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Oxidation catalyst bypass control strategy for yellow smoke mitigation in gaseous fuel engine

A gaseous fuel engine system includes an exhaust controller coupled with a temperature sensor and a NOx sensor, and structured to actuate open an electrically actuated bypass valve to bypass an oxidation catalyst with exhaust, based on an exhaust temperature and an exhaust NOx amount to mitigate production of yellow smoke. Yellow smoke mitigation logic may run during startup and when the gaseous fuel engine is in a lower part of an engine load range. The yellow smoke mitigation logic can be selectively triggered in response to transient engine load increases when the gaseous fuel engine is operating in an upper part of an engine load range.

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device is configured to execute a fuel cut control for stopping fuel supply to an internal combustion engine in response to a deceleration request to a vehicle; disengage a lock-up clutch and open a throttle of the vehicle during execution of fuel cut control; execute motor assist in a case where there is an acceleration request to a vehicle while the lock-up clutch is disengaged and the throttle is opened; and execute a motor torque reduction control for temporarily reducing an output from an electric motor based on a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and a rotation speed of a main shaft during the execution of the motor assist.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL ENGINE STALL AND CONTROLLING A POWERTRAIN SYSTEM TO PREVENT AN ENGINE STALL
20170218870 · 2017-08-03 ·

A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an engine stall module and an actuator control module. The engine stall module identifies a potential engine stall based on a speed of an engine and a rate of change in the engine speed. The actuator control module selectively adjusts an actuator of a powertrain system to prevent the engine from stalling when a potential engine stall is identified.

Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
09719443 · 2017-08-01 · ·

A vehicle control system includes an acceleration generating device (engine, T/M) that generates an acceleration applied to a vehicle, and a vehicle control device that controls the acceleration generating device, based on an accelerator pedal stroke representing an operation of an accelerator pedal by a driver, and a vehicle speed of the vehicle. In the vehicle control system or method, the vehicle control device controls the acceleration generating device, based on a required acceleration that is determined based on a relationship between the accelerator pedal stroke and the required acceleration, including, as a condition, an acceleration corresponding to a given accelerator pedal stroke, which is specified by a relationship between the vehicle speed and the acceleration when the accelerator pedal stroke is held at the given value.

VARIABLE-GAUGE-TRAIN CONTROL DEVICE

A variable gauge train control device comprises an inverter, a location detector, and a torque calculator. The inverter collectively controls torques of main electric motors. The location detector detects an entry into a gauge changeover section. The torque calculator, upon detection by the location detector of the entry into the gauge changeover section, suspends idling control that otherwise restricts the torques of the main electric motors and calculates a first torque pattern for making the inverter operate in accordance with the torques of the main electric motors.

Method and device for improved switching over between accelerator pedal characteristic curves

A method and a device for predefining a torque output of a motor vehicle drive engine when switching over accelerator pedal characteristic curves. The method and the device determine a setpoint change in the acceleration that is intended to sense occur as a result of the switching over. The method and device determine a change in torque as a function of the vehicle mass and the determined setpoint change in acceleration. The method and device determine a difference output from the change in torque, by which difference output a setpoint drive output is changed from a first drive output to a second drive output when switching over.

Device and method for inhibiting unintended vehicle acceleration
11359571 · 2022-06-14 ·

The inhibition device includes a micro-controller configured with a triggering condition including a number of intervals and, for each interval, a corresponding duration and a corresponding threshold. Each interval is a range specifying how much the vehicle's acceleration pedal has changed its position in terms of percentages of a pedal stroke. Each duration specifies the fastest time duration allowable for the acceleration pedal to attain a corresponding interval of pedal position change. The micro-controller converts progress signals of the acceleration pedal to corresponding percentages, obtains a difference DEF between the successive percentages, records a time duration RES between successive progress signals, and calculates DEF/RES=X. When X is greater than or equal to a threshold of a corresponding interval, the micro-controller sends an idle signal to the vehicle's engine control unit or intercepts the progress signals to prevent them from reaching the engine control unit.

Vehicle control system
11739703 · 2023-08-29 · ·

A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a driving force source configured to generate torque for driving drive wheels, a steering angle related value sensor configured to detect a steering angle related value of a steering device, and a controller configured to control the torque to control the vehicle attitude based on the steering angle related value. The controller acquires a current traveling mode defining a response of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle to an accelerator pedal operation. Based on the steering angle related value, when determined that a turning operation of the steering device in one direction is performed, the controller performs a torque decreasing control to add deceleration to the vehicle. When the acquired traveling mode is a high response traveling mode, the controller increases a reduction amount of the torque in the torque decreasing control more than in a low response traveling mode.

Methods and systems for a vehicle

Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. A system comprises a variable geometry turbocharger comprising a plurality of vanes, wherein the plurality of vanes is operated during a low-load transient event to conserve boost pressure from a previous high-load transient event to reduce lag during a proceeding high-load transient event.

Internal-combustion engine control device

Provided is a novel internal-combustion engine control device that can accurately determine a combustion state of an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber even in a case where operation is switched between a steady operation state and a transient operation state. For this purpose, the internal-combustion engine control device includes a physical quantity detection unit that detects a physical quantity that fluctuates output of the internal-combustion engine, an output fluctuation value calculation unit that calculates an output fluctuation value for each cylinder based on a detection result of the physical quantity detection unit, and a state determination unit that determines a transient operation state or a steady operation state based on a difference or a ratio between a first output fluctuation value of a predetermined first cylinder and a second output fluctuation value of a predetermined second cylinder calculated by the output fluctuation value calculation unit. Since combustion failure determination is performed in a section determined as the steady state, it is possible to accurately determine a combustion failure state of an air-fuel mixture of a cylinder even in a case where operation is switched between the steady operation state and the transient operation state.