JP2015102027A - Engine egr device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve performance of combustion by fuel injection through an air intake port injector and curb variations of EGR gas among cylinders of an engine equipped with a plurality of air intake port, surge tanks respectively installed at an upstream side of the air intake ports, and the air intake port injector.SOLUTION: An engine EGR device comprises: at least two air intake ports 19a and 19b to introduce intake air to a combustion chamber of an engine; surge tanks 15a and 15b arranged at an upstream side of the air intake ports; an air intake port injector 23 installed on one of the air intake ports 19a and 19b; and an exhaust recirculation passage 56 with one end thereof connected to an exhaust passage 52 and the other end thereof connected to the surge tank 15b installed at an upstream side of the other air intake port 19b to recirculate a portion of exhaust to the other air intake port 19b.

Description

  The present invention relates to an engine EGR device (exhaust gas recirculation device), and more particularly to an engine EGR device including an intake port injector that injects fuel into an intake port.

  A plurality of intake ports are provided for each cylinder of the engine, an intake valve is attached to each intake port, and a fuel injection valve (injector) is attached to the intake port to inject fuel into the intake port. A return intake valve engine is known. On the other hand, an EGR device is known as means for purifying nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas.

For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-83172) discloses a fuel for a multiple intake valve engine in which a separate surge tank is connected to each of two intake ports and a fuel injection valve is provided in one intake port. An injection system is disclosed.
Further, FIG. 1 of this patent document shows an external EGR system, and discloses a configuration in which exhaust gas is recirculated through the EGR passage 54 to the second surge tank 26 side where the intake port injector 26 is provided. .

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-83172

  However, in the EGR system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the exhaust gas is recirculated through the EGR passage 54 to the second surge tank 26 side where the intake port injector 26 is provided. Deposits such as complete combustibles (defogits) accumulate around the inner wall of the intake port and around the intake port injector, especially around the injector injection hole, and between each cylinder due to a decrease in fuel injection efficiency and irregular combustion. Causes trouble in uniform combustion. Also, the EGR gas is likely to vary among the cylinders.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and includes an intake port and an intake port through which EGR gas recirculates, including a plurality of intake ports and surge tanks provided on the upstream side of each intake port. Differentiating from the intake port where the port injector is provided, by providing an EGR dedicated intake port, it is possible to improve combustibility due to fuel injection from the intake port injector and to reduce harmful exhaust gas by suppressing variations in EGR gas between cylinders. The goal is to achieve.

  The present invention achieves such an object, and includes at least two intake ports for introducing intake air into a combustion chamber of an engine, a surge tank respectively disposed upstream of the intake port, and one of the intake ports. The intake port injector arranged, one end is connected to the exhaust passage, the other end is connected to a surge tank provided on the other upstream side of the intake port, and a part of the exhaust is connected to the other intake port And an exhaust gas recirculation passage for returning to the exhaust gas.

  According to this invention, since EGR gas is introduced into an intake port independent of the intake port provided with the intake port injector, mixing of EGR gas and intake air and mixing of fuel and intake air are specialized. This is done at the intake port.

  As a result, deposits such as incompletely combusted matter (defojit) contained in the exhaust gas accumulate around the inner wall of the intake port and the intake port injector, particularly around the injection nozzle hole, resulting in a decrease in fuel injection efficiency, Occurrence of irregular combustion is suppressed, and variations in combustion among cylinders are prevented. Furthermore, since EGR gas is mixed with intake air at its own surge tank and intake port, variation between cylinders is prevented and the EGR rate is improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve combustion efficiency and exhaust gas purification performance.

  In addition, the injector intake system and the EGR intake system are separately formed separately, so that the shape specialized for mixing EGR gas and air and introducing into the cylinder (shape that is easy to mix, or introduced into the combustion chamber) It is possible to improve the NOx reduction effect and the combustion speed by suppressing variations in the EGR gas between the cylinders.

  Further, in some embodiments, the engine includes a throttle valve in an intake passage, a surge tank closing valve for opening and closing each surge tank is disposed in an intake passage upstream of the surge tank, and the two intake ports Are characterized in that they merge between the closing valve and the throttle valve.

  With this configuration, the intake air flow rate can be increased by closing the intake port on one side with the closing valve. As a result, it is possible to stabilize the air-fuel ratio around the spark plug of the spark plug by improving the vaporization in the port and promoting mixing in the cylinder, achieving low fuel consumption and reducing harmful exhaust gas by stable combustion it can. Furthermore, by providing the blocking valve, the flow rates of the intake air and the EGR gas can be finely controlled.

  In some embodiments, the engine further comprises engine load detecting means for detecting an engine load of the engine, and an EGR closing valve for opening and closing the exhaust gas recirculation passage, the respective surge tank closing valves, and the EGR A control device for controlling the opening degree with the shutoff valve based on the engine load is provided.

  Thus, since the control device controls the opening degree of the surge tank closing valve and the EGR closing valve based on the engine load, the flow rate of the intake air and the EGR gas can be finely controlled, improving the combustion efficiency and the exhaust gas. Purification performance can be improved.

  In some embodiments, the control device reduces the opening degree of the one surge tank closing valve and reduces the opening of the other surge tank closing valve and the EGR closing valve during low-load operation of the engine. The opening degree is increased.

Thus, during low load operation, the control device reduces the opening of the surge tank closing valve provided in one surge tank, that is, the surge tank on the side where the intake port injector is disposed, and the other surge tank. By increasing the opening degree of the tank, that is, the surge tank closing valve to which the exhaust gas recirculation device is connected and the EGR closing valve, EGR gas is introduced into the combustion chamber from the dedicated intake port, and the EGR rate is improved. .
In addition, since the opening of the surge tank closing valve provided in the surge tank on the side where the intake port injector is disposed is reduced, the overall manifold volume can be reduced, and as a result, it can be reduced without further reducing the intake throttle valve. Since the flow rate control at the time of load is performed, the pumping loss can be reduced.

  In some embodiments, the surge tank provided on the upstream side of the one intake port further includes a surge tank injector.

In this way, by providing a surge tank injector that injects fuel into the surge tank of the injector intake system, the required fuel can be shared and injected by the intake port injector and the surge tank injector according to the operating state.
Therefore, the flow rates of the intake port injector and the surge tank injector can be reduced, and the atomization can be promoted by reducing the nozzle hole. As a result, vaporization of the injected fuel from the intake port injector is promoted, and combustion can be promoted.

  According to the present invention, the EGR is provided with a plurality of intake ports and a surge tank provided upstream of each intake port, and is distinguished from an intake port where EGR gas recirculates and an intake port provided with an intake port injector. By providing a dedicated intake port, it is possible to achieve an improvement in combustibility due to fuel injection from the intake port injector and a reduction in harmful exhaust gas by suppressing variations in EGR gas between cylinders.

It is a whole lineblock diagram showing a 1st embodiment of an EGR device of the present invention. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the intake port and surge tank periphery of the EGR apparatus of FIG. It is a structure explanatory view of a control device. It is a control flowchart of a control apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the subroutine of the control flowchart of FIG. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows 2nd Embodiment and respond | corresponds to FIG. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows 3rd Embodiment and respond | corresponds to FIG. It is a flowchart of the control apparatus of 3rd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the components described in the following embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention unless otherwise specified, and are merely descriptions. It is just an example.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an EGR apparatus 1 of the present invention. Application to a gasoline multi-cylinder engine for a vehicle is shown.
The engine 3 is provided with an air cleaner 7 at an upstream end portion of the intake passage 5, and outside air is introduced through the air cleaner 7. An intake air temperature sensor 9 for detecting the intake air temperature from the intake upstream side, an air flow meter (intake air amount meter) 11 for detecting the intake air flow rate, and an intake throttle valve 13 for adjusting the intake air amount are arranged in the intake passage 5. .

  A surge tank 15 is provided on the downstream side of the intake throttle valve 13. The surge tank 15 is a volume portion for temporarily storing intake air, and functions to increase the air density to improve the intake efficiency. Further, the air distribution to each cylinder is equalized, and intake interference Is to prevent.

  An intake manifold passage 17 is connected to the downstream side of the surge tank 15, and an intake port 19 is connected to the downstream side of the intake manifold passage 17. The outline of the surge tank 15 is shown in FIG. 2, and is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder block 21 so that the intake ports 19 of a plurality of cylinders communicate with each other. In the present invention, the surge tank 15 has a length of about three cylinders. ing. A single bank side of an in-line 3-cylinder engine or a V-type 6-cylinder is shown.

For each cylinder, there are two intake ports 19, a first intake port (side on which the intake port injector 23 is provided) 19a and a second intake port (side on which the intake port injector 23 is not provided) 19b. Are formed independently of each other. Similarly, the intake manifold passage 17 is divided into two parts, a first intake manifold passage 17a connected to the first intake port 19a and a second intake manifold passage 17b connected to the second intake port 19b. Is formed.
The intake ports 19a and 19b introduce intake air into the combustion chamber 27 via the intake valves 25 of the two intake valves.

  As shown in the schematic explanatory diagram of FIG. 2, the surge tank 15 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container shape, and the inside of the rectangular parallelepiped is divided into two of the first surge tank 15 a and the second surge tank 15 b by a partition wall 16. It is divided into rooms. The first intake manifold passage 17a is connected to the first surge tank 15a, and the second intake manifold passage 17b is connected to the second surge tank 15b.

  The first intake port 19a, the first intake manifold passage 17a, and the first surge tank 15a form an injector intake system 20. Similarly, the EGR intake system 22 is formed by the second intake port 19b, the second intake manifold passage 17b, and the second surge tank 15b.

Since the first surge tank 15a and the second surge tank 15b are formed by dividing the casing of the single surge tank 15 into two parts, the entire apparatus can be made compact. The first surge tank 15a and the second surge tank 15b may be formed as separate independent surge tanks. According to such a configuration, the degree of freedom of the installation layout of the surge tank is improved, and since it can be attached separately, the assembling property is also improved.

  The first intake port 19a is provided with an intake port injector (hereinafter referred to as MPI) 23 attached so as to inject fuel toward the intake valve 25 and into the combustion chamber 27.

  In the fuel supply to the MPI 23, the fuel from the fuel tank 31 is pressurized to a predetermined pressure by the fuel pump 33 and supplied through the fuel passage 37.

  A first surge tank on / off valve 39a and a second surge tank on / off valve for shutting off the inflow of air into each of the surge tanks 15a, 15b are provided at the entrances of the first surge tank 15a and the second surge tank 15b, respectively. 39b.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the engine 3 includes a piston 43 that slides in the cylinder 41, a combustion chamber 27 formed between the upper surface of the piston 43 and the cylinder head 45, an intake valve 25, an exhaust valve 47, Furthermore, it has a cooling water chamber 49 formed in the cylinder block, and a spark plug 51 is provided at the center of the combustion chamber 27. Further, an intake / exhaust valve drive mechanism (not shown) for driving the intake valve 25 and the exhaust valve 47 is provided. A cooling water temperature sensor 53 that detects the cooling water temperature is provided in the cooling water chamber 49.

  Further, an EGR passage 56 is connected to the exhaust passage 52, and the EGR gas is guided to the first surge tank 15b through the EGR passage 56. The EGR passage 56 is provided with an EGR valve 58 so that the EGR amount is adjusted.

The control device (ECU) 61 that controls the EGR device 1 configured as described above will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the control device 61 includes an opening signal of the intake throttle valve 13, an engine speed signal obtained from a signal of the crank angle sensor 62, the intake air temperature signal from the intake air temperature sensor 9, the air As an intake flow rate signal from the flow meter 11, a cooling water temperature signal from the cooling water temperature sensor 53, and a signal for determining whether the engine has been started, the number of revolutions of the engine starter, the engine start position signal of the starter switch, etc. Each is entered. Here, the engine load is obtained in consideration of an opening signal of the throttle valve 13, an intake flow signal of the air flow meter 11, an intake air temperature signal from the intake air temperature sensor 9, and the like.

  In addition, the control device 61 controls the opening / closing of the first surge tank opening / closing valve 39a and the second surge tank opening / closing valve 39b for opening / closing the respective inlet portions of the first surge tank 15a and the second surge tank 15b. The open / close valve control unit 63, the EGR valve control unit 65 that performs open / close control of the EGR valve 58, the intake throttle valve control unit 67 that performs open / close control of the intake throttle valve 13, and the engine speed, that is, the engine speed A fuel injection control unit 69 that calculates the injection fuel amount according to the engine load and controls the injection timing, an engine start determination unit 71 that determines start from the engine start signal, engine speed, engine load, cooling Engine state determination unit 73 that determines whether the engine operating state is cold or warm, low load, medium / high load, or the like based on the water temperature or the like. , The has.

  Then, the control device 61 controls the opening / closing of the intake throttle valve (V1) 13, the first surge tank opening / closing valve (V2) 39a and the second surge tank opening / closing valve (V3) 39b, and the EGR valve (V4) 58. A control signal for performing each open / close control is output.

The fuel injection control unit 69 is described as calculating the injected fuel amount according to the operating state based on a preset map of the injected fuel amount and the injection timing according to the engine speed and the engine load. However, the amount of air flowing into the combustion chamber 27 is calculated based on the signal from the air flow meter 11 and the signal from the intake air temperature sensor 9, and the injected fuel amount is calculated according to the intake air flow rate. May be.
Furthermore, instead of the signal from the air flow meter 11, the intake pressure on the downstream side of the intake throttle valve 13 may be detected and calculated based on the pressure.

Next, the control flow by the control device 61 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the engine is starting. As described above, it is determined whether or not the engine is starting based on the rotational speed of the engine starter, the engine start position signal of the starter switch, and the like.
If it is determined that the engine is not at the time of starting, it is determined in step S2 whether or not the warm-up completion water temperature has been reached. Specifically, when the coolant temperature at the engine outlet has reached about 80 ° C., it is determined that the warm-up has been completed.
If it is determined that the warm-up has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S3 to determine the engine load. If it is determined that the warm-up has been completed, the process proceeds to step S8 to determine the engine load.

If the warm-up is not completed (in the cold state), it is determined in step S3 whether the load is low, and if it is determined that the load is low, the process proceeds to step S5 and the subroutine C1 is executed. carry out.
In the subroutine C1, the intake throttle valve (V1) 13 is set to a small opening, the first surge tank opening / closing valve (V2) 39a is set to a small opening, and the second surge tank opening / closing valve is set as shown in the table of FIG. (V3) 39b is set to a large opening, the EGR valve (V4) 58 is closed at zero, and the external EGR is cut. The large opening, the medium opening, and the small opening correspond to an opening range obtained by dividing the entire opening into approximately three equal parts.

  Further, if it is determined in step S3 that the load is not low, it is determined in step S4 whether the vehicle is in a medium load state. If the load is medium, the process proceeds to step S6 to execute the step of subroutine C2. As shown in the table of FIG. 5, the C2 has an intake throttle valve (V1) 13 with a medium opening, a first surge tank opening / closing valve (V2) 39a with an intermediate opening, and a second surge tank opening / closing valve (V3). 39b is an intermediate opening, the EGR valve (V4) 58 is closed at zero, and the external EGR is cut.

  Furthermore, if it is determined in step S4 that the load is low or not, it is in a high load state, and the process proceeds to step S7 to execute the subroutine C3. As shown in the table of FIG. 5, the C3 has a large opening of the intake throttle valve (V1) 13, a large opening of the first surge tank on / off valve (V2) 39a, and a second surge tank on / off valve (V3) 39b. The opening is large, the EGR valve (V4) 58 is closed at zero, and the external EGR is cut.

  As described above, the external EGR is cut in any load state in the cold state, but in the case of an engine having a variable valve mechanism or the like for promoting warm-up in the cold state, the intake / exhaust valve The internal EGR amount may be increased by controlling the opening / closing timing of the.

  Next, when it is determined in step S2 that the warming is completed, the low load, medium load, and high load states are determined in steps S8 and S9. If the load is low, the process proceeds to step S10 and the subroutine H1 is executed. Perform the steps. As shown in the table of FIG. 5, the H1 has a small opening of the intake throttle valve (V1) 13, a small opening of the first surge tank opening / closing valve (V2) 39a, and a second surge tank opening / closing valve (V3). 39b is set to a large opening, and the EGR valve (V4) 58 is set to a large opening to increase the external EGR amount.

Thus, at the time of low load, the opening degree of the intake throttle valve 13 is reduced, the opening degree of the first surge tank opening / closing valve 39a of the injector intake system 20 is reduced, and the second surge tank opening / closing valve 39b of the EGR intake system 22 is reduced. EGR gas is introduced into the combustion chamber 27 from the dedicated second intake port 19b by increasing the opening of the EGR valve 58 and increasing the opening of the EGR valve 58. This improves the EGR rate.
Moreover, since the opening degree of the first surge tank opening / closing valve 39a is reduced, the overall manifold volume can be reduced, and as a result, the flow control at low load can be performed without further reducing the intake throttle valve 13. Pumping loss can be reduced.

  Further, in the case of a medium load during the warm state, the process proceeds to step S11 to execute the step of subroutine H2. As shown in the table of FIG. 5, this H2 has the intake throttle valve (V1) 13 at an intermediate opening, the first surge tank on / off valve (V2) 39a at an intermediate opening, and the second surge tank on / off valve (V3). 39b is the medium opening, and the EGR valve (V4) 58 is the medium opening, so that the external EGR amount is medium.

  Further, in the case of a high load, the process proceeds to step S12 and the step of subroutine H3 is performed. As shown in the table of FIG. 5, the H3 has a large opening of the intake throttle valve (V1) 13, a large opening of the first surge tank on / off valve (V2) 39a, and a second surge tank on / off valve (V3) 39b. The opening is large, the EGR valve (V4) 58 is closed at zero, and the external EGR is cut.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the intake throttle valve (V1) 13, the first surge tank opening / closing valve (V2) 39a, the 2Since the opening degree of the surge tank on-off valve (V3) 39b and EGR valve (V4) 58 is controlled, the flow rate of intake air and EGR gas can be finely controlled, improving combustion efficiency and improving exhaust gas purification performance .

In addition, the second intake port 19b where the EGR gas recirculates is distinguished from the first intake port 19a provided with the MPI 23, and the second intake port 19b is an intake port dedicated to EGR, so incomplete combustion contained in the exhaust gas It is possible to prevent deposits such as debris from depositing around the injection hole of the intake port injector 23 and reducing the efficiency of fuel injection and irregular combustion.
Further, since the EGR gas is mixed with the intake air and the EGR gas in the second intake port 19b different from the first intake port 19a in which the MPI 23 is provided, the variation between the cylinders is suppressed.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
In the second embodiment, the first surge tank 15a and the second surge tank 15b of the surge tank 15 of the first embodiment are separately structured.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the first surge tank 70 and the second surge tank 72 are provided separately. By providing each separately, the freedom degree of arrangement | positioning of the surge tank in an engine room improves, Since each can be attached separately, an assembly property also improves. In addition, it is easy to cope with changes in the capacity of each surge tank. Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the first embodiment.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the third embodiment, a surge tank injector (hereinafter referred to as SPI) 75 is further attached to the first surge tank 15a constituting the injector intake system 20 of the first embodiment. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.
In the present embodiment, in addition to the EGR control of the first embodiment, fuel injection burden control by the MPI 23 and SPI is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the SPI 75 is provided at the corner of the upper surface portion of the first surge tank 15a so as to inject fuel toward the inside of the first surge tank 15a. Since the fuel is injected into the first surge tank 15a from the corner of the upper surface portion, a mixing space with the air in the tank is secured, and fuel atomization and vaporization are promoted.

  Next, fuel injection sharing control between the SPI 75 and the MPI 23 will be described based on the control flowchart of FIG. Steps S21 to S32 are the same as steps S1 to S12 of the first embodiment.

(When cold)
First, in this embodiment, at the time of the cold low load in step S33, the injection is performed with the SPI 75.
In the cold state, the fuel from the MPI 23 is introduced into the combustion chamber 27 in an unvaporized state (not atomized), so that the introduction of the fuel from the MPI 23 into the combustion chamber 27 is restricted. , Increase the injection amount of SPI29. At this time, it is preferable that the introduction of fuel from the MPI 23 is prohibited and only the SPI 75 is used. Thereby, the fuel injected into the first surge tank 15a is atomized in the first surge tank 15a, and the section introduced from the first surge tank 15a into the combustion chamber 27 extends from the MPI 23 to the combustion chamber 27. Therefore, the vaporization is promoted and combustion can be favorably obtained.

  It should be noted that when the accelerator (not shown) is in an off state in the cold state, the MPI 23 injection prohibition may be canceled and the MPI 23 injection may be permitted, assuming that there is a catalyst temperature increase request or the like. At this time, the MPI injection is preferably performed during valve overlap. As a result, the unburned fuel is introduced into the exhaust pipe together with the exhaust gas, and the unburned fuel self-ignited by the heat of the exhaust fuels in the vicinity of the catalyst in the exhaust pipe, whereby the temperature of the catalyst is raised quickly.

Next, during cold and high load, injection from both the SPI 75 and the MPI 23 is performed in steps S34 and S35. The MPI 23 is used in combination because the SPI 75 alone cannot cope with the required injection amount for medium and high loads.
However, until the cooling water temperature exceeds a threshold value, for example, 60 ° C. (engine outlet temperature), control may be applied to limit the engine output and limit the total fuel injection amount for engine protection. At this time, it is preferable to preferentially limit the burden ratio of the MPI 23.

  That is, in the cold state, the fuel from the MPI 23 is introduced into the combustion chamber 27 in a state that is not completely vaporized (not atomized), so that a threshold value is provided for the cooling water temperature to limit the operation of the MPI 23. Yes. As a result, while limiting the injection amount of the MPI 23 with a short run-up section (vaporization section), focusing on injection from the SPI 75 that can take a long run-up section (vaporization section) of the injected fuel, the effect on combustibility is suppressed. While protecting the engine.

  Further, at this time, it is desirable that the fuel injection by the MPI 23 is in a cylinder direct entry mode. Specifically, when the intake valve (not shown) is opened and displaced in the operation direction, fuel injection by the MPI 23 is performed to prevent fuel from adhering to the intake valve and the intake port, and in the cylinder. The fuel vaporization can be promoted, and the combustibility can be further improved to obtain fuel consumption reduction and harmful exhaust gas reduction effects.

(When warm)
When the warm-up is completed, the fuel injection of the MPI 23 is limited and the SPI 75 is mainly injected at the time of a low temperature load in step S36. At this time, it is preferable to prohibit the MPI 23 and perform the operation using only the SPI 29. By using only the SPI 75, the fuel injected into the first surge tank 15a is atomized in the first surge tank 15a, and the section introduced from the first surge tank 15a into the combustion chamber 27 is from the MPI 23. Since it is longer than the distance to the combustion chamber 27, vaporization is promoted and combustion is obtained satisfactorily.

Further, during warm and high load, injection from both SPI 75 and MPI 23 is performed in steps S37 and S38. The MPI 23 is used in combination because the SPI 75 alone cannot cope with the required injection amount for medium and high loads.
However, if the flow rate of the SPI 75 is increased, the port adhesion increases and the amount of fuel supplied to the combustion chamber 27 becomes unstable. Therefore, in a high load range, a predetermined threshold flow rate line is used as the upper limit of the injected fuel of the SPI 75. Control may be added so as to limit the fuel demand beyond that to be borne by the MPI 23.
Further, the MPI 23 can be in a cylinder direct entry mode. In this way, the direct entry into the combustion chamber 27 prevents the fuel from adhering to an intake valve and an intake port (not shown) and burns by latent heat of vaporization. It is also possible to cool the inside of the chamber 27 and suppress knocking.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, by providing the SPI 75 for injecting fuel to the first surge tank 15a of the injector intake system 20, the necessary fuel can be shared and injected by the MPI 23 and the SPI 75 according to the operating state. The rated capacities (static capacities) of the intake port injector 23 and the surge tank injector 75 can be reduced, the atomization holes can be reduced to promote atomization, the combustibility can be improved, and the fuel consumption can be reduced.
Furthermore, in combination with the EGR control of the first embodiment, harmful exhaust gas reduction can also be achieved.

  According to the present invention, the EGR is provided with a plurality of intake ports and a surge tank provided upstream of each intake port, and is distinguished from an intake port where EGR gas recirculates and an intake port provided with an intake port injector. By providing a dedicated intake port, it is possible to improve flammability due to fuel injection from the intake port injector and to reduce variations in EGR gas between cylinders, reducing harmful exhaust gas. Suitable for use.

1 EGR device 3 Engine 5 Intake passage 9 Intake temperature sensor 11 Air flow meter 13 Intake throttle valve 15 Surge tank 15a, 70 First surge tank 15b, 72 Second surge tank 16 Partition wall 19 Intake port 19a First intake port 19b First 2 intake port 20 injector intake system 22 EGR intake system 23 intake port injector (MPI)
27 Combustion chamber 75 Surge tank injector (SPI)
39a First surge tank on / off valve 39b Second surge tank on / off valve 52 Exhaust passage 53 Cooling water temperature sensor 56 EGR passage 58 EGR valve 61 Controller 63 Surge tank on / off valve controller 65 EGR valve controller 67 Intake throttle valve controller 69 Fuel Injection control unit 71 Engine start determination unit 73 Engine state determination unit

Claims (5)

At least two intake ports for introducing intake air into the combustion chamber of the engine;
Surge tanks respectively disposed upstream of the intake port;
An intake port injector disposed on one of the intake ports;
One end connected to the exhaust passage, the other end connected to a surge tank provided on the other upstream side of the intake port, and an exhaust recirculation passage for returning a part of the exhaust to the other intake port;
An engine EGR device comprising: The engine includes a throttle valve in the intake passage,
Surge tank closing valves for opening and closing each surge tank are arranged in the intake passage on the upstream side of the surge tank,
The engine EGR device according to claim 1, wherein the two intake ports merge between the closing valve and the throttle valve. Engine load detection means for detecting the engine load of the engine;
An EGR blocking valve for opening and closing the exhaust gas recirculation passage;
Further comprising
The engine EGR device according to claim 2, further comprising a control device that controls an opening degree of each of the surge tank closing valves and the EGR closing valve based on an engine load.   The control device reduces the opening degree of the one surge tank closing valve and increases the opening degree of the closing valve of the other surge tank and the opening degree of the EGR closing valve during low load operation of the engine. The engine EGR device according to claim 3.   5. The engine EGR device according to claim 1, further comprising a surge tank injector in a surge tank provided on an upstream side of the one intake port. 6.

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