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Engine systems and hybrid vehicles

To make oil surely interpose between a rotor housing and a rotor even in cold starting.SOLUTION: An engine system 12 comprises: a rotary engine 14 having a rotor housing 16, side housings 18, and a rotor 20 that is housed in a rotor accommodation chamber surrounded by the rotor housing and the side housings and forms three working chambers 24, in which the rotary engine is driven by a starter generator 10 at the time of starting to increase in rotation speed, and drives the starter generator during operation; a water temperature sensor 64 for detecting a cooling water temperature of the rotary engine; and a PCM 84 and an SGCM 86, which are configured to control rotation speed of the starter generator at the time of engine starting. The PCM 84 and the SGCM 86 control the starter generator such that when the cooling water temperature at the time of rotary engine starting is relatively low, the rate of increase in engine rotation speed becomes low as compared with that when the cooling water temperature is relatively high.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Owner:MAZDA MOTOR CORP

Two-stroke piston engine integrated controller with high-reliability position estimation

The invention provides a two-stroke piston engine integrated controller with high-reliability position estimation, which is characterized in that a motor Hall signal acquisition function is added on the basis of an engine crankshaft position signal acquisition circuit of a conventional engine control module. A crankshaft position signal redundancy switching logic of the two-stroke piston engine is designed based on an improved circuit, a groove pole position behind a top dead center is positioned in the operation process of the engine, synchronous correction of a Hall signal and a crankshaft position signal is achieved, and a conversion relation between a motor Hall signal and the crankshaft position signal of the engine is established. When the crankshaft position signal is abnormal, the engine timing control method based on the motor Hall signal can be automatically switched. According to the invention, the redundancy switching of the position signal of the two-stroke piston engine can be realized, so that the piston engine can still complete a set task without flameout when the crankshaft position signal is abnormal, and the reliability of a control system is greatly improved.
Owner:RONGTONG AEROENGINE TECH CO LTD

Engine reverse rotation and control

An apparatus and method for operating an engine. The apparatus includes a crankshaft trigger wheel coupled to a crankshaft and a set of sensors equipped to generate a crankshaft signal associated with an instantaneous speed of the crankshaft trigger wheel. A controller is configured to receive the crankshaft signal corresponding to the instantaneous speed, determine a minimum instantaneous speed for the crankshaft trigger wheel to overcome a top dead center (TDC), and predict a reverse rotation event for the engine when the instantaneous speed falls below the minimum instantaneous speed. After making the prediction, ignition of the engine is prevented prior to the reverse rotation event occurring.
Owner:ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Method and apparatus for controlling catalyst warm-up operation

To make three of generation of negative pressure for a brake booster, ignition timing retard for warming up a catalyst, and securing of torque for maintaining idle operation coexist to the maximum.SOLUTION: An engine required torque to be generated for maintaining an idle operation is calculated (S1), a net target air amount required for the engine required torque is calculated when an ignition timing is MBT (S2), a required ignition timing retard amount required for warming up a three way catalytic converter is determined (S3), a retard target air amount required for realizing the engine required torque under an ignition timing according to the required ignition timing retard amount is calculated (S4, S5), and an upper limit differential pressure securing target air amount required for securing a negative pressure is calculated (S6). The retard target air amount and the differential pressure securing target air amount are compared with each other (S7), and when the retard target air amount is equal to or less than the differential pressure securing target air amount, the throttle valve is controlled according to the retard target air amount, and the ignition timing retard according to the required ignition timing retard amount is performed (S8 to 10).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Owner:NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD

Ignition angle control method and device of extended-range engine, vehicle and storage medium

The invention discloses an ignition angle control method and device of an extended range engine, a vehicle and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps that for each air cylinder of the extended range engine, the target correction amplitude corresponding to a current knock signal of the air cylinder is obtained, the absolute value of the target correction amplitude is not larger than the ideal correction amplitude, and the target knock signal of the air cylinder is obtained; the ideal correction amplitude is used for correcting an ignition angle and is a preset correction amplitude threshold value corresponding to a target interval to which current working condition parameters of the extended-range engine belong; according to a preset basic ignition angle of the extended-range engine and the target correction amplitude corresponding to the air cylinder, the target ignition angle of the air cylinder is obtained; ignition angle control is achieved through separate cylinders, each cylinder is combined with a current knock signal, a target ignition angle in a better state is obtained under different working condition parameters, oil consumption is reduced, and the performance of an engine is improved.
Owner:GUANGZHOU XIAOPENG MOTORS TECH CO LTD

Ignition advance angle determination method and device and related equipment

The invention provides an ignition advance angle determination method and device and related equipment. When the ignition advance angle of the engine needs to be determined, the actual working condition parameters of the engine can be obtained firstly, the predicted ignition advance angle is obtained through the prediction model based on the actual working condition parameters, and then the engine is controlled to work based on the predicted ignition advance angle. After controlling the engine to operate, a first feedback parameter may also be determined based on the predicted ignition advance angle, and the prediction model may be updated based on the first feedback parameter. The first feedback parameter identifies a difference between the predicted ignition advance angle and an actual optimal ignition advance angle of the engine. Therefore, the ignition advance angle of the engine is predicted based on the working condition parameters through the prediction model, and the prediction model is corrected based on the actual working condition of the engine, so that the prediction model is suitable for the actual working condition of the engine. In this way, the proper ignition advance angle can be accurately predicted according to the actual situation of the engine, and the engine can be better controlled.
Owner:SAIC MOTOR

Method for regulating the engine torque of an internal combustion engine in order to change the gear ratio

One aspect of the invention relates to a method (100) for regulating the engine torque produced by an internal combustion engine of a powertrain provided with a mechanical gearbox, a mechanical clutch and control means, the method (100) being remarkable in that, during the acceleration phase of the powertrain, it comprises the following steps carried out by the control means: • Detecting (101) a desire to shift from a gear ratio N to a higher gear ratio N+n; • Degrading (102) the nominal spark advances of the internal combustion engine so as to reduce the engine torque produced by the internal combustion engine.
Owner:SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO KG

Vehicle control system

To provide a vehicle control device that can prevent engine exhaust system components from overheating. [Solution] The vehicle includes an engine and a control unit that performs engine revving control, which revs the engine when the accelerator pedal input exceeds a threshold TH1 in a non-driving range. When the time during which the engine revving control has been performed reaches an upper limit time TL, the control unit terminates the engine revving control and stops the engine.
Owner:SUZUKI MOTOR CORP

Ignition system

PendingEP4733570A1Electrical controlFuel-injection pumps
An ignition system (10) including an injection member (20) configured to deliver fuel to an ignition zone (140) within a combustion chamber, an ignition element (40) configured to ignite fuel within the ignition zone, and a control unit (60) configured to operate the injection member and the ignition element in a first ignition phase including ignition of a first delivery of fuel provided to the combustion chamber by the injection member and a second ignition phase including ignition of a second delivery of fuel provided to the combustion chamber by the injection member.
Owner:VOLVO TRUCK CORP

Multi-fuel generator set control system, control method thereof and generator set

PendingCN121854263AImprove startup performanceStable combustion conditionsMechanical controlElectrical controlControl systemCarburetor
The invention discloses a multi-fuel generator set control system, a control method thereof and a generator set, which are applied to the technical field of generator sets, the multi-fuel generator set control system comprises a multi-fuel generator set and a control system, the control system comprises a fuel change-over switch, an engine starting switch, a carburetor, a fuel gas supply electric control valve, a signal detection module, an ignition device and a control device; a gas fuel supply pipeline of the multi-fuel engine is connected with a gas inlet of the gas supply electric control valve, and a gas outlet of the gas supply electric control valve is connected with a gas fuel inlet of the carburetor. And the signal input end of the fuel type detection circuit is connected with the fuel change-over switch. The temperature sensor is used for detecting a cylinder body temperature signal of the fuel engine and compensating the injection amount of the gas fuel according to the cylinder body temperature signal of the engine. The temperature sensor is used for monitoring the temperature of the cylinder body of the engine in real time, the injection amount of the gas fuel is compensated according to the temperature of the cylinder body of the engine, and the combustion condition in the engine heating process of the engine is stabilized.
Owner:CHONGQING RUNTONG TECH CO LTD

Drive control device

The present invention addresses the problem of suppressing an excessive decrease in the output torque of an engine during execution of an inter-cylinder correction process. A drive control device is applied to a vehicle provided with a spark ignition engine having a plurality of cylinders. A first processing circuit of the drive control device executes inter-cylinder correction processing for correcting fluctuations in the magnitude of engine torque at the ignition timing of a plurality of cylinders and adjusting the amount of fuel supplied to the cylinders or the ignition timing for each of the plurality of cylinders. Lower limit protection is set for the amount of fuel supplied to the cylinder or the correction amount of ignition timing when the inter-cylinder correction process is executed.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Internal combustion engine method and vehicle system for cold start of internal combustion engines

Internal combustion engine method, comprising: operating an engine in a first mode, the first mode comprising: Confirming the cold start condition of the engine, determining that the boiling point of the fuel in the engine is lower than a threshold boiling point of the fuel, and In response to confirmation of the engine's cold-start condition and determination that the fuel boiling point in the engine is lower than a threshold fuel boiling point, starting the internal combustion engine via a starter motor at an initial cranking speed, while fuel is injected via fuel injectors for a number of combustion engine cycles since the first combustion engine cycle, and subsequently suspending operation of the starter motor and operating the engine via combustion; and Operating the engine in a second mode, the second mode comprising the following: In response to confirmation of the engine's cold-start condition and determination that the fuel boiling point in the engine is higher than a threshold fuel boiling point, the internal combustion engine is started at a second cranking speed while fuel is injected and the ignition spark is deactivated for the number of combustion engine cycles since the first combustion engine cycle, and subsequently the operation of the starter motor is suspended and the engine is operated via combustion, wherein the fuel boiling point is based on a fuel composition in the engine, wherein in the first mode the fuel injection involves initiating fuel supply at top dead center (TDC) of an intake stroke of a combustion engine cycle and terminating fuel supply at bottom dead center (BDC) of the intake stroke of the combustion engine cycle.and wherein, in the second mode, fuel injection includes initiating fuel supply at TDC of the intake stroke of the internal combustion engine cycle and terminating fuel supply at TDC of a compression stroke of the internal combustion engine cycle.
Owner:FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

Engine control unit

To solve a piston striking sound problem while suppressing the lowering of engine heat efficiency.SOLUTION: An engine control device has a vibration sensor that detects engine vibrations, and a control system that controls an EGR device and an ignition device. As an EGR control map used for controlling the EGR device, there is a second EGR map in which an EGR rate higher than that of the first EGR map is set. As an ignition control map used for controlling the ignition device, there is a second ignition map in which an ignition timing is set to an advance side compared with the first ignition map. The control system performs band pass filter processing on a vibration signal outputted from the vibration sensor, thereby extracting a signal component in a frequency band relating to piston striking sound. The control system, if the size of the signal component exceeds a threshold value, switches the EGR control map to the second EGR map, and switches the ignition control map to the second ignition map.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8
Owner:SUBARU CORP

Engine control unit

The present invention provides an engine control device that can further reduce engine noise and vibration (NV) (i.e., improve the quietness of the engine). [Solution] The ECU 50 estimates the oil film thickness for each cylinder based on the crank angular velocity, engine load, and oil temperature corresponding to the expansion stroke of each cylinder, and corrects the ignition timing of cylinders whose estimated oil film thickness is thinner than a predetermined value.
Owner:SUBARU CORP

ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE

Owner:ASTEMO LTD

Piston temperature model using a physics-based split multi-model approach

An engine (11) includes pistons (71), cylinders, at least one fuel injector (61), spark plugs (239), and piston cooling jets (91). The engine (11) includes an Electronic Control Unit (232) configured to receive an engine oil temperature, current coolant temperature, current spark value, calibrated spark value, current engine speed, and current engine torque. The Electronic Control Unit (232) is configured to determine a non-firing piston temperature, coolant temperature and combustion phase modifier, and firing piston temperature. The Electronic Control Unit (232) outputs a predicted piston temperature. A method includes housing pistons (71) in cylinders, supplying air, injecting fuel, combusting an air-fuel mixture, spraying engine oil, and receiving an engine oil temperature, current coolant temperature, current spark value, calibrated spark value, current engine speed, and current engine torque. The method includes determining a non-firing piston temperature, coolant temperature modifier, combustion phase modifier, firing piston temperature, outputting a predicted piston temperature, and coordinating operations of the fuel injectors (61) and spark plugs (239).
Owner:SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO +1

Control device for internal combustion engines

To appropriately suppress the torque of the internal combustion engine. [Solution] The control device 100 comprises a spark-ignition type internal combustion engine 1 having a throttle valve 14 and a spark plug 16, to which alcohol fuel containing alcohol is supplied, and a control unit 20 that controls the intake volume and ignition timing of the internal combustion engine 1 by controlling the operation of the throttle valve 14 and the spark plug 16. The control unit 20 controls the operation of the throttle valve 14 to limit the intake volume by restricting the opening of the throttle valve 14 to a predetermined opening or less when the alcohol concentration of the alcohol fuel is less than a predetermined concentration, and controls the operation of the throttle valve 14 to limit the intake volume when the alcohol concentration is above the predetermined concentration, and controls the operation of the spark plug 16 to limit the ignition timing to a predetermined ignition timing or retarded beyond the predetermined ignition timing.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

Ignition system

PendingUS20260110285A1Electrical controlFuel-injection pumpsCombustion chamberMechanical engineering
An ignition system including an injection member configured to deliver fuel to an ignition zone within a combustion chamber, an ignition element configured to ignite fuel within the ignition zone, and a control unit configured to operate the injection member and the ignition element in a first ignition phase including ignition of a first delivery of fuel provided to the combustion chamber by the injection member and a second ignition phase including ignition of a second delivery of fuel provided to the combustion chamber by the injection member.
Owner:VOLVO TRUCK CORP

Exhaust temperature control

A vehicle engine adapted to control an exhaust gas temperature (EGT) at a catalyst inlet includes an EGT sensor in communication with a system controller and adapted to measure the exhaust gas temperature at the catalyst inlet, the system controller being adapted to compare the measured EGT to a target EGT and, when the measured EGT is greater than the target EGT, to determine that the catalyst inlet is an exhaust gas temperature at the catalyst inlet. Gas exchange within cylinders within the engine is limited during an intake stroke, and turbine efficiency of a variable geometry turbocharger of the engine is increased by increasing boost from the variable geometry turbocharger.
Owner:GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

A minimum ignition angle control method, device, equipment and storage medium

The application discloses a minimum ignition angle control method, device, equipment and storage medium, and the method comprises the steps of obtaining an engine speed change rate when a transmission system of a vehicle is disconnected, determining whether to enter a fast accelerator condition according to the engine speed change rate, obtaining a preset minimum ignition angle and a minimum ignition angle compensation angle when the vehicle is in the fast accelerator condition, compensating the preset minimum ignition angle by the minimum ignition angle compensation angle after a first time delay after entering the fast accelerator condition, obtaining a corrected minimum ignition angle, controlling the engine to work by using the corrected minimum ignition angle at most within a second time after obtaining the corrected minimum ignition angle, and controlling the engine to work by using the preset minimum ignition angle when the time reaches the second time or the time is within the second time and a quit condition is met.
Owner:CHINA FAW CO LTD

Vehicle control device

Provided is a control device for a vehicle in which an engine is mounted. An engine is provided with a three-way catalyst device provided in an exhaust passage. The control device includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to implement: a determination process for determining whether or not there is a state in which a large amount of ammonia is discharged from the three-way catalytic device; and a combustion temperature reduction process for reducing the combustion temperature of the engine when it is determined in the determination process that the engine is in a state in which the discharge amount is large.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Control device of vehicle

[Object] It is to provide a control device of a vehicle capable of preventing an exhaust system component(s) for an engine from being overheated. [Solution] There is provided a vehicle with an engine and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute an engine racing control of racing the engine, while an accelerator operation amount exceeds a threshold value TH1 with a non-travel range. The control unit is to terminate the engine racing control to thereby stop the engine, when the engine racing control is continued for an upper limit period of time TL.
Owner:SUZUKI MOTOR CORP

A control method, device and engine system of a lean burn engine

The application discloses a lean-burn engine control method, device and engine system. The lean-burn engine control method comprises the following steps: obtaining a current torque and a target torque; when the current torque is less than the target torque, obtaining an average effective pressure and an excess air coefficient; when the average effective pressure is in a first pressure range and the excess air coefficient is in a first coefficient range, adjusting an ignition angle, increasing air content and combustible content in a cylinder, and increasing the current torque to the target torque. By using the above technical scheme, the current torque can be increased, the thermal efficiency can be ensured to be high, and the combustion center can be prevented from changing, the ignition angle can be prevented from being large, and the lean-burn engine can be prevented from being damaged by knocking.
Owner:CHINA FAW CO LTD

Engine control device

This device suppresses vibrations that can occur in a moving vehicle due to the operation of the compressor that compresses the refrigerant used for air conditioning. [Solution] The control device comprises an engine and a compressor that compresses a refrigerant for air conditioning driven by the engine. In a vehicle in motion, it performs air conditioning load torque correction control that reflects the change in air conditioning load torque due to a change in the compressor's driving state in the requested torque based on the driver's operation. The air conditioning load torque correction control includes a first torque correction control that increases the intake air volume to increase the actual air volume torque when the compressor transitions from a de-drive state to a drive state, and decreases the intake air volume to decrease the actual air volume torque when the compressor transitions from a drive state to a de-drive state, and a second torque correction control that retards the ignition timing to decrease the actual air volume torque when the compressor transitions from a de-drive state to a drive state and when it transitions from a drive state to a de-drive state.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Internal combustion engine control device

PendingJPWO2025182061A5Electrical controlOutput power
Provided is an internal combustion engine control device with which, in a case where error correction processing is performed on a detected unit, it is possible to determine whether or not error correction has been completed. This internal combustion engine control device (50) determines, on the basis of a correction value (Kc) of each of angle sections (Sd), a time interval (ΔTd) and an angle interval (Δθd) or a detection section angular velocity (ωsd) in each detection section (Sd) before correction processing using the correction value of each of the angle sections (Sd), and an ideal section angular velocity (ωid) in each of the angle sections (Sd), whether or not changing of the correction values has been completed for all the angle sections of one rotation of a crankshaft as a whole.

Improvements related to internal combustion engines

PendingJP2026519780AHydrogenElectrical control
This disclosure relates to an ammonia-fueled internal combustion engine system. The engine system includes a decomposition device, which is connectable to an ammonia fuel source and configured to produce a decomposed fuel, comprising a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen, by decomposing ammonia fuel supplied by the ammonia fuel source during engine operation. The engine system further includes a main combustion chamber and an intake port and an exhaust port, respectively, which are in fluid communication with the main combustion chamber. A secondary combustion chamber is in fluid communication with the main combustion chamber via at least one orifice, and the secondary combustion chamber further includes a decomposed fuel inlet to allow the introduction of the decomposed fuel supplied from the decomposition device into the secondary combustion chamber. An ignition device is operably positioned with the secondary combustion chamber and is configured to ignite the decomposed fuel in the secondary combustion chamber. The secondary combustion chamber and / or orifice are configured to generate a stream of combustion fluid from the secondary combustion chamber to the main combustion chamber via the orifice when the decomposed fuel is ignited in the secondary combustion chamber, in order to allow ignition of the fuel present in the main combustion chamber. The engine system further comprises a sensor arrangement configured to measure the characteristics of the decomposed fuel, and an electronic control device that communicates with the sensor arrangement and the ignition device. The electronic control device is configured to use the measurements received from the sensor arrangement to evaluate the characteristics of the hydrogen present in the decomposed fuel, and to control the introduction of the decomposed fuel into the sub-combustion chamber according to the evaluated characteristics of the hydrogen.
Owner:COMMONWEALTH SCI & IND RES ORG

Ignition system for a lean-burn methanol engine, vehicle

The application provides a kind of ignition system of methanol lean engine, vehicle, the system includes ignition device and control system;Ignition device includes main combustion chamber and prechamber, main combustion chamber is configured with the air inlet into chamber and the main injector of injection methanol;Prechamber is provided with pilot injection injector, multi-electrode spark plug, and with the multiple injection holes of main combustion chamber communication;Control system is configured to monitor the engine speed, air intake and environmental parameters in real time, to control the injection pressure, injection amount, injection time of main combustion fuel and pilot fuel, and ignition time, to realize stable ignition under different working condition parameters and control the air-fuel ratio under each working condition. By optimizing the ignition system, the engine can be stably ignited and efficiently combusted under different environmental conditions, thereby further improving the economic performance of the methanol lean engine based on stable ignition.
Owner:ZHEJIANG GEELY HLDG GRP CO LTD +2

Vehicle control system

The present invention provides a vehicle control device that can suppress vibrations of the vehicle body when the internal combustion engine restarts, even if a restart request occurs before the engine speed of the internal combustion engine reaches "0". [Solution] The control device is applied to a vehicle that transmits torque output from an internal combustion engine to the drive wheels. The control device includes a processing circuit that controls the internal combustion engine. The processing circuit performs ignition timing control, automatic stop control, and automatic start control. Ignition timing control is a control that starts from the initial ignition timing when the engine starts and repeatedly adjusts the ignition timing according to the knock detection result. The processing circuit terminates the ignition timing control (step S13) when the engine rotational speed NE becomes less than or equal to a first rotational speed NE1 which is greater than "0" (step S12: YES).
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK