Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine

US7073465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Woll · Gerlingen, DE
• Richard Hotzel · Stuttgart, DE
• Ralf Buehrle · Leonberg, DE
• Lanouar Chouk · Morsbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/40
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for operating an internal combustion engine, which diagnose and/or adapt the exhaust-gas recirculation system for, in particular, multibranch internal combustion engines. In this context, the internal combustion engine includes at least one adsorption catalyst in at least one exhaust branch. In addition, at least one exhaust-gas recirculation duct is provided, which is equipped with an exhaust-gas recirculation valve and feeds exhaust gas from the at least one exhaust branch back into at least one air-supply duct, a level of pollutant stored in the at least one adsorption catalyst being ascertained in a first operating state of the internal combustion engine when the exhaust-gas recirculation valve is at least partially open, so that a first value for the pollutant level is produced. In a second operating state of the internal combustion engine, a second value for the pollutant level in the at least one adsorption catalyst is ascertained when exhaust-gas recirculation valve is closed. The first value of the pollutant level is compared to the second value of the pollutant level. A diagnosis and/or an adaptation of an exhaust-gas recirculation system formed by the…