Patent · US Expired

Plant control system

US6266605A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
9References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D2041/1433
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plant control system has a reference value setting unit for variably setting a reference value for an air-fuel ratio to be given to an exhaust system including a catalytic converter, depending on a component based on an adaptive control law of a manipulated variable of the air-fuel ratio generated by a controller according to an adaptive sliding mode control process in order to converge an output of an O.sub.2 sensor disposed downstream of the catalytic converter to a target value. The plant control system also has an estimator for estimating the difference between an output of the O.sub.2 sensor after the dead time of the exhaust system and a target value therefor, using the difference between the set reference value and a detected value of the air-fuel ratio, and giving the estimated difference to the controller.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.