Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Joowon Lee

Dong Hee Han

Jong Il Park

Hyun Jun Lim

Hyungbok Lee

Kwanhee Choi

Seungwoo Hong

Yeongseop Park

Dong Ho Chu

Heechang Oh

Nahm Roh Joo

Yoon Joo Kim

Kiwon Park

Seung Hwan Kim

Jongil Park

Donghee Han

Il Joong Hwang

Nahmroh Joo

Iljoong Hwang

Jong Ii Park

Yoonjoo Kim

Hyunjun Lim

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 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.

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.

A control apparatus of an engine having a turbocharger may include the engine generating power by combustion of a fuel, the turbocharger including a turbine operated by exhaust gas of the engine and a compressor connected to the turbine by a rotating shaft, and thus supercharging air to a combustion chamber provided in the engine by the compressor, a detecting sensor detecting pre-ignition in the combustion chamber of the engine, and a controller controlling supercharging pressure supplied to the combustion chamber by using a required torque, ignition timing of the combustion chamber, and an air-fuel ratio, and thus controlling the pre-ignition in the combustion chamber, when the pre-ignition in the combustion chamber may be detected by the detecting sensor.

Control apparatus of engine having turbocharger and method thereof

A method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system which is provided with an intake throttle valve and an EGR valve driven by a motor may include detecting an engine speed and an amount of intake air for each cylinder of an engine while the engine is operating, determining an amount of air flow supplied to the engine based on the engine speed and the amount of intake air for each cylinder, determining an equivalent cross-section of the EGR valve based on the amount of air flow, determining an opening angle of the EGR valve based on the engine speed, the amount of intake air for each cylinder, the amount of air flow, and the equivalent cross-section of the EGR valve, and controlling the EGR valve according to the opening angle of the EGR valve.

Method for controlling exhaust gas recirculation system for engine

An engine having a low pressure EGR system includes: an intake line suctioning outdoor air and transferring the outdoor air to a combustion chamber; a turbocharger actuated by exhaust gas which flows in an exhaust line to compress gas which flows in the intake line; a supercharger installed at a downstream side of the turbocharger; a low pressure EGR line branched at one side of the exhaust line and joined to an upstream side of the turbocharger to recirculate the exhaust gas; a recirculation line branched on the intake line at a downstream side of the supercharger and joined to the intake line at an upstream side of a point where the low EGR line and the intake line meet; and a control unit controlling the actuation of the supercharger. The control unit actuates the supercharger in the case of a coasting driving condition.

Engine having low pressure EGR system and control method thereof

An control apparatus and method for an engine having a turbocharger may include determining a load condition of the engine by a controller, and opening and closing an intake valve, a throttle valve, and a wastegate valve by the controller according to the load condition of the engine, where a combustion chamber generates power by combusting a fuel, an intake valve adjusts an air/fuel mixed gas flowed into the combustion chamber, a continuously variable valve timing apparatus advances or retards an opening/closing timing of the intake valve, a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor compressing air flowed into the combustion chamber, a throttle valve adjusting air supplied to the combustion chamber, a wastegate valve adjusting the exhaust gas flowed into the turbine, and a controller controlling the intake valve, the throttle valve, and the wastegate valve according to a load region of the engine.

Control apparatus for engine having turbocharger and method thereof

A control method for a turbocharger system may include a first intake line supplying outdoor air to an intake manifold, a turbocharger, a second intake line supplying fresh air to the compressor; a third intake line connecting the compressor and the first intake line; a throttle valve controlling a flow of air supplied from the first intake line and the third intake line; an intake bypass valve controlling a flow of air that flows in the first intake line; a first exhaust line; a second exhaust line; an exhaust bypass valve controlling a flow of the exhaust gas discharged from the first exhaust line; and a controller controlling opening levels of the intake bypass valve, the exhaust bypass valve, and the throttle valve according to a driving condition of a vehicle.

Control method of turbocharger

An engine system may include a first intake line configured to supply external air to an intake manifold mounted in a cylinder block of an engine, an intake bypass valve disposed on the first intake line, a second intake line configured to bypass the intake bypass valve, a first exhaust line, through which exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust manifold mounted in the cylinder block flows, an exhaust bypass valve disposed on the first exhaust line, a second exhaust line configured to bypass the exhaust bypass valve, a turbo charger operated by exhaust gas passing through the second exhaust line, and configured to pump intake air flowing in the second intake line, a controller configured to control the intake bypass valve and the exhaust bypass valve, and a turbine housing configured to surround a turbine of the turbo charger. The turbine housing may be made of a material the same as that of a cylinder head of the engine.

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Gwangju-si, South Korea

Joowon Lee