Method for the open-loop and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine with a generator and asynchronous machine, open-loop and closed-loop control unit, and internal combustion engine

Abstract

A method for the open-loop and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine or gas engine, with a generator and asynchronous machine, including the following steps: detecting at least one electrical characteristic variable of the generator, wherein the electrical characteristic variable is selected from current, voltage or frequency; determining a characteristic variable change in the electrical characteristic variable of the generator in a predetermined time interval; comparing the change in characteristic variable with a first threshold value; and in the event that the change in characteristic variable is greater than the first threshold value, changing from a standard speed control of the internal combustion engine to a feed-forward control.

Claims

1. A method for open and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine having an open and closed-loop control device, a generator and an asynchronous machine, wherein the asynchronous machine is engaged via a switch, the method comprising the steps of: sensing at least one electrical parameter of the generator, the electrical parameter being selected from current or voltage; determining a parameter change of the electrical parameter of the generator at a predefined time interval; comparing the parameter change with a first limit; changing-over from a standard speed control to a pre-control of the open and closed-loop control device of the internal combustion engine when the parameter change is greater than the first limit, wherein the standard speed control includes a continuous determination of a standard set fuel injection quantity based on a comparison between a set speed and actual speed of the internal combustion engine, and the pre-control includes determining an adjusted set fuel injection quantity based on a measurement of the parameter change, and a renewed determination of the parameter change; comparing the parameter change with a second limit, which is less than the first limit; and returning from the pre-control to the standard speed control when the parameter change is less than the second limit.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusted set fuel injection quantity increases as the parameter change becomes greater.

3. The method according to claim 1, including determining the adjusted set fuel injection quantity taking into account a measured maximum starting current of the asynchronous machine.

4. An internal combustion engine, comprising: a generator; a switchable asynchronous machine; and an open and closed-loop control device configured to carry out the method according to claim 1, the control device including a speed governor and a system control, the speed governor being configured to perform a standard speed control and the system control being configured to perform a pre-control and being configured to switch on the asynchronous machine via a switch.

5. The internal combustion engine according to claim 4, wherein the engine is a diesel engine or a gas engine.

6. The method according to claim 1, including detecting a first current surge when starting the asynchronous machine so that a direct start of the asynchronous machine is possible.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the detection of the first current surge takes place via the parameter change in the predetermined time interval.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parameter change comprises a gradient of current or voltage in the predetermined time interval.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) Further advantages, features and details of the invention emerge from the following description of the preferred exemplary embodiments and by referring to the drawing, in which:

(2) FIG. 1 in a schematic representation shows an example of a curve of a starting current of an asynchronous machine over time;

(3) FIG. 2 in a schematic representation shows an exemplary embodiment of an open and closed-loop control device according to the second aspect of the invention;

(4) FIG. 3 in a schematic representation shows an exemplary embodiment of an internal combustion engine having a generator and an asynchronous machine according to the third aspect of the invention;

(5) FIG. 4 in a schematic representation shows a method for open and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine having a generator and an asynchronous machine.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(6) FIG. 1 by way of example represents a curve of a starting current of an asynchronous machine over time. The starting current I here rises sharply up to a maximum starting current Imax and then falls to an operating level IB, at which the asynchronous machine functions after the starting phase. The sharp rise in the current curve at the beginning of the starting phase is expressed in the gradient di/dt, that is to say the parameter change at a specific time interval. According to the invention this rise is detected as an electrical parameter change, and if the parameter change exceeds a first limit a change-over is performed from a standard speed control of an internal combustion engine connected to the asynchronous machine to a pre-control. Here, as an element in the pre-control, a set fuel injection quantity is determined for the internal combustion engine. This may be done from predetermined values or on the basis of a measurement of the parameter change. Besides the current, the voltage and frequency can also be considered as electrical parameters.

(7) FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of an open and closed-loop control device SR for an internal combustion engine BK having a generator and an asynchronous machine, comprising a speed governor nR and a system control AS. The speed governor nR here is designed to perform a standard speed control, which comprises a continuous determination of a standard set fuel injection quantity Q1 based on a comparison between a set speed nSL and an actual speed nIST of the internal combustion engine BK. In the exemplary embodiment shown a filter F is additionally used to determine the actual speed nIST from a registered speed n. The open and closed-loop control device SR is designed to sense at least one electrical parameter of the generator, the electrical parameter being selected from the current I, the voltage U or the frequency f, and to determine a parameter change dI/dt, dU/dt, df/dt of the electrical parameter of the generator at a predefined time interval. The open and closed-loop control device is furthermore designed to compare the parameter change dI/dt, dU/dt, df/dt with a first limit and to cause a change-over from a dominance of the speed governor nR to a dominance of the system control AS, should the parameter deviation or the parameter change be greater than the first limit. The system control AS is designed to perform a pre-control. In the exemplary embodiment shown the pre-control comprises the determination of an adjusted set fuel injection quantity Q2 based on a measurement of the parameter change, the adjusted set fuel injection quantity increasing the greater the parameter change. The open and closed-loop control device SR is further designed, after renewed determination of the parameter change, to compare the parameter change with a second limit, which is less than the first limit, and to cause a return from the pre-control to the standard speed control, should the parameter change be less than the second limit. In the exemplary embodiment shown the change-over from the pre-control to the standard speed control and vice-versa is represented by a change in a switch position of the switch from 2 to 1 or 1 to 2. A set fuel injection quantity Q delivered to the internal combustion engine BK is therefore either the adjusted set fuel injection quantity Q2 or the standard set fuel injection quantity Q1, depending on the dominance.

(8) FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an exemplary embodiment of an internal combustion engine BK having a generator G and an asynchronous machine ASM. The internal combustion engine BK further comprises an open and closed-loop control device, which comprises a speed governor and a system control AS. The speed governor here is part of the engine control unit ECU. At least one electrical parameter of the generator G selected from the current I, the voltage U and the frequency f is sensed by the system control AS and an associated parameter change is determined at a predefined time interval. The open and closed-loop control device compares the parameter change with a first limit, and if the parameter change is greater than the first limit the open and closed-loop control device causes a change-over from a standard speed control of the internal combustion engine by the speed governor to a pre-control by the system control. In the exemplary embodiment shown the system control AS is furthermore designed to activate the asynchronous machine via a switch S.

(9) FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a method for the open and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine having a generator and an asynchronous machine. At least one electrical parameter of the generator selected from the current, the voltage and the frequency is sensed in step S1 and an associated parameter change Δ is determined at a predefined time interval in step S2. In step S3 the parameter change Δ is compared with a first limit and, if the parameter change Δ is greater than the first limit GW1, in step S4 a change-over ensues from a standard speed control of the internal combustion engine to a pre-control. In the exemplary embodiment shown the pre-control comprises the determination of an adjusted set fuel injection quantity based on a measurement of the parameter change, the adjusted set fuel injection quantity increasing the greater the parameter change.

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(10) I starting current Imax maximum starting current IB operating level SR open and closed-loop control device BK internal combustion engine G generator ASM asynchronous machine nR speed governor AS system control Q1 standard set fuel injection quantity nSL set speed nIST actual speed n registered speed Q2 adjusted set fuel injection quantity Q set fuel injection quantity F filter S switch GW1 first limit Δ parameter change