Method and arrangement for determining a parameter of a lambda controller

US5291873A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Hirschmann · Leonberg, DE
• Lothar Raff · Waiblingen, DE
• Lutz Reuschenbach · Stuttgart, DE
• Eberhard Schnaibel · Hemmingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 1992
• Grant date: Mar 8, 1994
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02D41/1483
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for determining the particular current value of at least one control parameter for a lambda control of an internal combustion engine which provides a shift to make the fuel mixture lean or a shift to make the fuel mixture rich in dependence upon the operating state of the controlled engine. The method includes the steps of: determining a base value for the control parameter in dependence upon the current value of at least one pregiven operating variable as the current value applies for a control with a minimal discharge of toxic gas during steady-state operation of the engine; and, modifying the base value with a transition variable having a value decaying as a function of time when changes in the operating state of the engine occur. The method of the invention affords the advantage that the control parameter does not have a value which was applied for a minimum discharge of toxic gas for a typical operation sequence at steady-state or transient operation; instead, for steady-state and transient operations, optimized values are available. In this way, a discharge of exhaust gas is obtained which is lower compared to possibilities which have exi…