Control system (28) for a fuel shut-off
system (10) of a motor vehicle, the
control system (28) comprising: a fuel shutoff module (30) that determines a
delay fuel shutoff event and generates a fuel shutoff
signal for shutting off
fuel supply to an
internal combustion engine (12) in response to the fuel shutoff module (30) detecting the
delay fuel shutoff event; an
oxygen storage module (32) that determines an amount of
oxygen accumulated in a catalyst (36) located downstream of the
internal combustion engine (12), and wherein the
oxygen storage module (32) compares the amount of oxygen to an
oxygen storage capacity of the catalyst (36) in response to the fuel shutoff module (30) determining the
delay fuel shutoff event; and an intake
valve timing module (52) that generates a phase
signal to actuate a plurality of
cam phasers (50) to move into one of a plurality of activated states to modify a
valve timing to reduce a flow rate of oxygen to the catalyst (36) in response to the fuel
cut-off module (30) determining the retard fuel
cut-off event and in further response to the
oxygen storage module (32) determining that the amount of oxygen stored in the catalyst (36) is less than the
oxygen storage capacity; wherein the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to receive a first oxygen
signal from a first
oxygen sensor (46) located upstream of the catalyst (36) and determine an amount of oxygen entering the catalyst (36) in response to the first oxygen signal and an
air mass flow of oxygen into the catalyst (36); wherein the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to receive a second oxygen signal from a second
oxygen sensor (46) located downstream of the catalyst (36), and the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to determine the amount of oxygen downstream of the catalyst (36) in response to the second oxygen signal; wherein the fuel shutoff module (30) is configured to receive an engine speed signal from an engine speed sensor (38) coupled to the
internal combustion engine (12), and the fuel shutoff module (30) is configured to determine an engine speed of the internal
combustion engine (12) in response to the engine speed signal; wherein the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to receive a pressure signal from a
pressure sensor (48) coupled to an intake manifold (18), the pressure signal indicative of a manifold pressure, and the oxygen storage module (32) is further configured to receive a temperature signal from a temperature sensor (49) coupled to the intake manifold (18), the temperature signal indicative of a manifold temperature; in response to the oxygen storage module (32) receiving the pressure signal and the temperature signal, the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to measure the pressure of the
airflow through the intake manifold (18) and the temperature of the
airflow through the intake manifold (18); and in response to the measured engine speed, the measured manifold pressure and the measured manifold temperature, the oxygen storage module (32) determines the
air mass flow into the catalyst (36); wherein the oxygen storage module (32) is configured to determine the amount of oxygen stored in the catalyst (36) in response to the first oxygen signal and an estimated
air mass flow rate into the catalyst (36).