Regeneration control device for exhaust gas treatment device

• US 10,641,155 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine & Turbocharger, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nishizawa, Kazuki, Yamada, Tomohide, Sato, Daisuke, Ito, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Matthias, Jonathan R
• Application Number:
  US16/072,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20190024566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 11/002 the diagnostic devices measuring or estimating temperature or pressure in, or downstream of the exhaust apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 13/009 having two or more separate purifying devices arranged in series
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2260/04 for regeneration or reactivation, e.g. of catalyst
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2430/06 by varying fuel-air ratio, e.g. by enriching fuel-air mixture
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2560/06 the means being a temperature sensor
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/0422 measuring the elapsed time
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1602 Temperature of exhaust gas apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1606 Particle filter loading or soot amount
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/023 using means for regenerating the filters, e.g. by burning trapped particles by electrically controlling the supply of combustible mixture or its constituents only F02D41/0235
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/106 Auxiliary oxidation catalysts
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 9/002 of filter regeneration, e.g. detection of clogging
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device includes: a DOC blockage risk state determination part configured to determine whether the DOC is in a blockage risk state which is a state where blockage of the DOC is likely to occur, on the basis of comparison between a counter value and a threshold related to an operation time of the diesel engine; a DOC temperature increase execution part configured to execute a blockage recovery process for increasing a temperature of the DOC to a first temperature, if it is determined that the DOC is in the blockage risk state; a DPF forced regeneration condition determination part configured to determine whether a forced regeneration execution condition for the DPF is satisfied; a DPF forced regeneration execution part configured to execute a forced regeneration process for increasing a temperature of the DPF to a second temperature and increasing the temperature of the DOC to the first temperature, if the forced regeneration execution condition is satisfied; and a counter reset process part configured to reset the counter value after completion of the forced regeneration process by the DPF forced regeneration execution part.

Claims

1. A regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device, which performs recovery of a DOC disposed in an exhaust passage of a diesel engine and forced regeneration of a DPF disposed in the exhaust passage downstream of the DOC, the regeneration control device comprising:

a DOC blockage risk state determination part configured to determine whether the DOC is in a blockage risk state which is a state where blockage of the DOC is likely to occur, on the basis of comparison between a counter value and a threshold related to an operation time of the diesel engine;

a DPF forced regeneration condition determination part configured to determine whether a forced regeneration execution condition for the DPF is satisfied;

a DOC temperature increase execution part configured to execute a blockage recovery process for increasing a temperature of the DOC to a first temperature regardless of whether the forced regeneration execution condition of the DPF is satisfied or not, if it is determined that the DOC is in the blockage risk state;

a DPF forced regeneration execution part configured to execute a forced regeneration process for increasing a temperature of the DPF to a second temperature and increasing the temperature of the DOC to the first temperature, if the forced regeneration execution condition is satisfied; and

a counter reset process part configured to reset the counter value after completion of the forced regeneration process by the DPF forced regeneration execution part.

2. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the DPF forced regeneration execution part is configured to execute the blockage recovery process and execute the forced regeneration process after completion of the blockage recovery process, if the forced regeneration execution condition is satisfied.

3. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the counter value includes a first counter value which is an accumulated duration time, within a closest predetermined period, of a low exhaust temperature operation state in which a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the diesel engine is lower than an exhaust temperature threshold,

wherein the threshold includes a first threshold corresponding to the first counter value,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part includes a first blockage risk state determination part configured to determine that the DOC is in the blockage risk state if the first counter value is greater than the first threshold,

wherein the DPF forced regeneration execution part is configured to execute the forced regeneration process after completion of the blockage recovery process by the DOC temperature increase execution part, if the first blockage risk state determination part determines that the DOC is in the blockage risk state, and

wherein the counter reset process part is configured to reset the counter value including the first counter value after completion of the forced regeneration process.

4. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 3,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part further includes a determination threshold correction part configured to correct at least one of the exhaust temperature threshold or the first threshold on the basis of at least one of an atmospheric pressure, an atmospheric temperature, or a water temperature of the diesel engine.

5. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 3, further comprising a temperature-increase temperature monitoring part configured to monitor the temperature of the DOC during execution of the blockage recovery process.

6. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 5,

wherein the counter value includes a second counter value which is an accumulated operation time of the diesel engine,

wherein the threshold includes a second threshold corresponding to the second counter value,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part further includes a second blockage risk state determination part configured to determine that the DOC is in the blockage risk state if the second counter value is greater than the second threshold,

wherein the counter reset process part is configured to reset the counter value including the second counter value after completion of the blockage recovery process executed in response to determination of the second blockage risk state determination part,

wherein the regeneration control device for the exhaust gas treatment device further includes a mode start part configured to start a temperature increase failure recovery mode configured to determine, as a temperature increase failure, a case in which the temperature of the DOC is higher than a first temperature threshold which is lower than the first temperature for no longer than a predetermined time, during execution of the blockage recovery process in response to determination by the first blockage risk state determination part, and start a temperature increase failure recovery mode for starting determination of the blockage risk state by the second blockage risk state determination part if the blockage recovery process is executed under the temperature increase failure successively a first number of times.

7. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 6,

wherein the second threshold is set such that an average time interval between two successive blockage recovery processes executed in response to determination by the second blockage risk state determination part is shorter than an average time interval between two successive blockage recovery processes executed in response to determination by the first blockage risk state determination part.

8. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 6,

wherein the mode start part is configured to end the temperature increase failure recovery mode if the temperature of the DOC in the blockage recovery process executed after the temperature increase failure recovery mode is started is greater than the first temperature threshold.

9. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 6,

further comprising a first notification part configured to notify that the blockage recovery process is performed under the temperature increase failure successively a second number of times, the second number being greater than the first number, or notify to prompt manual execution of the blockage recovery process if the blockage recovery process is performed under the temperature increase failure successively the second number of times.

10. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 6,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part includes a determination threshold correction part configured to correct the second threshold on the basis of at least one of an atmospheric pressure, an atmospheric temperature, or a water temperature of the diesel engine.

11. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 5,

further comprising a blockage recovery process condition correction part configured to, in two successive blockage recovery processes, correct a temperature-increase temperature or a temperature-increase execution period in the blockage recovery process which is executed later, on the basis of the temperature of the DOC in the blockage recovery process which is executed earlier.

12. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the counter value includes a third counter value which is an accumulated operation time of the diesel engine,

wherein the threshold includes a third threshold corresponding to the third counter value,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part includes a third blockage risk state determination part configured to determine that the DOC is in the blockage risk state if the third counter value is greater than the third threshold, and

wherein the counter reset process part is configured to reset the counter value including the third counter value, after completion of the blockage recovery process executed in response to determination by the third blockage risk state determination part.

13. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 12,

wherein the DOC blockage risk state determination part includes a determination threshold correction part configured to correct the third threshold on the basis of at least one of an atmospheric pressure, an atmospheric temperature, or a water temperature of the diesel engine.

14. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the DPF forced regeneration execution part is configured to execute the forced regeneration process after completion of the blockage recovery process, if the forced regeneration execution condition is satisfied after completion of the blockage recovery process by the DOC temperature increase execution part.

15. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the DOC temperature increase execution part is configured to interrupt the blockage recovery process if an interruption condition of the blockage recovery process in execution is satisfied.

16. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 15,

wherein the DOC temperature increase execution part is configured to execute the blockage recovery process after elapse of a retry time, if the blockage recovery process is interrupted.

17. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 15,

further comprising a second notification part configured to, if the blockage recovery process is interrupted a predetermined number of times, notify that the blockage recovery process is interrupted the predetermined number of times, or notify to prompt manual execution of the blockage recovery process.

18. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the DPF forced regeneration condition determination part is configured to determine that the forced regeneration execution condition is satisfied, if an estimate value of a PM accumulation amount at the DPF is greater than a predetermined value, if an operation time of an engine is longer than a predetermined time threshold, or if an accumulated value of a fuel injection amount of the diesel engine is greater than a predetermined amount.

19. The regeneration control device for an exhaust gas treatment device according to claim 1,

wherein the DPF forced regeneration execution part is configured to interrupt the forced regeneration process if an abnormally high temperature of the DPF is detected during execution of the forced regeneration process, and

wherein the DOC temperature increase execution part is configured to execute the blockage recovery process for a longer execution period if the forced regeneration process is interrupted in response to detection of the abnormally high temperature of the DPF, compared to a case where the abnormally high temperature of the DPF is not detected.