66 results about "Exhaust gas sensor" patented technology

The invention discloses an energy-saving dual-fuel heat accumulating type burner usage monitoring control method and system, and relates to the technical field of control and regulation, the energy-saving dual-fuel heat accumulating type burner usage monitoring control system comprises an MEMS multi-parameter sensing array, a tail gas sensor array and a distributed optical fiber temperature sensing module which are deployed in parallel; millisecond-level fuel flow and air flow adjustment is achieved through inner ring flame tensor feedback control, and second-level fuel ratio adjustment is achieved through inner ring tail gas component closed-loop self-adaptive adjustment; and the heat storage regeneration cycle, ash removal triggering and low-speed fuel and air scheduling are achieved through outer ring model predictive control scheduling. The invention provides a multi-layer closed-loop self-adaptive monitoring control method based on flame tensor, tail gas components and a temperature field, and model prediction control is introduced to carry out overall scheduling on a heat storage-combustion coupling process, so that dynamic self-adaption of a fuel ratio, online prediction of heat storage body scaling and multi-time scale coupling optimization are realized.

In a method for adjusting a vehicle parameter, where the vehicle is equipped with an exhaust gas sensor, an exhaust gas sensor signal is received. Based on this signal, a parameter representative of the vehicle's air-fuel ratio is determined. Depending on this parameter, it is then determined whether a transition from a superstoichiometric to a substoichiometric air-fuel mixture, or from a substoichiometric to a superstoichiometric air-fuel mixture, is imminent. If a transition is imminent, the current value of the parameter is adjusted until a predefined termination condition is met. The current parameter value is then transmitted.

The method according to the invention for the on-board determination of pollutant emission masses of an internal combustion engine (1) with an exhaust gas aftertreatment device (2) is carried out by executing program instructions of the computer program product (20) according to the invention by means of an electronic control device (7) paired with the internal combustion engine (1) and / or the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (2). Sensor signal values (AS-Sig) provided by an exhaust gas sensor (6c) are detected, pollutant emission values are continuously determined on the basis thereof, and the pollutant emission masses are calculated on the basis of the pollutant emission values during the operation of the internal combustion engine (1). At the same time, the determined pollutant emission values are combined into emission value groups, according to operating parameter ranges of the internal combustion engine (1) and / or of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (2), and stored in an electronic memory device (7b) of the electronic control device (7) according to the invention, and, on the basis thereof, respective pollutant emission substitute values corresponding to the corresponding operating parameter ranges are determined. The pollutant emission substitute values are used as substitutes in order to determine the pollutant emission masses during operation when temporarily no sensor signal values or only implausible sensor signal values (AS-Sig) are available, and thus no usable current pollutant emission values are available.

Method for heating an exhaust gas sensor (26) in the exhaust system (20) of an internal combustion engine (10), wherein an electrically heated catalyst (24) is arranged in the exhaust system (20) and an exhaust gas sensor (26) is arranged upstream of the electrically heated catalyst (24) and is spaced apart from the electrically heated catalyst (24), wherein the electrically heated catalyst is heated by an electric heating element and the waste heat of the electrically heated catalyst (24) is used to heat the exhaust gas sensor (26) to its release temperature (T) by means of heat conduction via a thermal bridge (28) made of copper or a copper alloy. F ) to heat up.

The invention relates to a method for diagnosing an exhaust gas sensor (20), in particular a wideband lambda sensor, by means of an evaluation and control unit (10), wherein according to the method: - the sum (Us) of the first voltage variable (U1G) and the second voltage variable (U2G) is formed and it is inferred that the first supply line (41) is interrupted if the sum (Us) of a first voltage variable (U1G) and a second voltage variable (U2G) is greater than a threshold value, and / or - the difference (UD) between the first voltage variable (U1G) and the second voltage variable (U2G) is formed and a resistance value (R1) of the first electrical resistance element (21) and / or a temperature of the exhaust gas sensor (20) is inferred from the difference (UD) between the first voltage variable (U1G) and the second voltage variable (U2G).

In a method for adapting a characteristic variable of a vehicle, the vehicle having an exhaust gas sensor, an exhaust gas sensor signal of the exhaust gas sensor is received. A characteristic variable which is representative of a combustion air ratio of the vehicle is determined in dependence on the exhaust gas sensor signal. In dependence on the characteristic variable, it is determined whether a transition from a superstoichiometric air-fuel mixture to a substoichiometric air-fuel mixture or a transition from a substoichiometric air-fuel mixture to a superstoichiometric air-fuel mixture is imminent. If a transition is imminent, a current value of the characteristic variable is adapted until a predefined termination condition is met. The actual value of the characteristic variable is transmitted.

An exhaust device is disclosed, including: an exhaust chamber 65 disposed to overlap with an internal combustion engine 3 in a top view; an exhaust pipe 61, which passes below the internal combustion engine from an exhaust port 36 of the internal combustion engine, and which includes an opening portion 61c in the exhaust chamber; a catalyst holding pipe 80, which is held in the exhaust pipe, at least a part of which is disposed in the exhaust chamber, and which is filled with a catalyst 8; and an exhaust gas sensor 91 disposed on a sensor attachment boss portion 93, which is provided on the exhaust pipe so as to penetrate into a rear exhaust pipe 61b and the exhaust chamber, the rear exhaust pipe 61b constituting the exhaust pipe, being stored in the exhaust chamber, and holding the catalyst holding pipe. Thus, in providing the exhaust gas sensor at the front and the rear of the catalyst in the exhaust pipe in order to appropriately make a degradation diagnosis of the catalyst for exhaust gas treatment, detection accuracy of the exhaust gas sensor can be improved, while a length in a front-rear direction of the exhaust passage is made compact. Emission improvement is achieved, and contribution to mitigating or reducing the influence on climate change is made, accordingly.

To inexpensively measure a Nox concentration in the atmosphere within a predetermined region.SOLUTION: A measurement system includes: a vehicle 2 having a motor 11 that generates driving force, an engine 12 driven through combustion or driven in a non-combustion state by using the driving force applied from the motor 11, a catalyst that performs purification while activated, an exhaust gas sensor 15 that acquires a state of gas in an exhaust pipe, a position measurement section 16 that acquires positional information, and a transmission section 17 that transmits information on the state of the gas and the positional information; and a server 3 that processes the information received from the vehicle 2. When the motor 11 drives the engine 12 in the non-combustion state and the catalyst 13 is in the inactivate state, the vehicle 2 acquires information on gas flowing in the exhaust pipe by using the exhaust gas sensor 15, acquires the positional information from the position measurement section 16 and transmits the acquired information to the server 3. The server 3 calculates a state of the atmosphere within a predetermined region where the vehicle 2 is traveling by using the information received from the vehicle 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention discloses a dew point control method and system for an exhaust gas sensor and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of automobile emission control. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: when the internal combustion engine enters a shutdown stage from an operation stage, selectively executing a control action based on a dew point passing state of an exhaust gas sensor before shutdown: if the dew point passing state is not completed, determining a heat compensation value for subsequent heating; if the dew point passing is completed, shutdown heating is carried out on the sensor in the shutdown stage for heat preservation, physical parameters indicating the condensation risk are monitored, and when the parameters meet reset conditions, the dew point passing state is reset to be uncompleted. By introducing the dynamic control logic combining heat compensation, shutdown heat preservation and risk reset across the start-stop cycle, the waste gas sensor can be effectively prevented from being damaged due to condensation under various working conditions, the reliability of the emission system is remarkably improved, and the service life of the sensor is remarkably prolonged.

This invention provides a comprehensive detection device and method for automotive exhaust pollutants, relating to the field of air pollution detection technology. The comprehensive detection device includes an outer cylinder and an exhaust gas sensor. A support unit is located inside the outer cylinder, and the support unit has rotating blades and a cleaning component. When exhaust gas with a temperature lower than a preset value is introduced into the outer cylinder, it drives the blades and cleaning component to rotate, allowing the cleaning component to contact the surface of the exhaust gas sensor and move relative to it. This cleans the pollutants adhering to the surface of the exhaust gas sensor even during the cold start phase of the vehicle, ensuring the operational stability of the exhaust gas sensor and the accuracy of the detection data. When exhaust gas with a temperature greater than or equal to the preset value is introduced into the outer cylinder, the blades and cleaning component overlap with the support unit in the circumferential direction of the outer cylinder to reduce obstruction of the exhaust gas flow path and minimize the impact on exhaust gas emission. Simultaneously, the heating module operates.

Disclosed is an exhaust device provided with: an exhaust chamber (65) provided so as to overlap an internal combustion engine (3) in plan view; an exhaust pipe (61) that passes below the internal combustion engine from an exhaust port (36) of the internal combustion engine and has an opening (61c) in the exhaust chamber; a catalyst holding pipe (80) which is held in the exhaust pipe, at least a portion of which is provided in the exhaust chamber, and which is filled with a catalyst (8); and an exhaust gas sensor (91) that is provided on a sensor attachment boss part (93) that is provided on the exhaust pipe (61) so as to penetrate through the exhaust chamber (65) and a rear exhaust pipe (61b) that constitutes the exhaust pipe, is housed in the exhaust chamber, and holds the catalyst holding pipe, and thereby, the exhaust gas sensor (91) is attached to the sensor attachment boss part (93), and the exhaust gas sensor (91) is attached to the sensor attachment boss part (93). When exhaust gas sensors are arranged in front of and behind a catalyst in an exhaust pipe for properly diagnosing deterioration of the catalyst for exhaust gas treatment, the length of an exhaust path in the front-back direction can be compactly set, the detection accuracy of the exhaust gas sensors can be improved, emission can be improved, and climate change or influence can be alleviated.

An exhaust system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust pipe configured to receive an exhaust gas flow from the engine at a predetermined first velocity, and an exhaust gas sensor assembly coupled to the exhaust pipe and in fluid communication with an interior of the exhaust pipe to sense a predetermined constituent contained within the exhaust gas flow. The exhaust gas sensor assembly includes a sensing element disposed at least partially within a protection tube assembly having a plurality of apertures configured to receive a sensor flow (SF) portion of the exhaust gas flow. The plurality of apertures has a combined total flow area that provides a surface averaged total velocity at the sensing element to be greater than or equal to 70% of the first velocity to thereby increase a dynamic response of the exhaust gas sensor assembly.

The invention relates to a ceramic sensor element (10) for an exhaust gas sensor, wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) is constructed in a layered and elongated manner, wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) has an end region facing the exhaust gas in the longitudinal direction, wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) has a cavity (30) extending in the layer direction in its interior, wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) has an electrochemical pump unit (38) having a first electrode (16) subjected to the exhaust gas (100), a second electrode (18) arranged in the cavity (30), and a solid electrolyte (14) which connects the first electrode (16) to the exhaust gas (100). 16) is connected to the second electrode (18), wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) has a gas inlet hole (64) in the end area facing the exhaust gas, the gas inlet hole extends perpendicularly to the layer direction into the ceramic sensor element (10) and connects the cavity (30) to the exhaust gas (100), wherein the ceramic sensor element (10) has a porous thermal shock protection layer (62) in the end area facing away from the exhaust gas, the thermal shock protection layer covering the gas inlet hole (64), characterized in that the cross-sectional area of ​​the gas inlet hole (64) toward the thermal shock protection layer (62) is larger than the cross-sectional area toward the cavity (30).

The utility model relates to a harmful gas treatment device for producing tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane. The harmful gas treatment device comprises a pretreatment box, a neutralization box and a detection box, an air inlet pipe with the other end penetrating through and extending into the pretreatment box is fixedly mounted on the left side of the pretreatment box, a particulate matter filter is slidably mounted in the pretreatment box, a fan is fixedly mounted at the top of the pretreatment box, and the right side of the fan communicates with the interior of the pretreatment box through a pipeline; solid particles and impurities in the harmful gas are removed, subsequent acid-base neutralization is facilitated, after acid-base neutralization is completed, the gas enters the detection box through a pipeline, the concentration of the harmful gas is detected through a waste gas sensor, if the harmful gas meets the emission standard, a valve of an exhaust pipe is opened, the harmful gas can be discharged, otherwise, a valve of a return pipe is opened, and the harmful gas can be discharged. The harmful gas is circularly purified, so that the discharged gas reaches the standard, and the acid-base neutralization reaction efficiency in the neutralization box is higher.

Method for operating an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders, namely a method for determining the component-selective oil consumption of the individual components of the internal combustion engine, in particular individual cylinders and / or turbochargers, wherein each component of the internal combustion engine for which a component-selective oil consumption determination is to be carried out is assigned an individual exhaust gas sensor, wherein each exhaust gas sensor is exposed to a reference gas for a defined period of time during operation of the internal combustion engine and subsequently again to exhaust gas, wherein a component-specific sensor drift is determined for each exhaust gas sensor, and wherein the component or components exhibiting increased oil consumption relative to the other component or components are determined from the component-specific sensor drift of all exhaust gas sensors.

Gas heat pump system that features: a compressor of an air conditioning module; a gas engine that generates a driving force for the compressor; an exhaust gas turbocharger that feeds at least a proportion of exhaust gas emitted from the gas engine back to the gas engine as recirculated exhaust gas; and an exhaust gas sensor configured to detect the concentration of pollutants contained in the exhaust gas; and a control unit that controls the operation of the exhaust gas turbocharger, the exhaust gas turbocharger features: a turbocharger impeller that exerts pressure on the recirculated exhaust gas and feeds the resulting recirculated exhaust gas to the gas engine; and a turbocharger motor that rotates the turbocharger impeller, and the control system is adjusted to increase the speed of the turbocharger motor, when the measured concentration is equal to or higher than a first reference concentration.

The invention provides a saddle type vehicle. In a saddle-type vehicle, an engine unit including a unit-type swing engine, a catalyst device, and an exhaust gas sensor is made compact. A saddled vehicle is provided with: a unit swing engine (13) that has a crankcase (43) and a cylinder section (44) that extends from the crankcase (43) such that the cylinder axis extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the unit swing engine (13) being swingably supported by a vehicle body frame (12); a radiator (60) disposed on the side of the crankcase (43); an exhaust pipe (77) connected to the cylinder section (44); a catalyst device (121) provided in the exhaust pipe (77); and an exhaust gas sensor (141) provided to the exhaust pipe (77), the catalyst device (121) and the exhaust gas sensor (141) being disposed apart from the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction in a side view.

A controller for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine comprising cylinders, a catalyst configured to purify exhaust gas and configured to store oxygen, and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on a downstream side of the catalyst and configured to detect oxygen, the controller comprising: a processing circuit, wherein: the processing circuit is configured to perform a richening process that supplies exhaust gas with a rich air-fuel ratio to the catalyst until the exhaust gas sensor detects that the exhaust gas has a rich air-fuel ratio; the processing circuit is configured such that, after the exhaust gas sensor detects that the exhaust gas has a rich air-fuel ratio in the enrichment process, it executes an air supply process which supplies air to the catalyst until the exhaust gas sensor detects that the exhaust gas has a lean air-fuel ratio; the processing circuit is configured to perform an oxygen storage capacity estimation process which estimates an oxygen storage capacity of the catalyst by accumulating an amount of air supplied to the catalyst until the exhaust gas sensor detects that the exhaust gas has a lean fuel ratio in the air supply process; and the air supply process comprises stopping the fuel supply to one or more of the cylinders and performing combustion at an air-fuel ratio less than or equal to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio in one or more remaining cylinders, such that the cylinders supply an exhaust gas to the catalyst which is controlled overall to a lean air-fuel ratio.

An exhaust gas sensor assembly for a vehicle includes a sampling tube having a proximal end connectable to a housing and a distal end configured to be suspended with a cavity of the housing. The tube defines a hollow center, an inlet, an outlet, and an exhaust gas flow path extending from the inlet, through the hollow center, and to the outlet. An exhaust gas sensor is disposed in the hollow center at the proximal end and includes a sensing element disposed in the exhaust gas flow path. a flow guide is disposed in the hollow center between the inlet and the sensing element and is configured to redirect the flow path through a passageway defined between the tube and the flow guide.

The invention discloses a motor vehicle exhaust pollution monitoring system and a purification device thereof, and relates to the technical field of automobile accessories, the motor vehicle exhaust pollution monitoring system comprises a monitoring system and a metal shell, the monitoring system comprises an exhaust gas sensor, an engine control unit, an exhaust aftertreatment system, a catalytic converter, a diagnosis and maintenance interface and a remote control platform; the metal shell comprises a first metal shell, a second metal shell, a first mounting flange, a second mounting flange, a third mounting flange and a fourth mounting flange, the first mounting flange is fixedly mounted at the left end of the first metal shell, and the second mounting flange is fixedly mounted at the right end of the second metal shell; the metal shell is arranged to be in a split type, rapid disassembly and assembly of a catalyst ceramic carrier in the catalytic converter are achieved, tools do not need to be used for assistance, limitation is small, operation is convenient and rapid, time and labor are saved, and practicability is high.

A straddle type vehicle includes an exhaust passage through which exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine flows, an exhaust gas sensor detecting a component of the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage, and a cover member covering the exhaust gas sensor. The cover member has a front wall portion that is disposed on a front side of the exhaust gas sensor in a front-and-rear direction of the straddle type vehicle. A passing portion through which a traveling wind passes is formed in the front wall portion. The front wall portion has a rigidity portion having higher rigidity than other portions. A harness connected to the exhaust gas sensor passes through a side of the rigidity portion of the front wall portion.

A sensor mounting module comprises: a sensor receiving portion configured, in use, to receive an exhaust gas sensor having a sensor body, one or more sensor inlets and one or more sensor outlets. The sensor is configured to sense a property of the gas flowing between the one or more sensor inlets and the one or more sensor outlets via a sensor passage. The sensor mounting module further comprises: a module inlet configured to direct gas towards the one or more sensor inlets; a module outlet; and an intermediate portion between the module inlet and the module outlet wherein the sensor mounting module is configured in use so as to receive the sensor body into the intermediate portion so as to restrict or prevent flow of gas through the intermediate portion other than via the sensor passage. The module inlet is configured to funnel the exhaust gas towards the one or more sensor inlets so as to increase pressure of the exhaust gas at the module inlet in order to provide a positive pressure differential between the module inlet and the module outlet.

A sensor mounting module 110 comprises a sensor receiving portion 132 configured to receive an exhaust gas sensor 120 having a sensor body 152, one or more sensor inlets 122a,122b,122c and one or more

The invention relates to a method for operating an exhaust gas sensor having a measurement chamber communicating with a measurement gas and an electrochemical pump unit, by means of which oxygen can be fed into and discharged from the measurement chamber as a function of a pump current Ip flowing into the pump unit, and an electrochemical Nernst cell on which a Nernst voltage Un is formed as a function of the ratio of the oxygen content in the measurement chamber to the oxygen content in a reference chamber of the exhaust gas sensor (10). According to the invention, a control loop is provided, the actual value of which is the Nernst voltage Un, the setpoint value of which is a predefined value Unset, and the control variable of which is a pump current Ip, which is calculated as a product of a control gain g and a difference e between the actual value and the setpoint value. According to the invention, the adjustment gain g can be varied depending on at least one variable associated with the exhaust gas sensor (10).

The invention relates to a method, a control device (7) and a computer program product (20) for detecting illegal manipulation of a pollutant emission mass detection device (30) of an internal combustion engine (1) equipped with an exhaust gas aftertreatment device (2) during ongoing operation of the internal combustion engine (1), in particular in a motor vehicle. The method is carried out by means of the control device (7), wherein pollutant emission mass values (S_Emw) are determined on the basis of an exhaust gas mass flow (11a) of the internal combustion engine (1) using sensor signal values (AS_Sig) of an exhaust gas sensor (6c) that are representative of a concentration of at least one pollutant in the exhaust gas mass flow (11a). A pollutant emission mass value (S_Emw) determined in this way over a respective operating cycle of the internal combustion engine (1) is compared with an assignable pollutant emission mass expected value (S_EmEw) and a manipulation of the pollutant emission mass detection device (30) is detected if the determined pollutant emission mass value (S_Emw) is more than a predetermined distance below the pollutant emission mass expected value (S_EmEw) for this operating cycle.

The invention provides a saddle type vehicle. In a saddle-type vehicle, an engine unit including a unit-type swing engine, a catalyst device, and an exhaust gas sensor is made compact. A saddled vehicle is provided with: a unit swing engine (13) that has a crankcase (43) and a cylinder section (44) that extends from the crankcase (43) such that the cylinder axis extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the unit swing engine (13) being swingably supported by a vehicle body frame (12); a radiator (60) disposed on the side of the crankcase (43); an exhaust pipe (77) connected to the cylinder section (44); a catalyst device (121) provided in the exhaust pipe (77); and an exhaust gas sensor (141) provided to the exhaust pipe (77), the catalyst device (121) and the exhaust gas sensor (141) being disposed apart from the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction in a side view.

To improve the assembly ease and protection performance of an exhaust gas sensor in a model in which an exhaust pipe crosses in front of a cylinder. [Solution] An engine (31) for a saddle-ride type vehicle is mounted on a body frame (10) having a down frame (14) extending downward from a head pipe (11). The engine is provided with a cylinder (33) located rearward of the down frame, a cylinder head (34) mounted on the upper surface of the cylinder, an exhaust pipe (61) extending rearward from the cylinder head, and an exhaust gas sensor (71) for detecting predetermined characteristics in the exhaust gas. The exhaust pipe extends downward through one side of the down frame, crosses in front of the down frame, and then extends upward through the other side of the down frame. The exhaust gas sensor is installed on the rear side of the exhaust pipe on one side of the down frame and is located outboard of the cylinder in the vehicle width direction when viewed from the front.

A method for diagnosing swapped exhaust gas sensors in Y-type exhaust systems of internal combustion engines is disclosed. By asymmetrically adjusting exhaust flaps, the exhaust mass flow is directed through one of the exhaust streams while the other is reduced. Adjustments in the combustion engine's mixture formation and the continuous monitoring of exhaust gas changes by the sensors enable the identification of a swap. When such a swap is detected, an error is recorded in the fault memory. This innovative method improves the reliability and efficiency of exhaust gas monitoring by ensuring the correct sensor arrangement.

The utility model provides a waste gas purification device of a vehicle, a waste gas sensor of the waste gas purification device can be conveniently assembled and stably positioned, and the assembly precision of the waste gas sensor can be improved. An exhaust gas purification device for a vehicle comprises: a cylindrical catalyst holding part for holding a catalyst, the upstream side of the catalyst holding part having an upstream cone part, the downstream side of the catalyst holding part having a downstream cone part, and at least one of the upstream cone part and the downstream cone part having a single boss; and the at least one group of waste gas sensors are arranged on at least one of the upstream cone part and the downstream cone part, the at least one group of waste gas sensors are arranged on the single boss, and the at least one group of waste gas sensors are arranged in parallel along the waste gas flow direction of the catalyst holding part.

The invention discloses an exhaust gas sensor current detection method based on machine learning, and relates to the technical field of exhaust gas sensors. The method aims at solving the problems that an existing diesel vehicle waste gas sensor is large in current measurement error and poor in batch consistency due to the ceramic substrate insulativity, materials, interdigital electrode distance difference and temperature influences, and a traditional method cannot cope with the long-term stability problem caused by sensor aging. The method comprises the steps of data acquisition, compensation current calculation, training data set construction, data preprocessing, machine learning model training and embedded system integration. The BP neural network is adopted for intelligent prediction, current detection errors can be accurately compensated, and the detection precision is improved; the constructed training data set considers multiple influence factors, and the model adaptability and generalization ability are high; and the integrated online learning module can dynamically update the model to adapt to sensor aging, so that long-term stability is ensured, the batch consistency of the sensors is improved, and the production and use cost is reduced.