Abstract: The air flow into an engine is estimated via a speed-density calculation wherein the volumetric efficiency is estimated on-line. There are three interconnected observers in the estimation scheme. The first observer estimates the flow through the throttle based on the signal from a mass air flow sensor (MAF). The second observer estimates the intake manifold pressure using the ideal gas law and the signal from a intake manifold absolute pressure sensor (MAP). The third observer estimates the volumetric efficiency and provides an estimate of the air flow into the engine.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for retrofitting a low impedance fuel injection system to a high impedance fuel injection system internal combustion engine is disclosed. The original high impedance electronic control system may be retained, while system modification circuitry is added along the fuel injector control path. In one aspect, an original fuel injector control signal is intercepted along the fuel injector control wire. The intercepted signal is then modified from a simple on-off signal to a signal which varies the fuel injector current as a function of time, such that the on-state from the original high impedance system is converted to a current controlled signal. Moreover, using a plurality of parameters, the fuel injector pulsewidth may be modified, as well as the peak and hold current levels provided to the fuel injectors.

Abstract: A control system and a control method for an internal combustion engine have a cylinder including an intake valve and an exhaust valve with a fully variable valve-gear assembly. An engine control unit determines setpoint values with regard to a fresh gas charge, an internal residual gas charge, a torque reduction, an EGR control strategy, and a charging strategy. In addition, a transmission device is provided which transmits setpoint values determined by the engine control unit to a valve control unit in synchronization with the crankshaft angle. The valve control unit controls the fully variable valve-gear assembly of the intake and exhaust valve of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine on the basis of the setpoint values determined by the engine control unit.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for controlling the drive unit of a vehicle are suggested. A decentral torque coordination is provided. In addition to the resulting input quantity of the first coordinator, also, if required, resulting minimum quantities and/or maximum quantities are transmitted from a first coordinator to a second coordinator.

Abstract: Provided a fuel injection industrial engine E capable of determining a fuel injection quantity and an injection timing by a simple structure. The engine E includes a fuel injector 6 for injecting a fuel into intake air; ignition coils 31 and 32 for activating ignition plugs by generating an ignition signal synchronized with the rotation of the engine E; and an injection control device 5 for controlling the injection quantity and the injection timing of the fuel injector 6 by determining the engine speed (or the rotating speed) and phase on the basis of an ignition current signal e extracted from a primary side of said ignition coils 31 and 32.

Abstract: A fuel injection control for an engine includes an improved construction that can hold an accurate atmospheric pressure data during and after starting of the engine. The engine includes an air intake passage. A throttle valve is moveably disposed within the air intake passage. A first sensor is arranged to sense an opening degree of the throttle valve. A fuel injector is arranged to spray fuel toward a combustion chamber of the engine. A control unit is configured to determine an amount of the fuel at least based upon an opening degree data sensed by the first sensor. A second sensor is primarily arranged to sense an intake pressure of the air flowing through the air intake passage. The second sensor is positioned downstream the throttle valve. The control unit adjusts a fuel amount based upon a reference data corresponding to an atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A common rail fuel injection device for ensuring the main injection start timing by correcting a pulse start time of a main injection command pulse, in accordance with the length of an interval between the main injection and a pilot injection. The recovery degree of current energy for driving an injector varies in accordance with the length of the interval Tint from a pilot injection end (T4) to an main injection start time (T6), and this variation affects the main injection start time. By taking a longer value for an injector drive delay time (Td) as the length of the interval Tint is shorter, a pulse start time (T5) of a main injection command pulse CPm for performing the main injection is corrected as a more advanced timing, and hence the fuel injection for the main injection can be performed at a prescribed injection start timing.

Abstract: A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine capable of expediting an initial explosion and hence enhancing an engine starting performance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for operating an internal combustion engine wherein at least one control quantity of the engine is influenced in dependence upon a signal representing the fresh air charge. The throttle flap angle and the intake manifold pressure are determined and a respective signal is formed on the basis of the throttle flap angle and on the basis of the intake manifold pressure. The charge signal, which is formed on the basis of the throttle flap angle, is adapted to the signal, which is formed on the basis of the intake manifold pressure sensor, with the aid of at least one corrective factor.

Abstract: In a fuel injection control apparatus of an internal combustion engine for controlling a fuel supply quantities by making use of a fuel behavior model obtained by modeling the dynamic behavior of fuel flowing from injector into combustion chamber of cylinder of engine, the fuel behavior model is configured to estimate the dynamic fuel behavior such as attachment onto and detachment from a wall surface, e.g., using separate quantities, a wall surface adhesion quantity Fwv(k) of a low boiling point component and a wall surface adhesion quantity Fwp(k) of a high boiling point component at each time k, and to control an injected fuel quantity Fi(k) so that a fuel quantity Fc(k) of fuel flowing into the cylinder becomes a target value.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine control system processes data to develop desired fueling data representing a desired amount of fuel that is to be injected into the engine for combustion. The desired fueling data is modified by a multiplier during a cranking, starting, and initial running phase of the engine, and after the engine has started and begins running, modifies the multiplier by a multiplier adder. Use of the multiplier added is discontinued once the engine fuel injectors have sufficiently warmed up. The multiplier adder is a function of an average of desired fueling data taken over a time interval that includes engine cranking, starting, and initial engine running.

Abstract: A fuel delivery device for a fuel delivery system incorporates an electronic compensation device that either incorporates information that is relevant to the specific fuel delivery device or includes a processor that generates an actuator control signal that is based at least in part upon the information contained in the memory device.

Abstract: A method and a device for storing and/or reading out data of a fuel metering system, in particular a fuel pump or an injector, are described. Data on the fuel pump and/or the injector is assigned to at least one electronic component. The data is taken into account by a control unit in controlling the fuel metering system. The component is mechanically and/or electrically connected to the control unit during a first interval of time and is mechanically and/or electrically detached from the control unit and/or the fuel metering unit during a second interval of time.

Abstract: A control system 14 for a bi-fuel engine 12 is provided. The control system 14 includes a powertrain controller 52 and a bi-fuel controller 54. The controller 52 has a set of fuel injector drivers 92. The controller 50 has a set of gasoline fuel injector drivers 104 and a set of alternate fuel (AF) fuel injector drivers 106. Each of drivers 92 in controller 52 is electrically connected to a driver 104 and a driver 106 in controller 50. Thus, a control signal generated by a single driver 92 can be utilized by either of drivers 104, 106 to generate a corresponding control signal for controlling a gasoline fuel injector 38 or a AF fuel injector 40, respectively.

Abstract: An injection control method for controlling a “common rail” fuel injection system in a diesel engine is described. The method includes the following steps: an initializing step for acquiring engine control parameters; and a main adjustment cycle for adjusting operational variables of the engine. The injection control method also includes an interrupting step for adjusting an injection procedure proper of the injection system by variation of all the characteristic parameters of the injection procedure. Also described is an injection control system for a diesel engine based on the above method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to adjust temporarily the quantity of fuel delivered to the cylinders of a fuel injected engine. The present invention allows a service technician to temporarily adjust the quantity of fuel being delivered to each cylinder or all cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an internal combustion engine having therein an electronic control unit capable of controlling the fuel quantity delivered to each cylinder and a general service computer connectable thereto and capable of transmitting data to the ECU. When instructed by the service technician, the service computer sends signals to the ECU to adjust fuel injector data to the fuel injectors of so as to increase or decrease the amount of fuel being delivered to the fuel injected engine.

Abstract: A method for controlling the fuelling rate for an internal combustion engine including: a) controlling the fuelling rate in a fuel led control mode whereby the fuelling rate is controlled as a function of the operator demand on the engine during at least a portion of low engine load operation; b) controlling the fuel rate in an air led control mode whereby the fuelling rate is controlled as a function of the air flow rate to the engine during at least a portion of medium-to-high engine load operation; and c) providing a point of transition between the two control modes wherein each control mode provides substantially the same predetermined fuelling rate.

Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine determines a desired torque based on an actuating position of an accelerator pedal. A normal fuel quantity based on a given normal efficiency is determined. A relative efficiency is determined based on at least current operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The normal fuel quantity is corrected based on the relative efficiency in order to determine a fuel quantity which is to be metered to the internal combustion engine. A device for controlling an internal combustion engine is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting combustion misses in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, having at least one first engine control unit which controls at least the injection and firing of a first subset of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine, and having at least one further engine control unit which controls the injection and firing of a further subset of cylinders and in which the detection of combustion misses for the first and the further subset of cylinders is additionally carried out; the control units using an engine control program which is interrupted by interrupt routines, in phase-synchronism with the rotational movement of the crankshaft, in which at least the data required for the injection and firing are processed; and in which method the detection of combustion misses is based on establishing and evaluating crankshaft segment times in which the crankshaft covers an associated circle-segment angle range; and the crankshaft segment times likewise being e

Abstract: Flow amount calculation controller controls a certain subject based on a flow amount of fluid, passing through a variable throttle portion provided in an air passage, calculated from an upstream pressure Pu, an upstream density &rgr;u, a downstream pressure Pd, an opening area Ad and a specific heat ratio k by the following formula.

Abstract: In a four-stroke cycle multi-cylinder internal combustion engine (2), a controller (1) controls fuel injectors (8) to inject fuel for the cylinder (#1) in the intake stroke immediately after the first cylinder-stroke identification is performed. Due to this fuel injection control, the fuel is necessarily injected before the first combustion occasion at any cylinder (#1-#4), cylinder dependent fluctuation of air-fuel ratio when the first combustion takes place in the respective cylinders (#1-#4) is prevented. Further, in a predetermined low temperature range, the controller (1) controls fuel injectors (8) to perform a preliminary fuel injection for all the cylinders (#1-#4) before the first cylinder-stroke identification, so the fuel amount required for the first combustion is ensured for all the cylinders (#1-#4).

Abstract: A method and system for controlling the fuel mass to be delivered to an individual cylinder of an internal combustion engine during engine transients caused by intake control device transitions. The method and system compensates for fuel transport dynamics and the actual fuel injected into the cylinder. A plurality of engine parameters are sensed, including cylinder air charge. An initial base desired fuel mass is determined based on the plurality of engine parameters. An initial transient fuel mass is also determined based on prior injection history which, in turn, is modified based on the transition of the intake control device for that cylinder. A desired injected fuel mass to be delivered to the cylinder is determined based on the initial base desired fuel mass and the initial transient fuel mass. These same calculations are then used to compensate for changes to the base desired fuel mass while the fuel injection is in progress, resulting in an updated desired injected fuel mass.

Abstract: When the accelerator is actuated at startup of the engine, a value for target fuel-injection amount at startup Qst is output by a device for electing a target fuel-injection amount at startup 45, this value being selected by minimum value selecting means 44 as the smaller of two values that are an additional fuel injection amount at startup Qsa, which is calculated, on the basis of the previous target fuel-injection amount at startup Qst(−1), by a device for calculating an additional fuel injection amount at startup 42, and a limit fuel-injection amount at startup Qsl, which is calculated, on the basis of accelerator pedal depression amount Ac, by a device for calculating a limit fuel-injection amount at startup 43. Addition to the fuel-injection amount can thus be limited in accordance with the accelerator actuation amount, and the generation of smoke suppressed.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine is provided with a controller functions to command the fuel injectors for a cylinder in the exhaust stroke and for a cylinder in the intake stroke to simultaneously perform a primary fuel injection, when the first cylinder-stroke identification is performed, if the engine temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature. The controller further functions to command the fuel injector only for a cylinder in the intake stroke to perform a primary fuel injection, when the first cylinder-stroke identification is performed, if the engine temperature is less than the predetermined temperature. Thus the startup time of the engine is shortened and the stability of startup is ensured at normal, low, or extremely low temperatures.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine (2) provided with a starter motor sequentially performs combustion of fuel in a plurality of cylinders (#1-#4). Each cylinder is provided with an intake port (7) and a fuel injector (8) to inject fuel in the intake port (7) and repeatedly performs an intake stroke, compression stroke, expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke. A sensor (9, 11) generates a signal identifying a cylinder in a specific position in a specific stroke and the controller (1) executes a cylinder-stroke identification in response to the signal. Upon the first execution of the cylinder-stroke identification when the engine is cranked, a fuel injection is performed for a cylinder in the intake stroke and for a cylinder in the exhaust stroke simultaneously so as to ensure the fuel supply amount required for the first combustion in each cylinder.

Abstract: A fuel control system for an internal combustion engine including injected fuel quantity estimation includes a fuel pump responsive to a fuel pump command to supply fuel to a fuel collection unit. A pressure sensor is provided for producing a pressure signal indicative of the pressure of fuel within the collection unit throughout a fuel injection event, and an engine position sensor is provided for producing an engine position signal indicative of a crank angle of the engine relative to a reference crank angle. A control circuit includes means responsive to the pressure signal and a desired fueling value for producing an initial fueling command, and further includes a fuel quantity estimation block responsive to the pressure signal, the engine position signal and a final fueling command to produce a fuel quantity estimation value.

Abstract: A computerized 2 and 4 cycle internal combustion engine control and optimization/tuning system is disclosed, wherein fuel injector control is optimized to increase horsepower and fuel economy. The system is comprised of an on-board engine controller with communications software allowing technicians to change external sensors via an external computer. The technician may tune engine parameters on the fly as the engine is running. The engine control system displays engine-operating parameters in real time. Fuel mapping can be for the operator's choices of acceleration, maximum speed, gas mileage, altitude of operation and/or engine temperature.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting misfire or partial burn and for controlling spark retard in the cylinders of an internal combustion engine operated under the control of a microprocessor and utilizing signals indicative of the pressure in said cylinder at crank angle positions before and after initiation of combustion. A ratio of the actual pressure to the motored pressure in the cylinder at one or more predetermined crank angles is used to estimate the fraction of fuel burned which, in turn, enables a determination of combustion failure in said cylinder cycle. Confirmation of said misfire or unacceptable partial burn leads to correction of engine operation by said controller and/or to a diagnosis of possible damage to the vehicle's catalytic converter. This method also permits better engine operation under conditions of high spark retard.

Abstract: With a composition where there are provided an injection valve installed on each cylinder and a high-atomizing injection valve installed in the upstream, it is aimed to prevent worsened start-up performance and unburnt gas exhaust resulting from adhesion of the fuel on the suction air passage as a result of reduced air for atomization during the start-up cranking. With a composition equipped with an injection valve installed on each cylinder of an internal combustion engine and an air-assist type high-atomizing injection valve in the upstream, there is provided an injection controlling means that injects the fuel by the injection valve installed on the suction port during the start-up cranking.

Abstract: A system is provided for limiting engine exhaust temperature to a maximum temperature limit. The system is operable to limit either a first or a second fueling parameter in accordance with an engine exhaust temperature estimation model. An engine exhaust temperature-limited fueling command is computed from the respective fueling parameter, and fuel supplied to the engine is limited thereby in order to maintain the actual engine exhaust temperature below the maximum temperature limit. In one embodiment, the engine exhaust temperature model is based on current values of engine speed, intake manifold temperature, mass charge flow, default fuel command parameters, and a first set of model constants. In an alternative embodiment, the engine exhaust temperature model is based on current values of engine speed, intake manifold temperature, intake manifold pressure, mass charge flow, default fueling parameters, and a second set of model constants including a lower heating value of fuel constant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to adjust temporarily the quantity of fuel delivered to the cylinders of a fuel injected engine. The present invention allows a service technician to temporarily adjust the quantity of fuel being delivered to each cylinder or all cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The system includes an internal combustion engine having therein an electronic control unit capable of controlling the fuel quantity delivered to each cylinder and a general service computer connectable thereto and capable of transmitting data to the ECU. When instructed by the service technician, the service computer sends signals to the ECU to adjust fuel injector data to the fuel injectors of so as to increase or decrease the amount of fuel being delivered to the fuel injected engine.

Abstract: A system for controlling a vehicle drivetrain in a fuel-efficient manner includes, in one embodiment, a control computer operable to determine a number of engine load/engine speed boundary conditions as functions of brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) contours in relation to an engine output characteristics map and define therefrom an undesirable engine operation region U. As long as the engine is engaged with at least one of the gear ratios of the vehicle transmission, the control computer is operable to maintain or encourage engine operation outside of the region U. In another embodiment, the control computer is operable to define a contour from substantially zero engine load to substantially full engine load, wherein the contour preferably corresponds to a fuel-efficient path from no-load to full-load engine operating conditions. With change gear transmissions, the control computer is operable to control transmission shift points about the contour.

Abstract: A control system 14 for a bi-fuel engine 12 is provided. The control system 14 includes a powertrain controller 52 and a bi-fuel controller 54. The controller 52 has a set of fuel injector drivers 92. The controller 50 has a set of gasoline fuel injector drivers 104 and a set of alternate fuel (AF) fuel injector drivers 106. Each of drivers 92 in controller 52 is electrically connected to a driver 104 and a driver 106 in controller 50. Thus, a control signal generated by a single driver 92 can be utilized by either of drivers 104, 106 to generate a corresponding control signal for controlling a gasoline fuel injector 38 or a AF fuel injector 40, respectively.

Abstract: An arrangement for monitoring the drive of an actuator includes an output-stage component which includes a counter. With the aid of the counter, the switch-on time of the actuator is determined. The determined switch-on time is made available to the microcomputer for diagnostic purposes.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for fuel injection intended for an internal combustion engine with a wide range of speeds of revolution and with high requirements for rapid response such as, for example, the engine in a motor cycle, and a method of controlling fuel injection to such an engine. In the invention according to the present application the fuel injection to an internal combustion engine comprising an intake pipe (1) with at least one intake valve (2) and one or more injectors is controlled in such a manner that a first fuel injection in order to obtain a well prepared air/fuel mixture occurs early in the working cycle of the engine following the closure of the intake valve and a second fuel injection in order to obtain an optimal amount of fuel for the cycle, a process known as “transient compensation”, occurs late in the working cycle before closure of the intake valve.

Abstract: A method and system for adjusting the application of map limits to compensate for injector variability in an electronically controlled fuel injection system is disclosed. Fuel quantity limiting maps are stored in memory within the electronic control module of an electronically controlled fuel injector system. The application of the fuel quantity limiting maps is adjusted for individual injector performance characteristics. If a fuel injector dispenses too much fuel at a particular on time, the quantity limited in the map limit is decreased. Similarly, if a fuel injector dispenses too little fuel at a particular on time, the quantity limited in the map limit is increased. As one result, limiting maps do not unduly limit fuel quantity for an injector dispensing too little fuel at that on time due to injector variability. As another result, limiting maps properly limit fuel quantity for an injector dispensing too much fuel at that on time due to injector variability.

Abstract: An engine for a marine vehicle includes a controller having a predetermined map defining a relationship between a fuel injection parameter and an engine operation characteristic. Additionally, the controller includes at least one compensation factor for adjusting the fuel injection parameter. The compensation value is derived from data recorded during a test of the engine. The compensation factor is used during the normal operation of the engine to achieve a predetermined air/fuel ratio.

Abstract: A control system 14 for a bi-fuel engine 12 is provided. The control system 14 includes a powertrain controller 52 and a bi-fuel controller 54. The controller 52 has a set of fuel injector drivers 92. The controller 50 has a set of gasoline fuel injector drivers 104 and a set of alternate fuel (AF) fuel injector drivers 106. Each of drivers 92 in controller 52 is electrically connected to a driver 104 and a driver 106 in controller 50. Thus, a control signal generated by a single driver 92 can be utilized by either of drivers 104, 106 to generate a corresponding control signal for controlling a gasoline fuel injector 38 or a AF fuel injector 40, respectively.

Abstract: An equivalence ratio-based system for controlling transient engine fueling includes an engine controller responsive to a number of engine operating conditions to estimate a mass of oxygen trapped within a number of cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The engine controller is further operable to map current values of engine speed and commanded fueling to one of a number of predetermined maximum fuel-to-oxygen, or equivalence, ratio values (&PHgr;MAX). The engine controller is then operable to determine an oxygen/fuel control (OFC) limited fueling command (FOFCL) as a function of the estimated oxygen mass value and the maximum equivalence ratio, and to limit engine fueling based on the OFC limited fueling command FOFCL. In one embodiment, the engine controller is operable to fuel the engine according to a minimum of the OFC limited fueling command FOFCL and a default fueling command FDEF, although other fuel limiting strategies are contemplated.

Abstract: A required fuel amount for an engine is calculated at a predetermined calculation cycle. A fuel injection amount to be injected from an upstream injection valve and a fuel injection amount to be injected from a downstream injection valve are then calculated. After fuel injection on the basis of the calculated fuel injection amounts, a lack of fuel delivered by the fuel injection amounts immediately before re-calculation of a required fuel amount at the calculation cycle until the end of an intake stroke (end of an intake valve opening period), is calculated by subtracting the fuel injection amounts from the re-calculated required fuel amount. The calculated lack of fuel amount is injected from the downstream injection valve during the intake stroke, e.g., in stages 6 and 7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system to control emissions in an engine by controlling spray plume characteristics, such as length and angle. Specifically, a system implementing the present invention includes an fuel injector, an engine cylinder and an electronic control module (ECM). The ECM determines spray plume parameters, including time from start of injection, nozzle hole diameter, pressure differential between the cylinder and fuel in the fuel injector nozzle, and gas temperature and density in the cylinder. Upon determining the spray plume parameters, the ECM calculates the spray plume characteristics and compares them to the optimal spray plume characteristics. The ECM then proceeds to adjust fuel injection characteristics, such as injection on time, rail pressure, and injection timing relative to piston position, to optimize the spray plume.

Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus for a fuel priority type internal combustion engine, including a means of directly or indirectly detecting a variation in air density, for correcting a maximum value of the desired fuel volume on a basis of a result of the detection so as to adjust the relationship between an accelerator opening degree and the desired fuel volume, or a shaft torque value and a desired fuel volume are determined in accordance with a fuel volume corresponding to an internal loss and a fuel volume corresponding to a maximum value of the desired fuel volume.

Abstract: In fuel injection control apparatus and method for an engine having a variably operated engine valve in which at least a closure timing of an intake valve is variably controlled, a controller determines whether an actual closure timing of the intake valve is in a steady state, calculates a volume of a cylinder calculated from a target control value of the closure timing of the intake valve when determining that the actual closure timing is in the steady state and a fresh-air rate within the cylinder, calculates a mass air quantity sucked into the cylinder on the basis of a mass air quantity within an intake manifold calculated by income and outgo calculations of inflow and outflow quantities of a mass air within the intake manifold and a volume of the manifold, and calculates a fuel injection quantity on the basis of the mass air quantity sucked into the cylinder.

Abstract: A diesel engine including a technique for limiting the fuel value injected into each cylinder so that overfueling does not occur. A fuel value limit is calculated based on ambient temperature and pressure, fuel temperature, fuel heating value and the conditions of the fuel pump and injector. This fuel value limit is compared to the actual fuel value commanded and if the limit is greater than the fuel value commanded, then the engine operation is derated. Alternatively, if the fuel value is below the calculated limit, then the engine can accept the fuel value without affecting its operation.

Abstract: A fuel control system for an internal combustion engine includes a processor for determination of the timing and length of control pulse signals to an injector driver for turning an injector on and off. The method and an apparatus for delivering fuel to the injectors is according to a schedule that is adjusted throughout a variety of operating conditions with a minimum of chronometric or throughput loading by scheduling a circular queue of a plurality of buckets determined as a predetermined portion of a combustion cycle. Each bucket is defined by an interval initiated by an event triggered interrupt. At the interrupt, the processor dequeues a list of pointers to fueling information data storage for each cylinder previously assigned to the bucket. The method then assigns each cylinder to at least one selected bucket according to predetermined logic determination and an injector demand signal.

Abstract: A control unit (41) controls an opening of an exhaust recirculation valve (6) according to a running condition of a diesel engine (1). The control unit (41) calculates an equivalence ratio of the gas mixture supplied to the engine (1) and a target intake fresh air amount taking account of the air amount in the exhaust gas recirculated by the exhaust gas circulation valve (6), based on the opening of the valve (6) and a target excess air factor of the engine (1) set according to the running condition. By controlling a turbocharger (50) according to the target intake fresh air amount, and by controlling the fuel supply mechanism according to a fuel injection amount calculated from the equivalence ratio, the excess air factor of the engine (1) and an exhaust gas recirculation rate of the exhaust gas recirculation valve (6) are respectively controlled to optimum values.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine provided with a variable valve operating apparatus which variably changes a valve operating characteristic of at least one of intake and exhaust valves, a reference intake pipe pressure and a reference fresh air ratio corresponding to a reference operating condition of the variable valve operating apparatus are computed based on the detection value of the engine operating condition, a fresh air ratio correction amount corresponding to an operating condition of the variable valve operating apparatus is computed based on the detection value of the intake pipe pressure and the reference intake pipe pressure, the reference fresh air ratio is corrected based on the computed fresh air ratio correction amount to compute a final fresh air ratio, and an operating amount of the control object in the internal combustion engine is computed based on the final fresh air ratio to operate the control object.

Abstract: The fuel injection control device includes a revolution detecting unit for detecting revolution of an internal combustion engine, an injector for injecting fuel into the internal combustion engine, and a fuel injection control unit for controlling the injection of fuel of the injector. The fuel injection control unit includes an engine-start-completion detecting unit for detecting whether or not the internal combustion engine has started, and a fuel-injection-amount correcting unit for correcting the amount of fuel to be injected, after the engine has started, by an amount of fuel for correction obtained by considering the amount of fuel remaining uncombusted when starting the engine and in accordance with one of the frequency of fuel injection, revolution of the internal combustion engine, and the elapse of time.

Abstract: An engine with transport delay represented by a delay period is controlled with a controller in the feed-forward path and a compensator in a negative inner feedback loop around the controller. The controller generates a control signal so as to control the engine as if the engine was without the delay. A compensation signal is generated as the sum of the control signal only over the delay period. The control signal is based on an error signal generated as the difference between a desired input and the sum of a controlled engine output and the compensation signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for accurately detecting the amount of engine intake air based on the amount of air flowing past an air flow meter in an internal combustion engine equipped with a variable intake air control mechanism capable of varying the operating condition of an intake air control valve that controls the flow of intake air into a combustion engine. A smoothing factor is computed in such a manner that the smoothing factor is reduced to increase the degree of smoothing when volumetric efficiency decreases depending on the operating condition of the intake air control valve. The amount of engine intake air is computed by smoothing the flow rate of air measured by the air flow meter, based on the smoothing factor. Further, volumetric efficiency is computed based on engine load and engine speed as well as on the operating condition of the intake air control valve, and the smoothing factor is calculated based on the thus computed volumetric efficiency.