阅读说明：本技术 一种实时egr率的确定方法及装置 (Method and device for determining real-time EGR rate ) 是由 刘巨江 周鑫 何宇 于 2020-05-19 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种实时EGR率的确定方法及装置,该方法包括发动机控制单元确定发动机工作过程中的实时参数集合,该实时参数集合用于计算发动机的气缸的实时EGR率；发动机控制单元根据实时参数集合和预先建立的虚拟EGR传感器模型获得气缸的实时EGR率。可见,实施本发明通过将发动机的实时参数集合输入预先建立的虚拟EGR传感器模型中进行分析,能够得到精准的发动机气缸内的实时EGR率,有利于实现精准控制发动机气缸的燃烧温度,从而使得气缸内的燃油充分燃烧,从而减少有害气体的产生,实现EGR率的闭环控制；以及通过虚拟EGR传感器模型代替价格昂贵、体积庞大的EGR传感器,无需安装实体EGR传感器,能够降低硬件成本。(The invention discloses a method and a device for determining a real-time EGR rate, wherein the method comprises the steps that an engine control unit determines a real-time parameter set in the working process of an engine, and the real-time parameter set is used for calculating the real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine; and the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model. Therefore, by inputting the real-time parameter set of the engine into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, the invention can obtain the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder, and is beneficial to realizing the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder, so that the fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted, the generation of harmful gases is reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate is realized; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced.)

1. A method of determining a real-time EGR rate, the method comprising:

an engine control unit determines a real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, wherein the real-time parameter set is used for calculating a real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine, and comprises the pressure of an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine;

and the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

2. The method for determining a real-time EGR rate of claim 1, wherein the virtual EGR sensor model is a gaussian model obtained by training an initial gaussian model based on a target sample set of each of a plurality of operating points, the target sample set of each of the operating points includes a plurality of sample parameters of the operating point and an EGR rate measurement value corresponding to the operating point, and the virtual EGR sensor model is:

F＝KK^-1f；

wherein F is the virtual EGR sensor model; f is normal distribution function, and f-N0, K;

K^-1is the inverse of K, and K is:

wherein k (x, x ') is a variance function of all the target sample sets obtained in the process of training an initial gaussian model based on all the target sample sets, and the calculation formula of k (x, x') is as follows:

wherein n is the number of all the target sample sets, and i is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n; d is the number of sample parameters of each target sample set, and d is more than or equal to 1; x is the number of_iIs the ith target sample set, and x_i∈R^d；x′_iIs x_iA corresponding normalized value;a first hyper-parameter of the variance function for the ith set of target samples; theta_iA second hyperparameter of the variance function for the ith set of target samples.

3. The method for determining the real-time EGR rate according to claim 2, wherein all the target sample sets are normalized sample sets obtained by performing a normalization operation on the constructed sample sets based on a predetermined normalization algorithm, the constructed sample sets are sample sets obtained by performing a construction operation on all the original sample sets, and all the original sample sets are original sample sets corresponding to all the operating point;

wherein the constructed sample set is:

D＝(X，Y)＝{(x_i，y_i)|i＝1，2，3，...，n}；

in the formula, X is a d × n dimensional input matrix under n working condition points, Y is a corresponding output matrix when X is used as the input matrix, Y is a 1 × n output matrix under n working condition points, and Y_iIs x_iAs an output scalar corresponding to the input scalar, X is:

X＝[x₁，x₂，x₃，...，x_n]；

the calculation formula corresponding to the standardized algorithm is as follows:

x′_i＝(x_i-μ_i)/δ_i；

wherein, mu_iIs the average value, δ, of the ith set of target samples_iIs the variance of the ith set of target samples.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second hyperparameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set is a maximum value obtained by performing an iterative operation on a joint normal distribution probability likelihood function based on a predetermined gradient descent iterative method, the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is a likelihood function obtained by performing a joint construction operation on the virtual EGR sensor model, and a calculation formula of the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is:

in the formula (f)^TIs the transposed matrix of f.

5. The method for determining a real-time EGR rate according to any of claims 1-4, further comprising:

the engine control unit determines a target EGR rate required for the cylinder at a rotation speed of the engine;

and after the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model, the method further comprises the following steps:

the engine control unit calculates an EGR rate difference value between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate, and judges whether the EGR rate difference value is larger than or equal to a preset EGR rate difference value of the cylinder;

and when the judgment result is yes, the engine control unit adjusts the opening degree of an EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference value is smaller than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value.

6. A device for determining a real-time EGR rate is characterized in that the device is applied to an engine control unit and comprises a determining module and an obtaining module, wherein:

the determining module is used for determining a real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, the real-time parameter set is used for calculating a real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine, and the real-time parameter set comprises the pressure of an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening degree of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine;

the obtaining module is used for obtaining the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

7. The apparatus for determining a real-time EGR rate of claim 6, wherein the virtual EGR sensor model is a gaussian model obtained by training an initial gaussian model based on a target sample set of each of a plurality of operating points, the target sample set of each of the operating points includes a plurality of sample parameters of the operating point and an EGR rate measurement value corresponding to the operating point, and the virtual EGR sensor model is:

F＝KK^-1f；

wherein F is the virtual EGR sensor model; f is normal distribution function, and f-N0, K;

K^-1is the inverse of K, and K is:

wherein k (x, x ') is a variance function of all the target sample sets obtained in the process of training an initial gaussian model based on all the target sample sets, and the calculation formula of k (x, x') is as follows:

wherein n is the number of all the target sample sets, and i is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n; d is the number of sample parameters of each target sample set, and d is more than or equal to 1; x is the number of_iIs the ith target sample set, and x_i∈R^d；x′_iIs x_iA corresponding normalized value;a first hyper-parameter of the variance function for the ith set of target samples; theta_iA second hyperparameter of the variance function for the ith set of target samples.

8. The apparatus for determining a real-time EGR rate according to claim 7, wherein all of the target sample sets are normalized sample sets obtained by performing a normalization operation on a constructed sample set based on a predetermined normalization algorithm, the constructed sample sets are sample sets obtained by performing a construction operation on all of original sample sets, and all of the original sample sets are original sample sets corresponding to all of the operating points;

wherein the constructed sample set is:

D＝(X，Y)＝{(x_i，y_i)|i＝1，2，3，...，n}；

in the formula, X is a d × n dimensional input matrix under n working condition points, Y is a corresponding output matrix when X is used as the input matrix, Y is a 1 × n output matrix under n working condition points, and Y_iIs x_iAs an output scalar corresponding to the input scalar, X is:

X＝[x₁，x₂，x₃，...，x_n]；

the calculation formula corresponding to the standardized algorithm is as follows:

x′_i＝(x_i-μ_i)/δ_i；

wherein, mu_iIs the average value, δ, of the ith set of target samples_iIs the variance of the ith set of target samples.

9. The apparatus for determining a real-time EGR rate according to claim 7, wherein the second hyperparameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set is a maximum value obtained by performing an iterative operation on a joint normal distribution probability likelihood function based on a predetermined gradient descent iterative method, the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is a likelihood function obtained by performing a joint construction operation on the virtual EGR sensor model, and a calculation formula of the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is:

in the formula (f)^TIs the transposed matrix of f.

10. The apparatus for determining a real-time EGR rate according to any one of claims 6-9, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a calculation module, a judgment module, and a control module, wherein:

the determination module is further configured to determine a target EGR rate required for the cylinder at a speed of the engine;

the calculation module is used for calculating an EGR rate difference value between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate after the acquisition module acquires the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model;

the judging module is used for judging whether the EGR rate difference value is larger than or equal to a preset EGR rate difference value of the cylinder;

and the control module is used for adjusting the opening degree of an EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate when the judging module judges that the EGR rate difference is larger than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference until the EGR rate difference is smaller than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference.

11. A device for determining a real-time EGR rate, characterized in that the device is applied to an engine control unit, and the device comprises:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor invokes the executable program code stored in the memory to perform the method of real-time EGR rate determination of any of claims 1-5.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of engine control, in particular to a method and a device for determining an EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate in real time.

Background

With the increase of the quantity of automobiles, the problem of environmental pollution caused by the automobiles is more serious, in order to reduce the content of NOX in the tail gas of the automobile engine, the problem in the combustion process of the engine needs to be strictly controlled, the combustion temperature of the oil-gas mixture of the engine is reduced, and the generation of nitrogen oxide in a high-temperature oxygen-enriched environment is avoided. For this reason, Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology is widely used, and the principle of EGR technology is that Exhaust Gas generated by engine combustion is cooled and then mixed with fresh air to enter a cylinder of the engine to participate in combustion of fuel in the cylinder. Because the exhaust gas generated by the combustion of the engine contains a large amount of carbon dioxide, water and other three-atom molecules with larger specific heat capacity, more heat can be absorbed in the combustion process, so that the central temperature of the combustion of the engine can be reduced, and the aim of reducing the emission of NOX is fulfilled.

In practical application, in order to accurately control the combustion temperature of an engine cylinder, the amount of exhaust gas entering the engine cylinder and participating in combustion needs to be acquired in real time, and the proportion of the amount of exhaust gas in the mixed gas, namely the EGR rate, needs to be calculated. Therefore, it is important to accurately obtain the EGR rate in the engine cylinder to accurately control the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method and a device for determining an EGR rate in real time, which can accurately obtain the EGR rate in an engine cylinder so as to realize accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for determining a real-time EGR rate, where the method includes:

an engine control unit determines a real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, wherein the real-time parameter set is used for calculating a real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine, and comprises the pressure of an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine;

and the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

Therefore, in the first aspect of the invention, the real-time parameter set of the engine is input into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, so that the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can be obtained, the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder can be accurately controlled, the fuel in the cylinder can be fully combusted, the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) can be reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate can be realized; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced.

The second aspect of the embodiment of the invention discloses a device for determining a real-time EGR rate, which is applied to an engine control unit and comprises a determining module and an obtaining module, wherein:

the determining module is used for acquiring a real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, wherein the real-time parameter set is used for calculating a real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine, and the real-time parameter set comprises the pressure of an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine;

the obtaining module is used for obtaining the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

Therefore, the second aspect of the invention can obtain the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder by inputting the real-time parameter set of the engine into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, which is beneficial to realizing the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder, thereby enabling the fuel oil in the cylinder to be fully combusted, reducing the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) and realizing the closed-loop control of the EGR rate; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced.

A third aspect of the invention discloses another real-time EGR rate determination device that is applied to an engine control unit, and that includes:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor invokes the executable program code stored in the memory to perform the method for determining a real-time EGR rate disclosed in the first aspect of the present invention.

In a third aspect, the present invention discloses a computer storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions for executing the method for determining a real-time EGR rate as disclosed in the first aspect of the present invention when invoked.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the embodiment of the invention discloses a method and a device for determining a real-time EGR rate, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that an engine control unit obtains a real-time parameter set in the working process of an engine, the real-time parameter set is used for calculating the real-time EGR rate of a cylinder of the engine, and the real-time parameter set comprises the pressure of an air inlet of an air compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening degree of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine; and the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model. Therefore, by inputting the real-time parameter set of the engine into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, the embodiment of the invention can obtain the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder, is beneficial to realizing the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder, so that the fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted, thereby reducing the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) and realizing the closed-loop control of the EGR rate; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method for determining a real-time EGR rate, according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another method for determining real-time EGR rate disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a device for determining a real-time EGR rate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another real-time EGR rate determining apparatus according to the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another real-time EGR rate determining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, apparatus, product, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to those listed but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, product, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The invention discloses a method and a device for determining a real-time EGR rate, which can obtain an accurate real-time EGR rate in an engine cylinder by inputting a real-time parameter set of an engine into a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, and are beneficial to realizing accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder, so that fuel oil in the cylinder is fully combusted, the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) is reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate is realized; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced. The following are detailed below.

Example one

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for determining a real-time EGR rate according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for determining the real-time EGR rate is applied to an engine control unit (also called an engine control device/engine control terminal), and as shown in fig. 1, the method for determining the real-time EGR rate may include the following operations:

101. the engine control unit determines a set of real-time parameters during operation of the engine, which are used to calculate a real-time EGR rate for a cylinder of the engine, and which may include a pressure at an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, a pressure at an air outlet of a throttle of the engine, an opening of the throttle, a speed of the engine, and a pressure at an intake manifold of the engine.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the engine includes any one of the engines using fuel, such as a gasoline engine or a diesel engine, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the real-time parameter set may further include a temperature of an air inlet of a throttle valve, a temperature of an intake manifold, a temperature of an air outlet of an intercooler of the engine, and a pressure of an air inlet of an EGR valve. The method comprises the steps of collecting the rotating speed of an engine through a rotating speed sensor of the engine, collecting the pressure of an air inlet of an air compressor through a pressure sensor at the outlet end of an exhaust gas control valve, collecting the temperature of the air inlet of a throttle valve and the pressure of the air inlet through a TMAP sensor at the air inlet of the throttle valve, obtaining the temperature and the pressure of an air inlet manifold through the TMAP sensor at the air inlet manifold, collecting the opening degree of the throttle valve through a position sensor of the throttle valve, collecting the temperature of an air outlet of an intercooler through a temperature sensor at an air outlet of the exhaust gas intercooler, and collecting the pressure of exhaust gas after intercooling through the pressure sensor at the air inlet of an EGR valve. Wherein the exhaust gas intercooler is an EGR cooler.

In an alternative embodiment, before performing step 101, the method for determining the real-time EGR rate may further include the operations of:

the engine control unit determines whether the current condition of the engine satisfies a predetermined parameter determination condition, and triggers execution of step 101 when it is determined that the parameter determination condition is satisfied.

In this optional embodiment, optionally, when it is determined that the parameter determination condition is not satisfied, the process may be ended.

In this alternative embodiment, as an alternative implementation, the determining, by the engine control unit, whether the current condition of the engine satisfies the predetermined parameter determination condition may include:

the engine control unit obtains the discharge amount of nitrogen oxide of mixed gas in a cylinder of the engine, judges whether the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxide is larger than or equal to a preset discharge amount threshold value, and determines that the current condition of the engine meets a predetermined parameter determination condition when the judgment result is yes.

In this alternative embodiment, the emission amount of nitrogen oxides may refer to the emission amount of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold of the engine, or may refer to the emission amount of nitrogen oxides obtained by oxidizing the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold of the engine by the three-way catalyst of the engine.

In this alternative embodiment, as another alternative implementation, the determining, by the engine control unit, whether the current condition of the engine satisfies a predetermined parameter determination condition may include:

the engine control unit acquires the temperature of an air cylinder of the engine based on the temperature sensor, judges whether the temperature of the air cylinder is greater than or equal to a predetermined temperature threshold value or not, and determines that the current condition of the engine meets a predetermined parameter determination condition when the temperature of the air cylinder is greater than or equal to the predetermined temperature threshold value.

It should be noted that, when the judgment results of the two embodiments are yes, it may be determined that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determination condition, and this alternative embodiment is not limited.

Therefore, in the alternative embodiment, before determining the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, whether the current condition of the engine meets the determined parameter determination condition is judged, and if the current condition of the engine meets the determined parameter determination condition, the step 101 is triggered to be executed, so that the determination accuracy of the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine can be improved, and the acquisition accuracy of the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder is improved; and the situation that the load of power consumption of the engine control unit is increased due to the fact that fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted and the operation of determining the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine is carried out can be reduced. In addition, the determination that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determination condition can be realized by acquiring the discharge amount of nitrogen oxide of the mixed gas in the cylinder and comparing the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxide with the determined discharge amount, or acquiring the temperature of the cylinder and comparing the temperature of the cylinder with the determined temperature threshold value, or simultaneously comparing the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxide with the temperature of the cylinder; and the method can enrich and improve the determining mode that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determining condition and improve the determining accuracy by providing a plurality of modes to determine that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determining condition.

102. And the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual EGR sensor model is a gaussian model obtained by training an initial gaussian model based on a target sample set of each operating point (for example, 1000 operating points), the target sample set of each operating point includes a plurality of sample parameters of the operating point and an EGR rate measurement value corresponding to the operating point, and the virtual EGR sensor model is:

F＝KK^-1f；

in the formula, F is a virtual EGR sensor model; f is normal distribution function, and f-N0, K;

K^-1is the inverse of K, and K is:

wherein k (x, x ') is a variance function of all target sample sets obtained in the process of training the initial gaussian model based on all target sample sets, and the calculation formula of k (x, x') is as follows:

wherein n is the number of all target sample sets, and i is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n; d is the number of sample parameters of each target sample set, and d is more than or equal to 1; x is the number of_iIs the ith target sample set, and x_i∈R^d；x′_iIs x_iA corresponding normalized value;a first hyper-parameter being a variance function of the ith set of target samples; theta_iIs the second hyperparameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set.

In the embodiment of the invention, the rotating speed of the engine and the load of the engine corresponding to different working condition points are different, and the EGR rate measured value corresponding to each working condition point is measured by flow measuring equipment arranged on an engine rack. Further optionally, the operating point of the engine is collected through a determined Design of Experiment (DOE). The test design method may include any one or a combination of two or more methods of a full factor method, an orthogonal method, a center composite method, a latin hyper-average method, an optimized latin hyper-mean square method, a parameter experiment, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can be used for conveniently calculating the real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder by directly using the virtual EGR sensor model in the follow-up process by acquiring the sample parameter set of the plurality of working condition points of the engine and establishing the virtual EGR sensor model based on the sample parameter set, thereby improving the calculation efficiency and accuracy of the real-time EGR rate, and being beneficial to accurately controlling the exhaust gas air inflow in the cylinder and accurately controlling the combustion temperature in the cylinder.

In this embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the second hyper-parameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set is a maximum value obtained by performing an iterative operation on a joint normal distribution probability likelihood function based on a predetermined gradient descent iterative method, the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is a likelihood function obtained by performing a joint construction operation on a virtual EGR sensor model, and a calculation formula of the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is:

in the formula (f)^TIs the transposed matrix of f. Thus decreasing through a gradientThe iteration method obtains the hyperparameter of the Gaussian model, and can improve the obtaining precision of the hyperparameter, so that the obtaining precision of the Gaussian model is improved, the calculation accuracy of the real-time EGR rate of an engine cylinder is improved, the temperature in the cylinder is further accurately controlled, and the occurrence of harmful gas is reduced.

In the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to the above detailed description for the real-time parameter set for the description of the multiple sample parameters of the operating point included in the target sample set of each operating point, which is not described herein again. Further, the target sample set for each operating point includes a plurality of sample parameters for the operating point each having a correlation with the EGR rate of the cylinder that is greater than or equal to a preset correlation threshold (e.g., 50%). Wherein the correlation degree of each sample parameter with the EGR rate of the cylinder is analyzed by a predetermined correlation analysis method. The correlation analysis method may include any one of a chart correlation analysis, a covariance matrix, a correlation coefficient, a univariate regression, a multivariate regression, an information entropy, mutual information, and other correlation analysis methods, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that, the higher the correlation between the sample parameter and the EGR rate of the cylinder, the greater the influence of the sample parameter on the EGR rate of the cylinder.

Therefore, after the sample parameter set of each working condition point is obtained, the sample parameters with high correlation degree with the EGR rate of the cylinder are further obtained, the sample parameters with low correlation degree can be reduced to participate in the establishment of the virtual EGR sensor model, the accuracy and the reliability of the establishment of the virtual EGR sensor model are improved, the accuracy of obtaining the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder is improved, and the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is further facilitated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the virtual EGR sensor model may be a simplified gaussian model, specifically: splitting the virtual EGR sensor model into two variables, wherein one variable isAnother variable isAnd establishing a corresponding relation of the two variables, establishing a list based on the corresponding relation of all the working condition points, and storing the list. Therefore, the virtual EGR sensor model can be matched with a management system processing chip of the engine by further executing simplified operation on the virtual EGR sensor model, so that the probability and efficiency of successfully storing the virtual EGR sensor model to an engine control unit are improved, and the possibility of successfully utilizing the virtual EGR sensor model to obtain the real-time EGR rate in an engine cylinder is further improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further, all the target sample sets are standardized sample sets obtained by performing a standardized operation on the constructed sample sets based on a predetermined standardized algorithm, the constructed sample sets are sample sets obtained by performing a constructed operation on all the original sample sets, and all the original sample sets are original sample sets corresponding to all the operating point;

wherein the set of constructed samples is:

D＝(X,Y)＝{(x_i,y_i)|i＝1,2,3,…,n}；

wherein X is a d × n dimensional input matrix at n operating points, Y is a corresponding output matrix when X is used as the input matrix, Y is a 1 × n output matrix at n operating points, and Y is_iIs x_iAs an output scalar corresponding to the input scalar, X is:

X＝[x₁,x₂,x₃,…,x_n]；

the calculation formula corresponding to the standardized algorithm is as follows:

x′_i＝(x_i-μ_i)/δ_i；

wherein, mu_iIs the average value, δ, of the ith set of target samples_iIs the variance of the ith set of target samples.

In the embodiments of the present invention, please refer to the detailed description of the target sample set for the related description of the original sample set, which is not repeated herein. Therefore, the method is beneficial to improving the construction efficiency of the Gaussian model of the sample set by executing the standardized operation on the sample set of all the working condition points.

It can be seen that, by implementing the method for determining the real-time EGR rate described in fig. 1, the real-time parameter set of the engine can be input into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, so that the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can be obtained, and the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is facilitated, so that the fuel in the cylinder is sufficiently combusted, the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) is reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate is realized; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced.

Example two

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating another method for determining an EGR rate in real time according to an embodiment of the present invention. Wherein, the method for determining the real-time EGR rate is applied to an engine control unit (also called an engine control device/engine control terminal), as shown in fig. 2, the method for determining the real-time EGR rate may include the following operations:

201. the engine control unit determines a set of real-time parameters during operation of the engine, which are used to calculate a real-time EGR rate for a cylinder of the engine, and which may include a pressure at an air inlet of a compressor of the engine, a pressure at an air outlet of a throttle of the engine, an opening of the throttle, a speed of the engine, and a pressure at an intake manifold of the engine.

202. The engine control unit determines a target EGR rate required for the cylinder at the rotation speed of the engine.

In this embodiment of the present invention, it should be noted that, the occurrence order of step 202 and any one of step 201 and step 203 has no precedence relationship, that is, step 202 may occur between step 201 and step 203, may also occur before step 201, may also occur after step 203, and may also occur simultaneously with any one of step 201 and step 203, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as an alternative implementation manner, the determining, by the engine control unit, the target EGR rate required for the cylinder at the rotation speed of the engine may include:

the engine control unit acquires a load of the engine, and determines a target EGR rate required for the cylinder at the rotation speed of the engine from the rotation speed of the engine and the load of the engine.

In this alternative embodiment, an EGR rate table is previously established, which includes EGR rates corresponding to different engine speeds and different engine loads, and which corresponds to different EGR rates corresponding to different engine speeds and different engine loads. Further, the EGR rate table can be divided into a first sub-EGR rate table under an idle condition and a second sub-EGR rate table under a non-idle condition according to different working conditions of the engine. After the rotating speed and the load of the engine are obtained, the working condition of the engine is determined according to the rotating speed and the load of the engine, a corresponding sub-EGR rate table (the sub-EGR rate table comprises a first sub-EGR rate table or a second sub-EGR rate table) is determined according to the working condition of the engine, and the corresponding target EGR rate can be obtained by inquiring the sub-EGR rate table. Thus, the corresponding sub-EGR rate table is determined by the rotating speed of the engine and the load of the engine, the search range of the EGR rate can be reduced, and the search efficiency of the target EGR rate is improved.

It can be seen that this alternative embodiment enables determination of the target EGR rate required for the cylinder and improves the accuracy of determination of the target EGR rate required for the cylinder by acquiring the rotational speed and load of the engine; and determining the corresponding sub-EGR rate table according to the rotating speed of the engine and the load of the engine, so that the search range of the EGR rate can be narrowed, and the search efficiency of the target EGR rate is improved.

203. And the engine control unit obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

204. The engine control unit calculates an EGR rate difference between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate.

205. The engine control unit judges whether the EGR rate difference value is larger than or equal to a preset EGR rate difference value (for example, 10%) of the cylinder; if yes, triggering step 206; and when the judgment result is no, ending the process or triggering to execute the step 201.

In an alternative embodiment, after determining that the EGR rate difference is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference in step 205 and before triggering execution of step 206, the method for determining the real-time EGR rate may include the following operations:

the engine control unit obtains a duration in which the EGR rate difference is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference, determines whether the duration is greater than or equal to a preset duration threshold (e.g., 10s), and triggers execution of step 206 when it is determined that the duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration threshold.

In this optional embodiment, when it is determined that the time length is smaller than the preset time length threshold, the process is ended or step 201 is triggered to be executed.

Therefore, in the optional embodiment, when the difference value between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate in the cylinder is judged to be greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value, the duration of the state is further prolonged, and if the duration is longer, the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine is adjusted according to the real-time EGR difference value, so that the adjustment accuracy of the EGR valve of the engine is improved.

206. And the engine control unit adjusts the opening degree of an EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the difference value of the EGR rate is smaller than or equal to the difference value of the preset EGR rate.

In the embodiment of the invention, the engine control unit adjusts the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the difference value of the EGR rate is smaller than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value, namely, the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder is close to the target EGR rate required by the cylinder to be matched, and the control accuracy of the amount of exhaust gas and the amount of air entering the cylinder can be improved, so that the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder meets the working condition requirement of the engine, and the EGR rate of the cylinder of the engine is subjected to closed-loop control.

Therefore, after the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder of the engine is obtained, the EGR rate difference value between the target EGR rate required by the cylinder and the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder is further calculated, and when the EGR rate difference value exceeds the set value, the opening degree of the EGR valve is adjusted, so that the control accuracy of the exhaust gas intake quantity in the cylinder can be improved, the combustion sufficiency of fuel oil is improved, the generation of harmful gas is further reduced, the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder can meet the working condition requirement of the engine, and the EGR rate of the cylinder of the engine is subjected to closed-loop control.

In another alternative embodiment, prior to performing step 206, the method of determining the real-time EGR rate may include the operations of:

the engine control unit determines the effective target opening area of the EGR valve according to the acquired parameters of the EGR valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the load of the engine;

and determining the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective target opening degree area according to the corresponding relation of the area and the opening degree determined in advance.

In this optional embodiment, as an optional implementation manner, the adjusting, by the engine control unit, the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference is smaller than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference includes:

and the engine control unit adjusts the opening degree of an EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate and the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve until the difference value of the EGR rate is smaller than or equal to the difference value of the preset EGR rate.

In this alternative embodiment, the parameter of the EGR valve includes at least one of the parameters of the exhaust gas flow mass of the EGR valve, the target exhaust gas flow mass of the EGR valve, the pressure of the air inlet of the EGR valve, the temperature of the air inlet of the EGR valve, the target EGR rate required by the cylinder, the exhaust gas mass flow of the EGR valve, and the air pressure of the air outlet of the EGR valve, and the like, and this alternative embodiment is not limited thereto.

In this alternative embodiment, after the effective target opening area of the EGR valve is determined, the feedforward control opening of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective target opening area of the EGR valve may be found in the pre-established EGR valve opening table.

Therefore, in the optional embodiment, the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve is determined, and the opening degree of the EGR valve is controlled by combining the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve and the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder, so that the control accuracy and the reliability of the opening degree of the EGR valve can be improved, the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is further facilitated, the fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted, and the real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can quickly meet the working condition requirement of the engine; and the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve is determined by a table look-up method, so that the determination efficiency of the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve can be improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to the detailed description of step 101 and step 102 in the first embodiment for the related description of step 201 and step 203, which is not repeated herein.

It can be seen that, by implementing the method for determining the real-time EGR rate described in fig. 2, the real-time parameter set of the engine can be input into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, so that the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can be obtained, and the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is facilitated, so that the fuel in the cylinder is sufficiently combusted, the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) is reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate is realized; and the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced. In addition, the control accuracy of the exhaust gas air inflow in the cylinder can be improved, so that the combustion sufficiency of fuel oil is improved, the generation of harmful gas is further reduced, the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder can meet the working condition requirement of the engine, and the closed-loop control is carried out on the EGR rate of the engine cylinder.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a real-time EGR rate determining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device for determining the real-time EGR rate may be applied to an engine control unit (also called an engine control device/engine control terminal), as shown in fig. 3, and may include a determining module 301 and an obtaining module 302, where:

the determination module 301 determines a set of real-time parameters during operation of an engine, the set of real-time parameters being used to calculate a real-time EGR rate for a cylinder of the engine.

In the implementation of the invention, the real-time parameter set comprises the pressure of an air inlet of an air compressor of the engine, the pressure of an air outlet of a throttle valve of the engine, the opening degree of the throttle valve, the rotating speed of the engine and the pressure of an air inlet manifold of the engine. Further optionally, the set of real-time parameters may further include a temperature of an air inlet of a throttle valve, a temperature of an intake manifold, a temperature of an air outlet of a charge air cooler of the engine, and a pressure of an air inlet of an EGR valve.

An obtaining module 302 is configured to obtain a real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and a pre-established virtual EGR sensor model.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the virtual EGR sensor model is a gaussian model obtained by training an initial gaussian model based on a target sample set of each operating point in a plurality of operating points, the target sample set of each operating point includes a plurality of sample parameters of the operating point and an EGR rate measurement value corresponding to the operating point, and the virtual EGR sensor model is:

F＝KK^-1f；

in the formula, F is a virtual EGR sensor model; f is normal distribution function, and f-N0, K;

K^-1is the inverse of K, and K is:

wherein k (x, x ') is a variance function of all target sample sets obtained in the process of training the initial gaussian model based on all target sample sets, and the calculation formula of k (x, x') is as follows:

wherein n is the number of all target sample sets, and i is more than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n; d is the number of sample parameters of each target sample set, and d is more than or equal to 1; x is the number of_iIs the ith target sample set, and x_i∈R^d；x′_iIs x_iA corresponding normalized value;a first hyper-parameter being a variance function of the ith set of target samples; theta_iIs the second hyperparameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, all the target sample sets are standardized sample sets obtained by performing a standardized operation on the constructed sample sets based on a predetermined standardized algorithm, the constructed sample sets are sample sets obtained by performing a constructed operation on all the original sample sets, and all the original sample sets are original sample sets corresponding to all the operating point;

wherein the set of constructed samples is:

D＝(X,Y)＝{(x_i,y_i)|i＝1,2,3,…,n}；

wherein X is a d × n dimensional input matrix at n operating points, Y is a corresponding output matrix when X is used as the input matrix, Y is a 1 × n output matrix at n operating points, and Y is_iIs x_iAs an output scalar corresponding to the input scalar, X is:

X＝[x₁,x₂,x₃,…,x_n]；

the calculation formula corresponding to the standardized algorithm is as follows:

x′_i＝(x_i-μ_i)/δ_i；

wherein, mu_iIs the average value, δ, of the ith set of target samples_iIs the variance of the ith set of target samples.

In this embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the second hyper-parameter of the variance function of the ith target sample set is a maximum value obtained by performing an iterative operation on a joint normal distribution probability likelihood function based on a predetermined gradient descent iterative method, the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is a likelihood function obtained by performing a joint construction operation on a virtual EGR sensor model, and a calculation formula of the joint normal distribution probability likelihood function is:

in the formula (f)^TIs the transposed matrix of f.

It can be seen that, by implementing the real-time EGR rate determining device described in fig. 3, the real-time parameter set of the engine can be input into the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model for analysis, so that the accurate real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can be obtained, and the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is facilitated, so that the fuel in the cylinder is sufficiently combusted, the generation of harmful gases (such as NOX gases) is reduced, and the closed-loop control of the EGR rate is realized; the virtual EGR sensor model replaces an expensive and bulky EGR sensor, and an entity EGR sensor does not need to be installed, so that the hardware cost can be reduced; the method has the advantages that the sample parameter set of a plurality of working condition points of the engine can be obtained, the virtual EGR sensor model is established based on the sample parameter set, the virtual EGR sensor model can be conveniently and directly used for calculating the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder of the engine in the follow-up process, the calculation efficiency and accuracy of the real-time EGR rate can be improved, and therefore accurate control of the air inflow of exhaust gas in the cylinder and accurate control of the combustion temperature in the cylinder are facilitated; the hyper-parameters of the Gaussian model can be obtained through a gradient descent iteration method, and the obtaining precision of the hyper-parameters can be improved, so that the obtaining precision of the Gaussian model is improved, the calculation accuracy of the real-time EGR rate of an engine cylinder is improved, the temperature in the cylinder is further accurately controlled, and the generation of harmful gas is reduced; sample parameters with low correlation can be reduced to participate in the establishment of the virtual EGR sensor model, so that the accuracy and reliability of the establishment of the virtual EGR sensor model are improved, the acquisition accuracy of the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder is improved, and the accurate control of the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder is further facilitated; and the method can also perform standardized operation on the sample sets of all the working condition points, and is favorable for improving the construction efficiency of the Gaussian model of the sample set.

In an alternative embodiment, based on the schematic structure of the real-time EGR rate determining device depicted in fig. 3, the real-time EGR rate determining device may further include a calculating module 303, a determining module 304, and a control module 305, in this case, the real-time EGR rate determining device may be as shown in fig. 4, and fig. 4 is a schematic structure of another real-time EGR rate determining device, where:

the determination module 301 is further configured to determine a target EGR rate required for the cylinder at a speed of the engine.

The calculating module 303 is configured to calculate an EGR rate difference between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate after the obtaining module 302 obtains the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder according to the real-time parameter set and the pre-established virtual EGR sensor model;

and the judging module 304 is used for judging whether the EGR rate difference value is larger than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value of the cylinder.

And the control module 305 is configured to, when the determining module 304 determines that the EGR rate difference is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference, adjust the opening of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference is less than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference.

It can be seen that, by implementing the real-time EGR rate determining device described in fig. 4, after obtaining the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder of the engine, further calculating an EGR rate difference between a target EGR rate required by the cylinder and the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder, and when the EGR rate difference exceeds a set value, adjusting the opening degree of the EGR valve, the accuracy of controlling the intake air amount of the exhaust gas in the cylinder can be improved, so that the combustion sufficiency of the fuel oil is improved, the generation of harmful gas is further reduced, the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder can meet the working condition requirement of the engine, and the EGR rate of the cylinder of the engine is further closed-loop controlled.

In another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the obtaining module 302 is further configured to obtain a duration of the EGR rate difference value being greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value after the determining module 304 determines that the EGR rate difference value is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value and before the control module 305 adjusts the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference value is less than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference value;

the determining module 304 is further configured to determine whether the duration is greater than or equal to a preset duration threshold, and when the duration of the EGR rate difference is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference, trigger the control module 305 to perform the above operation of adjusting the opening of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference is less than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference.

It can be seen that, by implementing the real-time EGR rate determining device described in fig. 4, when it is determined that the difference between the real-time EGR rate and the target EGR rate in the cylinder is greater than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference, the duration of the state is further increased, and if the duration is longer, the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine is adjusted according to the real-time EGR difference, which is beneficial to improving the adjustment accuracy of the EGR valve of the engine.

In yet another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the determining module 301 is further configured to determine an effective target opening area of the EGR valve according to the acquired parameter of the EGR valve, the rotation speed of the engine, and the load of the engine before the control module 305 adjusts the opening of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference is smaller than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference;

the determining module 301 is further configured to determine a feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective target opening degree area according to a predetermined area-opening degree correspondence.

In this optional embodiment, as an optional implementation manner, the manner in which the control module 305 adjusts the opening degree of the EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate until the EGR rate difference is less than or equal to the preset EGR rate difference is specifically:

and adjusting the opening degree of an EGR valve of the engine according to the real-time EGR rate and the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve until the difference value of the EGR rate is smaller than or equal to the difference value of the preset EGR rate.

In this alternative embodiment, the parameter of the EGR valve includes at least one of the parameters of the exhaust gas flow mass of the EGR valve, the target exhaust gas flow mass of the EGR valve, the pressure of the air inlet of the EGR valve, the temperature of the air inlet of the EGR valve, the target EGR rate required by the cylinder, the exhaust gas mass flow of the EGR valve, and the air pressure of the air outlet of the EGR valve, and the like, and this alternative embodiment is not limited thereto.

In this alternative embodiment, after the effective target opening area of the EGR valve is determined, the determining module 301 may find the feedforward control opening of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective target opening area of the EGR valve from a pre-established EGR valve opening table.

It can be seen that, by implementing the device for determining the real-time EGR rate described in fig. 4, the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve can be determined, and the opening degree of the EGR valve can be controlled by combining the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve and the real-time EGR rate in the cylinder, so that the control accuracy and reliability of the opening degree of the EGR valve can be improved, and the combustion temperature of the engine cylinder can be accurately controlled, so that the fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted, and the real-time EGR rate in the engine cylinder can rapidly meet the working condition requirement of the engine; and the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve is determined by a table look-up method, so that the determination efficiency of the feedforward control opening degree of the EGR valve can be improved.

In yet another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the determining module 304 is further configured to determine whether the current condition of the engine meets a predetermined parameter determination condition before the determining module 301 determines the real-time parameter set during the operation of the engine, and when the determination module 301 determines that the parameter determination condition is met, trigger the determining module 301 to perform the operation of determining the real-time parameter set during the operation of the engine.

In this optional embodiment, as an optional implementation manner, the manner for the determining module 304 to determine whether the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determination condition is specifically:

the method comprises the steps of obtaining the discharge amount of nitrogen oxides of mixed gas in a cylinder of the engine, judging whether the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxides is larger than or equal to a preset discharge amount threshold value, and determining that the current condition of the engine meets a predetermined parameter determination condition when the judgment result is yes; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the method comprises the steps of collecting the temperature of an air cylinder of the engine based on a temperature sensor, judging whether the temperature of the air cylinder is larger than or equal to a predetermined temperature threshold value, and determining that the current condition of the engine meets a predetermined parameter determination condition when the temperature of the air cylinder is judged to be larger than or equal to the temperature threshold value.

It can be seen that, by implementing the device for determining the real-time EGR rate described in fig. 4, it is possible to determine whether the current condition of the engine meets the determined parameter determination condition before determining the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine, and determine the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine only when the current condition of the engine meets the determined parameter determination condition, so that the accuracy of determining the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine can be improved, and the accuracy of obtaining the real-time EGR rate of the cylinder can be improved; and the situation that the load of power consumption of the engine control unit is increased due to the fact that fuel in the cylinder is fully combusted and the operation of determining the real-time parameter set in the working process of the engine is carried out can be reduced. In addition, the determination that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determination condition can be realized by acquiring the discharge amount of nitrogen oxide of the mixed gas in the cylinder and comparing the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxide with the determined discharge amount, or acquiring the temperature of the cylinder and comparing the temperature of the cylinder with the determined temperature threshold value, or simultaneously comparing the discharge amount of the nitrogen oxide with the temperature of the cylinder; and the method can enrich and improve the determining mode that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determining condition and improve the determining accuracy by providing a plurality of modes to determine that the current condition of the engine meets the predetermined parameter determining condition.

Example four

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating another real-time EGR rate determining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Wherein, the device for determining the real-time EGR rate may be applied to an engine control unit (also called an engine control device/engine control terminal), as shown in fig. 5, the device for determining the real-time EGR rate may include:

a memory 501 in which executable program code is stored;

a processor 502 coupled to a memory 501;

further, an input interface 503 and an output interface 504 coupled to the processor 502 may be included;

the processor 502 invokes executable program code stored in the memory 501 for performing the steps of the method for determining a real-time EGR rate described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

EXAMPLE five

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to execute the steps of the method for determining a real-time EGR rate described in the first or second embodiment.

EXAMPLE six

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program product, which includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to execute the steps of the method for determining a real-time EGR rate described in the first or second embodiment.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above detailed description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the embodiments may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and may also be implemented by hardware. Based on such understanding, the above technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, where the storage medium includes a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a One-time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), or other disk memories, CD-ROMs, or other magnetic disks, A tape memory, or any other medium readable by a computer that can be used to carry or store data.

Finally, it should be noted that: the method and apparatus for determining the real-time EGR rate disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are only disclosed as preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art; the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.