Reductant dosing correction during no dosing periods

• US 10,801,385 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2016
• Issued: 10/13/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
• Original Assignee: Cummins Emission Solutions Inc.
• Inventors: Ponnathpur, Chetan, Sonawane, Sarang S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Largi, Matthew T
• Application Number:
  US15/184,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20160369677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2251/206 Ammonium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2258/012 Diesel engines and lean burn gasoline engines
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/90 Injecting reactants
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/9418 for removing nitrogen oxides by selective catalytic reduction [SCR] using a reducing agent in a lean exhaust gas
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/9495 Controlling the catalytic process
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2560/026 for measuring or detecting NOx
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2610/02 the substance being ammonia or urea
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/0402 using adaptive learning
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/0412 using pre-calibrated maps, tables or charts
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/08 said parameters being related to the engine
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1402 Exhaust gas composition
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/208 Control of selective catalytic reduction [SCR], e.g. dosing of reducing agent
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

A system may include a NO_x sensor and a controller. The controller may be configured to interpret a value of a first parameter indicative of an amount of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor and interpret a value of a second parameter for a NO_x value from a look-up table. The controller may be further configured to determine a correction factor based on the value of the first parameter and the value of the second parameter and generate a dosing command based, at least in part, on the determined correction factor. In some implementations, the NO_x value from the look-up table may be based on one or more operating conditions of an engine. In some implementations, the controller may be further configured to update a NO_x value of the look-up table based on the determined correction factor.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a NO_x sensor; and

a controller configured to;

interpret a value of a first parameter indicative of an amount of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor;

interpret a value of a second parameter indicative of a NO_x value from a look-up table;

determine a correction factor based on the value of the first parameter and the value of the second parameter;

determine whether the determined correction factor is greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value; and

in response to the determined correction factor being greater than or equal to the minimum threshold value, update the NO_x value from the look-up table based on the determined correction factor by replacing a previous NO_x value with a corrected NO_x value, and generate a dosing command based, at least in part, on the determined correction factor;

wherein the minimum threshold value is at least 5%.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the NO_x value from the look-up table is based on one or more operating conditions of an engine.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more operating conditions of the engine comprise an engine speed, an engine torque, or a fueling condition.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to store the determined correction factor in a data storage in response to determining that the determined correction factor is greater than or equal to the minimum threshold value.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate a correction factor curve based, at least in part, on the determined correction factor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a no-dosing period is occurring;

wherein the interpreting of the value of the first parameter indicative of the amount of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor is in response to determining that the no-dosing period is occurring.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a dosing module;

wherein the controller is further configured to control the dosing module based on the generated dosing command.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the determined correction factor is greater than a maximum threshold value, and in response to the determined correction factor being greater than the maximum threshold value, set a warning flag.

9. A system, comprising:

a NO_x sensor; and

a controller configured to;

interpret a plurality of values of a first parameter indicative of amounts of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor for a plurality of operating conditions;

interpret a plurality of values of a second parameter indicative of NO_x values from a look-up table for the plurality of operating conditions;

determine a plurality of correction factors based on the plurality of values of the first parameter and the plurality of values of the second parameter;

determine whether one or more correction factors of the determined plurality of correction factors are greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value; and

in response to the one or more correction factors being greater than or equal to the minimum threshold value, update the NO_x values of the look-up table based on the one or more correction factors by replacing previous NO_x values with corrected NO_x values, and generate a dosing command based, at least in part, on the one or more correction factors;

wherein the minimum threshold value is at least 5%.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the plurality of operating conditions comprise one or more of a plurality of engine speeds, a plurality of engine torques, or a plurality of fueling conditions.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

store the one or more correction factors in a data storage in response to determining that the one or more correction factors are greater than or equal to the minimum threshold value.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

generate a correction factor curve based, at least in part, on the determined plurality of correction factors.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether a no-dosing period is occurring;

wherein the interpreting of the plurality of values of the first parameter indicative of amounts of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor for the plurality of operating conditions is in response to determining that the no-dosing period is occurring.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more correction factors of the determined plurality of correction factors is associated with a range for an operating condition of the plurality of operating conditions.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein generating the dosing command comprises modifying an existing NO_x value in the look-up table by the one or more correction factors associated with the range for the operating condition when an engine is operating within the range of the operating condition.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a dosing module;

wherein the controller is further configured to control the dosing module based on the generated dosing command.

17. A method comprising:

determining a no-dosing period for an aftertreatment system;

interpreting a plurality of values of a first parameter indicative of amounts of NO_x measured by the NO_x sensor for a plurality of operating conditions in response to determining the no-dosing period;

interpreting a plurality of values of a second parameter for NO_x values from a look-up table for the plurality of operating conditions of an engine;

determining a plurality of correction factors based on the plurality of values of the first parameter and the plurality of values of the second parameter;

determining whether one or more correction factors of the determined plurality of correction factors are greater than or equal to a minimum threshold value;

in response to the one or more correction factors being greater than or equal to the minimum threshold value, updating the NO_x values of the look-up table based on the one or more correction factors by replacing previous NO_x values with corrected NO_x values;

generating a correction factor curve based, at least in part, on the determined plurality of correction factors;

generating a dosing command based on a value from the correction factor curve; and

transmitting the generated dosing command to a dosing module of the aftertreatment system to control dosing of reductant from the dosing module;

wherein the minimum threshold value is at least 5%.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more correction factors of the determined plurality of correction factors is associated with a range for an operating condition of the plurality of operating conditions.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of operating conditions comprise one or more of a plurality of engine speeds, a plurality of engine torques, or a plurality of fueling conditions.