Nissan Motor Company Limited

Akio Ashikaga

Kenji Suzuki

Takeshi Tsuyuki

Takeshi Miyamoto

Toshio Hashimoto

Kazuki Tanzawa

Kentaro Yamano

Tomoki Itou

Taichi Andou

Atsushi Maekawa

An internal combustion engine is mounted for power generation in a series hybrid vehicle and has an exhaust system with an upstream-side catalytic converter and a downstream-side catalytic converter. After starting of the internal combustion engine, the operation of the internal combustion engine is continued, without stopping the internal combustion engine even when the power generation request ceases, until completion of the warm-up of both of the upstream-side catalytic converter and the downstream-side catalytic converter. The internal combustion engine is operated with ignition timing retardation during a first period from the starting of the internal combustion engine to the completion of the warm-up of the upstream-side catalytic converter. During a second period from the completion of the warm-up of the upstream-side catalytic converter to the completion of the warm-up of the downstream-side catalytic converter, the internal combustion engine is operated without ignition timing retardation.

Catalyst warm-up control method for internal combustion engine, and catalyst warm-up control device

When atmospheric pressure (Pa) which varies according to altitude is higher than a predetermined pressure threshold (Path) during idle operation in which catalyst warm-up request is issued, an intake pressure is controlled, through a throttle valve (), to an intake pressure at which an intake air amount required to promote the warm-up of a catalyst converter () is obtained. When the atmospheric pressure (Pa) is lower than the predetermined pressure threshold (Path), the intake pressure is controlled, through a throttle valve (), to an intake pressure (Pa&#x2212;Pb) at which a differential pressure (Pb) required by a brake booster () is obtained. Accordingly, negative pressure in the brake booster () can be secured while promoting the warm-up of the catalyst during the idle operation.

Method for controlling internal combustion engine and device for controlling same

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