JP6044102B2 - Direct injection engine start control device - Google Patents

Description

  The technology disclosed herein relates to a start control device for a direct injection engine.

  In recent years, biofuels have attracted attention from the viewpoint of environmental issues such as global warming, and gasoline and bioethanol, for example bioethanol, are mixed at any mixing ratio from E25, which is 25% ethanol mixed with gasoline, to E100, which is 100% ethanol. FFVs (Flexible Fuel Vehicles) that can travel with the fuel thus produced have been put into practical use. In such FFV, the properties of the fuel differ depending on the concentration of ethanol in the fuel, and the higher the concentration of ethanol, the worse the fuel vaporization performance. Therefore, for example, when E100 is used, there arises a problem that startability deteriorates when the engine is cold started. In particular, moisture-containing E100 (for example, E100 containing about 5% moisture), in which moisture has not been sufficiently removed during the ethanol purification process, has a large problem.

  Regarding the vaporization performance of alcohol-containing fuel, Patent Document 1 discloses a high gasoline concentration fuel that has excellent fuel vaporization performance, separately from the main tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine during normal driving. A technique for providing a sub-tank for storage is described. In other words, when starting the engine or idling, it is disadvantageous for alcohol vaporization, so by supplying fuel with high gasoline concentration from the sub tank to the engine, it is possible to improve startability and stability during idling Become.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in an FFV in which a mixed fuel of gasoline and alcohol is directly injected into a cylinder, when the alcohol concentration of the fuel is relatively high and the engine water temperature is low, the operation is performed on the engine control map. A technique is described in which the charging efficiency is increased by changing the state to a high load and low rotation side, thereby increasing the compression end temperature. Since the vaporization of the fuel is promoted by increasing the compression end temperature, the air-fuel ratio feedback control is stabilized and the exhaust emission performance is improved at the time of cold after the engine start is completed.

JP 2010-133288 A JP2011-64103A

  In particular, in the engine such as the FFV in which the property of the fuel can be changed, it is necessary to reliably ensure the engine startability in the warm state and the cold state regardless of the property of the supplied fuel. .

  The technology disclosed herein has been made in view of such a point, and an object thereof is to improve both the startability of the engine during the warm time and during the cold time.

  The inventors of the present invention have a comparatively high temperature of fresh air introduced into the cylinder during a warm start from a state where the engine temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, which is advantageous for fuel vaporization. I decided to inject fuel. Fuel injection during the intake stroke is advantageous for vaporization of fuel spray and formation of an air-fuel mixture by utilizing the intake air flow, and also makes it possible to secure a sufficiently long period of air-fuel mixture formation, and engine startability To improve fuel efficiency.

  On the other hand, at the time of cold start from a state where the temperature of the engine is lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature of fresh air introduced into the cylinder becomes low and disadvantageous for fuel vaporization. Focusing on the fact that the temperature in the cylinder gradually increases as the gas in the cylinder adiabatically compresses, and directly injects fuel into the cylinder during the compression stroke while setting the effective compression ratio of the engine high. Decided to do. Thus, the vaporization of the fuel injected into the cylinder is promoted by the relatively high temperature in the cylinder. This is advantageous for improving fuel efficiency as well as improving engine startability during cold start.

  Specifically, a direct injection engine start control device disclosed herein includes an engine body having a cylinder with a geometric compression ratio set to 13 or more, and a fuel configured to inject fuel directly into the cylinder. An injection valve; and starting means configured to start the engine body.

In the cold start from a state where the temperature of the engine body is lower than a predetermined temperature, the starter sets the effective compression ratio of the engine body to 12 or more until the start of the engine body is completed. In addition, the start of fuel injection into the cylinder is set during the compression stroke period, the injection timing is set during the compression stroke period, and the engine body is warmly started from a state where the temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature. Sometimes, the fuel injection timing into the cylinder is set during the intake stroke period until the start of the engine body is completed.
Further, at the time of the cold start, the start means sets the start of fuel injection during the compression stroke and gradually advances the injection timing until the start of the engine body is completed.

  Here, the “fuel” may be gasoline or a fuel containing alcohol, that is, alcohol or a mixed fuel of alcohol and gasoline. Moreover, as a fuel containing alcohol, there is no restriction | limiting in the density | concentration of the alcohol, For example, arbitrary alcohol (here ethanol) density | concentration may be sufficient between E25-E100.

  During cold start from a state where the temperature of the engine body is lower than a predetermined temperature, that is, before the engine body is started, the engine body and the outside air temperature are substantially the same. When the temperature is lower than the lower limit, the fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve into the cylinder during the compression stroke. During the compression stroke period, due to the compression of the gas in the cylinder, even if the outside air temperature is low and the temperature of the gas introduced into the cylinder is low, the temperature in the cylinder becomes relatively high. In particular, in an engine having a relatively high geometric compression ratio of 13 or more, the temperature in the cylinder can be further increased by setting the effective compression ratio to a high compression ratio of 12 or more. In the above configuration, by directly injecting the fuel into the cylinder in the high temperature atmosphere, even if the fuel contains fuel containing alcohol, especially the fuel having a high alcohol concentration and hardly vaporized at low temperatures, the vaporization Is promoted. As a result, it becomes possible to vaporize substantially the entire amount of injected fuel regardless of the nature of the fuel at the time of cold start, and the startability of the engine body is improved by improving the formation of the air-fuel mixture, The fuel consumption at start-up is also improved.

  On the other hand, at the time of warm start from a state where the temperature of the engine body is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, that is, at the time of warm start when the outside air temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the temperature of the gas introduced into the cylinder is relatively high. This is advantageous for fuel vaporization. Therefore, fuel is directly injected into the cylinder during the intake stroke period. The fuel injection during the intake stroke period ensures a sufficiently long period of formation of the air-fuel mixture and uses the intake air flow to improve the diffusion of the fuel spray and hence the formation of the air-fuel mixture. As a result, the startability at the warm start is improved and the fuel efficiency at the start is improved. Further, the fuel injection during the intake stroke is performed in a state where the pressure in the cylinder is low, so that the fuel injection pressure can be lowered. This is also advantageous for reducing fuel consumption.

  Thus, regardless of the nature of the fuel, the engine startability during warm and cold conditions is improved.

  The cold start may be a start from a state where the temperature of the engine body is lower than 20 ° C. When the engine body is lower than 20 ° C., in other words, at an outside air temperature lower than 20 ° C., especially when alcohol-only fuel (for example, E100) is used, the engine startability is deteriorated. For example, even if the fuel is E100, it is possible to improve the startability of the engine when it is cold. In addition, when a fuel with a relatively good fuel vaporization performance, such as a mixed fuel of alcohol and gasoline or a fuel not containing alcohol (gasoline), is used, the engine in the cold state is It is possible to improve startability while maintaining low fuel consumption.

The engine body is a four-stroke engine that reciprocates a piston fitted in the cylinder, and the cylinder is provided with an intake valve that opens at least during an intake stroke period, and the starting means Is a range of 50 ° CA before and after the intake bottom dead center with respect to the valve closing timing defined at the time of 1 mm lift of the intake valve during the cold start until the engine main body is completely started. It is good also as setting the effective compression ratio of the said engine main body to 12 or more by setting in.

  Increasing the effective compression ratio significantly increases the temperature in the cylinder during the compression stroke. This is advantageous for fuel vaporization. For example, when E100 of 100% ethanol is used as a fuel, the startability of the engine main body is effectively increased by setting the effective compression ratio to 12 or more at the time of cold start that starts from a temperature lower than 20 ° C. As described above, in a relatively high engine body having a geometric compression ratio of 13 or more, the closing timing of the intake valve is set within a range of 50 ° CA before and after the intake bottom dead center, that is, closed. By bringing the valve timing close to the intake bottom dead center, it becomes possible to set the effective compression ratio of the engine body to a high compression ratio of 12 or more.

  The effective compression ratio referred to here is an effective value calculated based on the ratio of the combustion chamber volume when the intake valve is closed and the combustion chamber volume when the piston is at top dead center based on the closing timing of the intake valve. This is the compression ratio, and at the time of cranking (at the time of extremely low rotation), the compression leakage from the piston joint inserted in the cylinder increases. Therefore, the actual effective compression ratio is determined at the closing timing of the intake valve. It may be lower than the effective compression ratio calculated based on the above. For example, setting the geometric compression ratio to 13 or more makes it possible to ensure a high effective compression ratio of 11 or more as an actual effective compression ratio in consideration of such compression leakage. This effectively increases the startability of the engine when cold. The geometric compression ratio may be set to about 13 or more and 20 or less, and the effective compression ratio at the cold start may be set to about 12 or more and 19 or less.

Said starting means, the at the time of cold start, the between the closing timing of the intake valve until the engine body is started completed, at the time of the warm start, until the engine body is started completed It is good also as changing so that it may approach an intake bottom dead center rather than the valve closing timing of an intake valve.

  At the time of cold start, since the effective compression ratio becomes higher than 12 by bringing the closing timing of the intake valve close to the intake bottom dead center, the temperature in the cylinder during the compression stroke period is increased, and during the compression stroke period This is advantageous for vaporizing fuel injected into the cylinder.

  On the other hand, when the effective compression ratio is too high at the time of warm start, there is a possibility that knocking may occur and excessive blowing may occur. Therefore, at the time of warm start, it is preferable that the valve closing timing of the intake valve is moved away from the intake bottom dead center, thereby lowering the effective compression ratio than at the time of cold start.

  As described above, according to the start control device for a direct injection engine, at the time of cold start, the effective compression ratio is set to 12 or more to increase the temperature in the cylinder during the compression stroke period, and the temperature is high. By directly injecting the fuel into the cylinder, the vaporization of the fuel is promoted to improve the startability of the engine and improve the fuel efficiency. On the other hand, at the time of warm start, by performing fuel injection during the intake stroke period, while ensuring a sufficiently long period of formation of the air-fuel mixture, the formation of the air-fuel mixture is improved by using the intake air flow, and low fuel consumption is achieved. The engine startability is improved.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of a direct injection engine and its control apparatus. It is a flowchart concerning start control of an engine. It is a figure which illustrates the relationship between the valve closing timing of an intake valve, and an effective compression ratio. (A) The figure which compares the temperature change in a cylinder with respect to a crank angle when changing the fuel injection form, (b) It is an example of the fuel injection form of split injection. It is a figure which compares the temperature change in a cylinder with respect to a crank angle when an effective compression ratio is changed. It is a figure which shows the rise in the temperature in a cylinder accompanying the increase in the cycle number at the time of engine starting. It is a figure which illustrates at the time of the cold start of a direct injection engine, (a) Change of number of rotations, (b) Change of water temperature and combustion chamber wall temperature, (c) Change of injection timing, respectively. It is a flowchart concerning the operation control of the engine after the start is completed. It is a figure which illustrates the relationship between the driving | running state of an engine, and the negative pressure in an intake manifold. (A) a diagram illustrating the injection timing when the operating state of the engine is in a low load region, (b) a diagram illustrating a change in the in-cylinder pressure with respect to the crank angle, and (c) a cold time and a warm time. The figure which illustrates the difference in a cylinder negative pressure, (d) It is a figure which illustrates the difference in the injection pressure at the time of cold, and the time of warm. (A) a diagram illustrating the injection timing when the operating state of the engine is in a high load range, (b) a diagram illustrating a change in the in-cylinder pressure with respect to the crank angle, and (c) during the intake stroke and during the compression stroke It is a figure which illustrates the difference in in-cylinder temperature.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a direct injection engine will be described based on the drawings. In addition, the following description of preferable embodiment is an illustration. As shown in FIG. 1, the engine system includes an engine (engine body) 1, various actuators associated with the engine 1, various sensors, and an engine controller 100 that controls the actuators based on signals from the sensors. . The engine system includes a high compression ratio engine 1 having a geometric compression ratio of 13 to 20 (for example, 14).

  The engine 1 is a spark ignition type four-stroke internal combustion engine. Although only one is shown in FIG. 1, the engine 1 has first to fourth four cylinders 11 arranged in series. However, an engine to which the technology disclosed herein is applicable is not limited to an in-line four-cylinder engine. The engine 1 is mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, and its output shaft is connected to drive wheels via a transmission, although not shown. The vehicle is propelled by the output of the engine 1 being transmitted to the drive wheels.

  The engine 1 is supplied with fuel containing ethanol (including bioethanol). In particular, this vehicle is an FFV that can use fuel of any concentration from 25% (ie, E25) to 100% (ie, E100) of ethanol. Although not shown in the figure, this vehicle has only the fuel (main tank) for storing the fuel, and stores a fuel having a high gasoline concentration separately from the main tank, like the conventional FFV. The feature is that it does not have a sub-tank.

  The engine 1 includes a cylinder block 12 and a cylinder head 13 mounted thereon, and a cylinder 11 is formed inside the block 12. As is well known, a crankshaft 14 is rotatably supported on the cylinder block 12 by a journal, a bearing or the like, and this crankshaft 14 is connected to a piston 15 via a connecting rod 16.

  Two inclined surfaces extending from the substantially central portion to the vicinity of the lower end surface of the cylinder head 13 are formed on the ceiling portion of each cylinder 11, and a so-called roof shape is formed in which these inclined surfaces are put against each other. It is a pent roof type.

  The piston 15 is slidably inserted into each cylinder 11, and defines a combustion chamber 17 together with the cylinder 11 and the cylinder head 13. The top surface of the piston 15 is formed in a trapezoidal shape that protrudes from the peripheral portion toward the center portion so as to correspond to the pent roof type shape of the ceiling surface of the cylinder 11 described above. The combustion chamber volume when the compression top dead center is reached is reduced to achieve a high geometric compression ratio of 13 or higher. On the top surface of the piston 15, a cavity 151 that is recessed in a substantially spherical shape is formed at the approximate center position. The cavity 151 is disposed so as to be opposed to the spark plug 51 disposed at the center of the cylinder 11, thereby shortening the combustion period. That is, as described above, in the high compression ratio engine 1, the top surface of the piston 15 is raised, and when the piston 15 reaches the compression top dead center, the top surface of the piston 15 and the ceiling surface of the cylinder 11 are used. The interval between and is extremely narrow. For this reason, when the cavity 151 is not formed, the initial flame interferes with the top surface of the piston 15 and the cooling loss increases, flame propagation is inhibited and the combustion speed is delayed. On the other hand, the cavity 151 avoids the interference of the initial flame and does not hinder its growth, so that the flame propagation becomes faster and the combustion period can be shortened. This is advantageous in suppressing knocking in a fuel with a high gasoline concentration, and contributes to an improvement in torque due to the advance of the ignition timing.

  For each cylinder 11, an intake port 18 and an exhaust port 19 are formed in the cylinder head 13, and each communicates with the combustion chamber 17. The intake valve 21 and the exhaust valve 22 are arranged so that the intake port 18 and the exhaust port 19 can be shut off (closed) from the combustion chamber 17, respectively. The intake valve 21 is driven by the intake valve drive mechanism 30 and the exhaust valve 22 is driven by the exhaust valve drive mechanism 40, thereby reciprocating at a predetermined timing to open and close the intake port 18 and the exhaust port 19.

  The intake valve drive mechanism 30 and the exhaust valve drive mechanism 40 have an intake camshaft 31 and an exhaust camshaft 41, respectively. The camshafts 31 and 41 are connected to the crankshaft 14 via a power transmission mechanism such as a known chain / sprocket mechanism. As is well known, the power transmission mechanism rotates the camshafts 31 and 41 once while the crankshaft 14 rotates twice.

  The intake valve drive mechanism 30 includes an intake valve timing variable mechanism 32 that can change the opening / closing timing of the intake valve 21, and the exhaust valve drive mechanism 40 can change the exhaust valve timing that can change the opening / closing timing of the exhaust valve 22. A mechanism 42 is included. In this embodiment, the intake valve timing variable mechanism 32 is a hydraulic, mechanical, or electric variable phase mechanism (Variable Valve Timing) that can continuously change the phase of the intake camshaft 31 within a predetermined angle range. The exhaust valve timing variable mechanism 42 is configured by a hydraulic, mechanical, or electric phase variable mechanism that can continuously change the phase of the exhaust camshaft 41 within a predetermined angle range. Yes. The intake valve timing variable mechanism 32 can adjust the effective compression ratio by changing the closing timing of the intake valve 21. The effective compression ratio is the ratio between the combustion chamber volume when the intake valve is closed and the combustion chamber volume when the piston 15 is at top dead center.

  The spark plug 51 is attached to the cylinder head 13 by a known structure such as a screw. The electrode of the spark plug 51 faces the ceiling of the combustion chamber 17 at the approximate center of the cylinder 11. The ignition system 52 receives a control signal from the engine controller 100 and energizes the spark plug 51 so that a spark is generated at a desired ignition timing.

The fuel injection valve 53 has a known structure, for example, using a bracket. In this embodiment, the fuel injection valve 53 is attached to one side (the intake side in the illustrated example) of the cylinder head 13. The engine 1 is a so-called direct injection engine that directly injects fuel into the cylinder 11, and the tip of the fuel injection valve 53 is located below the intake port 18 in the vertical direction and in the cylinder 11 in the horizontal direction. It is located in the center and faces the combustion chamber 17. However, the arrangement of the fuel injection valve 53 is not limited to this. In this example, the fuel injection valve 53 is a multi-hole (for example, six-hole) fuel injection valve (Multi Hole Injector: MHI). Although the direction of each nozzle hole is not shown in the drawing, the tip of the nozzle shaft is widened so that fuel can be injected into the entire cylinder 11. The advantage of MHI is that the diameter of one nozzle hole is small because of the multiple nozzle holes, the fuel can be injected at a relatively high pressure, and the fuel can be injected into the entire cylinder 11 so that the fuel can be injected. This increases the fuel efficiency and promotes fuel vaporization and atomization. Therefore, when fuel is injected during the intake stroke, it is advantageous in terms of fuel mixing performance and acceleration of vaporization / atomization using the intake air flow in the cylinder 11, while fuel is injected during the compression stroke. In this case, it is advantageous in terms of gas cooling in the cylinder 11 by promoting vaporization and atomization of the fuel. The fuel injection valve 53 is not limited to MHI.

  The fuel supply system 54 includes a high-pressure pump (fuel pump) that boosts the fuel and supplies the fuel to the fuel injection valve 53, piping and hoses that supply fuel from the fuel tank to the high-pressure pump, and the fuel injection valve 53. And an electric circuit to be driven. The fuel pump is driven by the engine 1 in this example. The fuel pump may be an electric pump. When the fuel injection valve 53 is a multi-injection type, the fuel injection pressure is set to be relatively high in order to inject fuel from a minute injection port. The electric circuit receives a control signal from the engine controller 100 and operates the fuel injection valve 53 to inject a desired amount of fuel into the combustion chamber 17 at a predetermined timing. Here, the fuel supply system 54 sets the fuel pressure higher as the engine speed increases. This is because as the engine speed increases, the amount of fuel injected into the cylinder 11 also increases, but the fuel pressure increases, which is advantageous for fuel vaporization and atomization, and the fuel injection valve 53 There is an advantage that the pulse width related to fuel injection is made as short as possible. As described above, an alcohol-containing fuel having an arbitrary ethanol concentration from E25 to E100 is stored in the fuel tank.

  The intake port 18 communicates with the surge tank 55 a through an intake path 55 b in the intake manifold 55. An intake air flow from an air cleaner (not shown) passes through the throttle body 56 and is supplied to the surge tank 55a. A throttle valve 57 is disposed on the throttle body 56. The throttle valve 57 throttles the intake air flow toward the surge tank 55a and adjusts the flow rate as is well known. The throttle actuator 58 receives the control signal from the engine controller 100 and adjusts the opening degree of the throttle valve 57.

  The exhaust port 19 communicates with a passage in the exhaust pipe as is well known by an exhaust path in the exhaust manifold 60. The exhaust manifold 60 is not shown, but the branch exhaust passages connected to the exhaust ports 19 of the cylinders 11 are gathered by the first gathering parts among the cylinders whose exhaust order is not adjacent to each other, and each first gathering part The downstream intermediate exhaust passages are gathered at the second gathering portion. That is, a so-called 4-2-1 layout is adopted for the exhaust manifold 60 of the engine 1.

  The engine 1 is also provided with a starter motor 20 for performing cranking at the time of starting.

  The engine controller 100 is a controller based on a well-known microcomputer, and includes a central processing unit (CPU) that executes a program, a memory that is configured by, for example, RAM and ROM, and stores a program and data, And an input / output (I / O) bus for inputting and outputting signals.

  The engine controller 100 includes an intake air flow rate and an intake air temperature from the air flow sensor 71, an intake manifold pressure from the intake pressure sensor 72, a crank angle pulse signal from the crank angle sensor 73, an engine water temperature from the water temperature sensor 78, and so on. Receive various inputs. The engine controller 100 calculates the engine speed based on, for example, a crank angle pulse signal. The engine controller 100 also receives an accelerator opening signal from an accelerator opening sensor 75 that detects the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal. Further, a vehicle speed signal from a vehicle speed sensor 76 that detects the rotational speed of the output shaft of the transmission is input to the engine controller 100. In addition, a knock sensor 77 including an acceleration sensor that converts the vibration of the cylinder block 12 into a voltage signal and outputs it is attached to the cylinder block 12, and the output signal is also input to the engine controller 100.

  The engine controller 100 calculates the following control parameters of the engine 1 based on the input as described above. For example, a desired throttle opening signal, fuel injection pulse, ignition signal, valve phase angle signal, etc. The engine controller 100 outputs these signals to the throttle actuator 58, the fuel supply system 54, the ignition system 52, the intake and exhaust valve timing variable mechanisms 32 and 42, and the like. The engine controller 100 also outputs a drive signal to the starter motor 20 when the engine 1 is started.

  This engine system is a system mounted on the FFV as described above, and the engine 1 is supplied with alcohol-containing fuel having any mixing ratio from E25 to E100. Therefore, when using a fuel with a high ethanol concentration that is inferior in vaporization performance, for example, E100, the startability is deteriorated when the engine is started at an outside air temperature lower than 20 ° C., particularly at an outside air temperature lower than 0 ° C. This engine system is configured to improve the startability at low outside air temperature regardless of the nature of the fuel.

(Control at engine start)
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart relating to control at the time of engine start. This flowchart starts after cranking is started by driving the starter motor 20. In step S21 after the start, the engine water temperature and the fuel pressure are read. In subsequent step S22, it is determined whether or not the engine water temperature is lower than a preset value. This set value may be 20 ° C. as described above. Since step S22 is a step before the engine 1 is started, the engine water temperature substantially matches the outside air temperature. Therefore, step S22 is equivalent to determining whether or not the outside air temperature is lower than a set value (for example, 20 ° C.). When the determination in step S22 is NO, that is, when the engine water temperature is warm start at 20 ° C. or higher, the flow proceeds to step S28. On the other hand, when the determination in step S22 is YES, that is, when the engine water temperature is cold start lower than 20 ° C., the flow proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is set within a range of 50 ° CA after the intake bottom dead center. Here, the valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is defined at the time of 1 mm lift. That is, the effective compression ratio is set to 12 or more by setting the valve closing timing IVC so that it is close to the intake bottom dead center. Here, FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the valve closing timing IVC after the intake bottom dead center of the intake valve 21 and the effective compression ratio. The solid line in the figure is the effective compression ratio obtained by calculation from the volume of the combustion chamber based on the valve closing timing IVC, and the black square (broken line) is obtained by measuring the pressure in the cylinder 11 during cranking. The actual effective compression ratio. The effective compression ratio becomes smaller as the valve closing timing IVC after the intake bottom dead center of the intake valve 21 is retarded. Here, the actual effective compression ratio is lower by about 0.8 than the effective compression ratio obtained by the calculation, but this is from the vicinity of the joint of the piston 15 that becomes large during extremely low speed rotation during cranking. This is due to compression leakage or the like. By setting the valve closing timing IVC so that the effective compression ratio becomes 12 or more, the actual effective compression ratio can be set to about 11.2 or more. As will be described later, this is advantageous in increasing the compression end temperature in the cylinder 11 and improving the startability of the engine 1 during cold start. Therefore, setting the intake valve closing timing IVC within the range of 50 ° CA with respect to the intake bottom dead center results in an effective compression ratio of 12 or more (actual effective compression ratio of 11.2 or more). This improves the startability of the engine 1 when it is cold. Even if the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is set within the range of 50 ° CA before the bottom dead center with respect to the intake bottom dead center, the effective compression ratio is 12 (the actual effective compression ratio is 11. 2) Since it is possible to make the above or higher, in step S23, the valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 may be set within a range of ± 50 ° CA across the intake bottom dead center. The effective compression ratio may be set according to the geometric compression ratio of the engine 1. As described above, in the engine 1 in which the geometric compression ratio is set to 13 or more and 20 or less, during cold start The effective compression ratio may be set to 12 or more and 19 or less (for example, 12).

  Returning to the flow of FIG. 2, in step S24 following step S23, it is determined whether or not the fuel pressure has become equal to or higher than a set value. As will be described later, at the time of cold start, fuel injection is performed in the compression stroke, and therefore, a fuel injection pressure that can counter a relatively high pressure in the cylinder 11 is required. Therefore, steps S21 to S23 are repeated until the fuel pressure (for example, 15 MPa) that allows fuel injection in the compression stroke is exceeded, and the increase in fuel pressure is awaited. During this time, the fuel pressure is gradually increased by driving the fuel pump by cranking. Then, when the fuel pressure exceeds the set value (that is, when YES in step S24), the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S25, the engine speed is read. In subsequent step S26, it is determined whether or not the engine speed is equal to or greater than a set value. This determination is a step of determining whether or not the engine 1 has been started, and the set value may be, for example, 1500 rpm.

  When the determination in step S26 is NO, the process proceeds to step S27, in which the fuel injection timing is set to the latter half of the compression stroke, and split injection that is divided into two parts, the front injection and the rear injection, is performed. Setting the injection timing in the latter half of the compression stroke means that fuel is injected into the cylinder 11 at a timing when the temperature in the cylinder 11 becomes high even if the temperature of fresh air introduced into the cylinder 11 is low. In particular, it is advantageous for vaporizing fuel having a high ethanol content.

  This point will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is an example obtained by simulation showing the temperature change in the cylinder 11 with respect to the crank angle change, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the fuel injection mode corresponding to the thick solid line in FIG. 4A. is there. The conditions for this simulation are an effective compression ratio of 12.2 and an outside air temperature of −5 ° C. Further, the fuel is E100, and the broken line in FIG. 4A is the lowest temperature (vaporization guarantee temperature: 340K) that can ensure that E100 is vaporized.

  As the gas introduced into the cylinder 11 is adiabatically compressed, the temperature in the cylinder 11 gradually increases during the compression stroke. Then, in the latter half of the compression stroke in which the in-cylinder temperature exceeds the vaporization guarantee temperature, fuel injection (pre-stage injection) is started as shown in FIG. In the illustrated example, the start of injection (SOI) is set to 40 ° CA before compression top dead center. The fuel directly injected into the cylinder 11 is vaporized by a relatively high in-cylinder temperature. Due to the latent heat of vaporization accompanying the fuel vaporization, the temperature in the cylinder 11 gradually decreases as shown by the thick solid line of “split injection” in FIG.

  Here, as shown by the solid line of “collective injection” in FIG. 4A, the fuel injection is not divided and the required fuel injection amount is injected in a batch (however, the SOI is 40 ° CA) In the split injection and the collective injection, the temperature in the cylinder 11 is significantly reduced by the high latent heat of vaporization of alcohol, so that the temperature in the cylinder 11 becomes the vaporization guarantee temperature during the injection. Will fall below. If the temperature falls below the vaporization guarantee temperature, the fuel injected into the cylinder 11 does not vaporize and adheres to the wall surface in the cylinder 11 after the temperature drop.

  On the other hand, as shown by the thick solid line of “split injection” in FIG. 4A, when split injection including the front-stage injection and the rear-stage injection is performed, the fuel is injected into the cylinder 11 by one fuel injection. Since the amount of fuel is relatively small, the amount of temperature decrease in the cylinder 11 during the front injection is suppressed to be relatively small. In addition, since a period for stopping fuel injection (injection stop period) is provided after the end of the pre-stage injection and before the start of the post-stage injection, there is no temperature drop in the cylinder 11 due to latent heat of vaporization during the stop period. On the contrary, since the compression stroke is in progress, the temperature in the cylinder 11 rises due to adiabatic compression. Thus, at the start of the post-injection (SOI 20 ° CA), the temperature in the cylinder 11 has recovered to some extent and the amount of fuel injected by the post-injection is relatively small. The amount of temperature decrease is also suppressed to be relatively small. As a result, it is avoided that the temperature in the cylinder 11 falls below the vaporization guarantee temperature from the start of the pre-stage injection to the end of the post-stage injection after the rest period. In this way, by performing split injection in the latter half of the compression stroke, it becomes possible to reliably prevent the fuel directly injected into the cylinder 11 from adhering to the wall surface or the like in the cylinder 11, and the mixture formation is good. become.

  Here, as indicated by the phantom line of “collective injection (SOI20)” in FIG. 4A, the start timing of fuel injection is further delayed (here, it is set to 20 ° CA, which is the same as the SOI of the subsequent injection). ) In this way, since the fuel is injected in a state where the temperature in the cylinder 11 is higher, it is advantageous for fuel vaporization, and even if the temperature in the cylinder 11 is greatly reduced by batch injection, Since the temperature in the cylinder 11 at the start of injection is high, it is avoided that the temperature falls below the vaporization guarantee temperature. However, if the start timing of fuel injection is delayed, the period from the end of fuel injection to the ignition timing set near the compression top dead center is shortened. This means that the mixture formation period is shortened, and if it is intended to ensure a sufficient mixture formation period, it may be necessary to delay the ignition timing, for example. If the ignition timing is delayed, the startability of the engine 1 may be reduced and the fuel consumption may be deteriorated.

  On the other hand, in the split injection of fuel including the front stage injection and the rear stage injection, the front stage injection is started at a relatively early timing, and the injection amount by the rear stage injection is smaller than that of the batch injection, and the injection period is shorter. Since it becomes short, it becomes possible to ensure the formation period of air-fuel mixture long enough. Accordingly, the split fuel injection including the front stage injection and the rear stage injection in the latter half of the compression stroke is advantageous in ensuring a sufficient mixture formation period while maintaining the temperature in the cylinder 11 at or above the vaporization guarantee temperature. .

  Here, the fuel injection amount by the front-stage injection and the fuel injection amount by the rear-stage injection may be set to a ratio of 5: 5 as illustrated in FIG. 4B. By doing so, both the maintenance of the vaporization guarantee temperature in the cylinder 11 and the sufficient securing of the mixture formation period are compatible. In addition, what is necessary is just to set suitably the ratio of the fuel injection quantity by front | former stage injection, and the fuel injection quantity by back | latter stage injection in the range of 4: 6-6: 4.

  Next, FIG. 5 is a diagram comparing temperature changes in the cylinder 11 when the effective compression ratio is changed in the range of 7.3 to 13.1. The effective compression ratio is an effective compression ratio obtained by calculation based on the valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21. In the figure, the outside air temperature is −5 ° C., the fuel is E100, and the fuel injection mode is all split injection. That is, the SOI for the front stage injection is 20 ° CA before the compression top dead center, and the SOI for the rear stage injection is 40 ° CA before the compression top dead center. As shown in the figure, when the effective compression ratio is as low as 7.3 or 9.6, for example, the temperature of the cylinder 11 during the compression stroke is relatively low. The temperature in 11 falls below the vaporization guarantee temperature during the fuel injection. On the other hand, by setting the effective compression ratio to 12 or more, even if the temperature of the fresh air introduced into the cylinder 11 is low, the temperature in the cylinder 11 during the compression stroke becomes high, so the split injection is combined. This makes it possible to maintain the temperature in the cylinder 11 at or above the vaporization guarantee temperature. That is, at the time of cold start of the engine 1, in step 23 in the flow of FIG. 2, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is ± 50 ° CA sandwiching the compression top dead center so that the effective compression ratio becomes 12 or more. By setting the pressure within the range, the temperature in the cylinder 11 can be maintained at the vaporization guarantee temperature or higher.

  Thus, after the fuel is divided and injected in the latter half of the compression stroke, ignition is performed by the spark plug 51 near the compression top dead center, and combustion starts. As described above, in the determination in step S26, step S27 is repeated until the engine speed reaches a predetermined value or more. However, if combustion in the cylinder 11 is started, the temperature in the cylinder 11 gradually increases. During the second and subsequent fuel injections of the cylinder 11, the state in the cylinder 11 becomes gradually more advantageous for fuel vaporization. For example, FIG. 6 shows how the temperature change in the cylinder 11 increases as the number of cycles increases from the start of combustion. In this case, in the in-line 4-cylinder engine 1 in which combustion is performed in the order of the first cylinder, the third cylinder, the fourth cylinder, and the second cylinder, each cylinder 11 performs one combustion. One cycle is counted. Accordingly, when viewed from a specific cylinder 11, for example, the third cycle corresponds to the third combustion, and the fifth cycle corresponds to the fifth combustion. As shown in FIG. 6, the temperature in the third cycle is higher than the temperature in the cylinder 11 in the first cycle, and the temperature in the cylinder 11 in the fifth cycle is higher than the temperature in the third cycle. The temperature in the cylinder 11 at the seventh cycle is further higher than the temperature at the fifth cycle. If the temperature in the cylinder 11 becomes higher in this way, it is advantageous for fuel vaporization by that amount, and it is necessary to delay the fuel injection timing until the temperature in the cylinder becomes as high as possible during the compression stroke. However, if the fuel injection timing is advanced, it is possible to ensure a sufficient mixture formation period while promoting fuel vaporization.

  Therefore, in the flow shown in FIG. 2, in step S27, the fuel injection timing is advanced according to the temperature in the cylinder 11. Specifically, the temperature in the cylinder 11 may be estimated or detected during start-up, and the fuel injection timing may be set to the advance side according to the temperature. Further, the rate of temperature increase in the cylinder 11 may be estimated or detected, and the fuel injection timing may be set to the advance side according to the rate of increase.

  Furthermore, the relationship between the rotational speed at the start of the engine 1 and the temperature in the cylinder 11 is grasped in advance, the temperature state in the cylinder 11 is estimated from the measured rotational speed of the engine 1, and the fuel injection timing is determined. It may be set on the advance side. Alternatively, the rate of temperature increase in the cylinder 11 may be estimated from the measured change in the engine speed, and the fuel injection timing may be set to the advance side based on the rate of increase.

  FIG. 7 shows (a) a change in the rotational speed of the engine 1, (b) a change in the water temperature of the engine 1 and the combustion chamber wall temperature, and (c) a change in the injection timing with respect to the number of cycles when the engine 1 is cold started. Each is illustrated. The right figure in each figure of (a)-(c) is an figure which expands and shows change of each parameter to ten cycles. As shown in FIG. 5C, the first fuel injection is performed at the time when the SOI for the first-stage injection is set to 40 ° CA before the compression top dead center, and the SOI for the second-stage injection is set to 20 ° CA before the compression top dead center. Is set. Thus, the fuel is injected into the cylinder 11 and then the ignition plug 51 is driven at an appropriate timing, whereby combustion is performed in the cylinder 11. As a result of the fuel being used for each cycle, the wall temperature of the combustion chamber gradually increases as shown in FIG. Note that the engine water temperature does not substantially increase.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, the SOI of the front injection and the rear injection is advanced in accordance with the temperature rise in the cylinder 11. In the illustrated example, the SOI at the second cycle is set to be the same as the SOI at the first cycle, and the SOI at the third cycle is advanced from the SOI at the first and second cycles. In the illustrated example, both the SOI for the front injection and the SOI for the rear injection are advanced, and the advance amount of the SOI for the front injection is set larger than the advance amount of the SOI for the rear injection. Yes. From the fourth cycle onward, the SOI for the pre-injection and the SOI for the post-injection are each gradually advanced according to the temperature rise in the cylinder 11. In addition, from the second cycle, the SOI may be advanced with respect to the SOI of the first cycle. In the first to third cycles, the SOI is set to be the same while the SOI is set to be the same. You may make it advance with respect to SOI of the 1st cycle.

  Further, in the illustrated example, after the 10th cycle, the SOI for the pre-stage injection and the SOI for the post-stage injection are each made constant at a predetermined crank angle. This corresponds to the advance angle limit as the fuel injection timing during the compression stroke. Note that this advance angle limit is actually determined by the closing timing of the intake valve 21.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7A, the rotational speed of the engine 1 gradually increases. When the rotational speed of the engine 1 becomes equal to or higher than the set value, the determination in step S26 of the flow of FIG. If the answer is YES and the start of the engine 1 is completed, the flow ends.

  After starting the engine 1 (in the example of FIG. 7, after 30 cycles), fuel injection is performed at least during the intake stroke period (see the injection timing of the pre-stage injection in FIG. 7C). ). That is, after the start is completed, the temperature in the cylinder 11 becomes relatively high, so that it is not necessary to inject fuel during the compression stroke. On the other hand, by performing fuel injection during the intake stroke, Is sufficiently secured.

  On the other hand, in step S28, which is determined as being during warm start in the determination of step S22 in the flow of FIG. 2, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is set to be delayed. That is, at the time of warm start, since the temperature of the fresh air introduced into the cylinder 11 is relatively high, which is advantageous for fuel vaporization, it is not necessary to increase the effective compression ratio to increase the temperature in the cylinder 11. On the other hand, if the effective compression ratio is increased to raise the temperature in the cylinder 11 during the compression stroke too much, for example, knocking is likely to occur or excessive blow-up occurs. Therefore, at the time of warm start, the effective compression ratio is lowered by setting the valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 later than at least at the time of cold start. The valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 may be set outside the range of ± 50 ° CA across the intake bottom dead center.

In subsequent step S29, the engine speed is read in the same manner as in step S25, and it is determined in step S210 whether or not the engine speed is equal to or greater than a set value. When the rotational speed is lower than the set value (NO), the process proceeds to step S211 and the injection timing is set to the intake stroke. This is advantageous for fuel vaporization at the time of warm start, so that it is not necessary to use the temperature rise in the cylinder 11 as at the time of cold start. This is because a sufficient formation period can be secured. In addition, the intake stroke injection is advantageous in that it is not necessary to increase the fuel injection pressure, which is advantageous for fuel consumption.

  Then, the intake stroke injection is continued in step S211 until the engine speed increases to the set value. If the engine speed reaches the set value, the determination in step S210 becomes YES and the start of the engine 1 is completed. The flow is terminated.

  According to the start control as shown in the flow of FIG. 2, regardless of the nature of the fuel, specifically, even when E100 is difficult to vaporize at low temperatures, each of the cold start and the warm start Thus, it is possible to improve the startability of the engine 1. In particular, it is also effective for fuel with a low alcohol concentration (for example, E25) to perform fuel vaporization using a high temperature in the cylinder 11 by performing compression stroke injection at the cold start. Makes it possible to start the engine 1 with a smaller amount of fuel. That is, the start control as shown in the flow of FIG. 2 is advantageous for improving the fuel consumption when starting the engine.

(Engine control after starting)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart relating to engine control after startup. In step S81 after the start, the engine water temperature, the engine speed, and Ce (charging efficiency (engine load)) are read, and in the subsequent step S82, it is determined whether or not the engine water temperature is lower than a set value. The set value may be 20 ° C., for example. When the water temperature is higher than the set value, the process proceeds to step S83.

  In step S83, since the engine water temperature is high and advantageous for fuel vaporization, the fuel injection timing is set to the intake stroke regardless of the engine load level in order to ensure a sufficient mixture formation period. Injecting fuel during the intake stroke is advantageous for forming an air-fuel mixture using intake air flow. Even when the outside air temperature is low, if the engine water temperature is high, the temperature of fresh air introduced into the cylinder 11 becomes high and the fuel can be vaporized. In the subsequent step S84, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is set according to the operating state of the engine 1. When the operating state of the engine 1 is in the partial load range, the valve closing timing IVC is set to delayed closing (closing timing slower than 50 ° CA with respect to the intake bottom dead center), thereby reducing pump loss. Improve fuel efficiency.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S82 that the engine water temperature is colder than the set value, the process proceeds to step S85 to determine whether Ce is higher than a predetermined value, in other words, whether the load on the engine 1 is higher than the predetermined value. Determine whether or not. When the engine load is a low load below a predetermined value (NO), the process proceeds to step S86. On the other hand, when the engine load is higher than a predetermined value (YES), the process proceeds to step S810. In this way, when the fuel is cold, which is disadvantageous to the vaporization of the fuel, the control is switched according to the level of the engine load, thereby promoting the vaporization of the fuel at each of the high load and the low load.

  FIG. 9 shows the difference (isobar diagram) of the intake manifold negative pressure with respect to the engine operating state related to the engine speed and the engine load. This figure shows the state of the intake pressure during cold, and the valve closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is not set to be delayed closed. In the figure, when Ce is low, in other words, when the engine load is low, the opening degree of the throttle valve 57 is set to the closed side, so that the intake manifold negative pressure increases (the intake port negative pressure is the same as this). is there). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10B, the negative pressure in the cylinder 11 during the intake stroke increases. If the fuel is injected into the cylinder 11 at this timing, the fuel can be efficiently vaporized due to the reduced pressure boiling effect. Therefore, in step S86, which has shifted to a cold state and a low load, the fuel injection timing is set during the intake stroke. Further, in step S87, the fuel injection timing during the intake stroke period during cold is advanced from that during warm (see FIG. 10 (a)). This is because, when cold, it is disadvantageous for fuel vaporization compared to warm, so that the mixture formation period is made as long as possible by advancing the fuel injection start timing.

  In subsequent step S88, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is advanced from the warm time. As described above, in the partial load region during the warm period, the pump loss is reduced by setting the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 to delayed closing (step S84), but the closing timing of the intake valve 21 is reduced. When the IVC is set to be closed slowly, the negative pressure in the cylinder 11 becomes relatively small as shown by the broken line in FIG. This is disadvantageous during cold when fuel vaporization is promoted using negative pressure. Therefore, during cold, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is advanced more than during warm, thereby The negative pressure in the cylinder 11 is increased as compared with the warm time. Thereby, when it is cold, vaporization of the fuel is promoted by the reduced pressure boiling effect.

  In step S89, the fuel injection pressure is set higher than that in the warm state (see FIG. 10D). By increasing the injection pressure, the fuel injected into the cylinder 11 is atomized, which is advantageous for the vaporization of the fuel in the cold state. On the contrary, during the warm period advantageous for fuel vaporization, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 10 (d), by setting the fuel injection pressure low, the mechanical resistance of the engine 1 is reduced, which is advantageous for improving the fuel consumption. become. As described above, when the load is cold and light, the pressure in the cylinder 11 is adjusted by injecting the fuel at a timing as fast as possible during the intake stroke and at a high fuel pressure and adjusting the closing timing of the intake valve 21. In combination with lowering as much as possible, fuel vaporization is promoted and mixture formation is improved. As a result, combustion is stabilized with low fuel consumption.

  On the contrary, as shown in FIG. 9, when Ce is high, in other words, when the engine load is high, the opening degree of the throttle valve 57 is set to the open side, so that the intake manifold negative pressure becomes small. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11 (b), the negative pressure in the cylinder 11 during the intake stroke is reduced, and even if fuel is injected into the cylinder 11 at this timing, the reduced-pressure boiling effect cannot be obtained, and the fuel is removed. It cannot be vaporized efficiently. Therefore, in step S810 which has been shifted to a cold and high load state, the fuel injection timing is set at least within the compression stroke period. This is because, as shown in FIG. 11 (c), the gas introduced into the cylinder 11 is adiabatically compressed, so that the temperature in the cylinder 11 increases during the compression stroke as compared with the intake stroke. It is used to promote fuel vaporization. In particular, when the load is high, the amount of air introduced into the cylinder 11 increases, so that the temperature in the cylinder 11 during the compression stroke period further increases. This is more advantageous in promoting fuel vaporization during high load operation where the fuel injection amount is relatively increased.

  FIG. 11A illustrates the fuel injection mode, and the broken line in the figure indicates the fuel injection timing during warm. As described above, fuel injection is performed during the intake stroke when warm (see step S83). On the other hand, when cold, the fuel injection timing is changed according to the engine speed. Specifically, when the engine speed is higher than a predetermined value, the actual time for changing the crank angle is short. Therefore, in order to ensure the air-fuel mixture formation period as long as possible, the upper diagram in FIG. Thus, split injection is performed in the intake stroke and the compression stroke. By injecting a part of the fuel in the intake stroke, it is possible to ensure a sufficient period for forming the air-fuel mixture. In addition, performing the intake stroke injection at the time of high rotation is advantageous for fuel vaporization by utilizing a relatively strong intake flow. Further, by injecting a part of the fuel in the compression stroke, the vaporization of the fuel is promoted by utilizing the high temperature in the cylinder 11. Note that the fuel injection amount in the intake stroke and the fuel injection amount in the compression stroke may be set to appropriate ratios, and the ratios may be changed according to, for example, the rotational speed.

  When the engine speed is lower than the above-mentioned high speed (medium speed), the actual time for changing the crank angle becomes longer. Therefore, even if fuel injection is performed during the compression stroke, the mixture is formed. It is possible to secure a sufficient period. Therefore, as shown in the middle diagram of FIG. 11A, the fuel is collectively injected within the compression stroke period. Further, when the engine speed is lower than the medium speed (during low speed), as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. 11A, fuel is dividedly injected within the compression stroke period. In this way, fuel injection is promoted by utilizing the high temperature in the cylinder 11 by performing fuel injection in the compression stroke at the time of medium rotation and low rotation at high load.

  In step S811, the closing timing IVC of the intake valve 21 is set near the intake bottom dead center, thereby increasing the effective compression ratio of the engine 1. As described above, the high effective compression ratio increases the temperature in the cylinder 11 during the compression stroke, and is advantageous for vaporization of the fuel injected into the cylinder 11. The effective compression ratio may be set to 10 or more, for example. This is because the start of the engine 1 has been completed and the temperature in the cylinder 11 is relatively high, so that an effective compression ratio lower than that during the cold start is allowed.

  In step S85 in the flow of FIG. 8, the magnitude of the engine load is determined. Instead, the negative pressure of the intake manifold is determined by determining the magnitude of the negative pressure of the intake manifold (or intake port). When the pressure is in a negative pressure state equal to or lower than a predetermined value, the process may proceed to step S86, and when the intake manifold is in a pressure state higher than the predetermined value, the process may proceed to step S810.

  In addition, although the said structure is set to FFV, even if it is not FFV, the technique disclosed here can be widely applied to the vehicle carrying the engine supplied with the fuel containing alcohol. For example, the technology disclosed herein may be applied to a vehicle equipped with an engine to which gasoline is supplied. In these cases, in addition to improving the startability of the engine at the time of warm and cold, there is an advantage that the fuel efficiency at the start of the engine is improved.

  In the above configuration, the divided injection during the compression stroke at the time of cold start or at the time of cold high load after completion of the start is divided into two times of the front injection and the rear injection. You may divide | segment into 3 times or more.

1 Engine (Engine body)
11 cylinder 15 piston 18 intake port 100 engine controller (starting means)
20 Starter motor 21 Intake valve 53 Fuel injection valve

Claims (4)

An engine body having a cylinder with a geometric compression ratio set to 13 or higher;
A fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel directly into the cylinder;
Starting means configured to start the engine body,
The starting means includes
When cold starting from a state where the temperature of the engine body is lower than a predetermined temperature, the effective compression ratio of the engine body is set to 12 or more until the engine body is completely started, and The fuel injection start is set during the compression stroke period and the injection timing is set during the compression stroke period;
At the time of warm start from the state where the temperature of the engine body is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the fuel injection timing into the cylinder is set during the intake stroke period until the engine body is completely started,
When the cold start is started, the start means sets the start of fuel injection during the compression stroke period until the start of the engine body and starts the direct injection engine that gradually advances the injection timing. Control device. The start-up control device for a direct injection engine according to claim 1,
The engine body is a four-stroke engine that reciprocates a piston fitted in the cylinder, and the cylinder is provided with an intake valve that opens at least during an intake stroke period,
In the cold start, the starting means is a valve closing timing defined at the time of 1 mm lift of the intake valve until the engine main body is started 50 ° before and after the intake bottom dead center. A direct-injection engine start control device that sets an effective compression ratio of the engine body to 12 or more by setting within a range of CA.
In the direct injection engine start control device according to claim 2,
Said starting means, the at the time of cold start, the between the closing timing of the intake valve until the engine body is started completed, at the time of the warm start, until the engine body is started completed A direct-injection engine start control device that changes closer to the intake bottom dead center than the intake valve closing timing. In the start-up control apparatus of the direct-injection engine of any one of Claims 1-3,
The cold start is a start control device for a direct injection engine, which is a start from a state where the temperature of the engine body is lower than 20 ° C.

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