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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2001
Göran Almkvist, Gråbo, SE;
Volvo Car Corporation, , SE;
Abstract
Method of reducing noxious or toxic exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine ( ) having a plurality of cylinders ( ) cooperating with a crankshaft ( ) to cause the crankshaft to rotate at a rotational speed when the cylinders ( ) are provided with an air/fuel mixture having a lambda value and the mixture is ignited to generate pressure in the cylinders. The method includes measuring a parameter reflecting the pressure in a first cylinder during at least a part of a working stroke of the first cylinder when supplied with an air/fuel mixture having a first lambda value to thereby obtain a first parametric value. An air/fuel mixture is provided to a second cylinder, which air/fuel mixture has a second lambda value which is different to the first lambda value, to cause the second cylinder to perform a working stroke. A parameter is measured reflecting the pressure in the second cylinder during at least a part of the working stroke of the second cylinder to obtain a second parametric value. The parametric values are compared to obtain a parametric comparison value and the lambda value is adjusted for the air/fuel mixture to a subsequent cylinder dependent on the parametric comparison value.