A control method of an engine system is a method of controlling the engine system including an engine with a combustion chamber; a fuel injection valve configured to supply fuel to the engine; and an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in a flow path of exhaust gas from the engine. In the control method, feedback control is performed so that an air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber becomes a target value by controlling the fuel injection valve, using an air-fuel ratio measured value obtained by the air-fuel ratio sensor. In the feedback control, a transfer function is used, the transfer function being obtained by system identification of a plant having the air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber serve as an input and the air-fuel ratio measured value obtained by the air-fuel ratio sensor serve as an output. In the control method, a filtering process is performed to an air-fuel ratio measured value used in the feedback control, the filtering process cutting a component having a response speed faster than a delay indicated by the transfer function.

A control method of a butterfly valve of an internal combustion engine, when said internal combustion engine is running, wherein said butterfly valve is controlled by means of a control signal, indicative of an angular position of said valve, the method comprising a step of applying a first limiting filter of a gradient of said control signal, when a ratio between a target pressure downstream of the butterfly valve and a measured pressure upstream of the butterfly valve is greater than a first predetermined threshold.

A system and method of controlling a turbocharged engine system includes receiving a boost mode selection signal and controlling the turbocharged engine system in response to the boost mode selection signal.

A process for fireproofing materials, using the following steps: a) placing a material in contact with a viscoelastic suspension obtained by mixing a pozzolanic material with an alkaline activation solution having at least one soluble metal hydroxide; b) geopolymerizing the viscoelastic suspension; c) obtaining a fireproof material with a geopolymer.

A method for controlling a rotational speed of an output shaft of a propulsion unit. The method includes determining a speed setpoint value, indicative of a rotational speed setpoint for the output shaft, and an actual speed value, indicative of an actual rotational speed of the output shaft, determining an acceleration value using an acceleration value determination procedure comprising employing an acceleration conversion function that uses the speed setpoint value, the actual speed value and an acceleration setting member as inputs and which produces a resulting value to be used for determining the acceleration value, the acceleration conversion function being such that different resulting values can be obtained for the same set of the speed setpoint value and the actual speed value but for different choices of the acceleration setting member, determining a torque request value using a torque conversion operation that uses the acceleration value, and controlling the propulsion unit using the torque request value.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a vehicle having different operating modes, and for each such mode a different characteristic of output torque and accelerator pedal position. The rise of output torque in response to a propulsion request is more or less delayed according to the instant operating mode. The invention provides for blending of the response to a propulsion request so that the delay is progressively varied between a source and target operating mode.

An electronic control unit (100), which serves as a control device for an internal combustion engine, executes feedback control for controlling the torque of an internal combustion engine (10) so as to coincide the rate of decrease in engine rotational speed with a target rate of decrease in the engine rotational speed. The electronic control unit (100) calculates a required torque that is a torque required to keep the engine rotational speed at a constant rotational speed, and increases a feedback gain in the feedback control as the calculated required torque increases.

A controller for an internal combustion engine includes a detector and a processor. The detector detects a combustion condition of a gas in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The processor is configured to calculate a target combustion condition. The processor is configured to calculate an ignition timing such that the combustion condition detected by the detector becomes equal to the target combustion condition via a feedback control with a gain. The processor is configured to calculate a fuel ratio in the gas in the cylinder. The processor is configured to determine the gain so as to increase as the fuel ratio decreases.

Provided is an exhaust gas purifying apparatus capable of making a filter entrance temperature reach a target temperature while suppressing excessive temperature increases and release of THC even upon extension of the exhaust path or decreases in outside air temperature. The exhaust gas purifying apparatus includes an oxidation catalyst 18 and a filter 19 that are placed in an exhaust path 5 of an engine 1, a fuel injection device 13 for injecting fuel in accordance with a fuel injection pattern, and a control device 50 configured to be capable of setting the fuel injection pattern including post-injection, wherein an upper-limit value of post-injection quantity increases with decreasing outside air temperature and/or with elongating path length of the exhaust path 5.

An apparatus for controlling an EGR valve, includes: a measurement unit to measure at least one operation condition of an engine system; a fresh air amount setting unit to set a target amount of fresh air based on the operation condition; a fresh air amount sensor to measure a current amount of fresh air introduced through an intake line; a control calculation unit to set a signal for controlling an opening degree of the EGR valve so that the current amount of fresh air follows the target amount of fresh air; and an identifier to simulate an input and an output of the engine system, and output engine system input-output sensitivity which is a ratio of a change rate of the current amount of fresh air to a change rate of the opening degree of the EGR valve.