Abstract: A device comprises a battery having a multiplicity of battery cells and a sensor system for the redundant determination of a battery current flowing through the poles of the battery. The sensor system comprises a current measuring device for detecting the battery current and providing a current measurement value. Furthermore, the device comprises a voltage measuring device for separately detecting a variation with time of the single-cell voltage of at least one battery cell and providing at least one variation with time of a voltage measurement value. Furthermore, the device comprises an evaluating unit which is configured for determining the battery current from the at least one variation with time of the voltage measurement value, providing a corresponding current value and comparing the current value with the current measurement value.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the conditions of driving systems can be used in particular to control driving systems in hybrid vehicles with particular consideration given to the exhaust emission. The method monitors the conditions of driving systems that comprise an internal combustion engine and an electric motor with an energy source. A first power value for operating the internal combustion engine and a second power value for describing the power that can be provided by the energy source are ascertained, and the first and second power values are compared with each other to monitor the conditions of the driving system. The driving system is controlled dependent on the result of the comparison.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining at least one state of a plurality of spatially combined battery cells connected to each other by circuitry. The state is determined by observing battery cells by means of at least one observer structure. A subset of a plurality of battery cells is observed and the state derived from the observation is determined for more battery cells than for the observed battery cells. The disclosure further relates to a battery comprising a battery management system, which is configured such that the method according to the disclosure can be carried out thereby. The disclosure also relates to a motor vehicle comprising a battery according to the disclosure.

Abstract: A method for metering a reagent which an emission control device situated in the exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine requires for removing at least one exhaust gas component from the exhaust gas and a device for executing the method are described. The fluid level of the reagent stored in a reagent tank is measured. The measured change in the fluid level is compared to at least one measure for the change in the fluid level calculated as a function of consumption. An error signal is output when the comparison result exceeds a predefined threshold value. This approach enables reliable information to be provided about the fluid level of the reagent in the reagent tank.

Abstract: A method for initializing and operating a battery management system is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First, start the battery management system. Next, read battery variables which are stored in a nonvolatile memory of the battery and comprise the last state of charge of the battery. Then measure the open-circuit voltage of the battery. Next, determine an instantaneous state of charge value on the basis of the measured open-circuit voltage. Then determine an estimated value of the state of charge of the battery as a function of both the stored last state of charge of the battery and the instantaneous state of charge value. Then initialize the state of charge in the battery management system using the determined estimated value of the state of charge. Finally, operate the battery management system with the initialized values.

Abstract: A method of performing a diagnosis of an exhaust gas sensor disposed in an exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine testing the sensor to determine whether a change of at least one exhaust gas component, which is detectable by the exhaust gas sensor, results in an expected change of the sensor signal, and implementing the diagnosis if a specified change in at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine and/or at least one parameter of the exhaust gas in the running operation of the internal combustion engine are detected.

Abstract: A method to diagnose an exhaust gas sensor disposed in the exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine, wherein provision is made for a comparison of a measurement for at least one exhaust gas component with a measurement of the exhaust gas component, which is ascertained on the basis of an exhaust gas sensor signal, and a device to implement the method are proposed. The diagnosis is only implemented if a change in at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine and/or at least one parameter of the exhaust gas is detected during the running operation of the internal combustion engine. Provision is made in the diagnosis for an averaging of the measurement for at least the one exhaust gas component as well as of the measurement for the exhaust gas component, which is provided by the exhaust gas sensor.

Abstract: A method of controlling a reducing agent generation system of an internal combustion engine includes generating a reagent substance in a form of pulses and delivered to an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine upstream of an SCR-catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of the nitrogen oxides contained in an exhaust gas. A catalytic converter model is used to model a reagent substance fill level of the SCR-catalytic converter and a closed-loop feedback control system compares the modeled reagent substance fill level with a storage set point. A reagent substance demand signal is generated that at least releases a reagent substance pulse when a difference between the storage set point and the reagent substance fill level exceeds a specified threshold value.

Abstract: A method for operating a catalytic converter used for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, and a device for implementing the method, which provide for an open-loop or closed-loop control of the reagent fill level in the catalytic converter to a predefined storage setpoint value. The targeted stipulation of the storage setpoint value ensures, on one hand, that in non-stationary states of the internal combustion engine, there is a sufficient quantity of reagent available for the completest possible removal of at least one unwanted exhaust-gas component, and on the other hand, a reagent slip is avoided.

Abstract: A method to diagnose an exhaust gas sensor disposed in the exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine, wherein provision is made for a comparison of a measurement for at least one exhaust gas component with a measurement of the exhaust gas component, which is ascertained on the basis of an exhaust gas sensor signal, and a device to implement the method are proposed. The diagnosis is only implemented if a change in at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine and/or at least one parameter of the exhaust gas is detected during the running operation of the internal combustion engine. Provision is made in the diagnosis for an averaging of the measurement for at least the one exhaust gas component as well as of the measurement for the exhaust gas component, which is provided by the exhaust gas sensor.

Abstract: In order to ensure optimum metering of a reagent to be metered into an exhaust gas during operation of a metering unit of a catalytic converter of a combustion system, in particular an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in any operating state of the catalytic converter and/or in any operating state of the combustion system, a method and a device for operating a metering unit of a catalytic converter of a combustion system provide that, based on a steady-state value of the reagent quantity to be metered during a steady-state operating state of the catalytic converter and/or the combustion system, the quantity of the at least one reagent is determined and adjusted using at least one dynamic correction factor which is dependent on at least one of the performance characteristics of the catalytic converter and on at least one of the performance characteristics of the combustion system.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine; in the exhaust area of this engine there is at least one catalytic converter and downstream from the catalytic converter there is an NOx sensor. A device for carrying out this method is also provided. The NOx sensor has a cross-sensitivity to a reagent needed in the catalytic converter. In predefined operating states of the internal combustion engine, e.g., idling and/or overrun, a selection signal is supplied; when this selection signal occurs, the sensor signal supplied by the NOx sensor is interpreted as at least a measure of the reagent leakage.

Abstract: A method to diagnose an exhaust gas sensor (16) disposed in an exhaust gas region (13) of an internal combustion engine (10), whereby a test is made at said sensor to determine whether a change of at least one exhaust gas component, which is detectable by the exhaust gas sensor (16), results in an expected change of the sensor signal (s_Mes), and a device for the implementation of the method are proposed. The diagnosis is only implemented if a specified change in at least one operating parameter (Md, n, agr) of the internal combustion engine (10) and/or at least one parameter (ms_Abg, NOx, ms_NOx) of the exhaust gas in the running operation of the internal combustion engine (10) are detected.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a component situated in an exhaust gas region of an internal combustion engine in which the low pass behavior, which is determined by the heat capacity of the component, is monitored by a valuation of a measure of a first exhaust gas temperature, which appears upstream of the component that is to be monitored, and of a second exhaust gas temperature, which is recorded by a second temperature sensor downstream from the component to be monitored.

Abstract: The invention concerns a procedure to control a reducing agent generation system of an internal combustion engine, in which the reagent substance is generated in the form of pulses by the reducing agent generation system and is delivered to an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine in front of a SCR-catalytic converter for the selective reduction of the nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas, with a catalytic converter model, in which the reagent substance fill level of the SCR-catalytic converter is modeled and with a closed-loop feedback control system, in which the modeled reagent substance fill level is compared with a storage set point.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine and a device for executing the method provide for diagnostics of the exhaust system in which an exhaust-gas treatment device for converting at least one undesirable exhaust gas component is situated. A measure for the conversion is determined from the exhaust gas component, ascertained upstream from the exhaust-gas treatment-device and measured downstream from the exhaust-gas treatment device and compared to a predefinable threshold value. An error signal is issued when the threshold is not met. The approach makes it possible in particular to detect a manipulation in the exhaust system such as the use of a dummy in the exhaust-gas treatment device or, for example, a deliberately defective lining of a component situated in the exhaust-gas treatment device.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine; in the exhaust area of this engine there is at least one catalytic converter and downstream from the catalytic converter there is an NOx sensor. A device for carrying out this method is also provided. The NOx sensor has a cross-sensitivity to a reagent needed in the catalytic converter. In predefined operating states of the internal combustion engine, e.g., idling and/or overrun, a selection signal is supplied; when this selection signal occurs, the sensor signal supplied by the NOx sensor is interpreted as at least a measure of the reagent leakage.

Abstract: A device and a method for controlling an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system, e.g., for an internal combustion engine, are described. The exhaust-gas aftertreatment system includes at least one catalytic converter. A preselectable quantity of reducing agent is supplied to the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system as a function of the state of the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system. The quantity of reducing agent supplied is adjusted.

Abstract: A method for operating a catalytic converter used for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, and a device for implementing the method, which provide for an open-loop or closed-loop control of the reagent fill level in the catalytic converter to a predefined storage setpoint value. The targeted stipulation of the storage setpoint value ensures, on one hand, that in non-stationary states of the internal combustion engine, there is a sufficient quantity of reagent available for the completest possible removal of at least one unwanted exhaust-gas component, and on the other hand, a reagent slip is avoided.

Abstract: A method for metering a reagent which an emission control device situated in the exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine requires for removing at least one exhaust gas component from the exhaust gas and a device for executing the method are described. The fluid level of the reagent stored in a reagent tank is measured. The measured change in the fluid level is compared to at least one measure for the change in the fluid level calculated as a function of consumption. An error signal is output when the comparison result exceeds a predefined threshold value. This approach enables reliable information to be provided about the fluid level of the reagent in the reagent tank.