Exhaust gas purifying system and regeneration end determining method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F01N-003/00
출원번호
US-0808209
(2004-03-24)
우선권정보
JP-2003-083653(2003-03-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Hiranuma,Satoshi
Takeda,Yoshinaka
Kawatani,Toru
Doumeki,Reiko
출원인 / 주소
Hiranuma,Satoshi
Takeda,Yoshinaka
Kawatani,Toru
Doumeki,Reiko
대리인 / 주소
Rossi, Kimms &
인용정보
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13인용 특허 :
9
초록▼
An exhaust gas purification system includes an oxygen mass flow rate detecting unit for detecting or calculating a mass flow rate of oxygen fed to a filter and a regeneration end determining unit for determining a regeneration end of the filter in accordance with information provided from the oxygen
An exhaust gas purification system includes an oxygen mass flow rate detecting unit for detecting or calculating a mass flow rate of oxygen fed to a filter and a regeneration end determining unit for determining a regeneration end of the filter in accordance with information provided from the oxygen mass flow rate detecting-unit and upon arrival of an integrated value of the oxygen mass flow rate at a predetermined value during regeneration of the filter.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An exhaust gas purifying system comprising: an oxidation catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine; a filter disposed in said exhaust passage at a position downstream of said oxidation catalyst to collect a particulate matter contained in exhaust gas; a regeneratio
What is claimed is: 1. An exhaust gas purifying system comprising: an oxidation catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine; a filter disposed in said exhaust passage at a position downstream of said oxidation catalyst to collect a particulate matter contained in exhaust gas; a regeneration start determining means for determining a regeneration start of said filter; a regenerator means for regenerating said filter; an oxygen mass flow rate detecting means for detecting or calculating a mass flow rate of oxygen fed to said filter; and a regeneration end determining means for determining a regeneration end of said filter based on the mass flow rate detected or calculated by said oxygen mass flow rate detecting means, wherein said regeneration end determining means determines the regeneration end of said filter when an integrated value of said oxygen mass flow rate reaches a predetermined value during regeneration of said filter by said regenerator means. 2. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, wherein said regeneration end determining means determines a regeneration end of said filter upon establishment of the following equation: description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"Σ ΔPM=C쨌Σ(oxygen mass flow rate),description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" where C=A쨌PM쨌e(-E/RT), ΣΔPM: target combustion quantity of particulate matter, Σ(oxygen mass flow rate): integrated value of a mass flow rate of oxygen fed to the filter, A: constant obtained by experiment (frequency factor), PM: amount of particulate matter deposited on the filter at the beginning of regeneration, E: activation energy constant, R: gas constant and T: filter temperature. 3. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, further comprising an air flow sensor for detecting a flow rate of intake air, and wherein said oxygen mass flow rate detecting means calculates the oxygen mass flow rate O2w in accordance with the following equation including the mass flow rate of intake air Qaw obtained from said air flow sensor: description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"O 2w=(Qavr-q쨌a)쨌b, description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" where q: fuel injection quantity, a: equivalence ratio, and b: oxygen mass ratio. 4. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, further comprising: an O2 sensor disposed between said oxidation catalyst and said filter to detect an oxygen concentration; and a sensor for detecting the flow rate of fluid entering said filter, and wherein the oxygen mass flow rate detecting means calculates the oxygen mass flow rate O2w on the basis of detection results provided from said two sensors. 5. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, wherein said regeneration end determining means determines the end of regeneration only during forced regeneration of said filter. 6. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, wherein said engine is a diesel engine. 7. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of said filter, and wherein said regeneration end determining means determines a regeneration end of said filter in accordance with information provided from said temperature detecting means and said oxygen mass flow rate detecting means and upon arrival at a predetermined value of an integrated value of said oxygen mass flow rate from the time when the temperature of said filter has reached a predetermined temperature. 8. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 7, wherein said temperature detecting means is a temperature sensor disposed downstream of said catalyst, and an outlet temperature of said catalyst is used as the temperature of said filter. 9. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 7, wherein: said temperature detecting means comprises temperature sensors disposed upstream and downstream respectively of said filter to detect an inlet temperature Tf and an outlet temperature Tr of the filter, and said temperature detecting means calculates a filter temperature on the basis of the inlet temperature Tf and the outlet temperature Tr detected by said temperature sensors and in accordance with the following equation: description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"Filter temperature Tfd=Tf쨌a+Tr(1-a),description="In-line Formulae" end="tail" where a: a value for weighting the inlet temperature Tf and the outlet temperature Tr, satisfying the relation of 0≦ a≦1. 10. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 1, wherein: said regeneration end determining means has a combustion quantity estimating means for calculating or estimating a combustion quantity of the particulate matter collected by said filter, said combustion quantity estimating means calculating or estimating a combustion quantity of the particulate matter by multiplying the integrated value of the oxygen mass flow rate obtained from said oxygen mass flow rate detecting means by a predetermined coeffcient, and the end of regeneration of said filter is determined upon arrival at a predetermined target value of the combustion quantity of the particulate matter calculated or estimated by said combustion quantity estimating means. 11. An exhaust gas purifying system according to claim 10, wherein: said regeneration start determining means has a deposition quantity estimating means for calculating or estimating a deposition quantity of the particulate matter deposited on said filter, and said predetermined target value is a deposition quantity of the particulate matter at the beginning of the regeneration which is estimated by said deposition quantity estimating means. 12. A regeneration end determining method for an exhaust gas purifying system comprising an oxidation catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine and a filter disposed in the exhaust passage at a position downstream of said oxidation catalyst to collect a particulate matter contained in exhaust gas, said method comprising the steps of: starting a forced regeneration of said filter; determining whether the temperature of said filter has reached a predetermined temperature or not during execution of said forced regeneration; determining whether an integrated value of an oxygen mass flow rate, from the time point of the filter temperature reaching the predetermined temperature during execution of said forced regeneration, has reached a predetermined value or not; and terminating said forced regeneration when the integrated value of said oxygen mass flow rate reaches the predetermined value. 13. A regeneration end determining method for an exhaust gas purifying system comprising an oxidation catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine and a filter disposed in the exhaust passage at a position downstream of said oxidation catalyst to collect a particulate matter contained in exhaust gas, said method comprising the steps of: determining whether a forced regeneration of said filter is being executed or not; determining whether the temperature of said filter has reached a predetermined temperature or not during execution of said forced regeneration; determining whether an integrated value of an oxygen mass flow rate, from the time-point of the filter temperature reaching the predetermined temperature during execution of said forced regeneration, has reached a predetermined value or not; and terminating said forced regeneration when the integrated value of said oxygen mass flow rate reaches the predetermined value.
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