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Exhaust temperature raising apparatus and method for internal combustion engine

US6381952B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2000
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An exhaust temperature raising apparatus has an exhaust throttle valve that adjusts the engine exhaust amount based on the amount of throttling, and an injector that performs main injection and a sub-injection directly into a cylinder, a combination of an ECU, the injection and the exhaust throttle valve as exhaust gas temperature increase apparatus for, during an engine warm-up, performing and controlling the exhaust throttling by the exhaust valve and performing and controlling an exhaust gas temperature increase through combustion attributed to the main injection performed in an excess-air condition and combustion attributed to the sub-injection, an exhaust gas temperature sensor that monitors a state of temperature increase of the exhaust gas caused by performance of the exhaust gas temperature increase apparatus, and the ECU as monitor abnormality detection apparatus for determining whether the exhaust gas temperature sensor has an abnormality, and the ECU as exhaust gas temperature increase stop apparatus for stopping the operation of the exhaust gas temperature increase apparatus when the ECU determines that the exhaust gas temperature sensor has an abnormality.

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