Engine-out emissions controls
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining with a control system structured to control operation of an internal combustion engine system initial values for a plurality of combustion reference parameters;
determining with the control system a first difference between an engine-out NOx value for the engine and a target engine-out NOx value and a second difference between an engine-out AFR value for the engine and a target engine-out AFR value;
providing the first difference and the second difference to both a correction factor control component and a weighting factor control component, the correction factor control component and the weighting factor control component being in parallel control paths of a feedback control loop;
selecting with the correction factor control component which if any of the initial values to modify based upon the first difference and the second difference;
determining with the control system respective modification values for each of the initial values which is selected, the act of determining being performed by applying weighting factors determined by the weighting factor control component to the initial values selected by the control factor correction component;
modifying with the control system each of the initial values which is selected based upon the one or more respective modification values to provide respective modified values; and
determining with the control system one or more actuator control values based upon the values of the combustion reference parameters including the one or more modified values; and
controlling with the control system at least one of an air handling system actuator and a fueling system actuator utilizing the one or more actuator control values.
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Abstract
Unique apparatuses, methods, and systems including engine-out emissions controls are disclosed. One embodiment is a system including an internal combustion engine system including at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator and an electronic controller. The electronic structure may be structured to determine initial values for a plurality of combustion references, determine a plurality of target emissions values or ranges based upon the plurality of combustion references, determine errors between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information, determine correction factors and weighting factors for the combustion references, the weighting factors being based at least in part upon the errors between the between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information, selectably determine modified values for the combustion references based upon the correction factors and the weighting factors, and control operation of the at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator based upon the modified values.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining with a control system structured to control operation of an internal combustion engine system initial values for a plurality of combustion reference parameters; determining with the control system a first difference between an engine-out NOx value for the engine and a target engine-out NOx value and a second difference between an engine-out AFR value for the engine and a target engine-out AFR value; providing the first difference and the second difference to both a correction factor control component and a weighting factor control component, the correction factor control component and the weighting factor control component being in parallel control paths of a feedback control loop; selecting with the correction factor control component which if any of the initial values to modify based upon the first difference and the second difference; determining with the control system respective modification values for each of the initial values which is selected, the act of determining being performed by applying weighting factors determined by the weighting factor control component to the initial values selected by the control factor correction component; modifying with the control system each of the initial values which is selected based upon the one or more respective modification values to provide respective modified values; and determining with the control system one or more actuator control values based upon the values of the combustion reference parameters including the one or more modified values; and controlling with the control system at least one of an air handling system actuator and a fueling system actuator utilizing the one or more actuator control values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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an internal combustion engine system including at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator; and an electronic controller structured to; determine initial values for a plurality of combustion references, determine a plurality of target emissions values or ranges based upon the plurality of combustion references, determine errors between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information; provide the errors to both a correction factor control component and a weighting factor control component in separate control paths of a feedback controller, determine correction factors with the correction factor control component and weighting factors with the weighting factor control component for the combustion references, the weighting factors for an engine-out NOx and an engine-out AFR being based at least in part upon the errors between the emissions target values or ranges and sensed emissions information, selectably determine modified values for the combustion references based upon the correction factors and the weighting factors; and control operation of the at least one fueling actuator and at least one air handling actuator based upon the modified values. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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operating a combustion manager controller for an internal combustion engine to determine a plurality of combustion reference values; determining a first error between a NOx output of the engine and a target NOx output and a second error between an oxygen output of the engine and a target oxygen output of the engine; provide the first error and the second error to both of a first control component and second control component, the first control component and the second control component being in divergent control paths of a combined feedback control loop; determining with the first control component which if any of the plurality of combustion reference values to modify based upon the first error and the second error; determining a modification value for each selected combustion reference parameter; modifying the selected combustion reference parameter based upon the modification value, the modifying being based upon output of the first control component and output of the second control component; and operating at least one air handling actuator and at least one fueling system actuator utilizing the plurality of combustion reference values including the modified combustion reference parameter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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