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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2016
Continental Automotive France S.a.s., Toulouse, FR;
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE S.A.S., Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling a combustion engine, the combustion engine including an inlet circuit and an exhaust circuit, the method including the steps: determining a temperature of the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust circuit of the combustion engine; comparing the determined temperature with a maximum threshold; and if the determined temperature is less than the maximum threshold, controlling the engine by decrementing the richness of operation by a predetermined value and jointly incrementing by a predetermined value a level of exhaust gases recirculated between the exhaust circuit and the inlet circuit of the combustion engine.