F02D2041/147

System and method for producing hydrogen gas to supply internal combustion engines
11708799 · 2023-07-25 · ·

The present invention is to provide a system for producing hydrogen gas to supply internal combustion engines, comprising a controller, an internal combustion engine, an electric system of transportation vehicle, a fuel supply unit, an exhaust sensor, a battery management system, and an electrolysis system. The system saves fuel, almost completely reduces the number of harmful emissions released into the environment, cools the internal combustion engine, and clears residue inside the internal combustion engine. In addition, the invention also provides a method for producing hydrogen gas to supply internal combustion engines.

Control of internal combustion engines in response to exhaust gas recirculation system conditions

A system includes an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders, with at least one of the cylinder(s) being a primary EGR cylinder that is dedicated to provided EGR flow during at least some operating conditions. A controller is structured to control combustion conditions in the cylinders in response to one or more operating conditions associated with the engine.

EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS AND EXHAUST GAS CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
20230340920 · 2023-10-26 · ·

An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and capable of occluding oxygen; an air-fuel ratio sensor that detects the air-fuel ratio of an out-flow exhaust gas that flows out of the catalyst; and an air-fuel ratio control device that controls the air-fuel ratio of an in-flow exhaust gas that flows into the catalyst. The air-fuel ratio control device starts slightly rich control in which the air-fuel ratio of the in-flow exhaust gas is controlled such that the air-fuel ratio of the out-flow exhaust gas is maintained at a slightly rich setting air-fuel ratio that is richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, when the air-fuel ratio of the out-flow exhaust gas is reduced to be equal to or less than a rich-side switching air-fuel ratio that is richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.

Method of estimating oxygen storage capacity of catalyst

An engine system for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas outlet, an exhaust system having a three-way catalyst and a switch-type post oxygen sensor, and an engine control module that controls the engine system. The engine control module includes a first control logic for estimating a three-way catalyst oxygen storage capacity based on a plurality of measured inputs, a second control logic for estimating aging effects of the switch-type post oxygen sensor, and a third control logic that calculates a filtered estimated three-way catalyst oxygen storage capacity for the three-way catalyst.

Modeling to compensate for HEGO sensor drift

The present description relates generally to methods and systems to compensate for oxygen sensor drift caused by hydrogen diffusion within the exhaust system. In one example, a method includes adjusting a fuel amount supplied to an engine based on an estimated amount of hydrogen in the reference cell of an oxygen sensor. In this way, oxygen sensor bias on sensed AFR may be corrected.

MODELING TO COMPENSATE FOR HEGO SENSOR DRIFT

The present description relates generally to methods and systems to compensate for oxygen sensor drift caused by hydrogen diffusion within the exhaust system. In one example, a method includes adjusting a fuel amount supplied to an engine based on an estimated amount of hydrogen in the reference cell of an oxygen sensor. In this way, oxygen sensor bias on sensed AFR may be corrected.

Exhaust system for internal combustion engine
10865725 · 2020-12-15 · ·

An object is to reduce the influence of a hydrogen-ascribable difference between the measurement value of an oxygen sensor and the actual value. An exhaust system includes an oxygen sensor configured to measure the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and including a diffusion rate limiting layer and a controller configured to correct the measurement value of the oxygen sensor in such a way as to increase the measurement value of the oxygen sensor by an amount of correction that is made larger when the responsivity of the oxygen sensor to changes in the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine is high than when it is low in the same operation state of the internal combustion engine.

THREE-WAY CATALYST OXYGEN STORAGE MODEL

Technical methods described herein include an emissions control system for treating exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle. The emissions control system includes a three-reaction oxygen storage model. The system further includes a three-way catalyst and a controller that controls an oxygen storage level for the three-way catalyst. The controller determines a first reaction rate representing a net rate of cerium oxidation by oxygen, a second reaction rate representing a net rate of cerium reduction by carbon monoxide, and a third reaction rate representing a net rate of cerium reduction by hydrogen. The controller further determines the oxygen storage level based on the first reaction rate, the second reaction rate, and the third reaction rate.

VEHICLE SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF AN ENGINE

A vehicle system includes an engine defining a plurality of cylinders and configured to combust a fuel. A method of increasing efficiency of an engine includes controlling an amount of fuel being injected into the plurality of cylinders of the engine via a respective fuel injector. An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is in selective fluid communication with a second subset of the plurality of cylinders and the air intake system to route the second exhaust product from the second subset of the plurality of cylinders to an air intake system. A valve is coupled to the EGR system and the exhaust system. A first sensor is disposed between the valve and the air intake system, and measures an amount of reformate in the second exhaust product when the valve is in a second position.

SPARK IGNITION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

A control system of an internal combustion engine includes an S/V ratio changing mechanism able to change an S/V ratio of a combustion chamber and a detection device having an output value changing in accordance with a hydrogen concentration in exhaust gas, which increases along with an increase in the S/V ratio, the internal combustion engine being controlled by the output value of the detection device. Further, the output value of the detection device or a parameter relating to operation of the internal combustion engine is corrected in accordance with the S/V ratio of the above S/V ratio changing mechanism.