Methods for correcting spill valve timing error of a high pressure pump
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02M-059/36
F02M-059/20
F02D-041/30
F02M-059/38
F02M-025/08
F02M-037/00
출원번호
US-0189926
(2014-02-25)
등록번호
US-9458806
(2016-10-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Zhang, Hao
Surnilla, Gopichandra
Meinhart, Mark
Pursifull, Ross Dykstra
Basmaji, Joseph F.
출원인 / 주소
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Voutyras, Julia
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
41
초록▼
Methods are provided for correct spill valve timing of a high pressure pump coupled to the direct injection system of an internal combustion engine. A method is needed to monitor and adjust spill valve timing on-board the vehicle, where spill valve timing error may result from sensors error and/or t
Methods are provided for correct spill valve timing of a high pressure pump coupled to the direct injection system of an internal combustion engine. A method is needed to monitor and adjust spill valve timing on-board the vehicle, where spill valve timing error may result from sensors error and/or time between command signal and actuation response of the spill valve. To self-correct spill valve timing error on-board a vehicle, methods are proposed that involve monitoring and recording fuel rail pressures, high pressure pump duty cycles, and fractional liquid volume pumped values in order to find zero flow relationships.
대표청구항▼
1. A method, comprising: adjusting a duty cycle of a high pressure pump to correct a timing error of a spill valve based on a determined offset of a zero flow function for the high pressure pump, the spill valve regulating fuel flow into a compression chamber of the high pressure pump and the zero f
1. A method, comprising: adjusting a duty cycle of a high pressure pump to correct a timing error of a spill valve based on a determined offset of a zero flow function for the high pressure pump, the spill valve regulating fuel flow into a compression chamber of the high pressure pump and the zero flow function based on a change in pump duty cycle relative to a resulting change in fuel rail pressure. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the zero flow function for the high pressure fuel pump includes: while not direct injecting fuel into an engine and while the engine is in a stabilized idling condition, commanding a first pump duty cycle;waiting until fuel rail pressure reaches a steady-state value and then determining a first fuel rail pressure;then commanding a second, higher pump duty cycle and determining a second fuel rail pressure; andcontinue increasing the pump duty cycle incrementally and determining fuel rail pressure until an upper duty cycle threshold is reached. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the zero flow function for the high pressure fuel pump includes: while direct injecting fuel into an engine to maintain a positive fuel flow rate, commanding a multitude of pump duty cycles corresponding to a multitude of fuel rail pressures and determining a responsive fractional volume of liquid fuel pumped, thereby forming a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises a multitude of operating points, each operating point consisting of a duty cycle, fuel rail pressure, and fractional volume pumped; anddetermining a multitude of horizontal-axis intercepts that correspond to zero flow rate data based on a known line slope. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the known line slope is a slope of the dataset, wherein a vertical axis is fractional liquid fuel volume pumped and a horizontal axis is pump duty cycle. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the spill valve is a solenoid activated check valve that is coupled to an inlet of the high pressure pump, the spill valve further being energized and de-energized to control fuel flow into the high pressure pump. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the high pressure pump duty cycle is a measure of a spill valve closing timing that controls an amount of fuel pumped into a fuel rail by the high pressure pump. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the high pressure fuel pump is fluidly coupled to a direct fuel injector of an engine via a fuel rail positioned downstream of the high pressure fuel pump. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the high pressure fuel pump is fluidly coupled downstream of the spill valve. 9. An engine system, comprising: an engine;a direct fuel injector configured to direct inject fuel into the engine;a fuel rail fluidly coupled to the direct fuel injector;a high pressure fuel pump fluidly coupled to the fuel rail;a controller with computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory for:adjusting a duty cycle of a high pressure pump to correct a timing error of a spill valve based on a zero flow function for the high pressure pump, the spill valve regulating fuel flow into a compression chamber of the high pressure pump and the zero flow function based on a change in pump duty cycle relative to a resulting change in fuel rail pressure,wherein determining the zero flow function for the high pressure fuel pump includes: while direct injecting fuel into the engine to maintain a positive fuel flow rate, commanding a multitude of pump duty cycles corresponding to a multitude of fuel rail pressures and determining a responsive fractional volume of liquid fuel pumped, thereby forming a dataset, wherein the dataset comprises a multitude of operating points, each operating point consisting of a duty cycle, fuel rail pressure, and fractional volume pumped; anddetermining a multitude of horizontal-axis intercepts that correspond to zero flow rate data based on a known line slope. 10. The engine system of claim 9, wherein the known line slope is a slope of the dataset, wherein a vertical axis is fractional liquid fuel volume pumped and a horizontal axis is pump duty cycle. 11. The engine system of claim 9, wherein the spill valve is a solenoid activated check valve that is coupled to an inlet of the high pressure pump, the spill valve further being energized and de-energized to control fuel flow into the high pressure pump. 12. The engine system of claim 9, wherein the high pressure pump duty cycle is a measure of a spill valve closing timing that controls an amount of fuel pumped into the fuel rail by the high pressure pump. 13. An engine method, comprising: while not direct injecting fuel into an engine via a high pressure pump and while the engine is in a stabilized idling condition, determining a relationship between a high pressure pump duty cycle and a fuel rail pressure; andfinding an offset from the relationship to correct a timing error of a spill valve, the spill valve regulating fuel flow into a compression chamber of the high pressure pump,wherein determining the relationship includes: incrementally increasing the pump duty cycle and waiting for a period of time before measuring a responsive fuel rail pressure for each pump duty cycle; andcontinue incrementally increasing the pump duty cycle until an upper threshold duty cycle is reached. 14. An engine method, comprising: while direct injecting fuel into an engine to maintain a positive fuel flow rate, determining a relationship between a high pressure pump duty cycle and a fuel rail pressure; andfinding an offset from the relationship to correct a timing error of a spill valve, the spill valve regulating fuel flow into a compression chamber of the high pressure pump,wherein determining the relationship further comprises: selecting a multitude of operating points, each operating point including a pump duty cycle and a fuel rail pressure that correspond to a fractional fuel volume pumped;regressing each operating point to find a multitude of intersections with a horizontal axis; andplotting the intersections on a graph. 15. The engine method of claim 14, wherein regressing each operating point involves finding a slope of a line based on pump duty cycle and fractional fuel volume pumped. 16. The engine method of claim 14, wherein the graph displays fuel rail pressure as a function of the high pressure pump duty cycle.
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