A closed-loop control device, for closed-loop control of a power assembly including an internal combustion engine and a generator having an operative drive connection to the internal combustion engine, includes: the closed-loop control device which is configured, in a first functional state, for: detecting a generator frequency (f.sub.G) of the generator as a controlled variable; determining a control deviation (e.sub.f) as a difference between the generator frequency (f.sub.G) which is detected and a target generator frequency f.sub.soll); determining a target speed (n.sub.soll) as a manipulated variable for controlling the internal combustion engine as a function of the control deviation (e.sub.f); using a control rule for determining the target speed (n.sub.soll); and being operatively connected to an open-loop control device of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the target speed (n.sub.soll) can be transmitted by the closed-loop control device to an open-loop control device.

A closed-loop control device includes: a power controller; a frequency controller for: detecting a generator frequency (f.sub.G) as a controlled variable; determining a frequency control deviation (e.sub.f) as a difference between the detected generator frequency (f.sub.G) and a target generator frequency (f.sub.soll); determining a second preset variable as a manipulated variable for controlling an internal combustion engine as a function of the frequency control deviation (e.sub.f); and a switchover module for: using, in a first functional state, a first preset variable as a control preset variable for controlling the internal combustion engine; using, in a second functional state, the second preset variable as a control preset variable for controlling the internal combustion engine; wherein the power controller and the frequency controller can calculate a controller component for a respectively assigned preset variable during operation of the closed-loop control device, independently of a current functional state of the switchover module.

A closed-loop control device includes: a power controller for: detecting a generator power of a generator as a controlled variable, determining a power control deviation as a difference between the detected generator power and a target generator power; and determining a first preset variable as a function of the power control deviation; a frequency controller for: detecting a generator frequency of the generator as a controlled variable, determining a frequency control deviation as a difference between the detected generator frequency and a target generator frequency; determining a second preset variable as a function of the frequency control deviation; and a preselection module for determining a third preset variable, the closed-loop control device for: combining the first preset variable, the second preset variable, and the third preset variable with one another to form an overall preset variable; and using the overall preset variable for controlling an internal combustion engine.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a filling level of an exhaust gas component accumulator of a catalytic converter (26) in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine (10), in which an actual filling level (.sub.mod) of the exhaust gas component accumulator is determined with a first catalytic converter model (100). The method is characterized in that a lambda setpoint (.sub.in,set) is formed, wherein a predetermined target fill level (.sub.set,flt) is converted into a base lambda setpoint by means of a second system model (104) which is the reverse of the first catalytic converter model (100), a deviation of the actual fill level (.sub.mod) from the predetermined target fill level (.sub.set,flt) is determined and processed to a lambda setpoint correction value by means of a fill level control unit (124), a sum of the base lambda setpoint value and the lambda setpoint value correction value is formed, and said sum is used to form a correction value, with which fuel metering to at least one combustion chamber (20) of the internal combustion engine (10) is influenced.

A plant control system comprises a feedback controller 5 configured to determine a control input of a plant 6 so that one control output of the plant approaches a target value, a provisional target value calculating part 2 configured to calculate a provisional target value based on a predetermined parameter of the plant, and a reference governor 3 configured to perform a minimum value search of an object function by updating a corrected target value to thereby derive the target value from the provisional target value. The reference governor is configured to update the corrected target value only between r0.5R.sub.r and r. R.sub.r is a value of a partial differential for the corrected target value w of the object function when the corrected target value w is the provisional target value r.

Methods and systems are provided for catalyst control. In one example, a method may include controlling an air-fuel ratio downstream of a catalyst by adjusting fuel injection. The fuel injection is adjusted based on control parameters updated online through system identification at a point of feedback control instability.

A control device (10) for a supercharging system for supplying compressed intake air to an engine (2) includes: an engine controller (10A) including an engine-signal input part (10A1) and an engine control part (10B1) configured to control an operational state of the engine; and a turbo controller (10B) including a turbo-signal input part (10B1) and a turbo-control part (10B2) including a turbo-control-command-value computing part (10B2a) configured to compute a turbo control command value corresponding to a target boost pressure of the supercharger (3). The boost-pressure control unit is controlled so that a boost pressure of the supercharger reaches the target boost pressure through output of the turbo control command value computed by the turbo-control-command-value computing part to the boost-pressure control unit.

A method of controlling a Free Piston Mover, the method comprising the steps of: generating a Control Parameter Set for closed loop control of a Target Control Variable, this set comprising a Target Control Variable Function together with one or more of: a Stroke Threshold Function; a Feed Forward Current Function; a Feedback Terms Function; Control Parameter Set Transition Conditions; transmitting the Control Parameter Set to an In-Stroke Controller in advance of the start of a Stroke to be controlled; modifying one or more of the constituents of the Control Parameter Set for any Future Stroke of the Free Piston Mover using a Future-Stroke Controller; and transmitting the modified Control Parameter Set to the In-Stroke Controller for the control of any Future Stroke.

An exhaust gas recirculation control method of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including: a turbo supercharger; an exhaust gas recirculation passage communicating an exhaust passage with an intake passage at a part upstream of a compressor of the turbo supercharger; an exhaust gas recirculating amount control valve disposed in the exhaust gas recirculation passage; a differential pressure generating valve disposed upstream of a merging portion of fresh air gas and exhaust gas in the intake passage; and a controller adapted to control an opening of the exhaust gas recirculation amount control valve and an opening of the differential pressure generating valve, wherein in the method, the controller cooperatively controls the opening of the exhaust gas recirculation amount control valve and the opening of the differential pressure generating valve to make an exhaust gas recirculation ratio change to a target exhaust gas recirculation ratio at a change rate that prevents abnormal combustion of the internal combustion engine.

A method for predictive open-loop and/or closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine with control variables pursuant to a model of the engine with characterizing variables and a control circuit for the control variables. The control variables are adjusted in an open-loop or closed-loop manner by measuring actual values and specifying target values of the characterizing variables and, optionally, depending on the boundary and/or environmental and/or ageing conditions. The characterizing variables are controlled pursuant to a model of the engine with the characterizing variables and a control circuit with the control variables. The controlling is part of a model-based predictive control, wherein the characterizing variables of the engine model are calculated and the control variables of the engine are adjusted in a predictively controlled manner. A model-based predictive non-linear controller is used for the controlling, which is constructed in a modular manner with a number of model-based predictive control modules.