WO2013090258A1 - Diesel emission fluid quality detection system and method - Google Patents
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- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a reductant quality detection system in an after-treatment system according to an embodiment herein;
- FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of a method of detecting reductant quality according to an embodiment herein.
- a virtual sensor may refer to a mathematical algorithm or model that produces output measures comparable to a physical sensor based on inputs from other systems.
- a physical NO x sensor may measure the level of ⁇ present in the exhaust stream of the engine 102 and provide values of the ⁇ level to other components, such a controller 210; while a virtual ⁇ sensor may provide calculated values of the ⁇ level to a controller 210 based on other measured or calculated parameters, such as such as compression ratios, turbocharger efficiency, after cooler characteristics, temperature values, pressure values, ambient conditions, fuel rates, and engine speeds, etc.
- the term “virtual sensor” may be used interchangeably with “virtual sensor model.”
- a virtual sensor process model may include any appropriate type of mathematical or physical model indicating interrelationships between input parameters and output parameters.
- the virtual sensor process model may be a neural network based mathematical model that is trained to capture interrelationships between input parameters and output parameters.
- Other types of mathematic models such as fuzzy logic models, linear system models, and/or non- linear system models, etc., may also be used.
- Virtual sensor process model may be trained and validated using data records collected from a particular engine application for which virtual sensor process model is established. That is, the virtual sensor process model may be established according to particular rules corresponding to a particular type of model using the data records, and the interrelationships of virtual sensor process model may be verified by using part of the data records.
- virtual sensor process model may be optimized to define a desired input space of input parameters and/or a desired distribution of output parameters.
- the validated or optimized virtual sensor process model may be used to produce corresponding values of output parameters when provided with a set of values of input parameters.
- the controller 210 may also resolve unfit conditions resulting from unwanted interdependencies between active virtual sensor models by deactivating one or more models of lower priority than those remaining active virtual sensor models.
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Abstract
An exhaust treatment system (200) is provided including: a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit (108); a reducing agent dispensing unit (108) configured to introduce a reducing agent into the exhaust; a first nox sensor (202) upstream of the scr unit (108); a second nox sensor (206) at a location downstream of the scr unit (108); a first temperature sensor (204) at a location upstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust; a second temperature sensor (208) at a location downstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust and upstream of the scr unit (108); and a controller (210) configured to determine a reductant quality (300) indicator according to a ΝΟχ differential between the first nox sensor (202) and the second nox sensor (206) relative to a predicted ΝΟχ differential and a temperature differential between the first temperature sensor (204) and the second temperature sensor (208) relative to a predicted temperature differential.
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Description
DIESEL EMISSION FLUID QUALITY DETECTION SYSTEM AND
METHOD
Technical Field
Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a diesel emission fluid quality detection system and method.
Background
Increasingly stringent government standards associated with combustion engine emissions have increased the burden on manufacturers to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides (ΝΟχ) and particulates that may be enitted from their developed engines. Along with this burden is the manufacturer's commitment to its customers to produce fuel efficient engines.
One known type of ΝΟχ reduction technique is selective catalytic reduction (SCR). This technique of reducing ΝΟχ in a combustion engine generally includes the use of reductants, such as ammonia, aqueous urea, and other compounds, in conjunction with an appropriate catalyst material.
In a conventional open loop control urea based SCR system, a urea pump may provide a pressurized supply of urea to an atomizer or injector, which then injects the a urea solution into the exhaust stream of a combustion engine. An SCR controller may control the rate of urea that is being applied to the atomizer. Within the exhaust stream, the urea solution may decompose into ammonia (NH3) and water vapor above certain temperatures, such as 160 degrees C. When the exhaust gas mixture is passed over an SCR catalyst, the ΝΟχ and NH3 molecules react with the catalyst and generally produce diatomic nitrogen (N2) and water (H20.
The ability of an SCR catalyst to reduce ΝΟχ depends upon many factors, such as catalyst formulation, the size of the catalyst, exhaust gas temperature, and urea dosing rate. With regard to the dosing rate, the NOx
reduction efficiency tends to increase linearly until the dosing rate reaches a certain limit. Above the limit, the efficiency of the ΝΟχ reduction may start to increase at a slower rate. One reason for the decline in the ΝΟχ reduction efficiency is than the ammonia may be supplied at a faster rate than the ΝΟχ reduction process can consume. The excess ammonia, known as ammonia slip, may be expelled from the SCR catalyst.
In order for an optimal ΝΟχ reduction to take place, the integrity of the reductant (e.g., urea) must be maintained. For instance, if the reductant is diluted (e.g., in water) or overly concentrated, an ideal reaction in the SCR system will not occur. Thus, to promote an optimal reaction, it is beneficial to ensure the quality of the reductant.
Physical sensors are widely used in many products to measure and monitor physical phenomena, such as temperature, speed, and emissions from motor vehicles. Physical sensors often take direct measurements of the physical phenomena and convert these measurements into measurement data to be further processed by control systems. For example U.S. Pat. No. 7216478 describes a method of monitoring a dosing system.
Although physical sensors take direct measurements of the physical phenomena, physical sensors and their associated hardware are often costly and, sometimes, unreliable. For instance, directly measuring the quality of a reductant, such as urea, with physical sensors in a field environment is difficult and may be unreliable.
Instead of direct measurements, virtual sensors have been developed to process other various physically measured values and to produce values that were previously measured directly by physical sensors. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,386,373 (the '373 patent) issued to Keeler et al. on 31 January 1995, discloses a virtual continuous emission monitoring system with sensor validation. The '373 patent uses a back propagation-to-activation model and a Monte Carlo search technique to establish and optimize a computational model used for the virtual sensing system to derive sensing parameters from other measured parameters.
Summary
According to aspects disclosed herein, a system and method are provided to detect the quality of a reductant according to sensor differentials.
According to an aspect of an embodiment herein, an exhaust treatment system for treating a flow of exhaust produced by an engine is disclosed. The exhaust treatment system for treating a flow of exhaust produced by an engine includes: a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit; a reducing agent dispensing unit configured to introduce a reducing agent into the exhaust; a first ΝΟχ sensor configured to indicate a ΝΟχ emission level of the exhaust at a location upstream of the SCR unit; a second ΝΟχ sensor configured to indicate a ΝΟχ emission level of the exhaust at a location downstream of the SCR unit; a first temperature sensor configured to indicate a temperature of the exhaust at a location upstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust; a second temperature sensor configured to indicate a temperature of the exhaust at a location downstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust and upstream of the SCR unit; and a controller configured to electronically communicate with the first ΝΟχ sensor, the second ΝΟχ sensor, the first temperature sensor, and the second temperature sensor, and to determine a reductant quality indicator according to a ΝΟχ differential between the first ΝΟχ sensor and the second NOx sensor relative to a predicted NOx differential and a temperature differential between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor relative to a predicted temperature differential.
According to an aspect of an embodiment herein, method for detecting a reducing agent quality is disclosed. The method for detecting a reducing agent quality includes: obtaining a first ΝΟχ value indicating a ΝΟχ level for an engine exhaust upstream of a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit; obtaining a second ΝΟχ value indicating a ΝΟχ emission level for the engine exhaust downstream of the SCR unit; obtaining a first temperature value indicating a temperature for the engine exhaust upstream of an introduction of a reducing agent; obtaining a second temperature value indicating a temperature for the engine exhaust downstream of the introduction of the reducing agent and
upstream of the SCR unit; and computing a reductant quality indicator according to a ΝΟχ differential between the first ΝΟχ value and the second ΝΟχ value relative to a predicted ΝΟχ differential and a temperature differential between the first temperature value and the second temperature value relative to a predicted temperature differential.
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FIGURE 1 illustrates an exemplary machine according to a embodiment described herein;
FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a reductant quality detection system in an after-treatment system according to an embodiment herein;
FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of a method of detecting reductant quality according to an embodiment herein.
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Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are presented herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. Herein, like numerals designate like parts throughout.
FIGURE 1 illustrates an exemplary machine 100 according to a embodiment described herein. The machine 100 may refer to any type of stationary or mobile machine that performs some type of operation associated with a particular industry. The machine 100 may also include any type of commercial vehicle, such as cars, trucks, vans, boats, ships, and other vehicles or machines, such as power generators and stationary gas compressors.
FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a reductant quality detection system in an after-treatment system according to an embodiment herein. According to FIGURES 1 and 2, a machine 100 may include an exhaust treatment system 200. The exhaust treatment system 200 may include: an engine 102, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit 108, a reductant system 106 (e.g., a urea reservoir/tank, a pump, and injection components), and sensor network
The engine 102 generates an exhaust stream that is transmitted to the SCR unit 108. Before reaching the SCR the exhaust may be optionally routed through one or more after treatment elements, e.g., a diesel particulate filter (DPF) configured to reduce the amount of particulates in the exhaust. By passing the exhaust through a DPF, prior to the SCR unit 108, particulates in the exhaust may be removed. Removing particulates from exhaust prior to use of a physical ΝΟχ sensor may increase the operational life of the sensor.
The reductant system 106 is for holding and injecting a reductant, such as urea, ammonia, or any other reductant according to the specific SCR system.
According to an embodiment herein, the reductant system 106 is configured to supply a urea reductant to the SCR unit 108 for reducing the exhaust ΝΟχ. For instance, the urea from the reductant system 106 may be combined with the exhaust from the engine 102 upstream of the SCR unit 108 in order to mix with the exhaust prior to entering the SCR unit 108.
The SCR unit 108 receives the exhaust from the engine 102, and receives a reducing agent (also referred to as reductant) from the reductant system 106. The SCR unit 108 and reductant unit 106 are configured to reduce the ΝΟχ emission of the engine exhaust by using SCR unit 108.
The sensor network 104 may include a first ΝΟχ sensor 202 for indicating a NOx level of the exhaust prior to the SCR unit 108; a second NOx sensor 206 for indicating a ΝΟχ level of the exhaust after the SCR unit 108; a first temperature sensor 204 for indicating a temperature (e.g., a pre-urea injection temperature) of the exhaust prior to the SCR unit 108; a second temperature sensor 208 for indicating a temperature (e.g., a post-urea injection temperature) of the exhaust prior to the SCR unit 108, but after the reducing agent has mixed with the exhaust from the engine 102; and a controller 210 configured to electronically communicate with the first ΝΟχ sensor 202, the second NOx sensor 206, the first temperature sensor 204, and the second temperature sensor 208, and to determine a quality indicator according to the differential between the first ΝΟχ sensor 202 and the second ΝΟχ sensor 206 and
between the first temperature sensor 204 and the second temperature sensor 208. Sensors 202-208 are electronically coupled to controller 210 and may be physical or virtual sensors.
The controller 210 is configured to send or receive information to or from the sensors (202-208), and may be configured to send or receive information to or from other additional sensors. For instance the controller 210 may receive information from physical sensors (e.g., exhaust and/or reductant flow rate sensors, NOx sensors, engine sensors, ambient condition sensors, etc.), or may generate or utilize preconfigured virtual sensors (e.g., a virtual ΝΟχ sensor, a virtual urea sensor, etc.) at various points in the system.
The controller 210 may be a processing system that monitors and controls operation of the machine 100. Controller 210 may be configured to collect information from various sensors operating within the machine 100 and to provide control signals that affect the operations of devices within the machine 100. In one embodiment of the present invention, the controller 210 may be part of an engine control module (ECM) that monitors and controls the operation of an engine 102 associated with machine 100. For example, the controller 210 may be a module programmed or hardwired within an ECM that performs functions dedicated to certain embodiments described herein. For example, the controller 210 may be implemented in software that is stored as instructions and data within a memory device of an ECM and is executed by a processor operating within the ECM. Alternatively, the controller 210 may be a module that is separate from other components of the system, and may be in electronic communication with other components of the system.
Controller 210 may include a processor, memory, and an interface.
The processor may be a processing device, such as a microcontroller, that may exchange data with the memory and interface to perform certain processes consistent with features described herein. One skilled in the art would recognize that the controller 210 may include a plurality of processors that may operate collectively to perform functions consistent with certain embodiments presented herein.
The controller may also be configured to interact with a plurality of sensors in addition to those shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. These sensors may include a combination of one or more physical and/or virtual sensors. For example, the sensors may include one or more physical sensors provided for measuring certain parameters of machine operating environment, such as physical sensors for measuring emissions of machine 100, such as Nitrogen Oxides (ΝΟχ), Sulfur Dioxide (S02), Carbon Monoxide (CO), total reduced Sulfur (TRS), etc. Physical sensors may include any appropriate sensors that are used with engine 102 or other machine components to provide various measured parameters about engine 102 or other components, such as temperature, speed, acceleration rate, fuel pressure, power output, etc.
According to one embodiment, NOx sensor 202 is a physical sensor which may be used by the controller 210 to predict a ΝΟχ emission value. The sensor 202 may be a single sensor or may reflect a combination of sensors for detecting parameters such as ambient humidity, manifold pressure, manifold temperature, fuel rate, and engine speed associated with the engine. Additionally, a first ΝΟχ sensor 202 may be a physical NOx sensor located upstream of the SCR unit 108 or may be a virtual ΝΟχ sensor generated by the controller 210 based on variables such as those provided by the other sensors. A second ΝΟχ sensor 206 may be a physical ΝΟχ sensor located downstream of the SCR unit 108 or may be a virtual ΝΟχ sensor generated by the controller 210 based on variables such as those provided by the other sensors.
The controller 210 may register variables such as temperature or time -of-last- fill of the reductant system 106 to help determine a cause of the deviation from the anticipated ΝΟχ values. One or both of the first and second ΝΟχ sensors 204, 206 may be a virtual sensor.
Furthermore, during a steady state operation of the engine, the temperature sensor measurement may vary according to the diesel emission fluid (DEF) injection amount. Therefore, by comparing the differential between the first temperature sensor 204 and the second temperature sensor 208 to a predicted value, the quality of the DEF fluid and/or the presence of significant deposits in
the system may be determined. For instance, a significant deviation from the predicted temperature differential is indicative that a non-standard DEF fluid (e.g., diluted DEF fluid, diesel, or water, etc.) is being used or that high levels of urea deposits have formed in the system.
The controller 210 may be further configured to generate a signal when the quality index of the reducing agent indicated by the controller 210 is not within a tolerance level (e.g., a predefined tolerance level). For example, the controller 210 may be configured to trigger a warning light or adjust the flow rate of the reductant. For instance, if the NOx reduction is less than expected, the controller 210 may generate a signal to increase the amount of reductant to send to the SCR unit 108.
If the temperature drop is low and the NOx reduction is also low, the controller 210 may generate a signal indicating that a clogged injector is likely or that deposits are being formed. And if there is no temperature drop and no NOx reduction then the controller 210 may generate a signal indicating that injector failure is likely.
Additionally, if the temperature differential is zero or and/or slightly increasing and there is a moderate, but less than anticipated NOx reduction, than the controller 210 may generate a signal indicating that the DEF tank may be filled with diesel fluid or another fluid (e.g., a non-urea fluid).
Additionally, the exhaust treatment system 200, the first ΝΟχ sensor 202 may further indicates a ΝΟχ level for the engine exhaust after treatment by a filter. The filter may be a diesel particulate filter (DPF).
FIGURE 3 is a block diagram of a method of detecting reductant quality according to an embodiment herein. According to FIGURE 3, a method for detecting a reducing agent (e.g., urea or urea mixture) quality 300 includes an obtaining a pre-injection (e.g., pre-urea injection) temperature step 302, an obtaining a pre-SCR ΝΟχ value step 304, an obtaining a post-injection (e.g., post-urea injection) temperature step 306, an obtaining a post-SCR NOx value step 308, a computing a change in temperature step 310, a computing a change in ΝΟχ step 312, an evaluating change in temperature and ΝΟχ step 314, a
computing the reductant quality step 316 (also referred to as a predicting DEF status step 316). Optionally, the method 300 may also include a generating a warning step 318. The warning step 318 may further include, but is not limited to, triggering a warning light or adjusting the flow rate of the reductant. For instance, if the NOx reduction is less than expected, the controller may generate a signal to increase the amount of reductant to send to the SCR unit 108.
During the evaluating change in temperature and ΝΟχ step 314, a differential between the pre-SCR NOx value obtained in step 304 and the post- SCR ΝΟχ obtained in step 308 is compared against a predicted ΝΟχ differential. Additionally, during step 314 a differential between the pre-injection temperature value obtained in step 302 and the post-injection temperature value obtained in step 306 is compared against a predicted temperature differential.
The obtaining a pre-SCR ΝΟχ value step 304 includes determining the first ΝΟχ value according to a first ΝΟχ sensor indicating a ΝΟχ level for engine exhaust prior to treatment by the SCR unit 108. The obtaining a second NOx value (a post-SCR NOx value) step 308 includes determining a value according to a second NOx sensor indicating a NOx level for engine exhaust after treatment by the SCR unit 108.
The computing the reductant quality step 316 includes generating a quality indicator signal, and may also include generating a virtual urea quality sensor according to the NOx and temperature values.
According to an embodiment herein, the first ΝΟχ sensor 202 may further indicate a ΝΟχ level for the engine exhaust after treatment by a filter. Additionally, the method (300) for detecting a reducing agent quality 300 may further include generating a signal when the reductant quality indicator indicated is not within a tolerance range.
The controller 210 may be configured to generate a first signal indicating that the reducing agent low has a low urea concentration when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is approximate to the predicted temperature differential; generate a second signal indicating likely clogged injector when the ΝΟχ differential is
lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is lower than the predicted temperature differential; generate a third signal indicating likely injection failure when the ΝΟχ differential is approximately zero and the temperature differential is approximately zero; and generate a fourth signal indicating that the reducing agent is likely diesel when the ΝΟχ differential is moderately lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is higher than the predicted temperature differential (e.g., the increase in temperature between the first and second temperature sensors is greater than the expected change in temperature.)
A virtual sensor network (also referred to as a virtual sensor network system), as used herein, may refer to a collection of virtual sensors integrated and working together using certain control algorithms such that the collection of virtual sensors may provide more desired or more reliable sensor output parameters than discrete individual virtual sensors. A virtual sensor network system may include a plurality of virtual sensors configured or established according to certain criteria based on a particular application. Additional sensors may provide information about the ambient environmental conditions, such as humidity, air temperature, and elevation.
A virtual sensor, as used herein, may refer to a mathematical algorithm or model that produces output measures comparable to a physical sensor based on inputs from other systems. For example, a physical NOx sensor may measure the level of ΝΟχ present in the exhaust stream of the engine 102 and provide values of the ΝΟχ level to other components, such a controller 210; while a virtual ΝΟχ sensor may provide calculated values of the ΝΟχ level to a controller 210 based on other measured or calculated parameters, such as such as compression ratios, turbocharger efficiency, after cooler characteristics, temperature values, pressure values, ambient conditions, fuel rates, and engine speeds, etc. The term "virtual sensor" may be used interchangeably with "virtual sensor model."
The virtual sensor network system may also facilitate or control operations of the virtual sensors. The virtual sensors may include any appropriate
virtual sensor providing sensor output parameters corresponding to one or more physical sensors in machine 100.
Further, the virtual sensor network system may be configured as a separate control system or, alternatively, may coincide with other control systems such as an ECM. The virtual sensor network system may also operate in series with or in parallel to an ECM. Virtual sensor network system and/or ECM may be implemented by any appropriate computer system. Thus, the virtual sensor network system may be implemented on the controller 210, or e.g., may be implemenedt elsewhere and communications therewith may be relayed through the controller 210. Additionally, a computer system may also be configured to design, train, and validate virtual sensors in virtual sensor network and other components of machine 100.
A virtual sensor process model may be established to build interrelationships between physical and virtual sensors. After the virtual sensor process model is established, values of input parameters may be provided to the virtual sensor process model (e.g., the controller 210) to generate values of output parameters based on the given values of input parameters and the interrelationships between input parameters and output parameters established by the virtual sensor process model.
In certain embodiments, the virtual sensor system may include a
ΝΟχ virtual sensor to provide levels of NOx emitted from an engine 102, and a virtual reductant sensor to provide a quality level (or quality index) of the reductant stored in the reductant system 106 and transmitted to the SCR unit 108. Input parameters may include any appropriate type of data associated with ΝΟχ levels. For example, input parameters may include parameters that control operations of various response characteristics of engine 102 and/or parameters that are associated with conditions corresponding to the operations of engine 102. For instance, input parameters may include fuel injection timing, compression ratios, turbocharger efficiency, after cooler characteristics, temperature values (e.g., intake manifold temperature), pressure values (e.g., intake manifold pressure), ambient conditions (e.g., ambient humidity), fuel rates, and engine
speeds, etc. Other parameters, however, may also be included. For example, parameters originated from other vehicle systems, such as chosen transmission gear, axle ratio, elevation and/or inclination of the vehicle, etc., may also be included. Further, input parameters may be measured by certain physical sensors, or created by other control systems such as an ECM.
A virtual sensor process model may include any appropriate type of mathematical or physical model indicating interrelationships between input parameters and output parameters. For example, the virtual sensor process model may be a neural network based mathematical model that is trained to capture interrelationships between input parameters and output parameters. Other types of mathematic models, such as fuzzy logic models, linear system models, and/or non- linear system models, etc., may also be used. Virtual sensor process model may be trained and validated using data records collected from a particular engine application for which virtual sensor process model is established. That is, the virtual sensor process model may be established according to particular rules corresponding to a particular type of model using the data records, and the interrelationships of virtual sensor process model may be verified by using part of the data records.
After the virtual sensor process model is trained and validated, virtual sensor process model may be optimized to define a desired input space of input parameters and/or a desired distribution of output parameters. The validated or optimized virtual sensor process model may be used to produce corresponding values of output parameters when provided with a set of values of input parameters.
Thus, a controller 210 may be configured to generate or to utilize a preconfigured virtual sensor model to determine predicted ΝΟχ values based on a model reflecting a predetermined relationship between control parameters and ΝΟχ emissions, wherein the control parameters include ambient humidity, manifold pressure, manifold temperature, fuel rate, and engine speed associated with the engine. Additional sensors may provide information about the ambient environmental conditions, such as humidity, air temperature, and elevation.
Additionally, the virtual sensor network can utilize additional sensors for detecting the flow rate of the exhaust through the SCR and the flow rate of the reductant through the SCR.
If the controller 210 (or the ECM or processor operating the virtual network) determines that any individual input parameter or output parameter is out of the respective range of the input space or output space, the controller may send out a notification to other computer programs, control systems, or a user of machine 100.
Optionally, controller 210 (or the ECM or processor operating the virtual network) may also apply any appropriate algorithm to maintain the values of input parameters or output parameters in the valid range to maintain operation with a reduced capacity. For instance, reducing the engine speed to reduce the flow rate of the exhaust, or increase the flow rate of the reductant in order to increase the reduction of ΝΟχ.
The controller 210 (or the ECM or processor operating the virtual network) may also determine collectively whether the values of input parameters are within a valid range. For example, a processor may use a Mahalanobis distance to determine normal operational condition of collections of input values.
During training and optimizing of virtual sensor models, a valid Mahalanobis distance range for the input space may be calculated and stored as calibration data associated with individual virtual sensor models. In operation, a processor may calculate a Mahalanobis distance for input parameters of a particular virtual sensor model as a validity metric of the valid range of the particular virtual sensor model. If the calculated Mahalanobis distance exceeds the range of the valid Mahalanobis distance range stored in the virtual sensor network, the controller 210 may send out a notification to other computer programs, control systems, or a user of machine 100 to indicate that the particular virtual sensor may be unfit to provide predicted values.
Other validity metrics may also be used. For example, a processor may evaluate each input parameter against an established upper and lower bounds of acceptable input parameter values and may perform a logical AND operation
on a collection of evaluated input parameters to obtain an overall validity metric of the virtual sensor model.
After monitoring and controlling individual virtual sensors, the controller 210 (e.g., virtual sensor network processor) may also monitor and control collectively a plurality of virtual sensor models. That is, the controller 210 may determine and control operational fitness of the virtual sensor network. A processor may monitor any operational virtual sensor model. The processor may also determine whether there is any interdependency among any operational virtual sensor models including the virtual sensor models becoming operational. If the controller 210 determines there is interdependency between any virtual sensor models, the controller 210 may determine that the interdependency between the virtual sensors may have created a closed loop to connect two or more virtual sensor models together, which may be neither intended nor tested.
The controller 210 may then determine that the virtual sensor network may be unfit to make predictions, and may send a notification or report to control systems, such as ECM, or users of the machine 100. That is, the controller (e.g., a processor) may present other control systems or users with the undesired condition via a sensor output interface. Alternatively, the controller may indicate as unfit only the interdependent virtual sensors, while keeping the remaining virtual sensors in operation.
As used herein, a decision that a virtual sensor or a virtual sensor network is unfit is intended to include any instance in which any input parameter to or any output parameter from the virtual sensor or the virtual sensor network is beyond a valid range or is uncertain, or any operational condition that affects the predictability and/or stability of the virtual sensor or the virtual sensor network. An unfit virtual sensor network may continue to provide sensing data to other control systems using virtual sensors not affected by the unfit condition, such as interdependency, etc.
The controller 210 may also resolve unfit conditions resulting from unwanted interdependencies between active virtual sensor models by
deactivating one or more models of lower priority than those remaining active virtual sensor models.
For instance, if a first active virtual sensor model has a high priority for operation of machine 100 but has an unresolved interdependency with a second active virtual sensor having a low priority for operation of machine 100, the second virtual sensor model may be deactivated to preserve the integrity of the first active virtual sensor model.
Industrial Applicability
The disclosed reductant quality sensing system may be implemented in an exhaust after-treatment system in various machines. A reductant quality (300) sensing system provides for enhanced reliability of the ΝΟχ reduction process by verifying the integrity of the reductant and/or an indication as to the proper operation of the system that adds reductant to the exhaust stream (e.g., a prediction of the status of urea injectors).
Although certain embodiments have been illustrated and described herein for purposes of description, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that a wide variety of alternate and/or equivalent embodiments or implementations calculated to achieve the same purposes may be substituted for the embodiments shown and described without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Those with skill in the art will readily appreciate that embodiments in accordance with the present invention may be implemented in a very wide variety of ways. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the embodiments discussed herein. Therefore, it is intended that embodiments in accordance with the present invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof.
Claims
1. An exhaust treatment system (200) for treating a flow of exhaust produced by an engine (102) comprising:
a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit (108);
a reducing agent dispensing unit (108) configured to introduce a reducing agent into the exhaust;
a first nox sensor (202) configured to indicate a ΝΟχ emission level of the exhaust at a location upstream of the scr unit (108);
a second nox sensor (206) configured to indicate a ΝΟχ emission level of the exhaust at a location downstream of the scr unit (108);
a first temperature sensor (204) configured to indicate a temperature of the exhaust at a location upstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust;
a second temperature sensor (208) configured to indicate a temperature of the exhaust at a location downstream of where the reducing agent is introduced into the exhaust and upstream of the scr unit (108); and
a controller (210) configured to electronically communicate with the first nox sensor (202), the second nox sensor (206), the first temperature sensor (204), and the second temperature sensor (208), and to determine a reductant quality (300) indicator according to a ΝΟχ differential between the first nox sensor (202) and the second nox sensor (206) relative to a predicted ΝΟχ differential and a temperature differential between the first temperature sensor (204) and the second temperature sensor (208) relative to a predicted temperature differential.
2. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 1, further comprising a filter, and wherein the first nox sensor (202) is configured to indicate a ΝΟχ level of the exhaust downstream of the filter.
3. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 2, wherein the reducing agent is urea.
4. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 3, wherein the controller (210) is configured to generate a first signal indicating that the reducing agent has a low urea concentration when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is approximately equal to the predicted temperature differential.
5. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 3, wherein the controller (210) is configured to generate a second signal indicating a likelihood of a clogged injector when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is lower than the predicted temperature differential.
6. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 3, wherein the controller (210) is configured to generate a third signal indicating a likelihood of an injection failure when the ΝΟχ differential is approximately zero and the temperature differential is approximately zero.
7. The exhaust treatment system (200) of claim 3, wherein the controller (210) is configured to generate a fourth signal indicating that the reducing agent is likely diesel when the ΝΟχ differential is moderately lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is higher than the predicted temperature differential.
8. A method (300) for detecting a reducing agent quality (300) comprising:
obtaining a first ΝΟχ value indicating a ΝΟχ level for an engine (102) exhaust upstream of a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) unit (108); obtaining a second ΝΟχ value indicating a ΝΟχ emission level for the engine (102) exhaust downstream of the scr unit (108);
obtaining a first temperature value indicating a temperature for the engine (102) exhaust upstream of an introduction of a reducing agent;
obtaining a second temperature value indicating a temperature for the engine (102) exhaust downstream of the introduction of the reducing agent and upstream of the scr unit (108); and
computing a reductant quality (300) indicator according to a NOx differential between the first ΝΟχ value and the second ΝΟχ value relative to a predicted ΝΟχ differential and a temperature differential between the first temperature value and the second temperature value relative to a predicted temperature differential.
9. The method (300) of claim 8, wherein the first ΝΟχ value further indicates a ΝΟχ level for the engine (102) exhaust after treatment by a filter.
10. The method (300) of claim 8, wherein the reducing agent is urea.
11. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising generating a first signal indicating that the reducing agent has a low urea concentration when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is approximately equal to the predicted temperature differential.
12. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising generating a second signal indicating likely clogged injector when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is lower than the predicted temperature differential.
13. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising generating a third signal indicating likely injection failure when the ΝΟχ differential is approximately zero and the temperature differential is approximately zero.
14. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising generating a fourth signal indicating that the reducing agent is likely diesel when the ΝΟχ differential is moderately lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is higher than the predicted temperature differential.
15. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising:
generating a first signal indicating that the reducing agent has a low urea concentration when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is approximately equal to the predicted temperature differential;
generating a second signal indicating likely clogged injector when the ΝΟχ differential is lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is lower than the predicted temperature differential;
generating a third signal indicating likely injection failure when the ΝΟχ differential is approximately zero and the temperature differential is approximately zero; and
generating a fourth signal indicating that the reducing agent is likely diesel when the ΝΟχ differential is moderately lower than the predicted ΝΟχ differential and the temperature differential is higher than the predicted temperature differential.
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