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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Mtu Friedrichshafen Gmbh, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Jörg Remele, Hagnau, DE;
Aron Toth, Friedrichshafen, DE;
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting the failure of injectors in an internal combustion engine, comprising the following steps: measuring a crank angle signal; transforming the crank angle signal into the frequency range by means of a discrete Fourier transformation; switching off each injector once and in a sequential manner; detecting and storing an angle of the harmonic of the 0.5th order of the Fourier-transformed crank angle signal for each switched-off injector once and in a sequential manner; continuous detection and storage of an angle and an amount of the harmonic of the 0.5th order of the Fourier-transformed crank angle signal; continuous comparison of the continuously detected amount with a predetermined threshold value, and determining a failure of the injector when the amount exceeds the predetermined threshold value; comparing the continuously detected angle with the angles stored for each switched-off injector when a failure of the injector is detected, and identifying the failed injector with an injector, for which a matching, stored angle is found.