Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of an air supply circuit supplying air to a burner of an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the air supply circuit is provided with a pumping device housed along a first duct adjusted by a shut-off valve. The method entails housing a first pressure sensor along the first duct interposed between the pumping device and the burner; housing a second pressure sensor along a second duct out of the burner; acquiring the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors; and diagnosing faults and/or malfunctions in the air supply circuit depending on the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors.

Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of an air supply circuit supplying air to a burner of an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the air supply circuit is provided with a pumping device housed along a first duct adjusted by a shut-off valve. The method entails housing a first pressure sensor along the first duct interposed between the pumping device and the burner; housing a second pressure sensor along a second duct out of the burner; acquiring the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors; and diagnosing faults and/or malfunctions in the air supply circuit depending on the pressure signals detected by said first and second pressure sensors.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to control a fuel pump for a direct injection system of a heat engine provided with a common rail comprising the steps of determining a minimum threshold based on the pressure in the common rail and on the speed of the heat engine, on the temperature of the high-pressure pump and on the inlet pressure of the high-pressure pump; calculating the objective fuel flow rate to be fed by the high-pressure pump to the common rail instant by instant in order to have the desired pressure value inside the common rail; comparing the objective fuel flow rate with the minimum threshold; and controlling the high-pressure pump based on the comparison between the objective fuel flow rate and the minimum threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method to control a fuel pump for a direct injection system of a heat engine provided with a common rail comprising the steps of determining a minimum threshold based on the pressure in the common rail and on the speed of the heat engine, on the temperature of the high-pressure pump and on the inlet pressure of the high-pressure pump; calculating the objective fuel flow rate to be fed by the high-pressure pump to the common rail instant by instant in order to have the desired pressure value inside the common rail; comparing the objective fuel flow rate with the minimum threshold; and controlling the high-pressure pump based on the comparison between the objective fuel flow rate and the minimum threshold.

Abstract: Method to control an electromagnetic actuator of an internal combustion engine, in particular for a fuel pump of a direct-injection system; wherein the electromagnetic actuator is controlled by an electric current pulse of the Peak&Hold type, i.e. subdivided into a peak phase and a hold phase; the method includes acquiring the initial duration of the peak phase, during which a peak control current is to be supplied to the electromagnetic actuator to control the movement of a component of the electromagnetic actuator moving towards a position defined by a limit stop; and determining the duration of the peak phase by progressively decreasing the initial duration of the peak phase by a first change.

Abstract: Method to control an electromagnetic actuator of an internal combustion engine, in particular for a fuel pump of a direct-injection system; wherein the electromagnetic actuator is controlled by an electric current pulse of the Peak&Hold type, i.e. subdivided into a peak phase and a hold phase; the method includes acquiring the initial duration of the peak phase, during which a peak control current is to be supplied to the electromagnetic actuator to control the movement of a component of the electromagnetic actuator moving towards a position defined by a limit stop; and determining the duration of the peak phase by progressively decreasing the initial duration of the peak phase by a first change.

Abstract: A method for the self-learning of the variation of a nominal functioning feature of a high pressure pump in an internal combustion engine, which pump feeds fuel to a common rail and is controlled by a solenoid valve depending on an objective pressure inside the common rail and by using the nominal functioning feature which provides a delivery of fuel; in cut-off conditions of the engine, the method includes determining the value of the pressure leaks due to blow-by in the common rail; measuring the real pressure of the fuel inside the common rail; actuating the high pressure pump by controlling the solenoid valve with a predetermined closing angle; measuring the real pressure of the fuel inside the common rail again; determining a pressure deviation between the real pressure and an expected pressure of the fuel, and correcting the nominal functioning feature according to this deviation.

Abstract: A method for the self-learning of the variation of a nominal functioning feature of a high pressure pump in an internal combustion engine, which pump feeds fuel to a common rail and is controlled by a solenoid valve depending on an objective pressure inside the common rail and by using the nominal functioning feature which provides a delivery of fuel; in cut-off conditions of the engine, the method includes determining the value of the pressure leaks due to blow-by in the common rail; measuring the real pressure of the fuel inside the common rail; actuating the high pressure pump by controlling the solenoid valve with a predetermined closing angle; measuring the real pressure of the fuel inside the common rail again; determining a pressure deviation between the real pressure and an expected pressure of the fuel, and correcting the nominal functioning feature according to this deviation.

Abstract: A control method of a direct injection system of the common rail in an internal combustion engine; the control method contemplates the steps of: feeding the pressurized fuel to a common rail by means of a high-pressure pump presenting at least one pumping element mechanically operated by a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine; measuring the angular position of the drive shaft; measuring the fuel pressure in the common rail; analyzing the oscillations of the fuel pressure in the common rail; and determining the phase of the pumping element of the high-pressure pump with respect to the drive shaft according to the oscillations of the fuel pressure in the common rail.

Abstract: A control method of a direct injection system of the common rail in an internal combustion engine; the control method contemplates the steps of: feeding the pressurized fuel to a common rail by means of a high-pressure pump presenting at least one pumping element mechanically operated by a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine; measuring the angular position of the drive shaft; measuring the fuel pressure in the common rail; analyzing the oscillations of the fuel pressure in the common rail; and determining the phase of the pumping element of the high-pressure pump with respect to the drive shaft according to the oscillations of the fuel pressure in the common rail.

Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of a torque-controlled internal combustion engine in which the generation of the drive torque is regulated by actuators which are controlled from a control value of the instantaneous torque and by a control value of the predicted torque, the method providing for the calculation of an objective value of the speed, the calculation of an objective value of the torque reserve, the calculation of an objective value of the potential torque on the basis of the objective value of the torque reserve, the generation of the control value of the instantaneous torque by means of a first feedback control loop which uses as input the objective value of the speed, and the generation of the control value of the predicted torque by means of a second feedback control loop which uses as input the objective value of the potential torque.

Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of a torque-controlled internal combustion engine in which the generation of the drive torque is regulated by actuators which are controlled from a control value of the instantaneous torque and by a control value of the predicted torque, the method providing for the calculation of an objective value of the speed, the calculation of an objective value of the torque reserve, the calculation of an objective value of the potential torque on the basis of the objective value of the torque reserve, the generation of the control value of the instantaneous torque by means of a first feedback control loop which uses as input the objective value of the speed, and the generation of the control value of the predicted torque by means of a second feedback control loop which uses as input the objective value of the potential torque.