TURBOCHARGED ENGINE

• US 20150240706A1
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Yamagata, Naoyuki, Tsujita, Shuhei
• Granted Patent: US 9,702,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 17/005 having direct injection in the combustion chamber
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2023/085 using several spark plugs per cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2023/108 Swirl flow, i.e. the axis of rotation of the main charge flow motion is vertical
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 23/104 the injector being placed on a side position of the cylinder
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 29/0406 Layout of the intake air cooling or coolant circuit
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 31/02 in engines having inlet valves arranged eccentrically to cylinder axis F02B31/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 37/183 Arrangements of bypass valves or actuators therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 21/08 the other gas being the exhaust gas of engine
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 23/02 the engines being of fuel-injection type
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 37/02 one of the functions being ignition
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0007 for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines control of the pumps per se F02B37/12
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/005 according to engine operating conditions
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/402 Multiple injections
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/05 High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/13 Arrangement or layout of EGR passages, e.g. in relation to specific engine parts or for incorporation of accessories
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/20 Feeding recirculated exhaust gases directly into the combustion chambers or into the intake runners
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 26/23 Layout, e.g. schematics
• CPC Class Codes: F02P 15/02 Arrangements having two or more sparking plugs
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

An engine includes: a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor; an EGR passage connecting an exhaust passage on an upstream side of the turbine and an air intake passage on a downstream side of the compressor; an EGR valve provided in the EGR passage; a bypass passage that bypasses the turbine; and a waste gate valve provided in the bypass passage. In the engine, when a boost pressure is increased to a limit pressure, a first boost pressure control is executed, in which the EGR valve is opened and the waste gate valve is closed. After the first boost pressure control starts, when an engine speed is increased to a prescribed value, a second boost pressure control is executed, in which the waste gate valve is opened in addition to the EGR valve.

Claims

1. A turbocharged engine, comprising;

an engine body including at least one cylinder;

an intake passage for introducing air into the cylinder;

an exhaust passage for discharging exhaust gas generated in the cylinder;

a turbocharger including a turbine driven by energy of the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust passage and a compressor driven by the turbine to apply pressure to air in the intake passage;

an EGR passage connecting the exhaust passage on an upstream side of the turbine and the intake passage on a downstream side of the compressor;

an openable/closable EGR valve provided in the EGR passage;

a bypass passage provided in the exhaust passage so as to bypass the turbine;

an openable/closable waste gate valve provided in the bypass passage; and

a controller for controlling the EGR valve and the waste gate valve so as to prevent boost pressure generated by the compressor from exceeding a predetermined limit pressure in a specific operation area set in at least part of a speed range in which an engine speed becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined first rotational speed, wherein

the controller implements, when the boost pressure is increased to the limit pressure, a first boost pressure control of opening the EGR valve and closing the waste gate valve, and implements, after the first boost pressure control is started and when the engine speed is increased to a second rotational speed higher than the first rotational speed, a second boost pressure control of opening the waste gate valve in addition to the EGR valve.

2. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, wherein

the first rotational speed is an engine speed corresponding to an intercept point that is an operation point positioned on a full load line of the engine where the boost pressure reaches the limit pressure.

3. The turbocharged engine according to claim 2, wherein

the controller closes both the EGR valve and the waste gate valve in an operation area including a lower speed side range than the first rotational speed on the full load line of the engine.

4. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller increases an opening degree of the EGR valve as the engine speed is increased when the first boost pressure control is performed.

5. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, wherein

the second rotational speed is an engine speed at which the EGR rate is increased to a predetermined upper limit value as a result of the opening of the EGR valve in the first boost pressure control.

6. The turbocharged engine according to claim 5, wherein

the EGR rate is a value of a rate of an amount of the EGR gas to a total gas amount introduced to the cylinder expressed in percentage.

7. The turbocharged engine according to claim 6, wherein

the upper limit value of the EGR rate is set at equal to or higher than 20% and equal to or lower than 40%.

8. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, wherein

the controller increases an opening degree of the waste gate valve as the engine speed is increased and maintain an opening degree of the EGR valve at a constant value regardless of the engine speed, when the second boost pressure control is performed.

9. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, wherein

the EGR passage is provided with an EGR cooler configured to cool down the EGR gas.

10. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1 further comprising:

an igniter configured to supply ignition energy for igniting an air-fuel mixture into the cylinder; and

an injector configured to inject fuel into the cylinder, wherein the controller splits fuel injecting from the injector into several injections so that a relatively rich air-fuel mixture is formed near a spark plug the igniter when the first or second boost pressure control is performed.

11. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, further comprising

an igniter configured to supply ignition energy for igniting the air-fuel mixture into the cylinder, wherein

the controller increases the ignition energy supplied by the igniter when the first or second boost pressure control is performed.

12. The turbocharged engine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a swirl generator for generating a swirl flow in the cylinder, wherein a position of introducing the EGR gas into the cylinder is set so that the EGR gas introduced from the EGR passage into the cylinder is intensively-distributed on an outer peripheral side of the cylinder by the swirl flow.