JP6156298B2 - Engine control device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for an intake / exhaust system of an engine.

  An exhaust gas recirculation (hereinafter referred to as EGR) device that reduces the amount of nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas by recirculating a part of the exhaust gas to the intake system and improves fuel efficiency at the time of partial load. It has been known.

  In general, in a high load region exceeding a certain load, for example, an acceleration region, there is a case where EGR is not supplied in order to secure a fresh air amount during intake and improve supercharging performance. At this time, with the EGR supply stoppage and the increase in the amount of fresh air, the combustion speed may rapidly increase and the combustion noise may increase.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-037786

  In order to suppress an increase in combustion noise when EGR supply is stopped, the fuel injection pressure (hereinafter also referred to as fuel pressure) may be reduced. However, there is a concern that when the fuel pressure decreases, the state of mixing of fuel and oxygen deteriorates and smoke is generated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the problem is that the combustion noise is increased and smoke is generated at the time of transition from an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than a predetermined EGR rate to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate. It is to provide a technology capable of simultaneously suppressing the above.

  Patent Document 1 proposes a control device for a diesel engine that suppresses the generation of smoke by setting an upper limit value of the fuel injection amount based on the exhaust oxygen concentration.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is characterized in that the fuel pressure is lowered and the increase in fuel is suppressed at the time of transition to an area where the EGR rate is lowered (acceleration).

  Specifically, the present invention is directed to an engine control device and has taken the following solutions.

  That is, the first invention is directed to an engine control device that increases the fuel pressure during acceleration to increase the boost pressure while setting an upper limit value for the fuel injection amount so that the exhaust oxygen concentration does not fall below a predetermined threshold. When it is determined that an EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate equal to or higher than a predetermined EGR rate at which the exhaust gas is recirculated to the intake system during acceleration has shifted to an operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure is reduced and the fuel pressure is reduced. Along with this, the increase in fuel is temporarily suppressed.

  According to this, by reducing the fuel pressure, which is the fuel injection pressure, the combustion speed of the fuel is slowed, so the combustion noise is reduced and the smoke associated with the deterioration of the mixed state of fuel and oxygen due to the decrease in fuel pressure. Can be suppressed by temporarily suppressing the increase in fuel.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when the fuel pressure is lowered, an increase in the amount of fuel is suppressed by increasing a threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration.

  According to this, it is possible to reliably suppress the deterioration of smoke generation by increasing the air-fuel ratio based on the exhaust oxygen concentration.

  According to a third invention, in the second invention, the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration is gradually increased.

  According to this, it is possible to prevent the increase in the torque increase from abruptly deteriorating with a sudden change in the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the fuel pressure is lowered after a predetermined period of time when the EGR supply region shifts to an operation region lower than a predetermined EGR rate.

  According to this, it is possible to maintain the torque increase during that period by delaying the above control for a predetermined period after the shift to the operation region where the EGR rate is low.

  In a fifth aspect based on the fourth aspect, the EGR supply region includes a high pressure EGR region that uses exhaust gas having a relatively high pressure, a low pressure EGR region that uses exhaust gas having a relatively low pressure, a high pressure EGR region, and a low pressure EGR region. Among the high-pressure / low-pressure EGR combined region that uses the region together, the high-pressure EGR region, the high-pressure / low-pressure EGR combined region, and the low- and medium-load regions of the low-pressure EGR region. The predetermined period is set longer than the high pressure EGR region.

  According to this, it is possible to control more precisely in the high-pressure EGR region having a different EGR rate reduction period and the region including the low-pressure EGR.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, when the intake oxygen concentration becomes a predetermined value or more during the transition from the EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher to the operating region lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure Is to lower.

  According to this, it is possible to maintain the torque increase during that period by delaying the above control only for a predetermined period after the shift to the operation region with a low EGR rate.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the injection pattern in the engine combustion mode is changed to a smaller number of injection patterns at the time of transition from an EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher to an operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate. For example, a four-stage injection pattern consisting of pilot injection, pre-injection, main injection, and post-injection is switched to a two-stage injection pattern consisting of pre-injection and main injection.

  According to this, the height of the heat generation amount before the main injection can be optimized by cutting the pilot injection, and the combustion noise can be reliably suppressed. Further, by cutting the post-injection and adding a predetermined amount of the cut to the main injection, the combustion period can be shortened to a period during which high torque can be produced, and the fuel consumption can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to simultaneously suppress the increase in combustion noise and the generation of smoke that occur at the time of transition to an operation region where the EGR rate is low.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an engine controlled by an engine control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control unit and its input / output signals constituting the engine control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing basic control in the engine control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the EGR usage region in the engine speed and engine load (required injection amount) according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a main part of the control method in the engine control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows the fuel pressure, the fuel pressure accelerator opening, the engine speed, the fuel injection amount, the combustion mode, the exhaust oxygen guard, and the movement of the exhaust oxygen concentration relative to the exhaust oxygen guard by the engine control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a graph. FIG. 7 schematically shows the relationship between the engine speed and the transition time when the engine control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention shifts from the supply region for each type of EGR to the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate. It is the graph represented to. FIG. 8 is a graph schematically showing the relationship between the exhaust oxygen guard and the injection amount guard in the engine control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a table summarizing control methods in the engine control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a graph schematically showing a combustion mode (injection pattern) in the HP-EGR supply region of the engine control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a graph schematically showing the combustion mode (injection pattern) in the EGR non-supply region of the engine control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description of the preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the invention, its application, or its application.

(One embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an engine 1 controlled by an engine control apparatus according to an embodiment. The engine 1 is a diesel engine mounted on a vehicle, and includes a cylinder block 11 provided with a plurality of cylinders 11a (only one is shown), a cylinder head 12 disposed on the cylinder block 11, and a cylinder. The oil pan 13 is disposed below the block 11 and stores lubricating oil. In each cylinder 11a of the engine 1, a piston 14 is fitted and removably fitted. A top surface of the piston 14 is formed with a cavity that defines a deep dish combustion chamber 14a. The piston 14 is connected to the crankshaft 15 via a connecting rod 14b.

  In the cylinder head 12, an intake port 16 and an exhaust port 17 are formed for each cylinder 11a, and an intake valve 21 and an exhaust valve 22 that open and close the opening of the intake port 16 and the exhaust port 17 on the combustion chamber 14a side are provided. Each is arranged.

  Further, the cylinder head 12 is provided with an injector 18 for injecting fuel and a glow plug 19 for warming the gas sucked into the cylinder 11a when the engine 1 is cold to enhance the ignitability of the fuel. . The injector 18 is disposed such that its fuel injection port faces the combustion chamber 14a from the ceiling surface of the combustion chamber 14a, and the fuel is directly injected into the combustion chamber 14a.

  The injector 18 is supplied with fuel from a fuel tank 52 via a fuel supply system 51. The fuel supply system 51 includes a low pressure fuel pump (not shown), a fuel filter 53, a high pressure fuel pump 54, and a common rail 55. The high-pressure fuel pump 54 pumps the low-pressure fuel supplied from the fuel tank 52 through the low-pressure fuel pump and the fuel filter 53 to the common rail 55 at a high pressure, and the common rail 55 supplies the pumped fuel to the high-pressure fuel pump 54. Store with the pressure of. When the injector 18 operates, the fuel stored in the common rail 55 is injected from the injector 18 into the combustion chamber 14a. Excess fuel generated in each of the low pressure fuel pump, the high pressure fuel pump 54, the common rail 55, and the injector 18 is returned to the fuel tank 52 via the return passage 56.

  The high-pressure fuel pump 54 is driven by a rotating member (for example, a camshaft) of the engine 1. The high-pressure fuel pump 54 is provided with a pressure regulating valve composed of an electromagnetic valve. The pressure of the fuel supplied from the high-pressure fuel pump 54 to the common rail 55 (the pressure of the fuel stored in the common rail 55, the fuel pressure) by the pressure regulating valve. That is, the fuel pressure injected from the injector 18 can be adjusted.

  An intake passage 30 is connected to one side of the engine 1 so as to communicate with the intake port 16 of each cylinder 11a. On the other hand, an exhaust passage 40 for discharging burned gas (exhaust gas) from the combustion chamber 14a of each cylinder 11a is connected to the other side of the engine 1. The intake passage 30 and the exhaust passage 40 are provided with an exhaust turbocharger 61 that supercharges intake air (including exhaust gas recirculated by a low-pressure EGR passage 81 described later).

  An air cleaner 31 that filters intake air is disposed at the upstream end of the intake passage 30. On the other hand, a surge tank 34 is disposed near the downstream end of the intake passage 30. The intake passage 30 downstream of the surge tank 34 is an independent passage branched for each cylinder 11a, and the downstream ends of these independent passages are connected to the intake ports 16 of the respective cylinders 11a.

  Between the air cleaner 31 and the surge tank 34 in the intake passage 30, in order from the upstream side, the compressor 61a of the exhaust turbocharger 61, the intake shutter valve 36, and an intercooler that cools the gas compressed by the compressor 61a. 35 is disposed. The intake shutter valve 36 is basically fully opened, but may have an opening smaller than the fully opened state in order to ensure a recirculation amount of exhaust gas by a high pressure EGR passage 71 described later. The intercooler 35 is configured to cool intake air by supplying cooling water by the electric water pump 91.

  The upstream portion of the exhaust passage 40 is constituted by an exhaust manifold having an independent passage branched for each cylinder 11a and connected to the outer end of the exhaust port 17 and a collecting portion where the independent passages gather. On the downstream side of the exhaust manifold in the exhaust passage 40, in order from the upstream side, a turbine 61b of the exhaust turbocharger 61, an exhaust purification device 41 that purifies harmful components in the exhaust of the engine 1, and a silencer 42 are provided. It is arranged.

The exhaust purification device 41 includes an oxidation catalyst 41a and a diesel particulate filter (hereinafter referred to as a filter) 41b, which are sequentially arranged from the upstream side. The oxidation catalyst 41a has an oxidation catalyst supporting platinum or an alloy obtained by adding palladium to the platinum, and oxidizes carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) in the exhaust to produce carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) and promote the reaction to produce water (H ₂ O). The filter 41b collects particulates such as soot contained in the exhaust of the engine 1. The filter 41b may be coated with an oxidation catalyst.

  The exhaust turbocharger 61 has the compressor 61a disposed in the intake passage 30 as described above, and the turbine 61b disposed in the exhaust passage 40 as described above. The compressor 61a that is rotated by the flow and is coaxially connected to the turbine 61b is operated by the rotation of the turbine 61b. A VGT throttle valve 62 is provided near the upstream side of the turbine 61b in the exhaust passage 40. By controlling the opening degree (throttle amount) of the VGT throttle valve 62, the flow rate of the exhaust gas to the turbine 61b is controlled. Can be adjusted. Accordingly, the rotational speed of the turbine 61b rotated by the exhaust flow, that is, the pressure ratio of the compressor 61a of the exhaust turbocharger 61 (ratio of the gas pressure immediately after flowing out of the compressor 61a to the gas pressure immediately before flowing into the compressor 61a). ) Can be adjusted.

  The engine 1 is configured to recirculate part of the exhaust gas from the exhaust passage 40 to the intake passage 30. That is, a high pressure EGR passage 71 and a low pressure EGR passage 81 are provided for exhaust gas recirculation.

  The high pressure EGR passage 71 includes a portion of the exhaust passage 40 between the exhaust manifold and the turbine 61b of the exhaust turbocharger 61 (that is, a portion upstream of the turbine 61b of the exhaust turbocharger 61), and the intake passage 30. Is connected to the portion between the surge tank 34 and the intercooler 35 (that is, the portion on the downstream side of the compressor 61a of the exhaust turbocharger 61). The high pressure EGR passage 71 is provided with a high pressure EGR valve 73 capable of changing the cross-sectional area of the high pressure EGR passage 71. The high-pressure EGR valve 73 adjusts the exhaust gas recirculation amount (hereinafter referred to as the high-pressure EGR amount) through the high-pressure EGR passage 71.

  The low pressure EGR passage 81 includes a portion of the exhaust passage 40 between the exhaust purification device 41 and the silencer 42 (that is, a portion downstream of the turbine 61b of the exhaust turbocharger 61), and an exhaust turbocharger in the intake passage 30. A portion between the compressor 61a of the machine 61 and the air cleaner 31 (that is, a portion upstream of the compressor 61a of the exhaust turbocharger 61) is connected. The low pressure EGR passage 81 is provided with a low pressure EGR cooler 82 for cooling the exhaust gas passing through the inside thereof. The low pressure EGR cooler 82 is configured to cool the exhaust gas by supplying cooling water of the engine 1. Further, a low pressure EGR valve 83 capable of changing the cross-sectional area of the low pressure EGR passage 81 is disposed downstream of the low pressure EGR cooler 82 in the low pressure EGR passage 81.

  An exhaust shutter valve 43 is disposed downstream of the connection portion of the low pressure EGR passage 81 in the exhaust passage 40 (and upstream of the silencer 42). The exhaust shutter valve 43 changes the cross-sectional area of the exhaust passage 40 at the portion where the exhaust shutter valve 43 is disposed, and when the cross-sectional area decreases (the opening degree of the exhaust shutter valve 43 decreases), The pressure at the connecting portion of the low pressure EGR passage 81 (inflow pressure of the exhaust gas into the low pressure EGR passage 81) increases, and the inflow pressure and outflow pressure of the exhaust gas into the low pressure EGR passage 81 (connection of the low pressure EGR passage 81 in the intake passage 30). The pressure difference between the pressure of the part) increases. Therefore, by controlling the opening degree of the low pressure EGR valve 83 and the exhaust shutter valve 43, the exhaust gas recirculation amount (hereinafter referred to as the low pressure EGR amount) through the low pressure EGR passage 81 is adjusted.

  The engine 1 is provided with an engine speed sensor 101 that detects the rotational speed of the engine 1 (hereinafter referred to as the engine speed) by detecting the rotational angle position of the crankshaft 15.

  An air flow sensor 102 for detecting the flow rate of intake air (fresh air) sucked into the intake passage 30 and a temperature of the intake air (intake air temperature) are detected near the downstream side of the air cleaner 31 in the intake passage 30. An intake air temperature sensor 103 is provided. Further, the surge tank 34 is provided with an intake gas temperature sensor 104 for detecting the gas temperature taken into each cylinder 11 a of the engine 1. Further, an intake pressure sensor 105 that detects the gas pressure in the portion (substantially the same as the gas pressure in the surge tank 34) is disposed near the downstream side of the intercooler 35 in the intake passage 30.

  Further, an exhaust pressure sensor 106 that detects the pressure of the exhaust discharged from the engine 1 is disposed upstream of the connection portion of the high pressure EGR passage 71 in the exhaust passage 40 (and downstream of the exhaust manifold). Further, an exhaust temperature sensor 107 that detects the temperature of the exhaust gas in the exhaust passage 40 is provided between the exhaust purification device 41 and the connection portion of the low pressure EGR passage 81.

  The cylinder block 11 of the engine 1 is provided with an engine water temperature sensor 108 that detects the temperature of the cooling water of the engine 1.

  The engine 1 configured as described above is controlled by the control unit 100. The control unit 100 is a controller based on a well-known microcomputer, and includes a central processing unit (CPU) that executes a program, a memory that includes a RAM and a ROM, for example, and stores a program and data, And an input / output (I / O) bus for inputting and outputting signals.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the engine speed sensor 101, the air flow sensor 102, the intake air temperature sensor 103, the intake gas temperature sensor 104, the intake pressure sensor 105, the exhaust pressure sensor 106, the exhaust temperature sensor 107, and the engine water temperature sensor 108 described above. A signal of a sensor value such as is input to the control unit 100. Further, the control unit 100 receives a sensor value signal of an accelerator opening sensor 110 (shown only in FIG. 2) that detects an accelerator opening corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal (not shown) of the vehicle.

  Based on the above input signal, the control unit 100 includes the injector 18, the intake shutter valve 36, the exhaust shutter valve 43, the high pressure fuel pump 54 (specifically, the pressure regulating valve), the VGT throttle valve 62, the high pressure EGR valve 73, the low pressure The EGR valve 83, the electric water pump 91, and the like are controlled.

<Basic engine control>
Hereinafter, basic control of the engine 1 by the control unit 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In the first step S1, sensor values from various sensors are read, and in the next step S2, a target torque is set based on the accelerator opening by the accelerator opening sensor 110.

  In the next step S3, the amount of fuel to be injected from the injector 18 (the amount of fuel to be supplied to the engine 1 (cylinder 11a)) based on the set target torque and the engine speed by the engine speed sensor 101. Set the required injection amount and injection pattern. The injection pattern is the main injection for causing the main combustion, the injection before the main injection, the pre-injection for causing the pre-combustion, and the injection before the pre-injection to cause the pre-combustion. This is a setting pattern of how much quantity is injected at which timing, such as pilot injection for facilitating, post-injection for generating post-combustion after the main combustion. There are cases where the injection amounts of pilot injection, pre-injection, and post-injection become zero, and in this case, these injections are not performed.

  In the next step S4, the pressure (fuel pressure) of the fuel injected from the injector 18 and the opening degree of the VGT throttle valve 62 are set based on the required injection amount and the engine speed.

  In the next step S5, a target intake oxygen concentration, which is a target value of the oxygen concentration of all intake gas sucked into the engine 1 (cylinder 11a), is set based on the required injection amount and the engine speed.

  In the next step S6, based on the required injection amount, the engine speed, the intake air temperature by the intake air temperature sensor 103, and the engine water temperature by the engine water temperature sensor 108, the EGR combination that is the ratio of the high pressure EGR amount and the low pressure EGR amount is used. Set the rate. The EGR combined use rate includes a case where the high pressure EGR amount or the low pressure EGR amount becomes zero.

  As a result of setting the EGR combined ratio in step S6, high-pressure EGR supply in which exhaust gas recirculation is performed only by the high-pressure EGR passage 71 in the engine operation region represented by the engine speed and the engine load (corresponding to the required injection amount). Exhaust is performed by both the “HP-EGR” region, which is a region, the “LP-EGR” region, which is a low pressure EGR supply region where exhaust gas is recirculated only by the low pressure EGR passage 81, and both the high pressure EGR passage 71 and the low pressure EGR passage 81. The “HP / LP-EGR combined use” region, which is the high pressure / low pressure EGR combined region where the reflux of the gas is performed, is schematically shown in FIG. In the “HP / LP-EGR combined use” region, the closer to the “LP-EGR” region, the lower the ratio of the high pressure EGR amount and the higher the ratio of the low pressure EGR amount.

In the next step S7, a target low pressure EGR amount that is a target value of the low pressure EGR amount is set based on the target intake oxygen concentration, the EGR combined rate, and the exhaust oxygen concentration that is the exhaust oxygen concentration. Specifically, a target total EGR amount that is a target value of the total EGR amount of the low pressure EGR amount and the high pressure EGR amount is calculated from the target intake oxygen concentration and the exhaust oxygen concentration, and the target total EGR amount and the EGR combined rate are calculated. To set the target low pressure EGR amount. In this embodiment, the exhaust oxygen concentration is a value calculated based on the intake oxygen concentration and the amount of oxygen used for fuel combustion in the cylinder 11a. Instead of calculating the exhaust oxygen concentration, it may be detected exhaust oxygen concentration by 0 ₂ sensor provided in the exhaust passage 40.

  In the next step S8, based on the target low pressure EGR amount, the oxygen concentration just before joining the high pressure EGR passage 71 in the intake passage 30 (the oxygen concentration of fresh air and the oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas actually recirculated by the low pressure EGR passage 81). Sum). Here, considering the time until the exhaust gas recirculated by the low pressure EGR passage 81 reaches just before the merge of the high pressure EGR passage 71 in the intake passage 30, the oxygen concentration immediately before the merge is calculated.

  In the next step S9, the target high pressure EGR amount is set based on the target intake oxygen concentration, the exhaust oxygen concentration, and the oxygen concentration immediately before the merge. That is, in step S8, in addition to the target low pressure EGR amount, the target high pressure EGR amount can be set from the EGR combined use rate, but the exhaust gas recirculated by the low pressure EGR passage 81 passes through the high pressure EGR passage 71 in the intake passage 30. It takes a certain amount of time to reach just before the merge. For this reason, the low pressure EGR amount becomes insufficient by the time delay, and the target high pressure EGR amount is set so that the shortage can be compensated by the high pressure EGR amount. That is, in the present embodiment, the calculation is performed in consideration of the target intake oxygen concentration set in advance according to the operating state of the engine 1 and the delay time until the low pressure EGR gas reaches the high pressure EGR merging portion from the exhaust port 17. A value calculated from the oxygen concentration of the pre-high pressure EGR combined gas, the exhaust oxygen concentration, and the total intake gas amount to the engine 1 is set as the target high pressure EGR amount. The actual low pressure EGR amount is obtained by subtracting the fresh air amount detected by the air flow sensor 102 from the total intake gas amount sucked into the engine 1 (cylinder 11a) (in the “HP / LP-EGR combined use” region, the high pressure EGR is further reduced). The actual high-pressure EGR amount, which is the actual value of the reflux amount through the passage 71, is also subtracted). The total intake gas amount can be calculated from the gas temperature detected by the intake gas temperature sensor 104 and the gas pressure detected by the intake pressure sensor 105, and the actual high pressure EGR amount can be calculated from the intake pressure sensor 105 and the exhaust pressure. It can be calculated from the differential pressure with the sensor 106 and the actual opening of the high pressure EGR valve 73.

  In the next step S10, based on the above settings, the injector 18, the intake shutter valve 36, the exhaust shutter valve 43, the high pressure fuel pump 54 (pressure regulating valve), the VGT throttle valve 62, the high pressure EGR valve 73, and the low pressure EGR valve 83. And the control amount of each actuator such as the electric water pump 91 is set.

  In the next step S11, each actuator is controlled based on the above-described control amount, and then the process returns.

  The control unit 100 controls the opening degree of the high pressure EGR valve 73 so that the high pressure EGR amount becomes a preset target high pressure EGR amount (the target high pressure EGR amount set in step S9). That is, the control unit 100 sets the opening degree of the high pressure EGR valve 73 to an opening degree at which the target high pressure EGR amount can be obtained from the differential pressure between the intake pressure sensor 105 and the exhaust pressure sensor 106.

  Further, the control unit 100 opens the low-pressure EGR valve 83 and the exhaust shutter valve 43 so that the low-pressure EGR amount becomes the preset target low-pressure EGR amount (the target low-pressure EGR amount set in step S7 above). Control the degree. At this time, if the set target low pressure EGR amount is equal to or less than the low pressure EGR amount that can be recirculated when the low pressure EGR valve 83 and the exhaust shutter valve 43 are fully opened, the exhaust shutter valve 43 is fully opened. Then, the low pressure EGR amount is controlled by controlling the low pressure EGR valve 83 (the larger the target low pressure EGR amount, the larger the opening degree of the low pressure EGR valve 83). When the target low pressure EGR amount is larger than the low pressure EGR amount that can be recirculated when the low pressure EGR valve 83 and the exhaust shutter valve 43 are fully opened, the low pressure EGR valve 83 is fully opened. The low-pressure EGR amount is controlled by the above control (the larger the target low-pressure EGR amount, the smaller the opening of the exhaust shutter valve 43).

<Control at the time of transition from the EGR supply area to the EGR non-supply area>
Next, as shown in FIG. 4, engine control at the time of transition from the HP-EGR region to the EGR non-supply region in the EGR supply region will be described. In this embodiment, the EGR region is set to the HP-EGR region in the extremely light load region, the HP / LP combined region in the light load region, the HP-EGR region in the medium load region, and the non-EGR region in the high load region. The EGR rate in the EGR region is set so that the HP-EGR region is the highest and the LP-EGR region is the lowest. In each EGR region, the EGR rate is set lower as the load becomes higher. In the entire EGR region, the high load region in the LP-EGR region has the lowest EGR rate and is set lower than the predetermined EGR rate. The present invention makes a transition from an EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher to an EGR region (high load region of LP-EGR region) and a non-EGR region having a higher EGR rate or lower than a predetermined EGR rate in a higher load region or higher engine speed region. Therefore, transition from the HP-EGR region to the high load region of the LP-EGR region, transition from the HP / LP-EGR combined region to the EGR non-supply region and the LP-EGR region to the high load region, It is also effective in transition from the low-medium load region of the LP-EGR region to the EGR non-supply region and the high load region of the LP-EGR region.

  First, in the fuel control for the engine 1, even if the EGR is not controlled along the target intake oxygen concentration in steps S7 and S9 shown in FIG. 3, the fuel is basically set in step S3 (target torque). And the required injection amount calculated from the required output (obtained from the engine speed). Here, when the required injection amount is larger than the limit value, the limit value is stopped. In the present embodiment, the limit value of the required injection amount is determined based on the limit value (exhaust oxygen guard value) of the exhaust oxygen concentration for smoke.

  For example, at the time of acceleration, the current intake oxygen concentration (estimated value of actual intake oxygen concentration) can be calculated. An injection amount guard value is obtained by calculating a fuel injection amount in which the exhaust oxygen concentration obtained with respect to the current intake oxygen concentration matches the exhaust oxygen guard value. It is determined whether or not the fuel injection amount calculated from the required output exceeds the calculated injection amount guard value.

  Hereinafter, a specific example of the control method when transitioning from the EGR supply region to the EGR non-supply region will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and the fuel pressure, fuel pressure accelerator opening, engine speed, fuel injection amount, combustion mode, and exhaust oxygen guard. A description will be given based on a graph representing the movement of the exhaust oxygen concentration with respect to the exhaust oxygen guard.

  As shown in FIG. 5, first, in step ST01, the engine speed is read from the engine speed sensor 101. The accelerator opening is read from the accelerator opening sensor 110. Further, the engine water temperature is read from the engine water temperature sensor 108. In addition, each data of this step ST01 is periodically acquired by step S1 in the basic control flow shown in FIG. 3, and those acquired data may be used.

  Next, in step ST02, it is determined whether or not the operating state of the engine 1 is accelerating. If it is not in the acceleration state, the process returns to the original step ST01, and if it is in the acceleration state, the process proceeds to the next step ST03.

  Next, in the present embodiment, whether or not the transition from the EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher to the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate is made in step ST03 is performed in the EGR other than the high load region in the LP-EGR region. It is determined whether or not the region has transitioned to the EGR non-supply region or the high load region of the LP-EGR region. If it has not changed to the operation area | region lower than a predetermined | prescribed EGR rate, it will return to the original step ST01, and if it has changed to the operation area | region lower than a predetermined | prescribed EGR rate, it will progress to the following step ST04.

  Next, in step ST04, the fuel pressure is reduced after a lapse of a predetermined time according to the type of the EGR supply region. According to the graph of the first fuel pressure in FIG. 6, if the transition is made from the EGR supply region to the EGR non-supply region at time A, the fuel pressure decreases with a delay of a predetermined time. FIG. 7 schematically shows how the setting of the predetermined time is changed according to the type of the EGR supply area. Graph a1 represents a predetermined time in the HP / LP-EGR combined region and the LP-EGR region in the EGR supply region, and a graph a2 represents a predetermined time in the HP-EGR region in the EGR supply region. Represents. As can be seen from FIG. 7, the predetermined period (a1) in the low / medium load region of the HP / LP-EGR combined region and the LP-EGR region may be set longer than the predetermined period (a2) of the HP-EGR region. .

  Note that the fuel pressure may be lowered when the estimated value of the actual intake oxygen concentration becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined value instead of the method of executing the change for lowering the fuel pressure after the predetermined time has elapsed. Even if it does in this way, since control which lowers | hangs a fuel pressure is overdue after transfer to the operation area | region with a low EGR rate, the elongation of the torque in the meantime can be maintained.

  Next, the limit value (exhaust oxygen guard) of the exhaust oxygen concentration is gradually increased. In the graph of the seventh exhaust oxygen guard in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the transition from the HP-EGR supply region to the EGR non-supply region occurs at time A. Graph b1 represents the exhaust oxygen guard in the EGR non-supply region, graph b2 represents the exhaust oxygen guard in the HP-EGR supply region, and graph b3 represents the actual exhaust oxygen guard. Therefore, it can be seen that the graph b3 is substantially along the graph b2 until the time A, and the graph b3 is asymptotic to the graph b1 between the time A and the time B when transitioning to the EGR non-supply region. Further, in the graph representing the movement of the exhaust oxygen concentration with respect to the fourth exhaust oxygen guard in FIG. 6, a graph b4 representing the actual exhaust oxygen concentration is separated from the graph b3 representing the actual exhaust oxygen guard after a while from the point A. It can be seen that the value is rising.

  Next, based on the intake oxygen concentration, the injection amount of the fuel that becomes the source of the exhaust oxygen guard that gradually rises is calculated, and the injection amount guard is set. In the graph of the sixth fuel injection amount in FIG. 6, a graph b5 is a guard value (limit value), and a graph b6 is an actual injection amount. The graph b6 of the actual injection amount shows the injection amount guard over the period from the point A before the transition to the EGR non-supply region to the point B when the exhaust oxygen concentration shifts to the exhaust oxygen guard in the EGR non-supply region. This is consistent with the graph b5. FIG. 8 schematically shows how the fuel injection amount guard is reduced as the exhaust oxygen guard value (threshold value) increases. Thereafter, the process returns from this control flow.

  The above is summarized as shown in FIG. That is, during acceleration, when a transition is made from an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than a predetermined EGR rate to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the combustion speed increases due to the increase in the amount of fresh air, and the combustion noise increases. Therefore, by reducing the fuel pressure, mixing of fuel and oxygen is suppressed, and an increase in combustion speed is suppressed, thereby suppressing an increase in combustion noise. However, if the fuel pressure is lowered to suppress the mixing of fuel and oxygen, the fuel will not be atomized and smoke will increase. Therefore, the exhaust oxygen guard is tightened to the lean side to suppress the increase in smoke.

  Moreover, this embodiment may change a combustion mode like the graph showing the 3rd combustion mode of FIG. For example, the multi-stage injection in the EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher may be a combustion mode in which the number of stages of the multi-stage injection is reduced in the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, for example, in an EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher, the fuel injection pattern includes pilot injection, pre-injection (pre-injection), main injection (main injection), and rear Assuming that a four-stage injection pattern consisting of injection (after injection) is adopted, after transition to an operation region lower than a predetermined EGR rate, as shown in FIG. A step injection pattern may be employed.

  If it does in this way, the increase in the combustion sound by pilot injection by multistage injection and pre-injection can be controlled. In addition, the fuel efficiency is improved by reducing the number of injection stages of the multi-stage injection.

  The engine control device according to the present invention can be applied to an application that requires EGR control for transitioning from an EGR supply region having a predetermined EGR rate or higher to an operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate.

1 Engine 30 Intake passage 31 Air cleaner 36 Intake shutter valve 41 Exhaust purification device 42 Silencer 43 Exhaust shutter valve 61 Exhaust turbocharger 61a Compressor 61b Turbine 73 High pressure EGR valve 83 Low pressure EGR valve 101 Engine speed sensor 102 Air flow sensor (fresh air) Quantity sensor)
103 Intake temperature sensor 104 Intake gas temperature sensor 105 Intake pressure sensor 106 Exhaust pressure sensor 107 Exhaust temperature sensor 108 Engine water temperature sensor

Claims (5)

An engine control device that sets an upper limit value for a fuel injection amount so that an exhaust oxygen concentration does not fall below a predetermined threshold while increasing a boost pressure by increasing fuel during acceleration,
When it is determined that an EGR supply region that is greater than or equal to a predetermined EGR rate that recirculates exhaust gas to the intake system during acceleration has shifted to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure is reduced ,
The required injection amount set by at least the required torque based on the accelerator opening is determined based on the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration ,
The exhaust oxygen concentration threshold value has a different threshold value in an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate and an operating region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, and in an operating region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate. The exhaust oxygen concentration threshold value is set higher than the threshold value of the EGR supply region equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate,
The upper limit value of the fuel injection amount is reduced as the exhaust oxygen concentration threshold increases ,
Different fuel pressures are set in the EGR supply region above the predetermined EGR rate and the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate, and the fuel pressure in the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate is the predetermined EGR rate. It is set lower than the fuel pressure in the above EGR supply area,
At the time of transition from an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure is decreased after a predetermined period has elapsed,
When the fuel pressure decreases , the engine gradually increases from the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration in the EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate toward the threshold value in the operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate. Control device. The engine control device according to claim 1 ,
The EGR supply region includes a high pressure EGR region that uses exhaust having a relatively high pressure, a low pressure EGR region that uses exhaust having a relatively low pressure, and a high pressure / low pressure EGR combined region that uses the high pressure EGR region and the low pressure EGR region together. Of these, the high pressure EGR region, the high pressure / low pressure EGR combined region, and the low and medium load region of the low pressure EGR region,
The high pressure / the predetermined time period in the low-pressure EGR combination area and the low-pressure EGR region, the engine control apparatus characterized by setting longer than the high-pressure EGR region. An engine control device that sets an upper limit value for a fuel injection amount so that an exhaust oxygen concentration does not fall below a predetermined threshold while increasing a boost pressure by increasing fuel during acceleration,
When it is determined that an EGR supply region that is greater than or equal to a predetermined EGR rate that recirculates exhaust gas to the intake system during acceleration has shifted to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure is reduced,
The required injection amount set by at least the required torque based on the accelerator opening is determined based on the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration ,
The exhaust oxygen concentration threshold value has a different threshold value in an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate and an operating region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, and in an operating region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate. The exhaust oxygen concentration threshold value is set higher than the threshold value of the EGR supply region equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate,
The upper limit value of the fuel injection amount is reduced as the exhaust oxygen concentration threshold increases ,
Different fuel pressures are set in the EGR supply region above the predetermined EGR rate and the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate, and the fuel pressure in the operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate is the predetermined EGR rate. It is set lower than the fuel pressure in the above EGR supply area,
At the time of transition from an EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate to an operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate, the fuel pressure is reduced when the intake oxygen concentration becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value,
When the fuel pressure decreases, the engine gradually increases from the threshold value of the exhaust oxygen concentration in the EGR supply region that is equal to or higher than the predetermined EGR rate toward the threshold value in the operation region that is lower than the predetermined EGR rate. Control device. The engine control device according to claim 3,
The EGR supply region includes a high pressure EGR region that uses exhaust having a relatively high pressure, a low pressure EGR region that uses exhaust having a relatively low pressure, and a high pressure / low pressure EGR combined region that uses the high pressure EGR region and the low pressure EGR region together. Of these, the high pressure EGR region, the high pressure / low pressure EGR combined region, and the low and medium load region of the low pressure EGR region,
An engine control apparatus characterized in that a predetermined period in the high-pressure / low-pressure EGR combined region and the low-pressure EGR region is set longer than the high-pressure EGR region. The engine control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
An engine control device that switches an injection pattern in an engine combustion mode to an injection pattern with a smaller number of injections when shifting from the EGR supply region to an operation region lower than the predetermined EGR rate.

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