Valve and fueling strategy for operating a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02B-003/00
F02B-075/02
출원번호
US-0899443
(2004-07-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Kuo,Tang Wei
Brown,Barry L.
출원인 / 주소
General Motors Corporation
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4인용 특허 :
45
초록▼
Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into which fuel and exhaust gases are i
Low load operating point for a controlled auto-ignition four-stroke internal combustion engine is reduced without compromising combustion stability through a valve control operative to establish sub-atmospheric pressure conditions within the combustion chamber into which fuel and exhaust gases are introduced. A split-injection control operative to introduce a first fuel fraction into the combustion chamber during an intake stroke and a second fuel fraction into the combustion chamber during a compression event, in combination with the valve control, provides further reductions in low load operating points without compromising combustion stability.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points and an intake valve and an exhaust valve controlled duri
The invention claimed is: 1. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points and an intake valve and an exhaust valve controlled during repetitive, sequential exhaust, intake, compression and expansion strokes of said piston comprising: providing an exhaust event during which the exhaust valve is open for expelling combusted gases from the combustion chamber; providing a rebreathe event wherein the intake valve is open during at least a portion of at least one of the expansion and exhaust strokes for expelling a portion of combusted gases from the combustion chamber to an intake passage; subsequent to the exhaust event, providing a period of simultaneous closure of the exhaust and intake valves during at least a portion of the intake stroke of the piston effective to establish a sub-atmospheric pressure condition within the combustion chamber; and, providing an intake event during which the intake valve is open for ingesting fresh air and combusted gases from the intake passage into the combustion chamber. 2. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sub-atmospheric pressure condition within the combustion chamber reaches at least about 42 kPa sub-atmospheric. 3. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sub-atmospheric pressure condition within the combustion chamber terminates not earlier than about 75 degrees past exhaust stroke top dead center. 4. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sub-atmospheric pressure condition within the combustion chamber reaches at least about 42 kPa sub-atmospheric and terminates not earlier than about 75 degrees past exhaust stroke top dead center. 5. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rebreathe event is initiated subsequent to initiation of said exhaust event. 6. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 5 wherein said rebreathe event is terminated substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 7. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 5 wherein said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 degrees before to about 40 degrees after the expansion stroke bottom dead center. 8. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 7 wherein said intake event terminates substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 9. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 5 wherein said exhaust event is initiated about 40 to about 50 degrees before expansion stroke bottom dead center. 10. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 9 wherein said intake event terminates substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 11. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 5 wherein said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 to about 90 degrees subsequent to initiation of said exhaust event. 12. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 11 wherein said intake event terminates substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 13. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rebreathe event is characterized by lift of said intake valve no greater than about 50% of maximum valve lift. 14. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said exhaust event is initiated about 40 to about 50 degrees before expansion stroke bottom dead center, and said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 degrees before to about 40 degrees after the expansion stroke bottom dead center. 15. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 14 wherein said rebreathe event is terminated substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 16. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said exhaust event is initiated about 40 to about 50 degrees before expansion stroke bottom dead center, and said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 degrees to about 90 degrees subsequent to initiation of said exhaust event. 17. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 16 wherein said rebreathe event is terminated substantially contemporaneously with termination of said exhaust event. 18. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 1 further comprising: providing to the combustion chamber during the intake stroke a first fraction of fuel of a total combustion cycle fuel requirement; and providing to the combustion chamber during the compression stroke a second fraction of fuel of about the difference between the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and said first fraction of fuel. 19. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 18 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement. 20. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 19 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 21. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 18 wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 22. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 21 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 23. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 18 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and further wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 24. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 23 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 25. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 18 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 26. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points and an intake valve and an exhaust valve controlled during repetitive, sequential exhaust, intake, compression and expansion strokes of said piston comprising: establishing a low pressure event within the combustion chamber during the intake stroke of the piston; and, establishing a combustion chamber rebreathe event during the exhaust stroke of the piston by controlling a rebreathe event intake valve opening and closing. 27. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 26 wherein said low pressure event is established by controlling phasing of exhaust event exhaust valve closure and intake event intake valve opening. 28. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein the rebreathe event intake valve opening occurs about 20 to about 90 degrees after the exhaust valve opening. 29. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein the intake event intake valve opening occurs about 30 degrees to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 30. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein exhaust valve closure occurs about exhaust stroke top dead center to about 20 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center and the intake event intake valve opening occurs about 30 degrees to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 31. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein the rebreathe event intake valve opening occurs about 20 degrees before to about 20 degrees after expansion stroke bottom dead center. 32. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein said exhaust event is initiated about 40 to about 50 degrees before expansion stroke bottom dead center and is terminated about exhaust stroke top dead center to about 20 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center, and said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 degrees before to about 40 degrees after the expansion stroke bottom dead center. 33. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein said exhaust event is initiated about 40 to about 50 degrees before expansion stroke bottom dead center and is terminated about exhaust stroke top dead center to about 20 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center, and said rebreathe event is initiated about 20 to about 90 degrees after the exhaust valve opening. 34. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 27 wherein the exhaust valve closure absolute phase relative to exhaust stroke top dead center is not greater than the intake event intake valve opening phase after exhaust stroke top dead center. 35. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 34 wherein the exhaust valve closure occurs before exhaust stroke top dead center. 36. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 34 wherein the exhaust valve closure occurs after exhaust stroke top dead center. 37. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 36 wherein the intake event intake valve opening occurs about 0 to about 90 after the exhaust valve closure. 38. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 37 wherein the exhaust valve closure occurs about exhaust stroke top dead center to about 20 degrees-after exhaust stroke top dead center. 39. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 26 further comprising: providing to the combustion chamber during the intake stroke a first fraction of fuel of a total combustion cycle fuel requirement; and providing to the combustion chamber during the compression stroke a second fraction of fuel of about the difference between the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and said first fraction of fuel. 40. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 39 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement. 41. Method of operating four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 40 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 42. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 39 wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 43. Method of operating four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 42 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 44. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 39 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and further wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 45. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 44 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 46. Method of operating four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 39 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 47. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points and at least one intake valve and one exhaust valve controlled during repetitive, sequential exhaust, intake, compression and expansion strokes of said piston comprising: providing a closed exhaust valve and a closed intake valve during an expansion stroke of said piston; providing an open exhaust valve and an open intake valve during an exhaust stroke of said piston to expel combusted gases to an exhaust passage and an intake passage, respectively; providing a closed exhaust valve and a closed intake valve during an intake stroke of said piston to establish a low pressure condition within the combustion chamber; providing an open intake valve during said intake stroke of said piston to ingest combusted gases and fresh air into said combustion chamber; and, providing a closed exhaust valve and a closed intake valve during a compression stroke of said piston. 48. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 47 wherein closure of the exhaust valve occurs at an absolute phase angle relative to exhaust stroke top dead center about not greater than the phase angle after exhaust stroke top dead center at which opening of the intake valve occurs during the intake stroke of the piston. 49. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 48 wherein the closure of the exhaust valve occurs about exhaust stroke top dead center to about 20 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 50. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 47 wherein the opening of the intake valve during the intake stroke of the piston occurs about 30 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 51. Method of operating a four-stroke internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 47 wherein opening of the intake valve that is open during said exhaust stroke of said piston occurs about 20 to about 90 degrees after the exhaust valve opening. 52. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 47 further comprising: providing to the combustion chamber during the intake stroke a first fraction of fuel of a total combustion cycle fuel requirement; and providing to the combustion chamber during the compression stroke a second fraction of fuel of about the difference between the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and said first fraction of fuel. 53. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 52 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement. 54. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 53 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 55. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 52 wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 56. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 55 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 57. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 52 wherein the first fraction of fuel comprises about 10 to about 50 percent of the total combustion cycle fuel requirement and further wherein said first fraction of fuel is injected about 0 to about 90 degrees after exhaust stroke top dead center. 58. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 57 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center. 59. Method of operating a four-stroke, internal combustion engine as claimed in claim 52 wherein the second fraction of fuel is injected about 20 to about 60 degrees before the compression stroke top dead center.
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