Abnormality diagnosis system and control system for internal combustion engine

• US 8,280,575 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Takahashi, Tomohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Murshed, Nagi
• Application Number:
  US12/073,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20080306648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/224 Diagnosis of the fuel system
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2250/31 Control of the fuel pressure
• 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 41/0047 Controlling exhaust gas recirculation [EGR] temperature control with cooler in recirculation circuit F02M26/33
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/221 relating to the failure of actuators or electrically driven elements
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/3845 by controlling the flow into the common rail, e.g. the amount of fuel pumped
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/09 by monitoring pressure in fluid ducts, e.g. in lubrication or cooling parts

Abstract

An ECU (60) for an engine (10, 70) monitors a change of an actual fuel pressure (NPC), when a target fuel pressure (PFIN) is changed stepwise. In one abnormality, the time required for the actual fuel pressure to reach the target fuel pressure is equal to that when an actuator (34) operates normally. However, the maximum value of a differential value (dNPC/dt) with respect to time of the actual fuel pressure is different from that when the actuator operates normally. For this reason, a normal range is set in advance for the maximum value of the differential value with respect to time of the actual fuel pressure and when the maximum value of the differential value with respect to time of the actual fuel pressure is out of the normal range, it is determined that the actuator operates abnormally.

Claims

1. An abnormality diagnosis system for diagnosing abnormality of an internal combustion engine, which has an actuator operable to control a controlled variable of an object to be controlled to a target value, when fuel is converted to rotational energy, the abnormality diagnosis system comprising:

means for changing the target value forcibly; and

determination means for determining presence or absence of an abnormality in a response characteristic of the actuator by checking, under a condition that a target value of either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is changed, whether a maximum value of a time differential value of a detection value of either one of the operation quantity of the actuator and the controlled variable of the object is within a predetermined normal range defined by an upper limit and a lower limit of the maximum value or whether a minimum value of the time differential value is within a predetermined normal range defined by an upper limit and a lower limit of the minimum value.

2. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the actuator controls a state quantity of fluid to be supplied to combustion in the internal combustion engine.

3. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the determination means determines the presence or absence of an abnormality by checking a detection value of the state quantity of fluid under the condition that a target value of the state quantity of fluid is changed.

4. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

means for feedback-controlling either one of the operating quantity of the actuator and the controlled variable of the object to the target value of the same,

the means for feedback-controlling performs feedback control based on an integrated value of a difference between the detection value and the target value of either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable at each time.

5. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel accumulated in an accumulator chamber in a state of high pressure;

the actuator is a fuel pump for pressure-feeding the fuel accumulated in the accumulator chamber; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is pressure of the fuel in the accumulator chamber as the controlled variable of the object.

6. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes an exhaust recirculation passage for recirculating exhaust gas of an exhaust system to an intake system, and a valve for controlling a flow area of the exhaust recirculation passage; and

the actuator is the valve.

7. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger capable of controlling flow characteristic of exhaust gas upstream of a turbine wheel disposed in an exhaust system;

the actuator is the turbocharger; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is a boost pressure as the controlled variable of the object.

8. A control system for an internal combustion engine comprising:

the abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 1; and

the actuator.

9. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

means for feedback-controlling either one of the operating quantity of the actuator and the controlled variable of the object to the target value of the same,

the means for feedback-controlling performs feedback control based on an integrated value of a difference between the detection value and the target value of either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable at each time.

10. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel accumulated in an accumulator chamber in a state of high pressure;

the actuator is a fuel pump for pressure-feeding the fuel accumulated in the accumulator chamber; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is pressure of the fuel in the accumulator chamber as the controlled variable of the object.

11. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes an exhaust recirculation passage for recirculating exhaust gas of an exhaust system to an intake system, and a valve for controlling a flow area of the exhaust recirculation passage; and

the actuator is the valve.

12. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger capable of controlling flow characteristic of exhaust gas upstream of a turbine wheel disposed in an exhaust system;

the actuator is the turbocharger; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is a boost pressure as the controlled variable of the object.

13. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

means for feedback-controlling either one of the operating quantity of the actuator and the controlled variable of the object to the target value of the same,

the means for feedback-controlling performs feedback control based on an integrated value of a difference between the detection value and the target value of either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable at each time.

14. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel accumulated in an accumulator chamber in a state of high pressure;

the actuator is a fuel pump for pressure-feeding the fuel accumulated in the accumulator chamber; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is pressure of the fuel in the accumulator chamber as the controlled variable of the object.

15. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes an exhaust recirculation passage for recirculating exhaust gas of an exhaust system to an intake system, and a valve for controlling a flow area of the exhaust recirculation passage; and

the actuator is the valve.

16. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger capable of controlling flow characteristic of exhaust gas upstream of a turbine wheel disposed in an exhaust system;

the actuator is the turbocharger; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is a boost pressure as the controlled variable of the object.

17. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel accumulated in an accumulator chamber in a state of high pressure;

the actuator is a fuel pump for pressure-feeding the fuel accumulated in the accumulator chamber; and

the either one of the operating quantity and the controlled variable is pressure of the fuel in the accumulator chamber as the controlled variable of the object.

18. The abnormality diagnosis system as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

the internal combustion engine includes an exhaust recirculation passage for recirculating exhaust gas of an exhaust system to an intake system, and a valve for controlling a flow area of the exhaust recirculation passage; and

the actuator is the valve.

19. The abnormality diagnosis system as in claim 1, wherein the means for changing the target value includes a selecting section, which selects either one of a normal target value set in accordance with engine conditions and a target value set to change stepwisely irrespective of the engine conditions.