Methods and systems are provided for controlling boost pressure in a staged engine system comprising a turbocharger and an upstream electric supercharger. In one example, a method may include accelerating an electric supercharger to choke the flow of air to the engine in the event of turbocharger ov
Methods and systems are provided for controlling boost pressure in a staged engine system comprising a turbocharger and an upstream electric supercharger. In one example, a method may include accelerating an electric supercharger to choke the flow of air to the engine in the event of turbocharger overboost.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: bypassing a first, upstream compressor and providing a flow of compressed air to a piston engine via a second, downstream compressor; andin response to a boost pressure overshoot, adjusting speed of the first compressor. 2. The method of claim 1, further
1. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: bypassing a first, upstream compressor and providing a flow of compressed air to a piston engine via a second, downstream compressor; andin response to a boost pressure overshoot, adjusting speed of the first compressor. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, accelerating the first compressor while maintaining an intake throttle open until an airflow through the second compressor is below a threshold, and then decelerating the first compressor. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first compressor is driven by an electric motor and the second compressor is driven by an exhaust turbine, and wherein adjusting the speed of the first compressor includes spinning the motor at a motor speed based on the airflow. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the bypassing the first compressor is responsive to a turbine speed being higher than a threshold speed. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the boost pressure overshoot includes a boost error between a desired boost pressure and an actual boost pressure, and wherein accelerating the first compressor includes estimating a desired pressure ratio across the second compressor based on the boost error, determining a desired airflow into the second compressor based on the desired pressure ratio, and then operating the first compressor at a compressor speed that lowers an airflow into the second compressor to the desired airflow. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the compressor speed of the first compressor is further adjusted based on a position of an intake throttle located upstream of the first compressor. 7. The method of claim 5, further comprising, in response to the boost pressure overshoot, opening one or more of an exhaust wastegate valve positioned in a wastegate coupled across the exhaust turbine, and a compressor recirculation valve positioned in a recirculation passage coupled across the second compressor. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein opening the exhaust wastegate valve includes adjusting a degree of opening of the wastegate valve responsive to the boost error with a higher than default gain tuning, and resuming the default gain tuning in response to one or more of boost error being less than a threshold and boosted engine component degradation. 9. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: responsive to a first increase in driver demand, accelerating a first, upstream compressor to increase flow of compressed air through a second, downstream compressor; andresponsive to a second increase in driver demand, adjusting speed of the first, upstream compressor to decrease flow of compressed air through the second, downstream compressor. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first increase in driver demand includes a tip-in event from closed pedal, and wherein the second increase in driver demand includes a tip-in event from partial pedal depression. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein during the first increase in driver demand, airflow through the second compressor is below a threshold flow, and wherein during the second increase in driver demand, airflow through the second compressor is above the threshold flow. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein during the first increase in driver demand, accelerating the first compressor includes spinning the first compressor at a first speed based on the first increase in driver demand, and wherein during the second increase in driver demand, accelerating the first compressor includes spinning the first compressor at a second speed based on a current airflow into the second compressor relative to a desired compressor pressure ratio, the desired compressor pressure ratio based on the second increase in driver demand. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first compressor is a supercharger compressor driven by an electric motor, and wherein the second compressor is a turbocharger compressor driven by an exhaust turbine. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein during the first increase in driver demand, a turbine speed is lower than a threshold turbine speed and the first compressor is not spinning, and wherein during the second increase in driver demand, the turbine speed is higher than the threshold turbine speed and the first compressor is spinning. 15. The method of claim 13, further comprising, during the first increase in driver demand, increasing an opening of a bypass valve coupled in a bypass across the first compressor, and during the second increase in driver demand, increasing an opening of one or more of a wastegate valve coupled in a wastegate passage across the exhaust turbine and a recirculation valve in coupled in a recirculation passage across the second compressor. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising, during the first increase in driver demand, operating the bypass valve with a higher than default gain tuning and the wastegate valve with a default gain tuning, and during the second increase in driver demand, operating the bypass valve with the default gain tuning and the wastegate valve with the higher than default gain tuning. 17. An engine system, comprising: an engine having an intake;a first intake compressor driven by an electric motor, the motor powered by a battery;a second intake compressor driven by an exhaust turbine, the second compressor positioned downstream of the first compressor along the intake;a bypass including a bypass valve coupled across the first compressor;a wastegate including a wastegate valve coupled across the exhaust turbine; anda controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory for: in response to an operator pedal tip-in while the second compressor is spinning, closing the wastegate valve to adjust a speed of the second compressor; andconcurrently adjusting a speed of the first compressor to limit airflow into the second compressor. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein a degree of closing of the wastegate valve and a rotation speed of the first compressor are adjusted to provide a target pressure ratio at the second compressor, the target pressure ratio based on driver demand. 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the controller includes further instructions for: after the target pressure ratio is reached, decelerating the first compressor while increasing an opening of the wastegate valve. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the controller includes further instructions for: in response to an operator pedal tip-in while the second compressor is not spinning, closing the wastegate valve to increase the speed of the second compressor; andconcurrently increasing the speed of the first compressor to increase airflow through the second compressor while increasing an opening of the bypass valve based on a boost error.
연구과제 타임라인
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
이 특허에 인용된 특허 (11)
Komatsu, Akira, Control device for multi-stage turbochargers.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.