Virtual emissions monitor for automobile
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for monitoring emissions in an internal combustion engine that emits noxious pollutants and provides a plurality of attached sensors for measuring select parameters of the engine operation as sensor output values, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a predictive model a representation of the combined engine and a standard external emissions monitor, the standard external emissions monitor operable to measure the noxious pollutants output by the engine, the predictive model having an output that provides a prediction of the output of the standard external emissions monitor as a predicted emissions value and operable to receive as inputs select ones of the sensor output values;
inputting the select ones of the sensor output values to the predictive model; and
predicting the output of the combined engine and external emissions monitor to provide an indication of the noxious pollutants output by the emissions monitor without requiring the standard external emissions monitor to be present on the engine.
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine [(360)] is provided with a plurality of sensors to monitor the operation thereof with respect to various temperature measurements, pressure measurements, etc. A predictive model processor [(322)] is provided that utilizes model parameters stored in the memory [(324)] to predict from the sensor inputs a predicted emissions output. The model is trained with inputs provided by the sensor and an actual emissions sensor output. During operation, this predicted output on line [(326)] can be utilized to provide an alarm or to be stored in a history database in a memory [(328)]. Additionally, the internal combustion engine [(260)] can have the predicted emissions output thereof periodically checked to determine the accuracy of the model. This is effected by connecting the output of the engine to an external emissions sensor [(310)] and taking the difference between the actual output and the predicted output to provide an error. This is compared to a threshold and, if the error exceeds the threshold, the predictive model processor [(322)] can be placed in a training operation wherein new model parameters are generated. Additionally, retraining could take place external to the predictive model processor [(322)]. During runtime, a control network [(350)] can be utilized to predict control parameters for minimizing the emissions output.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring emissions in an internal combustion engine that emits noxious pollutants and provides a plurality of attached sensors for measuring select parameters of the engine operation as sensor output values, comprising the steps of:
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storing in a predictive model a representation of the combined engine and a standard external emissions monitor, the standard external emissions monitor operable to measure the noxious pollutants output by the engine, the predictive model having an output that provides a prediction of the output of the standard external emissions monitor as a predicted emissions value and operable to receive as inputs select ones of the sensor output values; inputting the select ones of the sensor output values to the predictive model; and predicting the output of the combined engine and external emissions monitor to provide an indication of the noxious pollutants output by the emissions monitor without requiring the standard external emissions monitor to be present on the engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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