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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Harry Schuele, Neunburg V. Wald, DE;
Bjoern Knorr, Ruesselsheim, DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining an air mass air in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. A first filling equivalent is determined during a compression phase of the cylinder, wherein the first filling equivalent corresponds to a first average pressure difference in a first angle range of a crank angle in the compression phase. A second filling equivalent is determined during an expansion phase of the cylinder, wherein the second filling equivalent corresponds to a second average pressure difference in a second angle range of the crank angle of the expansion phase. A differential filling equivalent is calculated by subtracting the first filling equivalent from the second filling equivalent. The air mass in the cylinder is determined based on the differential filling equivalent.