A storage device is configured to store a first mapping that receives, as an input, a first input variable including a cam phase variable on present and past phases of a cam, and output a pulsating variable on a pulsating component. The execution device is configured to acquire the first input variable and estimate the pulsating variable by applying the acquired first input variable to the first mapping. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the pulsating variable without providing a low-pressure fuel pressure sensor by estimating a fuel pressure variable by applying the first input variable to the first mapping.

A system for controlling the powertrain of a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and an electric accumulator, the system performing the following steps: detecting an overpressure in the injection rail, with respect to a setpoint pressure; injecting into the internal combustion engine a predetermined quantity of fuel corresponding to the volume of fuel to be removed from the injection rail in order to lower the pressure in the injection rail down to the setpoint pressure; and operating the electric machine in generator mode to absorb the torque generated by the injection of the predetermined quantity of fuel into the internal combustion engine.

A method for requirement-based servicing of an injector in a common-rail system in which, during ongoing operation of the engine, a current operating point is stored as a function of the rail pressure and of the fuel injection mass, and the current operating point is multiplied by a damage factor and is stored as a reference injection cycle as a function of the rail pressure as well as of the fuel injection mass. A total reference injection cycle is calculated by forming sums over the reference injection cycles, and a load factor is calculated as a function of the total reference injection cycle and the permissible injection cycles, and the load factor is set as decisive for the servicing recommendation of the injector.

A timing computation unit determines whether to execute compression latter-half injection to inject fuel in a latter half of a compression stroke of an internal combustion engine based on an operation state of the engine and computes an injection timing and an ignition timing of fuel. A timing correction unit corrects the computed injection timing to an advance side and corrects the computed ignition timing to a retard side, in a case where a detected fuel pressure is lower than a target fuel pressure. The timing correction unit corrects the computed injection timing to the retard side and corrects the computed ignition timing to the advance side, in a case where the detected fuel pressure is higher than the target fuel pressure. A combustion control unit controls a fuel injection device and an ignition device based on the injection timing and the ignition timing.

The invention is related to a fuel pressure control device for an internal combustion engine, which controls a pressure of fuel supplied to a fuel injection valve and includes: a fuel pump, adopting the internal combustion engine as a driving source, and discharging pressurized fuel to a side of the fuel injection valve; a boost control part, setting a fuel discharge amount of the high-pressure fuel pump to a maximum value for boosting a pressure from a time when cranking starts until a predetermined timing halfway during a startup of the internal combustion engine; and a limit control part, performing limit control which follows the boost control and limits the fuel discharge amount to an upper limit.

A control device includes a drive unit configured to supply electric power to a fuel injection valve to perform valve open drive to supply fuel to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; and a correction unit configured to correct a fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve. The correction unit is configured to learn the fuel injection amount of the fuel injection valve when NOx purge is performed to reduce and purify the NOx occlusion catalyst.

Methods and apparatuses for calibration and control of various engine subsystems using a target value approach. Under the target value approach, the control of each engine subsystem is separated or decoupled to include a set of target values, or a reference value set. A subsystem has a corresponding target determiner, which provides a target value set, or reference value set, in response to a basis variable set and optionally an overall subsystem target. The basis variable set includes parameters selected to robustly characterize the variables that affect the operation of the particular subsystem. The target determiner is optionally calibrated to provide a reference value set within specifications of the subsystem. A physical subsystem controller operates in response to the reference value set.

A control system includes a controller. The controller estimates the swing-back amount indicating the turning amount of the crankshaft in the reverse rotation direction until the crankshaft stops. The controller calculates a stop-time counter value which is a value of a crank counter at the time when the engine is stopped based on a final counter value which is the value of the crank counter calculated last before the crankshaft stops and the estimated swing-back amount. The controller corrects the swing-back amount used for calculating the stop-time counter value based on a difference between the number of driving times calculated with reference to the map based on the calculated stop-time counter value and the value of the crank counter and the number of driving times calculated by increasing the number of driving times by one each time the high pressure system fuel pressure increases by the threshold or more.

In at least some implementations, a system includes a pump having an electric motor and a pump outlet, a controller coupled to the pump to vary the power provided to the motor to vary the flow rate of liquid discharged from the pump outlet, a pressure regulator having an inlet communicated with the pump outlet, a regulator outlet from which liquid is discharged from the regulator, a bypass outlet through which liquid is discharged from the regulator, and a pressure responsive valve that opens to permit liquid flow through the bypass outlet, and a flow sensor. The flow sensor is communicated with the bypass outlet to sense or determine a flow rate of liquid at or downstream of the bypass outlet, the flow sensor also communicated with the controller to provide an indication of the bypassed liquid flow rate to the controller.

A method and system for correcting a fuel injection amount that injects fuel may include applying a current value for injecting a target fuel amount and injecting fuel under a driving condition in which fuel injection is blocked; determining a frequency analysis value for a pressure signal of the fuel pressure rail when the fuel is injected; determining a fuel amount difference corresponding to a difference value between the frequency analysis value and a reference frequency analysis value stored in a data storage in advance; and correcting a current value of the injector which is applied to inject the target fuel amount to remove the fuel amount difference.