MANAGING SKIP FIRE PHASE TRANSITIONS
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1. A method of altering the phase of a firing sequence during operation of an engine having a plurality of working chambers at a first firing fraction that is less than one, the method comprising:
- (a) determining whether a selected working chamber firing decision is consistent with a firing decision that would be made when the firing sequence is in a desired phase; and
(b) when it is determined that the selected working chamber firing decision is not consistent with the firing decision that would be made when the firing sequence is in the desired phase, at least sometimes, adjusting the phase of the firing sequence; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) as necessary at least until the desired phase is attained; and
whereby the phase of the firing sequence is altered from a first phase to the desired phase.
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Abstract
Methods and controllers for dynamically altering the phase of a firing sequence during operation of an engine are described. The described methods and controllers are particularly useful in conjunction with dynamic skip fire operation of the engine.
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1. A method of altering the phase of a firing sequence during operation of an engine having a plurality of working chambers at a first firing fraction that is less than one, the method comprising:
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(a) determining whether a selected working chamber firing decision is consistent with a firing decision that would be made when the firing sequence is in a desired phase; and (b) when it is determined that the selected working chamber firing decision is not consistent with the firing decision that would be made when the firing sequence is in the desired phase, at least sometimes, adjusting the phase of the firing sequence; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) as necessary at least until the desired phase is attained; and whereby the phase of the firing sequence is altered from a first phase to the desired phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating an engine having a plurality of working chambers, the method comprising:
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operating an engine in a skip fire mode at a first firing fraction, wherein skip/fire determinations are made using a first order sigma delta converter during operation of the engine in the skip fire mode at the first firing fraction; transitioning to operating the engine at a second firing fraction that has a corresponding second firing sequence that repeats each engine cycle, wherein the second firing fraction is entered at a first phase that corresponds to firing a first set of the working chambers and not firing the remaining working chambers each engine cycle; and altering the phase of the second firing sequence to a desired second phase to thereby cause a second set of the working chambers to fire each engine cycle during operation at the second firing fraction, the second set of cylinders being different than the first set of working chambers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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