Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

Hyungbok Lee

Dong Hee Han

Jong Il Park

Seungwoo Hong

Yeongseop Park

Joowon Lee

Heechang Oh

Hyun Jun Lim

Dong Ho Chu

Kwanhee Choi

Nahm Roh Joo

Haksu Kim

Il Joong Hwang

Myoungho Sunwoo

Donghyuk Jung

An engine system may include: an engine including cylinders that generate a driving torque by combusting fuel; a first intake manifold connected to an intake line through which flows intake air into some of the plurality of cylinders; a second intake manifold supplying the intake air to the other cylinders of the plurality of cylinders through the first intake manifold; a first exhaust manifold connected to some cylinders that are connected to the first intake manifold; a second exhaust manifold connected to some other cylinders that are connected to the second intake manifold; a recirculation line branched from the second exhaust manifold to be coupled to the second intake manifold; a recirculation inlet valve disposed at a point at which the recirculation line and the second exhaust manifold are joined; and a manifold connection valve disposed on an intake line between the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold.

Engine system

An engine system having a secondary air injection device include: an engine having a plurality of cylinders; a first intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a second intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line and the second intake line, respectively; an exhaust manifold connected with the plurality of cylinders; an exhaust line connected with the exhaust manifold such that exhaust gas flows to the exhaust line through the exhaust manifold; an exhaust gas purification device disposed in the exhaust line; and a secondary air injection device injecting air into the exhaust manifold or the exhaust line from the intake line.

Engine system having secondary air injection device

An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers for generating a driving force by combustion of fuel, an exhaust gas purification device mounted in an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber flows, an EGR gas collecting device configured for collecting a part of the exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine and supplying the exhaust gas to an intake manifold of the engine, and an EGR gas supply control valve provided between the EGR gas collecting device and the intake manifold and adapted to regulate a flow rate of EGR gas supplied to the intake manifold.

An engine system includes: an engine having a combustion chamber generating a driving torque by combust of a fuel; a plurality of intake lines through which outside air flows to the combustion chamber; an exhaust manifold connected to the combustion chamber at an exhaust side; at least two electric superchargers disposed on the plurality of intake lines, respectively; and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including a recirculation line branched from the exhaust manifold and joined to one of the plurality of intake lines and a recirculation valve disposed on the recirculation line.

A secondary air injection system may include an engine that includes a plurality of cylinders that generate a driving torque of a vehicle by combustion of a fuel; a main line connected to an exhaust manifold or an exhaust line which is connected to the plurality of cylinders; a recirculation line which is branched from the main line and then connected to an intake manifold; an air injection line which is branched from the main line and then connected to an intake line; and an electric supercharger which is provided in the intake line.

Secondary air injection system

An engine may include a plurality of cylinders generating driving torque by burning fuel; a first intake valve disposed in a first intake line in which intake air supplied to the cylinders flows; a second intake valve disposed in a second intake line in which intake air supplied to the cylinders flows; a first electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line; a second electric supercharger disposed in the second intake line; a bypass valve disposed in a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; and a controller for controlling the first electric supercharger and the second electric supercharger to be operated in a single mode, a serial mode, or a parallel mode based on an operating region of the engine determined by driving information.

Engine system and method using the same

A system of forcibly regenerating a gasoline particulate filter may include an exhaust pipe connected to the engine; a catalyst apparatus mounted on the exhaust pipe; first and second intake lines; first and second electric superchargers disposed on the first and second intake lines; a bypass line connecting a first point of the first supercharger and a second point of the second supercharger to each other; a first intake valve disposed at a downstream of the first point of the first intake line; a second intake valve disposed at an upstream of the second point of the second intake line; a bypass valve disposed on the bypass line; and a regeneration air line connecting the first intake line or the bypass line between the first electric supercharger, the first intake valve, and the bypass valve to the exhaust pipe between the catalyst apparatus and the gasoline particulate filter.

System of forcibly regenerating gasoline particulate filter

A method of calculating an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rate using combustion pressure of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes: detecting, by a pressure sensor, the combustion pressure of the cylinder in real time; calculating, by a processor, a data characteristic of a combustion pressure waveform per cycle through principal component analysis based on the detected combustion pressure of the cylinder; calculating, by the processor, a moment of the combustion pressure waveform per cycle by calculating a probability distribution based on the detected combustion pressure of the cylinder; calculating, by the processor, the EGR rate using the calculated data characteristic, the calculated moment, and engine operating conditions; and controlling, by the processor, the EGR rate based on the calculated EGR rate and a target EGR rate.

Method of calculating exhaust gas recirculation rate using combustion pressure of cylinder

An engine system includes an engine including one or more cylinders for generating a driving torque, a plurality of intake lines for supplying external air to the one or more cylinders, and one or more electric superchargers disposed on, or in, the plurality of intake lines.

An engine system includes: an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers generating driving torque by combustion of fuel; an exhaust gas purification apparatus installed at an exhaust line in which exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chambers flows; a bypass line branched from the exhaust line at an upstream side of the exhaust gas purification apparatus and joining the exhaust line at a downstream side of the exhaust gas purification apparatus so that the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust line bypasses the exhaust gas purification apparatus; and a bypass valve installed at the bypass line.

An engine system may include an intake line, and a cylinder deactivation (CDA) device selectively deactivating a portion of combustion chambers in the engine. The engine system may further include a first exhaust manifold connected to a first plurality of combustion chambers mounted with the CDA device, a second exhaust manifold connected to a second plurality of combustion chambers without the CDA device, a first exhaust line connected to the first exhaust manifold, a second exhaust line connected to the second exhaust manifold, and a third exhaust line connected with the first and second exhaust lines through an exhaust gas processing device. In addition, a turbocharger including a turbine is mounted at the first exhaust line and rotated by exhaust gas. An air injection device may supply air to the second exhaust manifold or the second exhaust line in a catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device.

Engine exhaust catalyst heating system

An apparatus for controlling an engine includes an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers for generating driving torque by burning a fuel, a high-capacity turbocharger including a turbine rotated by the exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chambers and a compressor rotated together with the turbine for compressing exhaust gas exhausted from the combustion chamber, an electric supercharger including a motor and an electric compressor operated by the motor, a throttle valve for adjusting an intake air amount supplied to the combustion chamber, a driving information detector for detecting driving information including a required torque and an engine speed, and a controller for determining a driving region of the engine from the driving information detected by the driving information detector, and controlling engine torque by adjusting an opening of the throttle valve and an output of the motor according to the driving region of the engine.

Apparatus and method for engine control

An engine system may include an engine having an intake line flowing an intake gas supplied to the combustion chambers; an intake manifold; a throttle valve provided at a front of the intake manifold and controlling an air amount supplied to the combustion chamber; an electric supercharger provided at the throttle valve and including a motor and an electric compressor operated by the motor to supply the supercharged air to the combustion chamber; an exhaust gas processing device purifying an exhaust gas generated in the combustion chamber; and an exhaust gas recirculation device including a recirculation line branched from the downstream portion of the exhaust gas processing device and joined to the intake line of the upstream portion of the electric compressor, an EGR cooler mounted at the recirculation line, and an EGR valve mounted at a part where the recirculation line and the intake line are joined.

An engine system may include an engine including first and second cylinder banks; a throttle valve; a first exhaust manifold gathering exhaust gas exhausted from the first cylinder bank to be supplied to the first exhaust line; a second exhaust manifold gathering exhaust gas exhausted from the second cylinder bank to be supplied to the second exhaust line; a turbocharger including a turbine rotated by the exhaust gas exhausted through the first exhaust manifold and a compressor rotated in connection with the turbine; a cylinder deactivation (CDA) device selectively deactivating the cylinders of the first cylinder bank; and a supercharger including a motor and an electric compressor operated by the motor.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Hyungbok Lee