because the abnormality code Cerr is not reset, the abnormality code Cerr is kept stored in a storage device of theengine ECU 9 until the engine E is shut down. - When the rail pressure detection value Prr remains at a low level and the pressure difference ΔPr exceeds the rail pressure drop detection threshold value Prth even after the fuel temperature Tf has risen above the waxing detection threshold value Tfth, as the determination results of steps S2 and S7 are both Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S8. In such a case, the vehicle operator is notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- The second example is similar to the first example except for a part of the fuel leakage determining process. Therefore, the part of the structure of the second example similar to that of the first example, including the flags in the fuel leakage determining process, is omitted from the following description.
- Upon starting of the fuel leakage detecting process, the abnormality detecting unit 91 computes a pressure difference ΔPr between a target rail pressure Prtgt received from a rail pressure setting unit not shown in the drawings and a rail pressure detection value Prr received from the
rail pressure sensor 75 in step S11 in the flowchart ofFigure 5 . It is then determines if the pressure difference ΔPr is greater than a rail pressure drop detection threshold value (abnormality detection threshold value) Prth in step S12. If this determination result is No, the abnormality detecting unit 91 determines that there is no abnormality in the fuel system, and resets an output reduction flag Ffc having an initial value of 0 and a fuel leakage flag Ffl both back to 0 in step S13 and step S14, respectively, similarly as in the first embodiment. Thereafter, the program flow likewise returns to start. - When the determination result of step S12 is Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets an abnormality code Cerr to 1 in step S15, sets the output reduction flag Ffc to 1 in step S16, and determines if the fuel temperature Tf is higher than a waxing detection threshold value Tfth in step S17. If the determination result of step S17 is also Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S18. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- If the fuel temperature Tf is low typically owing to a low ambient temperature, and the determination result of step S17 is therefore No, the abnormality detecting unit 91 increments a determination delay timer Td which has an initial value of 0 by 1 in step S19, and determines if the value of the determination delay timer Td has reached a count-up value Tdmax in step S20. The count-up value Tdmax is set such that the fuel temperature has risen to a sufficient level by the operation of the engine E. As the determination result of step S20 is initially No, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 0 in step S14 as there may be a blockage in the fuel piping owing to waxing before the program flow returns to start.
- When the rail pressure detection value Prr remains at a low level and the pressure difference ΔPr exceeds the rail pressure drop detection threshold value Prth even after elapsing of a certain time period from the start-up of the engine E, as the determination results of steps S12 and S20 are both Yes, the abnormality detecting unit 91 sets the fuel leakage flag Ffl to 1 in step S18. Thereby, the vehicle operator may be notified of an abnormal condition by the lighting up of the fuel leakage warning lamp in the instrument panel, and allowed to bring the vehicle to a repair shop.
- As the fuel temperature Tf rises, and waxing disappears, the pressure difference ΔPr diminishes, and the determination result of step S12 eventually changes to No. The abnormality detecting unit 91 then resets the output reduction flag Ffc to 0 in step S13, and the program flow returns to start. As a result, the output reduction command ceases to be forwarded to the
output control valve 72, and thesupply pump 65 is operated so as to achieve the target rail pressure Pretgt. - In both the examples described above, the fuel leakage can be determined at a high precision in spite of the possible blockage of the fuel piping owing to waxing so that the vehicle operator may be prevented from experiencing unnecessary discomfort or unnecessary trouble of bringing the vehicle to a repair shop.
- Although the present invention has been described in terms of a preferred example thereof, it is obvious to a person skilled in the art that various alterations and modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention which is set forth in the appended claims. For instance, the above described examples were limited the applications to inline four-cylinder diesel engines, but the present invention is equally applicable to other diesel or non-diesel engines. Also, the specific structures of the engine system and abnormality detecting unit and the specific steps of the fuel leakage determining process may be modified as required without departing from the scope of the present claims.
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Figure 1 is a simplified diagram of an engine system embodying the present example; -
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the relationship between an engine ECU and various other components of the first example; -
Figure 3 is a simplified block diagram of an abnormality detecting unit of the first example; -
Figure 4 is a flowchart showing a fuel leakage detecting process of the first example; and -
Figure 5 is a flowchart showing a fuel leakage detecting process of a second example.
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Claims (4)
- An abnormality control system for a common rail system that comprises a supply pump (65) for pressurizing fuel to a prescribed pressure, a common rail (7) for storing the pressurized fuel, a fuel injection valve (8) for injecting the fuel in the common rail into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine (E), a rail pressure detector (75) for detecting a rail pressure in the common rail, and an output control unit (72) for controlling an output of the supply pump according to a result of comparison between the rail pressure (Pr) detected by the rail pressure detector and a target rail pressure (Prtgt), the abnormality control system being configured to determine an occurrence of abnormality and to execute a prescribed abnormality control process when a difference (ΔPr) between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and the target rail pressure exceeds an abnormality determination threshold value (Prth),
wherein
the abnormality control system comprises a fuel temperature sensor (73) for detecting a temperature of the fuel, and an abnormality determination canceling unit that cancels an execution of the abnormality control process when a temperature (Tf) detected by the fuel temperature sensor is lower than an abnormality determination canceling threshold value (Tfth), characterized in that, upon starting of the fuel leakage detecting process, the abnormality determination canceling unit increments a determination delay timer (Td) which has an initial value of 0 by 1 when the temperature (Tf) detected by the fuel temperature sensor is lower than the abnormality determination canceling threshold value (Tfth), and keeps canceling the execution of the abnormality control process when the temperature (Tf) is lower than the abnormality determination canceling threshold value (Tfth) and the determination delay timer (Td) has not reached a count-up value (Tdmax) which is set such that the fuel temperature has risen to a sufficient level by the operation of the engine (E). - The abnormality control system for a common rail system according to claim 1, wherein the output control unit (72) reduces an output of the supply pump when the difference (ΔPr) between the rail pressure detected by the rail pressure detector and the target rail pressure exceeds the abnormality determination threshold value (Prth).
- The abnormality control system for a common rail system according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality control process comprises lighting of an alarm lamp.
- The abnormality control system for a common rail system according to claim 1, wherein the common rail system comprises a fuel heater (71).
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