Air per cylinder determination systems and methods

• US 10,337,441 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2015
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Matthews, Gregory P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amick, Jacob M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kessler, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US14/734,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20160363083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: 701103, 701106
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 17/02 Cutting-out cutting-out engines in multiple engine arrangements F02D25/04
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/001 for engines with variable valve actuation
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0406 Intake manifold pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0411 Volumetric efficiency
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0414 Air temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0002 Controlling intake air
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0085 Balancing of cylinder outputs, e.g. speed, torque or air-fuel ratio
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0087 Selective cylinder activation, i.e. partial cylinder operation deceleration cut-off F02D41/123
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/18 by measuring intake air flow
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2438 Active learning methods
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2454 Learning of the air-fuel ratio control
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2461 by learning a value and then controlling another value
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/30 Controlling fuel injection F02D41/182, F02D41/24 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/34 with means for controlling injection timing or duration
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

An engine control system of a vehicle includes a cylinder control module a first air per cylinder (APC) module, an adjustment module, and a fuel control module. The cylinder control module determines a target fraction of activated cylinders of an engine. The first APC module determines a first APC value based on an intake manifold pressure and an air temperature. The adjustment module determines an APC adjustment value based on the target fraction of activated cylinders. The first APC module also determines a second APC value based on the first APC value and the APC adjustment value. The fuel control module controls fuel injection based on the second APC value and a target air/fuel mixture.

Claims

1. An engine control system of a vehicle, comprising:

a cylinder control module that determines a target fraction of activated cylinders of an engine;

a first air per cylinder (APC) module that determines a first APC value based on an intake manifold pressure and an air temperature;

an adjustment module that determines an APC adjustment value based on the target fraction of activated cylinders;

wherein the first APC module determines a second APC value based on the first APC value and the APC adjustment value;

a second APC module that determines a third APC value based on a mass air flowrate (MAF) into the engine and the target fraction of activated cylinders;

a filter module that applies a filter to the third APC value to determine a fourth APC value;

an air state module that transitions an air state from a first state to a second state when an intake air pressure ratio is less than a predetermined value, a change in the intake air pressure ratio is less than a second predetermined value, a change in the target fraction of activated cylinders is zero, a change in the fourth APC value is less than a third predetermined value, and a change in an intake cam phaser position is less than a fourth predetermined value;

a learning module that adjusts a learn adjustment value at a first predetermined rate when the air state is in the second state and that does not adjust the learn adjustment value when the air state is in the first state;

an adjusting module that adjusts the second APC value based on the learn adjustment value to produce a fifth APC value; and

a fuel control module controls fuel injection based on the fifth APC value and a target air/fuel mixture.

2. The engine control system of claim 1 wherein the first APC module sets the second APC value based on one of a sum and a product of the first APC value and the APC adjustment value.

3. The engine control system of claim 1 wherein the adjustment module determines the APC adjustment value further based on the intake manifold pressure and an intake cam phaser position.

4. The engine control system of claim 3 wherein the adjustment module determines the APC adjustment value using a mapping that relates intake manifold pressures, intake cam phaser positions, and target fractions of activated cylinders to APC adjustment values.

5. The engine control system of claim 1 wherein the air state module transitions the air state from the second state to a third state when the change in the fourth APC value is less than a fifth predetermined value and the change in the intake cam phaser position is less than a sixth predetermined value, and

wherein the learning module adjusts the learn adjustment value at a second predetermined rate that is greater than the first predetermined rate when the air state is in the third state.

6. The engine control system of claim 5 wherein the fifth predetermined value is less than the third predetermined value, and

wherein the sixth predetermined value is less than the fourth predetermined value.

7. The engine control system of claim 5 wherein the air state module transitions the air state from the third state to a fourth state when, for at least a predetermined period, the change in the fourth APC value is less than the fifth predetermined value and the change in the intake cam phaser position is less than the sixth predetermined value,

wherein the learning module adjusts the learn adjustment value at a third predetermined rate that is greater than the second predetermined rate when the air state is in the fourth state.

8. An engine control method for a vehicle, comprising:

determining a target fraction of activated cylinders of an engine;

determining a first air per cylinder (APC) value based on an intake manifold pressure and an air temperature;

determining an APC adjustment value based on the target fraction of activated cylinders;

determining a second APC value based on the first APC value and the APC adjustment value;

determining a third APC value based on a mass air flowrate (MAF) into the engine and the target fraction of activated cylinders;

applying a filter to the third APC value to determine a fourth APC value;

transitioning an air state from a first state to a second state when an intake air pressure ratio is less than a predetermined value, a change in the intake air pressure ratio is less than a second predetermined value, a change in the target fraction of activated cylinders is zero, a change in the fourth APC value is less than a third predetermined value, and a change in an intake cam phaser position is less than a fourth predetermined value,

adjusting a learn adjustment value at a first predetermined rate when the air state is in the second state;

not adjusting the learn adjustment value when the air state is in the first state;

adjusting the second APC value based on the learn adjustment value to produce a fifth APC value; and

controlling fuel injection based on the fifth APC value and a target air/fuel mixture.

9. The engine control method of claim 8 wherein determining the second APC value includes setting the second APC value based on one of a sum and a product of the first APC value and the APC adjustment value.

10. The engine control method of claim 8 further comprising determining the APC adjustment value further based on the intake manifold pressure and an intake cam phaser position.

11. The engine control method of claim 10 further comprising determining the APC adjustment value using a mapping that relates intake manifold pressures, intake cam phaser positions, and target fractions of activated cylinders to APC adjustment values.

12. The engine control method of claim 8 further comprising:

transitioning the air state from the second state to a third state when the change in the fourth APC value is less than a fifth predetermined value and the change in the intake cam phaser position is less than a sixth predetermined value; and

adjusting the learn adjustment value at a second predetermined rate that is greater than the first predetermined rate when the air state is in the third state.

13. The engine control method of claim 12 wherein the fifth predetermined value is less than the third predetermined value, and

wherein the sixth predetermined value is less than the fourth predetermined value.

14. The engine control method of claim 12 further comprising:

transitioning the air state from the third state to a fourth state when, for at least a predetermined period, the change in the fourth APC value is less than the fifth predetermined value and the change in the intake cam phaser position is less than the sixth predetermined value; and

adjusting the learn adjustment value at a third predetermined rate that is greater than the second predetermined rate when the air state is in the fourth-state.