Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Gerd Rosel

Stefan Treinies

Maximilian Engl

Tino Arlt

Krzysztof Korbel

The invention is distinguished by a method and a corresponding device for diagnosis of an individual catalytic converter of an exhaust gas purification unit assigned to an internal combustion engine in the Y configuration, despite the lack of exhaust gas probe between the individual catalytic converter and a main catalytic converter. The diagnosis proceeds on the basis of signals from the exhaust gas probes belonging to the exhaust gas purification unit. On the basis of these signals, the oxygen storage capacity of the individual catalytic converter is determined despite the lack of exhaust gas probe between the individual catalytic converter and the main catalytic converter.

Method and device for diagnosis of an exhaust gas cleaning system

A method for calculating an actual fresh-air mass flowing into a cylinder with the aid of an inlet pipe flow model. The description of the flow model is based on a nonlinear differential equation. The chosen model approach contains modeling of an external exhaust-gas recycling system, variable inlet systems and systems with variable control valves. The model-assisted load detection method can be used in engine control systems based on air mass flow and on inlet pipe pressure. A correction algorithm, in the form of a model control loop allows permanent improvement of accuracy when the model parameters are inexact. That is to say model balancing is provided in steady and unsteady operational states.

Process for model-assisted determination of the fresh-air mass flowing

A method for determining an air mass flow into cylinders of an internal combustion engine with the aid of a model includes calculating an air mass actually flowing into a cylinder with the aid of an intake tube filling model supplying a load variable on the basis of which an injection time is determined, from input variables relating to throttle opening angle and ambient pressure and from parameters representing valve control. The load variable is used for prediction in order to estimate the load variable at an instant which is at least one sampling step later than a current calculation of the injection time.

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Dresden, Germany

Gerd Rosel