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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Gerd Kraemer, Baierbrunn, DE;
Stefan Uhl, Marzling, DE;
Wolf Kiefer, Groebenzell, DE;
Gerhard Schulz, Haimhausen, DE;
Gerd Kraemer, Baierbrunn, DE;
Stefan Uhl, Marzling, DE;
Wolf Kiefer, Groebenzell, DE;
Gerhard Schulz, Haimhausen, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellshaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The diagnosis of the heating of a catalytic converter situated in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is described. The system includes monitoring the actual ignition angle intervention. A current ignition angle is acquired over a specified time and converted into a torque model used for catalytic converter heating. Using the torque model, a degree of fulfillment of executed catalytic converter heating measures is obtained and an error signal is generated by comparing the obtained degree of fulfillment to a limiting value.