KR20160115364A - Device and method for checking urea of SCR system - Google Patents

Device and method for checking urea of SCR system Download PDF

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KR20160115364A
KR20160115364A KR1020150042906A KR20150042906A KR20160115364A KR 20160115364 A KR20160115364 A KR 20160115364A KR 1020150042906 A KR1020150042906 A KR 1020150042906A KR 20150042906 A KR20150042906 A KR 20150042906A KR 20160115364 A KR20160115364 A KR 20160115364A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a device and a method for checking urea of an SCR system and, more specifically, to a device and a method for checking urea of an SCR system, which can give a warning for checking urea to a driver by restricting output of an engine through control of a fuel pump at the time of depletion or failure of urea in SCR vehicles. The device for checking urea of an SCR system according to the present invention comprises: a urea sensor for detecting depletion of urea or filling of defective urea in a urea tank; an engine ECU for controlling a fuel supply requirement for an engine; a fuel pump controller for controlling pressure of the fuel pump based on a urea detection signal of the urea sensor and a fuel supply requirement signal of the engine ECU; and the fuel pump for varying pressure of fuel flowing to the engine from a fuel tank according to a fuel pump pressure control signal of the fuel pump controller.

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[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for checking the number of elements of an SCR system,

The present invention relates to a warning device and method for checking the number of components of an SCR system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for checking the number of components of an SCR system by limiting the output of the engine using SCR- To an alarm device and method for checking the number of elements of an SCR system so that an operator warning can be made.

Considering the fact that the exhaust gas discharged from the diesel engine contains nitrogen oxide (hereinafter referred to as NOx) which causes serious air pollution, a catalytic reduction method for removing NOx is used.

To this end, a Diesel Particulate Filter (DOC) or a Diesel Particulate Filter (DOC), which is a kind of exhaust gas post-treatment device for physically collecting and burning PM (particulate matter) A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst is continuously installed to remove the catalyst effectively.

In the SCR system, which is a kind of exhaust gas post-treatment apparatus using the SCR catalyst, the urea injected into the exhaust pipe is pyrolyzed by the heat in the exhaust pipe or contacted with the SCR catalyst and is decomposed to decompose one molecule element into ammonia of two molecules, Ammonia is used for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reaction with nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas, thereby releasing harmless nitrogen and water, which are the products of the reaction, to the outside.

More specifically, the SCR system is a system capable of effectively reducing NOx by injecting urea water (UREA), which is a kind of reducing agent, into an SCR catalyst. As shown in FIG. 1, the number of urea in the urea water tank 1 is pumped The urea dosing unit 3 is fed into the urea dosing module 3 which is a kind of injector mounted at the inlet of the SCR catalyst 4 by the pumping operation of the module 2, NOx is reduced by spraying water.

The SCR system is a useful system for reducing NOx in the exhaust gas in response to the strengthening of the diesel emission regulations, but when the urea water in the urea water tank is depleted or the number of defective urea water is filled, the SCR system does not function, Nox in the gas can not be sufficiently removed and discharged into the atmosphere, which can lead to environmental pollution and dissatisfaction with laws.

On the other hand, the related regulations include regulations that make it impossible to drive the vehicle when there is a problem in the vehicle itself due to lack of urea or diagnosis of badness. In order to satisfy such regulations, The SCR element number warning system is applied to measure the number of urea elements and the components by applying a water sensor, and to determine whether the number of elements is exhausted or not based on the measured data.

However, most vehicles applying conventional SCR factor number warning systems rely heavily on visual warnings.

That is, as the number of elements in the urea water tank becomes depleted, only visual warnings (for example, white → yellow → red) are made through the cluster.

This visual warning through the cluster is highly likely to be ignored by the driver and is also only visually warranted. If the number of elements is exhausted or the number of bad elements is detected, For example, during driving, the driver must feel quite uncomfortable, and inevitably will have a great dissatisfaction with the SCR factor warning system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel pump control system, The present invention also provides an alarm device and method for checking the number of elements of an SCR system in which an element number warning to a driver can be sequentially and clearly performed by limiting the output of the engine in stages.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for detecting an urea water, comprising: a urea water sensor for detecting that the urea water in the urea water tank is depleted or filled with a defective urea water; An engine ECU for controlling a fuel supply required amount for the engine; A fuel pump controller for controlling a fuel pump pressure based on a urea water sensing signal of the urea water sensing sensor and a fuel supply required amount signal of the engine ECU; A fuel pump for varying the fuel pressure from the fuel tank to the engine in accordance with the fuel pump pressure control signal of the fuel pump controller; And a warning unit for checking the number of elements of the SCR system.

Preferably, in the warning device of the present invention, the fuel pump controller determines whether the number of elements and the number of elements are defective based on the elliptic element sensing signal, and outputs a warning lamp and a warning message when the number of elements is less than or equal to the specified amount Cluster. ≪ / RTI >

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of detecting a residual amount of urea in a urea water tank, Ii) if the number of urea is less than or equal to the specified amount, controlling the fuel pump pressure downward to limit the engine output stepwise; And a warning method for checking the number of elements of the SCR system.

Preferably, in the step (ii), the fuel pump pressure is controlled so as to be lowered to a level at which the engine maximum output is limited at a moment when the urea water falls below a specified amount.

Further, in the step (ii), if the urea water is continuously reduced after the fuel quantity falls below a predetermined amount, the fuel pump pressure is controlled to be lowered in proportion to the level at which the engine output gradually decreases from the maximum output.

When the number of urea is depleted or it is determined to be defective in the step (ii), the fuel pump pressure is controlled to be downwardly controlled so that the engine output becomes a minimum output level required for traveling.

Preferably, the warning method of the present invention further comprises a step of outputting a warning light and a warning message through the cluster when the number of elements is less than or equal to the specified amount.

Through the above-mentioned means for solving the problems, the present invention provides the following effects.

First, when the number of urea is exhausted or filled with a defective urea water, the engine output is stepwise restricted by using the fuel pump control, leaving the step of immediately stopping the vehicle running, so that the urea number warning to the driver is sequentially Can be clearly made, and can lead to re-entrant element count.

Secondly, by limiting the engine output step by step, it is possible to secure the driving distance to the position for the re-insertion of the element number, so that the driver can smoothly carry out re-insertion of the element number.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of an SCR system,
2 is a diagram showing a warning device for checking the number of elements of an SCR system according to the present invention;
3 is a flowchart showing a warning method for checking the number of elements of the SCR system according to the present invention,
4 is a graph showing the operation principle of the warning method for checking the number of elements of the SCR system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 showing a warning device for checking the number of elements of an SCR system according to the present invention, the SCR system comprises a urea water tank 1, a pumping module (not shown) for pumping urea water in the urea water tank 1 2 and a urea dosing module 3 which is a kind of injector mounted at the inlet of the SCR catalyst 4 and the number of pumped components in the pumping module 2 is supplied to the urea dosing unit 3 Is injected into the SCR catalyst 4 to reduce NOx.

Here, the urea water detecting sensor 10 for detecting that the urea water is depleted or filled with the defective urea water is installed in the urea water tank 1, and the urea water sensing signal 10 sensed by the urea water sensing sensor 10 Is sent to the fuel pump controller (20).

At this time, the reason why the urea water sensing signal of the urea water sensing sensor 10 is transmitted to the fuel pump controller 20 is that the fuel pump controller 20 determines the number of urea water levels and whether or not it is defective based on the urea water sensing signal So that it can be used as information.

The engine ECU 12 is connected to the fuel pump controller 20 so as to be capable of signal transmission so that the amount of fuel supply required for the current engine from the engine ECU 12 is transmitted to the fuel pump controller 20. [

At this time, the reason why the fuel supply amount required by the engine ECU 12 is transmitted to the fuel pump controller 20 is that the pressure of the fuel pump for determining the engine supply fuel amount is determined according to the remaining amount of the urea water and the defective number of urea So that the information can be used as information for changing.

Therefore, the fuel pump controller 20 determines whether or not the number of urea remaining amounts and the number of urea units are defective based on the urea water detection signal of the urea water detection sensor 10. If the urea water number is less than or equal to the specified amount, The fuel pressure of the fuel pump 22 is controlled to be lowered so that the amount of fuel less than the supplied fuel amount is supplied to the engine based on the supplied fuel amount information.

That is, the fuel pressure (pumping pressure) of the fuel pump 22 is adjusted downward in accordance with the fuel pump pressure control signal of the fuel pump controller 20, so that if the urea number is less than or equal to the specified amount, do.

On the other hand, a cluster 24 is connected to the output end of the fuel pump controller 20, and if the number of urea is less than or equal to the specified amount in the fuel pump controller 20, a warning lamp and a warning message of the cluster 24 are outputted .

Hereinafter, a warning method for checking the number of elements of the SCR system based on the above configuration will be described in more detail.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a warning method for checking the number of elements of an SCR system according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating an operation principle of a warning method for checking the number of elements of an SCR system according to the present invention.

The warning method for checking the number of elements of the SCR system according to the present invention detects whether the number of urea water in the urea water tank and the number of urea water are defective or not, There is a point in limiting the output step by step.

To this end, the present urea remaining amount information and urea number defect information are transmitted to the fuel pump controller 20 from the urea water sensor 10 mounted in the urea water tank 1 during running of the vehicle, The fuel supply required amount for the present engine is transmitted from the ECU 12 to the fuel pump controller 20. [

Then, the fuel pump controller 20 checks the current number of urea remaining amount information transmitted from the urea water detecting sensor 10 at intervals of a predetermined time (about 1 minute) Fuel pumping pressure) to lower the engine output step by step.

That is, when it is determined in the fuel pump controller 20 that the remaining number of urea water drops to a specified amount or less (for example, the remaining amount of urea water is 5% or less), control is performed to turn on a warning message At the same time, the fuel pressure of the fuel pump is regulated down to a level at which the engine maximum output is limited.

Accordingly, the driver recognizes the visual warning of the cluster, and at the same time, he feels the inconvenience of the acceleration force when the vehicle is running due to the restriction of the maximum engine output, so that it becomes clear that the remaining number of urea is insufficient.

When the number of urea drops below a specified amount and then decreases continuously, the fuel pump controller 20 gradually controls the pressure of the fuel pump 22 to be gradually lowered in proportion to the level gradually lowered from the engine maximum output, By further decreasing the maximum acceleration region, the driver continuously feels the inconvenience to the acceleration force when the vehicle is running. Therefore, it becomes possible to continuously recognize that the remaining number of urea is insufficient.

When the number of urea drops below the specified amount and falls below the constant specified amount, the pressure of the fuel pump is down-regulated on the basis of the current fuel supply required amount received by the engine ECU 12, The driver is allowed to perceive the visual warning of the cluster and feel the inconvenience of the accelerating force when the vehicle is running. Therefore, It becomes possible to clearly recognize that the remaining number of elements is insufficient.

Referring to FIG. 3 (b), when the number of ellipses is insufficient, the amount of fuel supplied to the engine from the fuel pump is limited to some extent to generate an engine output incapable region, So that the driver feels a drop in the engine output. As a result, the fuel supply restriction is gradually increased, so that the driver can not ignore the urea supplement warning.

On the other hand, when it is judged that the urea water is depleted in the fuel pump controller 20 or if it is judged that the urea water number is defective, the fuel pump controller 20 judges that the pressure of the fuel pump 22 is lower than the minimum output level So that the urea water re-injection induction step is performed.

If the urea number is determined to be exhausted or is defective and the urea water re-injection induction step is executed, the urea water re-injection message is again outputted through the cluster, and the fuel supply operation duty of the fuel pump decreases with time do.

3 (c), the fuel pump 22 controls the fuel pump 22 under the control of the fuel pump controller 20 when the number of urea exhausts or the number of urea defects is filled, so as to minimize the amount of fuel supplied to the engine. If the fuel supply injection operation duty is reduced to the extent that it is impossible to drive, and if the urea water addition can not be continued, the fuel supply injection operation duty is further reduced, thereby inducing the urea water re-injection by the driver.

In this way, when the urea depletion or urea deficiency is filled, the fuel supply amount injection duty of the fuel pump can be controlled to allow the vehicle to travel to the safety position for injecting urea water, so that the operator can smoothly carry out urea injection .

10: Element count sensor
12: Engine ECU
20: Fuel pump controller
22: Fuel pump

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A urea water sensor for sensing that the number of urea water in the urea water tank is exhausted or filled with defective urea water;
An engine ECU for controlling a fuel supply required amount for the engine;
A fuel pump controller for controlling a fuel pump pressure based on a urea water sensing signal of the urea water sensing sensor and a fuel supply required amount signal of the engine ECU;
A fuel pump for down-converting the fuel pressure directed from the fuel tank to the engine in accordance with the fuel pump pressure control signal of the fuel pump controller;
And a warning device for checking the number of elements of the SCR system.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a cluster for judging whether or not the number of urea units and the number of urea units are defective based on the urea water sensing signal in the fuel pump controller and outputting warning lamps and warning messages when the number of urea units is less than or equal to a specified amount, Warning device for checking the number of elements in the system.
I) detecting whether the number of urea water remaining in the urea water tank and the number of urea water are defective;
Ii) if the urea number is less than or equal to the specified amount, controlling the fuel pump pressure downward to limit the engine output stepwise;
And a warning unit for checking the number of elements of the SCR system.
The method of claim 3,
In the step ii)
And the fuel pump pressure is controlled to be lowered to a level at which the engine maximum output is limited when the number of urea drops below a specified amount.
The method of claim 3,
In the step ii)
Wherein the fuel pump pressure is controlled to be downwardly proportional to the level at which the engine output is gradually lowered from the maximum output when the number of urea drops below a specified amount and then continues to decrease.
The method of claim 3,
In the step ii)
And the fuel pump pressure is downwardly controlled so that the engine output is at a minimum power level required for running, when the number of elements is depleted or determined to be defective.
The method of claim 3,
If the number of elements is equal to or less than a predetermined value, a warning message through the cluster is turned on;
If the number of elements is depleted or determined to be bad, outputting a number-of-elements re-injection message through the cluster;
Further comprising the steps of: detecting the number of elements of the SCR system;
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