A system for supplementing a fixed fuel source for an engine includes a motor-generator set connected to a mechanical load device and a controller. The motor-generator set includes a motor and a generator. The engine is configured to provide a first torque from a fixed fuel source from an independent variable flow input. The fixed fuel source is independent of the engine and set external to the engine. The mechanical load device is driven by the engine and configured to require a second torque defined by an independent flow device. The controller is configured to compare the first torque and the second torque, provide a first control signal to the motor to provide power to the engine when the second torque exceeds the first torque and provide a second control signal to the generator to draw power from the engine when the first torque exceeds the second torque.

A method and an apparatus for controlling a mild hybrid electric vehicle are provided. The method includes detecting data for operating the vehicle and determining a target torque of an engine based on the detected data. Additionally, the method includes determining whether an operating condition of a limiting logic of a combustion torque of the engine is satisfied based on a temperature of coolant of the engine and operating the limiting logic when the operating condition of the limiting logic is satisfied. A first available combustion torque of the engine is determined based on a speed of the engine and the temperature of the coolant when the limiting logic is operated and a target torque of a MHSG is determined based on the target torque of the engine and the first available combustion torque of the engine. The MHSG is then operated to generate the target torque of the MHSG.

Provided is a hybrid work machine in which a hybrid system and a downsized engine are used. The hybrid work machine improves fuel consumption, improves exhaust characteristics, and reduces noise. The hybrid work machine also performs rapid charging of a power storage device while preventing decreases in the output power of a hydraulic pump if the charge amount of the power storage device is extremely insufficient. A vehicle body controller 46 performs engine revolution speed decreasing control in which, if the charge rate of a battery 33 becomes equal to or less than a minimum charge rate, the target revolution speed of an engine 11 is reduced. The vehicle body controller also performs torque reducing control in which the maximum absorption torque of a hydraulic pump 21 is reduced. By performing these control operations, the vehicle body controller coercively generates surplus torque for the engine and operates a generator-motor 31 as a generator with the use of the surplus torque, thereby rapidly charging the battery.

An ECU avoids engine stall by putting a compressor into a stationary state in a case where the rotation speed of a crankshaft is equal to or less than a predetermined speed during an idle operation of an internal combustion engine. During the idle operation, the ECU calculates a total load torque applied to the crankshaft by the compressor and an alternator. The ECU calculates the maximum torque of the internal combustion engine during the idle operation based on a target speed during the idle operation. Then, the ECU raises the predetermined speed in a case where the value obtained by subtracting the load torque from the maximum torque is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

A system for supplementing a fixed fuel source for an engine includes a motor-generator set connected to a mechanical load device and a controller. The motor-generator set includes a motor and a generator. The engine is configured to provide a first torque from a fixed fuel source from an independent variable flow input. The fixed fuel source is independent of the engine and set external to the engine. The mechanical load device is driven by the engine and configured to require a second torque defined by an independent flow device. The controller is configured to compare the first torque and the second torque, provide a first control signal to the motor to provide power to the engine when the second torque exceeds the first torque and provide a second control signal to the generator to draw power from the engine when the first torque exceeds the second torque.

A vehicle includes an engine including a crank shaft; a battery; a belt-integrated starter generator (BISG) mechanically coupled to the crank shaft and configured to generate electric power from motion of the engine to charge the battery; and a controller configured to operate the BISG to apply a load to the crank shaft to slow the engine and capture electric power for storage in the battery, wherein an initial magnitude of the load is proportional to a temperature of the engine, responsive to a speed of the BISG or engine achieving a predetermined non-zero threshold, remove the load from the crank shaft, and bring the engine to a stop.

A crankshaft rotating angle controlling method and a crankshaft rotating angle controlling system are provided. A shut-off signal is obtained, and an engine speed is judged. If the engine speed is lower than a specific value, a generator is set in a driving mode at an ending point of a missing tooth signal in a gear pulse signal, such that the generator in the driving mode drives a crankshaft to exceed a top-dead-center of a cylinder. When the crankshaft arrives at a bottom-dead-center of the cylinder, the generator is set to be in a holding mode of an error phase of a three-phase current. Through the generator in the driving mode, the given error phase of the three-phase current stops the generator immediately and the crankshaft is fixed within an angle range of a default stop position.

A controller for an internal combustion engine, a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. The controller executes a deactivation process that deactivates combustion control in a specified one of cylinders. A compensation process operates a power generation device that produces driving torque applied to a driven wheel so as to compensate for insufficiency of the driving torque of a vehicle caused by the deactivation process. A prohibition process prohibits the deactivation process when it is determined that compensation by a predetermined amount or larger by the compensation process cannot be performed.

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for controlling a cylinder deactivation (CDA) operation for an electrified powertrain, the electrified powertrain comprising an engine and an additional power source, the engine having a plurality of cylinders. The method includes the step of: operating the electrified powertrain in a CDA mode and deactivating one or more selected cylinders of the plurality of cylinders; receiving measurement data indicative of operating conditions of the electrified powertrain; analyzing the measurement data to determine whether a predetermined operating condition is met; and adjusting the CDA operation by adjusting the duration of the CDA operation or changing a number of deactivated cylinders.

A power generation system for an internal combustion engine includes: a turbocharger capable of performing a turbocharger power generation using rotation of a turbine provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; and a control unit including at least one electronic control unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a first power generation instruction value required for the turbocharger, and determine whether or not a magnitude relationship in which generated power of the turbocharger power generation is larger than an increase amount of a pumping loss of the internal combustion engine resulting from the turbocharger power generation is satisfied based on an operational state of the internal combustion engine, and calculate the first power generation instruction value larger when the magnitude relationship is satisfied than when the magnitude relationship is not satisfied.