Abstract: A method for monitoring at least one part of an internal combustion engine based on a variable whose values characterize the operation of the part of the internal combustion engine during different states of the internal combustion engine, including: determining an actual pattern with the actual values of the variable during different states of the internal combustion engine which describe the actual operation of the internal combustion engine; providing a reference pattern for a known operation of the internal combustion engine, the reference pattern including reference values of the variable for different states of the internal combustion engine; and comparing the actual pattern to the reference pattern to determine a similarity between the actual operation and the known operation.

Abstract: A device for error monitoring in an internal combustion engine system is provided. The internal combustion engine is supplied with air at a volumetric efficiency indicating the ratio of a real volume flow of air in the internal combustion engine to an ideal, theoretically possible, volume flow of air in the internal combustion engine. The device for error monitoring is configured to determine an error in the engine system when a difference between a measured volumetric efficiency and an estimated volumetric efficiency exceeds a predetermined absolute value.

Abstract: A method for operating a boost pressure control in an engine system having a supercharged internal combustion engine, including the following: performing a boost pressure control based on a setpoint controller variable and an actual controller variable, ascertaining a setpoint controller variable from a provided setpoint boost pressure with a first and a second model, ascertaining an intermediate variable from a provided actual boost pressure with the first model, correcting the intermediate variable with a provided dynamic variable, which represents a dynamic change in the state of the engine system using a higher dynamics than the actual boost pressure, and ascertaining the actual controller variable from the corrected intermediate variable with the second model.

Abstract: A regulator unit for regulating a flap opening of a flap arranged in a mass flow line includes: an analyzer unit which is designed for providing an analysis signal on the basis of a predefined desired pressure difference and a difference between pressures upstream and downstream from the flap; a regulator which is designed for determining a trigger signal from the analysis signal according to a regulating characteristic; and a control element-regulating unit which is designed for regulating the flap opening of the flap in the mass flow line in response to the trigger signal.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one air system variable in an air supply system of an internal combustion engine in successive, discrete calculation steps, a differential equation being provided with respect to the air system variable based on measured and/or modeled variables, which describe conditions in the air supply system, a difference equation being formed for the quantization of the differential equation according to an implicit method, and the difference equation being solved in each discrete calculation step, in order to obtain the air system variable.

Abstract: In a method for determining a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation mass flow in the air system of an internal combustion engine (10) with low pressure exhaust gas recirculation, the determination of the low pressure exhaust gas recirculation mass flow involves a preliminary low pressure exhaust gas recirculation mass flow which is determined from a function involving, in particular, the pressure p42 upstream and the pressure p12 downstream of a low pressure side exhaust gas recirculation valve EGRVIvLP (29), the temperature TEGRVIvPUs downstream of the low pressure side exhaust gas recirculation valve (29), and the geometry arEGRVIvLP of the low pressure side exhaust gas recirculation valve (29). According to the invention, at least one mass balance based variable is also considered in the determination of the low pressure exhaust gas recirculation mass flow .

Abstract: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation, air is supplied to at least one combustion chamber via an intake manifold at least partially closable with the aid of a final control element, and a part of the exhaust gases flowing into an exhaust pipe is conducted via an EGR channel, which is at least partially closable with the aid of an EGR valve unit, into an area of the intake manifold, which lies between the final control element and the combustion chamber. A first variable, which characterizes the mass flow of the gas conducted through the EGR channel, is ascertained from a set of state variables of the internal combustion engine, which apply for an operating state in which the engine is in overrun operation and the final control element is essentially closed.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a malfunction of a sensor system in an air system of an internal combustion engine, said sensor system comprising a first air state sensor, a second air state sensor and a third air state sensor, wherein a first value and a second value of a first comparison variable are ascertained in two different ways in an overall calculation step such that the result of a comparison between the first value and the second value is a function of each of the output variables of the first, second and third air state sensors and wherein in a fault detection step, said method recognizes as a function of the comparison between said first value and said second value of the comparison variable that a fault exists in the sensor system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining at least one air system variable in an air supply system (3) of an internal combustion engine (2) in successive, discrete calculation steps, a differential equation being provided with respect to the air system variable based on measured and/or modeled variables, which describe conditions in the air supply system (3); a difference equation being formed for the quantization of the differential equation according to an implicit method; and the difference equation being solved in each discrete calculation step, in order to obtain the air system variable.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing an actuator for a boost pressure system of an internal combustion engine, in which the actuator is controlled using a triggering signal, and a state variable of the boost pressure system which is at least an indirect function of the triggering signal is detected. The triggering signal is periodic, and a curve of the values of the state variable is analyzed with regard to at least one periodic characteristic.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine having a first actuator for influencing the gas air mass flow delivered to the internal combustion engine, having a second actuator for influencing the high-pressure-side recirculated exhaust gas mass flow, and having at least one third actuator for influencing the low-pressure-side recirculated exhaust gas mass flow, a first actuating variable for the first actuator being predefinable based on a comparison between a first setpoint and a first actual value for the fresh air mass flow and/or on further modeled or measured variables, a second actuating variable for the second actuator being predefinable based on a comparison between a second setpoint and a second actual value for the high-pressure-side exhaust gas mass flow and/or on further modeled or measured variables, and at least one third actuating variable for the at least one third actuator being predefinable based on a comparison between a third setpoint and a third actual value for t

Abstract: A method and a device for correcting a signal of a sensor provide for maximally accurate drift compensation of a characteristics curve of the sensor. At least one characteristic quantity of the signal of the sensor is compared with a reference value. The signal of the sensor is corrected as a function of the comparison result. A value of the at least one characteristic quantity of the signal of the sensor derived from the signal of the sensor is formed as the reference value.

Abstract: A regulator unit for regulating a flap opening of a flap arranged in a mass flow line includes: an analyzer unit which is designed for providing an analysis signal on the basis of a predefined desired pressure difference and a difference between pressures upstream and downstream from the flap; a regulator which is designed for determining a trigger signal from the analysis signal according to a regulating characteristic; and a control element-regulating unit which is designed for regulating the flap opening of the flap in the mass flow line in response to the trigger signal.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for regulating the charge pressure of an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust gas turbochargers that set a target charge pressure rapidly and without overshooting. A first actuating element is provided with which the charge pressure of a first exhaust gas turbocharger is set, and a second actuating element is provided with which the charge pressure of a second exhaust gas turbocharger is set. Dependent on the exhaust gas back pressure prevailing in the exhaust gas channel at the output of the internal combustion engine, a first controlled variable is determined for the first actuating element, and a second controlled variable is determined for the second actuating element.

Abstract: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine having exhaust gas recirculation, air is supplied to at least one combustion chamber via an intake manifold at least partially closable with the aid of a final control element, and a part of the exhaust gases flowing into an exhaust pipe is conducted via an EGR channel, which is at least partially closable with the aid of an EGR valve unit, into an area of the intake manifold, which lies between the final control element and the combustion chamber. A first variable, which characterizes the mass flow of the gas conducted through the EGR channel, is ascertained from a set of state variables of the internal combustion engine, which apply for an operating state in which the engine is in overrun operation and the final control element is essentially closed.

Abstract: In a method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having an adjustable component through which a gas flows and by whose setting the gas flowing through the component is influenced, at least one first value representative of a flow-through area of the component is determined in accordance with a first model as a function of a triggering signal of the component, at least one second value representative of the flow-through area of the component is determined in accordance with a second model as a function of at least one performance quantity of the internal combustion engine different from the triggering signal, and a resulting value is formed for the flow-through area as a mean of the at least one first value and the at least one second value.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, e.g., of a motor vehicle, may permit a most accurate possible determination of a value for the flow-through area, e.g., the effective flow-through area, of a component arranged in a gas channel. The internal combustion engine has an adjustable component through which a gas flows and by whose setting the gas flowing through is influenced. At least one first value representative of a flow-area of the component, e.g., the effective flow-through area, is determined in accordance with a first model as a function of a triggering signal of the component. At least one second value representative of the flow-through area of the component, e.g., the effective flow-through area, is determined in accordance with a second model as a function of at least one performance quantity of the internal combustion engine different from the triggering signal. A resulting value is formed for the flow-through area, e.g.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for regulating the charge pressure of an internal combustion engine having at least two exhaust gas turbochargers that set a target charge pressure rapidly and without overshooting. A first actuating element is provided with which the charge pressure of a first exhaust gas turbocharger is set, and a second actuating element is provided with which the charge pressure of a second exhaust gas turbocharger is set. Dependent on the exhaust gas back pressure prevailing in the exhaust gas channel at the output of the internal combustion engine, a first controlled variable is determined for the first actuating element, and a second controlled variable is determined for the second actuating element.

Abstract: A method and a device for regulating the boost pressure of an internal combustion engine having a multiflow air system, which enables both rapid regulation and limitation of the exhaust gas back pressures. The multiflow air system includes a multichannel air supply and a corresponding multichannel exhaust gas discharge, each exhaust gas channel having an exhaust gas turbocharger. A manipulated variable for a specified boost pressure to be set is determined as a function of the actual exhaust gas back pressure prevailing in the particular exhaust gas channel.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine assembly (1) which make possible a monitoring and, if required, correction of a quantity of an air system of the engine assembly (1). A physical quantity of the air system is computed from several input quantities with the aid of a physical model (5) of the air system of the internal combustion engine assembly (1). The at least one physical quantity is not an input quantity of the physical model (5). The at least one physical quantity, which is computed by means of the physical model (5), is compared to a measured value for the at least one physical quantity. One of the input quantities or a model internal quantity of the physical model (5) is monitored in dependence upon a deviation between the computed value and the measured value for the at least one physical quantity.