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  • F02M26/06—Low pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust downstream of the turbocharger turbine and reintroduced into the intake system upstream of the compressor
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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  • F02M35/00—Combustion-air cleaners, air intakes, intake silencers, or induction systems specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a supercharged internal combustion engine, and more particularly relates to a supercharged internal combustion engine that can introduce EGR gas into an intake passage at an upstream side of a compressor that supercharges intake air.
• Patent Literature 1 an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger is disclosed in Patent Literature 1, for example.
• the internal combustion engine includes an intercooler that cools supercharged intake air, and an EGR cooler that cools EGR gas that is introduced into an intake passage at the upstream side of a compressor.
• An EGR gas amount is controlled so that condensed water is not generated in the intercooler and the EGR cooler.
• Patent Literature 1 Japanese Laid-open Patent Application Publication No. 2012- 087779
• Patent Literature 2 Japanese Patent No. 5144049 Summary of Invention
• the present invention is made to solve the problem as described above, and has an object to provide a supercharged internal combustion engine that, even when an EGR valve is in a cold state, can suppress adhesion of condensed water to its valve surface while the EGR valve is closed.
• a first aspect of the present invention is a supercharged internal combustion engine, which includes a compressor, an EGR passage, an EGR valve, a seal portion and a heat insulator.
• the compressor supercharges intake air.
• the EGR passage connects an intake passage at an upstream side of the compressor and an exhaust passage.
• the EGR valve is provided in the EGR passage, and regulates a flow rate of EGR gas that flows through the EGR passage by opening and closing the EGR passage.
• the seal portion seals a space between the EGR valve and a wall surface of the EGR passage.
• the heat insulator is provided on a surface of the EGR valve that is exposed to the EGR passage which is located at an upstream side in an EGR gas flow with respect to the seal portion when the EGR valve is in a fully closed position.
• the heat insulator is not provided on a surface of the EGR valve that corresponds to the seal portion.
• the EGR valve is a poppet type EGR valve having a valve body that is umbrella-shaped and opens and closes the EGR passage, and a valve shaft one end of which is fixed to the valve body.
• the valve body includes a seal surface that is in contact with a valve seat which is provided on the wall surface of the EGR passage when the valve body is seated on the valve seat.
• the heat insulator is provided on a surface of the valve body that is exposed to the EGR passage which is located at the upstream side in the EGR gas flow with respect to the seal surface.
• the valve body in the supercharged internal combustion engine according to the second aspect of the present invention, includes an umbrella surface that is a surface of the valve body at a side opposite from a site to which the valve shaft is fixed, and a side circumferential surface that is a surface of a site that is located between the umbrella surface and the seal surface.
• the heat insulator is formed so as to cover the umbrella surface, and so as to be in contact with the wall surface of the EGR passage which is located at an upstream side the valve seat in an EGR gas flow direction, throughout an entire circumference of the wall surface, when the valve body is in a fully closed position.
• a gap that is present between the side circumferential surface and the wall surface of the EGR passage facing the side circumferential surface when the valve body is in the fully closed position is separated, by the heat insulator, from an internal space of the EGR passage that is located at an upstream side of the gap in the EGR gas flow direction.
• the heat insulator that is provided on the surface of the EGR valve that is exposed to the EGR passage which is located at the upstream side in the EGR gas flow with respect to the seal portion when the EGR valve is in the fully closed position is included, whereby even when the EGR valve is cold, the EGR valve and the EGR gas which is a condensed water generation source are thermally insulated from each other by the heat insulator.
• the EGR gas can be prevented from being cooled to a dew point of the EGR gas by direct contact with the EGR valve during valve closure.
• adhesion of the condensed water to the surface of the EGR valve can be suppressed during valve closure by using the simple structure.
• an entry path of the EGR gas into the gap between the side circumferential surface and the wall surface of the EGR passage which faces the side circumferential surface can be separated by the heat insulator.
• Figure 1 is a view for explaining a configuration of a periphery of an EGR device in an internal combustion engine according to embodiment 1 of the present invention
• Figure 2 is a sectional view for explaining a characteristic configuration of the EGR valve shown in Figure 1 ;
• Figure 3 is a sectional view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.
• Figure 4 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator according to embodiment 3 of the present invention.
• Figure 5 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator according to embodiment 4 of the present invention.
• Figure 6 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator of embodiment 5 of the present invention.
• FIG. 1 is a view for explaining a configuration of a periphery of an EGR device 20 in an internal combustion engine 10 according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.
• the internal combustion engine 10 is an internal combustion engine with a supercharger (as one example, a turbocharger 16), and includes an intake passage 12 through which air that is taken into a cylinder flows, and an exhaust passage 14 through which exhaust gas that is exhausted from the inside of the cylinder flows.
• a compressor 16a of the turbocharger 16 is disposed in the intake passage 12.
• a turbine 16b that is integrally connected to the compressor 16a via a connection shaft (not illustrated) is disposed.
• an exhaust gas purifying catalyst (as one example, a three-way catalyst) 18 is disposed in the exhaust passage 14 at the downstream side of the turbine 16b.
• the internal combustion engine 10 shown in Figure 1 includes the low pressure loop (LPL) type EGR device 20.
• the EGR device 20 includes an EGR passage 22 that connects the exhaust passage 14 at the downstream side of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst 18 and the intake passage 12 at the upstream side of the compressor 16a.
• an EGR cooler 24 for cooling EGR gas that flows through the inside thereof is disposed. Note that the EGR passage to be a target of the present invention is not limited to the above described
• An EGR valve 26 is provided in the EGR passage 22 at the downstream side of the EGR cooler 24 in the EGR gas flow direction.
• the EGR valve 26 regulates the flow rate of the EGR gas which is recirculated to the intake passage 12 by opening and closing the EGR passage 22.
• the EGR valve 26 is driven to open and close based on a command from an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) not illustrated. More specifically, an EGR valve housing 28 that accommodates the EGR valve 26 is disposed in the EGR passage 22 at the downstream side of the EGR cooler 24 in the EGR gas flow direction.
• the EGR valve 26 is made of a metal, and is a poppet type EGR valve having an umbrella-shaped valve body 26a that opens and closes (the internal passage 22a of) the EGR passage 22, and a valve shaft 26b one end of which is fixed to the valve body 26a.
• the EGR valve 26 is closed, the EGR passage 22 at the downstream side of the EGR valve 26 is filled with fresh air.
• sites (a part of each of the valve body 26a and the valve shaft 26b) of the EGR valve 26 which are exposed to the EGR passage 22 at the downstream side of the EGR valve 26 correspond to sites that are exposed to intake air at the time of valve closing.
• the EGR valve housing 28 is warmed by cooling water of the internal combustion engine 10.
• FIG 2 is a sectional view for explaining a characteristic configuration of the EGR valve 26 shown in Figure 1.
• a valve seat 28a on which the valve body 26a is seated is provided on a wall surface of the internal passage 22a of the EGR passage 22 (more specifically, on a wall surface of the EGR valve housing 28).
• the valve body (the umbrella portion) 26a of the EGR valve 26 includes a seal surface 26al in an annular shape that contacts the valve seat 28a when the valve body 26a is seated on the valve seat 28a.
• the EGR valve 26 shuts off the EGR passage 22 when the valve body 26a is seated and the seal surface 26al contacts the valve seat 28a (that is to say, when the EGR valve 26 is in a fully closed position).
• a heat insulator 30 is provided for the EGR valve 26 of the present embodiment.
• the heat insulator 30 is provided on a "surface" of the EGR valve 26 that is exposed to the EGR passage 22 that is located at the upstream side of the EGR gas flow with respect to a "seal portion” that seals a space between the EGR valve 26 and the wall surface of the EGR passage 22 when the EGR valve 26 is in the fully closed position. More specifically, in a case of the poppet type EGR valve 26, a site where the seal surface 26al and the valve seat 28a are in contact with each other at the time of valve closure corresponds to the "seal portion" mentioned here.
• a surface of the valve body 26a that is located at the upstream side of the seal surface 26al in the EGR gas flow direction that is, an umbrella surface 26a2 and a side circumferential surface 26a3 of the valve body 26a correspond to the "surface" of the EGR valve 26 mentioned here.
• the umbrella surface 26a2 is a surface of the valve body 26a at a side opposite from a site to which the valve shaft 26b is fixed
• the side circumferential surface 26a3 is a surface of a site which is located between the seal surface 26al and the umbrella surface 26a2.
• the heat insulator 30 is not provided for the wall surface of the EGR valve 26 corresponding to the seal portion (namely, the seal surface 26al). In other words, when the EGR valve 26 is in the fully closed position, the seal surface 26al is directly in contact with the valve seat 28 a.
• the heat insulator 30 is in a substantially disk shape and is formed as a cover that covers a whole of the umbrella surface 26a2.
• a material of the heat insulator 30 a material (as one example, a resin) with a thermal conductivity lower than the thermal conductivity of the metal EGR valve 26 is used.
• an insertion method is used as an example here. More specifically, a claw 30a that is provided at the heat insulator 30 is engaged with a step 26a3a that is formed on the side circumferential surface 26a3 of the valve body 26a, whereby the heat insulator 30 is fixed to the EGR valve 26.
• the heat insulator 30 more easily ensures heat insulation performance by sufficiently ensuring the thickness of the heat insulator 30 when the heat insulator 30 is formed as the cover as described above, but the heat insulator of the present invention may be formed by coating the corresponding portion of the EGR valve with a heat insulating material such as a resin.
• the EGR valve 26 of the present embodiment is provided with the heat insulator 30 in such a manner as to cover the surface (mainly, the umbrella surface 26a2) of the valve body 26a which is exposed to the EGR passage 22 which is located at the upstream side of the seal surface 26al in the EGR gas flow direction.
• the EGR valve 26 and the EGR gas which is a condensed water generation source are thermally insulated from each other by the heat insulator 30 with a thermal conductivity lower than the thermal conductivity of the EGR valve 26.
• the EGR gas can be prevented from being cooled to the dew point thereof by direct contact with the EGR valve 26 during valve closure.
• condensed water can be prevented from adhering to the surface of the EGR valve 26 during the valve closure by using the simple structure.
• the example in which the heat insulator 30 is formed in the mode in which the site of the side circumferential surface 26a3 which is not covered with the heat insulator 30 is present is present.
• a heat insulator that covers the entire side circumferential surface 26a3 as well as the umbrella surface 26a2 may be used.
• Figure 3 is a sectional view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator 32 according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. Note that in Figure 3, the same elements as the constituent elements shown in Figure 2 described above are assigned with the same reference signs, and explanation thereof will be omitted or abbreviated.
• the site 26a3b is a site where condensed water is easily sucked to the intake passage 12 side together with the EGR gas when the EGR valve 26 is opened.
• the heat insulator 32 is formed so as to be in contact with a wall surface (that is, the wall surface 28b of the EGR valve housing 28) of the EGR passage 22 which is located at the upstream side of the valve seat 28a in the EGR gas flow direction, throughout an entire circumference of the wall surface 28b, when the valve body 26a is in the fully closed position.
• a gap which is present between the side circumferential surface 26a3 and the wall surface 28b of the EGR valve housing 28 which faces the side circumferential surface 26a3 when the valve body 26a is in the fully closed position is separated from an internal space of the EGR passage 22 that is located at the upstream side of the gap in the EGR gas flow direction.
• an entry path of the EGR gas to the site 26a3b of the side circumferential surface 26a3 which is not covered with the heat insulator 32 can be shut off by the heat insulator 32, at the time of closure of the EGR valve 26.
• condensed water can be prevented from existing in the site 26a3b where the condensed water is easily sucked to the intake passage 12 side together with the EGR gas when the EGR valve 26 is opened. Therefore, according to the present configuration, the condensed water can be more reliably prevented from being sucked to the intake passage 12 side together with the EGR gas when the EGR valve 26 is opened.
• the example is described, in which the heat insulator 32 is formed in a mode in which the site 26a3b of the side circumferential surface 26a3 which is not covered with the heat insulator 32 is present.
• the heat insulator which is formed so as to cover the umbrella surface, and so as to be in contact with the wall surface of the EGR passage which is located at the upstream side of the valve seat in the EGR gas flow direction, throughout the entire circumference of the wall surface, when the valve body is in the fully closed position
• a heat insulator that is formed in a mode in which the side circumferential surface is not covered with the heat insulator at all may be adopted, if only the heat insulator can cause the gap which is present between the side circumferential surface and the wall surface of the EGR passage which faces the side circumferential surface when the valve body is in the fully closed position to be separated, by the heat insulator, from the internal space of the EGR passage which is located at the upstream side of the gap in the EGR gas flow direction.
• an effect of restraining adhesion of the condensed water to the surface of the EGR valve by the heat insulator of the present invention is reduced more as the site of the EGR valve which is exposed to the EGR passage at the upstream side of the seal portion during valve closure increases more. Accordingly, as the surface of the EGR valve which is a target to be covered with the heat insulator of the present invention when it is applied to the poppet type EGR valve, as with the heat insulators 30 and 32 of embodiments 1 and 2 described above, such a surface is preferable, that includes at least the whole of the umbrella surface 26a2 which occupies most of the surface of the valve body 26a which is located at the upstream side of the seal surface 26al in the EGR gas flow direction.
• the heat insulator which is applied to the poppet type EGR valve is not always limited to the heat insulator in the mode which covers the whole of the umbrella surface, and may be an insulator in a mode which substantially covers the whole of the umbrella surface although a very small site at the circumferential edge of the umbrella surface is exposed to the EGR passage, for example.
• FIG 4 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator 44 according to embodiment 3 of the present invention.
• An EGR valve 40 shown in Figure 4 is of a butterfly type.
• the heat insulator of the present invention is also applicable to the EGR valve 40 of the type like this.
• an internal combustion engine of the present embodiment is configured similarly to the aforementioned internal combustion engine 10 except for a point that will be described as follows.
• the EGR valve 40 shown in Figure 4 is disposed at a site halfway through an EGR passage 42.
• the EGR valve 40 includes a disk-shaped valve body 40a that opens and closes the EGR passage 42, and a valve shaft 40b that is provided in a center of the valve body 40a to function as a rotational shaft of the valve body 40a.
• Figure 4 shows the EGR valve 40 at a time of being in the fully closed position.
• the valve body 40a and a wall surface of the EGR passage 42 are not in contact with each other at a time of valve closure, and a very small gap for allowing opening and closing of the valve body 40a is formed between the valve body 40a and the wall surface. That is to say, in the present configuration, a site between a circumferential surface 40al of the valve body 40a and the wall surface of the EGR passage 42 which faces the circumferential surface 40al corresponds to a "seal portion" of a non-contact method in the present invention. [0033]
• a disk-shaped heat insulator 44 is included so as to cover surfaces of the valve body 40a and the valve shaft 40b at the upstream side of the EGR gas flow with respect to the above described seal portion.
• the heat insulator 44 is an insertion type cover, as one example, and a plurality of projections 44a that are respectively engaged with a plurality of holes 40a2 that are formed in the valve body 40a are formed in the heat insulator 44.
• the heat insulator 44 is not provided at the wall surface of the EGR valve corresponding to the seal portion (that is, the circumferential surface 40al of the valve body 40a). In other words, when the EGR valve 40 is in the fully closed position, the
• circumferential surface 40al of the valve body 40a faces the wall surface of the EGR passage 42 via a clearance.
• condensed water also can be prevented from adhering to the surface of the EGR valve 40 during valve closure by using the simple structure.
• Figure 5 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator 48 according to embodiment 4 of the present invention.
• embodiment 3 described above explanation is made by citing the configuration in which the "seal portion" is of a non-contact type by using the butterfly type EGR valve 40, as an example.
• the heat insulator of the present invention also can be applied to a configuration in which a "seal portion" is of a contact type by using the butterfly type EGR valve 40, as shown as follows.
• the wall surface of an EGR passage 46 of the configuration shown in Figure 5 includes a valve seat 46a in which a circumferential edge portion 40a3 of the flat surface portion of the valve body 40a at the time of valve closure.
• the valve seat 46a is formed in a position where the valve seat 46a can contact the circumferential edge portion 40a3 of the valve body 40a at the time of valve closure in a mode that does not inhibit opening and closing of the valve body 40a. That is to say, in the present configuration, the circumferential edge portion 40a3 corresponds to the "seal surface" of the valve body 40a.
• a site where the seal surface (the circumferential edge portion) 40a3 and the valve seat 46a are in contact with each other at the time of valve closure corresponds to the "seal portion".
• the heat insulator 48 is formed on surfaces of the valve body 40a that is located at the upstream side of the seal surface (the circumferential edge portion) 40a3 in the EGR gas flow direction, that is, surfaces of the valve body 40a and the valve shaft 40b that are exposed to the EGR passage 46 at the upstream side of the EGR gas flow.
• the heat insulator 48 is not provided for the wall surface (that is, the seal surface (the circumferential edge portion) 40a3) of the EGR valve 40 corresponding to the seal portion. In other words, when the EGR valve 40 is in the fully closed position, the seal surface 40a3 is directly in contact with the valve seat 46a.
• the method described above for the heat insulator 44 can be used.
• condensed water can be prevented from adhering to the surface of the EGR valve 40 during valve closure by using the simple structure.
• Embodiment 5 Next, embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described with reference to Figure 6.
• FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a configuration of a heat insulator 54 of embodiment 5 of the present invention.
• An EGR valve 50 shown in Figure 6 is of a flap type.
• the heat insulator of the present invention is also applicable to the EGR valve 50 of the type like this.
• an internal combustion engine of the present embodiment is constructed similarly to the aforementioned internal combustion engine 10, except for a point that will be described as follows.
• the EGR valve 50 shown in Figure 6 is disposed at an end portion 52a of an EGR passage 52 at the intake passage 12 side.
• the EGR valve 50 includes a plate- shaped valve body 50a that opens and closes the end portion (an opening of the EGR passage 52) 52a, and a valve shaft 50b that is fixed to one end portion of the valve body 50a to function as a rotational shaft of the valve body 50a.
• valve body 50a when the EGR valve 50 is closed, the valve body 50a is seated on the wall surface of the end portion 52a of the EGR passage 52. That is to say, in the present configuration, a site of the valve body 50a which is in contact with a site (valve seat) 52al that forms a circumferential edge of an opening of the end portion 52a of the EGR passage 52 corresponds to a seal surface 50al .
• a site 50a2 inside the seal surface 50al corresponds to "a surface of the EGR valve 50 that is exposed to the EGR passage 52 which is located at the upstream side in the EGR gas flow with respect to the seal portion which seals a space between the EGR valve 50 and the wall surface (the above described site 52al) of the EGR passage 52 when the EGR valve 50 is in the fully closed position".
• the disk-shaped heat insulator 54 is provided for the site 50a2 of the valve body 50a.
• the heat insulator 54 is not provided for the wall surface of the EGR valve 50 that corresponds to the seal portion (that is, the seal surface 50al). In other words, when the EGR valve 50 is in the fully closed position, the seal surface 50al is directly in contact with the valve seat 52al .
• a similar method to the method in embodiment 3 can be used, for example.
• condensed water can be prevented from adhering to the surface of the EGR valve 50 during valve closure by using the simple structure.
• valve body of butterfly type EGR valveal circumferential surface of valve bodya2 hole of valve body

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