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US20050210868A1 US11/048,790 US4879005A US2005210868A1 US 20050210868 A1 US20050210868 A1 US 20050210868A1 US 4879005 A US4879005 A US 4879005A US 2005210868 A1 US2005210868 A1 US 2005210868A1
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    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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    • F01N3/10Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/18Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control
    • F01N3/20Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control specially adapted for catalytic conversion ; Methods of operation or control of catalytic converters
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N11/00Monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus, e.g. for catalytic activity
    • F01N11/007Monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus, e.g. for catalytic activity the diagnostic devices measuring oxygen or air concentration downstream of the exhaust apparatus
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2560/00Exhaust systems with means for detecting or measuring exhaust gas components or characteristics
    • F01N2560/02Exhaust systems with means for detecting or measuring exhaust gas components or characteristics the means being an exhaust gas sensor
    • F01N2560/026Exhaust systems with means for detecting or measuring exhaust gas components or characteristics the means being an exhaust gas sensor for measuring or detecting NOx
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2560/00Exhaust systems with means for detecting or measuring exhaust gas components or characteristics
    • F01N2560/06Exhaust systems with means for detecting or measuring exhaust gas components or characteristics the means being a temperature sensor
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present invention relates to a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD.
  • OBD on-board diagnostic system
  • the invention was made in view of the above and has its object to make it possible to detect or determine all of NO x , PM, HC and CO concentrations necessary for realization of OBD by virtue of an existing NO x sensor which can be mounted in a vehicle.
  • the invention is directed to a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD which comprises detecting a NO x concentration in the exhaust gas by a NO x sensor arranged in an exhaust pipe, PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined in conversion, on the basis of an O 2 concentration sensed in the course of detection of said NO x concentration, from mutual correspondences of the concentrations.
  • the existing NO x sensor which has to utilize an O 2 concentration in the course of detection of the NO x concentration in an exhaust gas, inherently accommodates an extensive O 2 sensor which detects an O 2 concentration in the exhaust gas.
  • the PM, HC and CO concentrations which have correspondences with the O 2 concentration are determined in conversion so that all of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are obtained in alternative measurement in addition to the NO x concentration directly sensed by the NO x sensor.
  • the fact that the PM, HC and CO concentrations have correspondences with the O 2 concentration is the inventor's knowledge.
  • the PM, HC and CO concentrations greatly depend on combustibility in an engine and tend to remarkably increase when the combustibility becomes insufficient due to lowering of the O 2 concentration.
  • a temperature sensor may be arranged on an inlet side of said oxidation catalyst to detect an exhaust temperature, purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined depending upon catalytic activity of said oxidation catalyst at a current exhaust temperature, the PM, HC and CO concentrations being compensated on the basis of the purified ratios.
  • the oxidation catalyst when the oxidation catalyst is arranged in the exhaust pipe and downstream of the NO x sensor, the NO x and O 2 concentrations once detected by the NO x sensor are lowered downstream since the exhaust gas passes through the oxidation catalyst and is purified; therefore, compensation must be done for the decrements to determine final values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • the purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations depend on catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst which in turn depends on an exhaust temperature on the inlet side of the oxidation catalyst.
  • the purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending upon the catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst at a current exhaust temperature and the PM, HC and CO concentrations are compensated on the basis of the purified ratios determined, so that the final values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations in the exhaust gas purified through the oxidation catalysts can be determined.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing correspondence of O 2 concentration with PM concentration
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing correspondence of O 2 concentration with HC concentration
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing correspondence of O 2 concentration with CO concentration
  • FIG. 5 is a graph showing correspondence of HC purified ratio with exhaust temperature
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing correspondence of CO purified ratio with exhaust temperature
  • FIG. 7 is a graph showing correspondence of PM purified ratio with exhaust temperature.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD according to the invention in which exhaust gas 3 is discharged via an exhaust manifold 2 from a diesel engine 1 and flows through an exhaust pipe 4 .
  • a casing 6 Arranged in the exhaust pipe 4 is a casing 6 which accommodates an oxidation catalyst 5 in the form of a flow-through type honeycomb structure.
  • a NO x sensor 8 Arranged on a most upstream side in the exhaust pipe 4 is a NO x sensor 8 which is positioned adjacent to a turbine outlet of a turbocharger 7 .
  • a temperature sensor 9 Arranged on an inlet side of the casing 6 is a temperature sensor 9 which detects temperature of the exhaust gas 3 . Detection signals 8 a and 9 a from the sensors 8 and 9 , respectively, are inputted to an electronic control unit (ECU) 10 which is an engine controlling computer.
  • ECU electronice control unit
  • ECU 10 When NO x , PM, HC and CO concentrations grasped on the basis of detection signals 8 a and 9 a from the sensors 8 and 9 , respectively, have something abnormal, then ECU 10 outputs a lightening command signal 11 a to light a caution-advisory indicator 11 on an instrument panel.
  • the existing NO x sensor 8 has to utilize an O 2 concentration in the course of detection of the NO x concentration, therefore the sensor 8 inherently accommodates an extensive O 2 sensor which senses the O 2 concentration in the exhaust gas 3 .
  • the PM, HC and CO concentrations which have correspondences with the O 2 concentration are determined in conversion by the ECU 10 , so that all of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are obtained in alternative measurement in addition to the NO x concentration directly sensed by the NO x sensor 8 .
  • FIG. 2 shows correspondence of O 2 concentration with PM concentration
  • FIG. 3 of O 2 concentration with HC concentration
  • FIG. 4 of O 2 concentration with CO concentration.
  • CO concentration greatly depends upon combustibility in the diesel engine 1 and tends to remarkably increase when the combustibility becomes insufficient due to lowering of the O 2 concentration.
  • an oxidation catalyst 5 is arranged in the exhaust pipe 4 and downstream of the NO x sensor 8 , after the NO x and O 2 concentrations are sensed by the NO x sensor 8 , the PM, HC and CO concentrations are lowered since the exhaust gas 3 passes through the oxidation catalyst 5 and is purified; therefore, the compensation must be done for the decrements to determined the last values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • these purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending on the catalytic activity which in turn depends upon the exhaust temperature on the inlet side of the oxidation catalyst 5 ; therefore, the purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending upon the catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst 5 at the current exhaust temperature.
  • the determined PM, HC and CO concentrations as to the exhaust gas 3 adjacent to the turbine outlet of said turbocharger 7 are compensated to obtain final values of PM, HC and CO concentrations in the exhaust gas 3 which has passed through the oxidation catalyst 5 and is purified.
  • the flow-through type oxidation catalyst 5 is singly arranged with no combination with another catalyst.
  • the oxidation catalyst 5 is carried by a particulate filter or is followed by a separate particulate filter, then as shown in two-dot-chain lines in the graph of FIG. 7 , almost all of PM are captured in the particulate filter with no connection with the purified ratios by the oxidation catalyst 5 , so that it can be regarded with no specific determination that the final PM concentration has been lowered to a substantially constant concentration.
  • the single caution-advisory indicator 11 Shown in FIG. 1 is the single caution-advisory indicator 11 ; however, the caution-advisory indicator 11 may be arranged for each of the NO x , PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • the caution-advisory indicator 11 may be arranged for each of the NO x , PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • Upon detection of abnormality preferably, such occurrence of abnormality is recorded in a memory in the ECU 10 and/or a suitable correction operation is made to the diesel engine 1 .
  • a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD is not limited to the above embodiment and that various changes and modifications may be effected within the gist of the invention.
  • it may be applicable to a vehicle with an exhaust pipe 4 having no oxidation catalyst 5 .

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All of NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations necessary for realization of OBD are determined by utilization of an in-vehicle existing NOx sensor. A NOx sensor arranged in an exhaust pipe detects the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas. On the basis of O2 concentration detected in a course of detection of the NOx concentration, PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined in conversion through mutual correspondences of the concentrations.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • 1. Field of the Invention
  • The present invention relates to a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD.
  • 2. Description of the Related Art
  • It has been recently proposed to monitor controlled states of exhaust gas from a vehicle by virtue of an in-vehicle computer. It is generally called OBD (on-board diagnostic system); there is an active trend towards future legal compulsion including restrictions for OBD.
  • Detection of exhaust-gas temperature and NOx (nitrogen oxides) concentration through sensors in a control system for an exhaust purifying or aftertreatment apparatus has been disclosed for example in JP 2002-161732 A.
  • However, most of conventionally known exhaust-gas sensors are large-sized fixed devices in laboratory level so that, except a NOx sensor which is compact in size and has been actually mounted in a vehicle, sensors for PM (particulate matter), HC (hydrocarbon) and CO (carbon monoxide) concentrations cannot be mounted in a vehicle up to the present.
  • The invention was made in view of the above and has its object to make it possible to detect or determine all of NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations necessary for realization of OBD by virtue of an existing NOx sensor which can be mounted in a vehicle.
  • BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The invention is directed to a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD which comprises detecting a NOx concentration in the exhaust gas by a NOx sensor arranged in an exhaust pipe, PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined in conversion, on the basis of an O2 concentration sensed in the course of detection of said NOx concentration, from mutual correspondences of the concentrations.
  • More specifically, the existing NOx sensor, which has to utilize an O2 concentration in the course of detection of the NOx concentration in an exhaust gas, inherently accommodates an extensive O2 sensor which detects an O2 concentration in the exhaust gas.
  • Then, utilizing the feature of the NOx sensor that can detect the O2 concentration, the PM, HC and CO concentrations which have correspondences with the O2 concentration are determined in conversion so that all of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are obtained in alternative measurement in addition to the NOx concentration directly sensed by the NOx sensor.
  • The fact that the PM, HC and CO concentrations have correspondences with the O2 concentration is the inventor's knowledge. The PM, HC and CO concentrations greatly depend on combustibility in an engine and tend to remarkably increase when the combustibility becomes insufficient due to lowering of the O2 concentration.
  • Thus, adoption of such sensing method makes it possible to determine all of the NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations necessary for realization of OBD by virtue of an existing NOx sensor which can be mounted in a vehicle.
  • If an oxidation catalyst is arranged in the exhaust pipe and downstream of the NOx sensor in the invention, a temperature sensor may be arranged on an inlet side of said oxidation catalyst to detect an exhaust temperature, purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined depending upon catalytic activity of said oxidation catalyst at a current exhaust temperature, the PM, HC and CO concentrations being compensated on the basis of the purified ratios.
  • More specifically, when the oxidation catalyst is arranged in the exhaust pipe and downstream of the NOx sensor, the NOx and O2 concentrations once detected by the NOx sensor are lowered downstream since the exhaust gas passes through the oxidation catalyst and is purified; therefore, compensation must be done for the decrements to determine final values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • The purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations depend on catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst which in turn depends on an exhaust temperature on the inlet side of the oxidation catalyst. Thus, the purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending upon the catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst at a current exhaust temperature and the PM, HC and CO concentrations are compensated on the basis of the purified ratios determined, so that the final values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations in the exhaust gas purified through the oxidation catalysts can be determined.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing correspondence of O2 concentration with PM concentration;
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing correspondence of O2 concentration with HC concentration;
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing correspondence of O2 concentration with CO concentration;
  • FIG. 5 is a graph showing correspondence of HC purified ratio with exhaust temperature;
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing correspondence of CO purified ratio with exhaust temperature; and
  • FIG. 7 is a graph showing correspondence of PM purified ratio with exhaust temperature.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
  • Now, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD according to the invention in which exhaust gas 3 is discharged via an exhaust manifold 2 from a diesel engine 1 and flows through an exhaust pipe 4. Arranged in the exhaust pipe 4 is a casing 6 which accommodates an oxidation catalyst 5 in the form of a flow-through type honeycomb structure.
  • Arranged on a most upstream side in the exhaust pipe 4 is a NOx sensor 8 which is positioned adjacent to a turbine outlet of a turbocharger 7. Arranged on an inlet side of the casing 6 is a temperature sensor 9 which detects temperature of the exhaust gas 3. Detection signals 8 a and 9 a from the sensors 8 and 9, respectively, are inputted to an electronic control unit (ECU) 10 which is an engine controlling computer.
  • When NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations grasped on the basis of detection signals 8 a and 9 a from the sensors 8 and 9, respectively, have something abnormal, then ECU 10 outputs a lightening command signal 11 a to light a caution-advisory indicator 11 on an instrument panel.
  • More specifically, the existing NOx sensor 8 has to utilize an O2 concentration in the course of detection of the NOx concentration, therefore the sensor 8 inherently accommodates an extensive O2 sensor which senses the O2 concentration in the exhaust gas 3.
  • Thus, utilizing the feature of the NOx sensor 8 that can detect the O2 concentration, the PM, HC and CO concentrations which have correspondences with the O2 concentration are determined in conversion by the ECU 10, so that all of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are obtained in alternative measurement in addition to the NOx concentration directly sensed by the NOx sensor 8.
  • The fact that the PM, HC and CO concentrations have correspondences with the O2 concentration is the inventor's knowledge; FIG. 2 shows correspondence of O2 concentration with PM concentration; FIG. 3, of O2 concentration with HC concentration; and FIG. 4, of O2 concentration with CO concentration. CO concentration greatly depends upon combustibility in the diesel engine 1 and tends to remarkably increase when the combustibility becomes insufficient due to lowering of the O2 concentration.
  • In a case where, as in the embodiment, an oxidation catalyst 5 is arranged in the exhaust pipe 4 and downstream of the NOx sensor 8, after the NOx and O2 concentrations are sensed by the NOx sensor 8, the PM, HC and CO concentrations are lowered since the exhaust gas 3 passes through the oxidation catalyst 5 and is purified; therefore, the compensation must be done for the decrements to determined the last values of the PM, HC and CO concentrations.
  • As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, these purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending on the catalytic activity which in turn depends upon the exhaust temperature on the inlet side of the oxidation catalyst 5; therefore, the purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations are determined depending upon the catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst 5 at the current exhaust temperature. On the basis of such determined purified ratios, the determined PM, HC and CO concentrations as to the exhaust gas 3 adjacent to the turbine outlet of said turbocharger 7 are compensated to obtain final values of PM, HC and CO concentrations in the exhaust gas 3 which has passed through the oxidation catalyst 5 and is purified.
  • In the embodiment, the flow-through type oxidation catalyst 5 is singly arranged with no combination with another catalyst. In a case where the oxidation catalyst 5 is carried by a particulate filter or is followed by a separate particulate filter, then as shown in two-dot-chain lines in the graph of FIG. 7, almost all of PM are captured in the particulate filter with no connection with the purified ratios by the oxidation catalyst 5, so that it can be regarded with no specific determination that the final PM concentration has been lowered to a substantially constant concentration.
  • Whether the thus obtained NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations are within rate values of them, respectively, is judged in the ECU 10; when judgment is made to be negative, the lightening command signal 11 a is outputted to the caution-advisory indicator 11 on the instrument panel so that the caution-advisory indicator 11 is lighted on to announce occurrence of abnormality to a driver.
  • Shown in FIG. 1 is the single caution-advisory indicator 11; however, the caution-advisory indicator 11 may be arranged for each of the NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations. Upon detection of abnormality, preferably, such occurrence of abnormality is recorded in a memory in the ECU 10 and/or a suitable correction operation is made to the diesel engine 1.
  • As is clear from the foregoing, in a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD according to the invention, all of NOx, PM, HC and CO concentrations can be determined by utilization of an existing NOx sensor 8 which is mountable in a vehicle. Even if the oxidation catalyst 5 is arranged in the exhaust pipe 4, the PM, HC and CO concentrations can be suitably compensated on the basis of an exhaust temperature detected by the temperature sensor 9 on the inlet side of the oxidation catalyst 5; as a result, the OBD can be realized readily and at a lower cost.
  • It is to be understood that a method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD according to the invention is not limited to the above embodiment and that various changes and modifications may be effected within the gist of the invention. For example, it may be applicable to a vehicle with an exhaust pipe 4 having no oxidation catalyst 5.

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1. A method for sensing exhaust gas for OBD which comprises detecting a NOx concentration in the exhaust gas by a NOx sensor arranged in an exhaust pipe, PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined in conversion, on the basis of an O2 concentration sensed in the course of detection of said NOx concentration, from mutual correspondences of the concentrations.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein an oxidation catalyst is arranged in the exhaust pipe and downstream of the NOx sensor, a temperature sensor being arranged on an inlet side of said oxidation catalyst to detect an exhaust temperature, purified ratios of the PM, HC and CO concentrations being determined depending upon catalytic activity of the oxidation catalyst at a current exhaust temperature, the PM, HC and CO concentrations being compensated on the basis of the purified ratios.
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