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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2011
Franz Rammer, Wolfern, AT;
Franz Leitenmayr, Perg, AT;
Gottfried Raab, Perg, AT;
MAN Truck & Bus Oesterreich AG, Steyr, AT;
Abstract
A method for engine braking of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine of a vehicle, which is preferably an engine operating on the diesel principle. The engine has at least one exhaust-gas turbocharger with an exhaust-gas turbine and a charge air compressor, and an exhaust manifold which supplies the exhaust-gas flow from outlet valves of the engine to the exhaust-gas turbocharger. A throttle device is connected between the outlet valves and the turbocharger for throttling the exhaust-gas flow and causing a pressure increase in the exhaust gas for engine braking upstream. An exhaust-gas counter-pressure and a charge air pressure are measured and, based on the measurement, a position of the throttle device can be determined to obtain a predetermined braking action. Then the exhaust-gas counter-pressure and the charge air pressure are closed-loop controlled by adjusting the throttle device corresponding to the previously determined position of the throttle device. A device for engine braking, preferably a diesel engine, has a system for carrying out the novel method.