Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Jyo Ishimasa

Hisashi Daicho

Masaya Agata

Satoshi Sekiguchi

Ken Matsui

Takahiro Ohashi

Jingyu Zhu

In the present invention, a clogging rate is calculated using a first flow rate function when the degree of clogging of the throttle valve is in the reference state and a second flow rate function estimated based on the intake air volume. For each predetermined period, sample points, which are combinations of the second flow rate function and throttle valve position, are obtained, and the learning points are calculated by averaging a plurality of sample points for each predetermined position range. Based on the plurality of learning points, coefficients a to c of the approximate function of the second flow rate function characteristic are calculated by the least-squares method, and the clogging rate is calculated based on the second flow rate function characteristic and the first flow rate function approximated by the approximate function using the coefficients a to c.

Control apparatus for internal combustion engine

A control device of an internal combustion engine can respond to the variation of the flow reduction rate attributable to the difference in a clogging condition, and which can detect a deposit accumulation amount even if no idle condition is provided like HEV, etc. In a control device of an internal combustion engine, a map correction section determines a correction amount in accordance with an approximate line result based on an air amount at a predetermined opening degree at which the measurement of the air amount by an air flow meter is sufficiently performed with the exception of a first predetermined opening degree in the case where the measurement of the air amount by the air flow meter has not been performed sufficiently in the first predetermined opening degree in a current operation cycle.

Control device of internal combustion engine

A cooling control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of efficiently driving an electric water pump, thereby improving fuel economy as much as possible while properly performing cooling of supercharged intake air by an intercooler. The engine to which the present invention is applied includes a turbocharger for supercharging intake air and is configured such that electrical power is generated by a generator using the engine as a motive power source, during a decelerating fuel-cut operation in which fuel supply is stopped. The cooling control system of the present invention includes the intercooler of water-cooled type which cools the intake air supercharged by the turbocharger by using coolant circulating through an intake air cooling circuit and an electric pump for circulating the coolant through the intake air cooling circuit, and drives the electric pump during the decelerating fuel-cut operation.

Cooling control system for internal combustion engine

An intake air cooling apparatus abnormality detection system for an engine includes a first intake air temperature sensor that detects an intake air temperature in an intake pipe at the downstream side of an intercooler and a second intake air temperature sensor that detects the intake air temperature in an intake manifold. An abnormality determination unit determines that an abnormality occurs in an intercooler cooling water circuit if a state in which at least one of a value based on an output from the first intake air temperature sensor and a value based on an output from the second intake air temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value continues for a certain time or longer when a load state determination unit determines that the engine is in a high load state.

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Wako, Japan

Jyo Ishimasa