阅读说明：本技术 一种egr质量流量的确定方法及装置 (Method and device for determining EGR mass flow ) 是由 刘巨江 徐广兰 何宇 朱宏飞 金珍洙 孙惠民 于 2020-05-21 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种EGR质量流量的确定方法及装置,该方法包括获取发动机的EGR阀对应的参数、进入发动机的混合阀的新鲜空气对应的空气参数以及废气和新鲜空气混合后的混合气体的参数；并根据这些参数和质量流量计算模型中进行计算,获得EGR阀的EGR质量流量。可见,实施本发明通过获取EGR的温度、新鲜空气的温度、混合气体的温度以及新鲜空气的质量流量或者混合气体的质量流量,并结合能量守恒以及焓守恒,能够准确地确定通过EGR阀的EGR质量流量,有利于改善燃料的燃烧相位,从而可以降低气缸燃烧室的燃烧气体温度,以及有利于抑制发动机的爆震。(The invention discloses a method and a device for determining EGR mass flow, wherein the method comprises the steps of obtaining parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of an engine, air parameters corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine and parameters of mixed gas obtained by mixing waste gas and the fresh air; and calculating according to the parameters and the mass flow calculation model to obtain the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve. Therefore, by acquiring the temperature of EGR, the temperature of fresh air, the temperature of mixed gas and the mass flow of the fresh air or the mass flow of the mixed gas and combining energy conservation and enthalpy conservation, the EGR mass flow passing through the EGR valve can be accurately determined, the combustion phase of fuel can be favorably improved, the combustion gas temperature of a cylinder combustion chamber can be reduced, and the knocking of an engine can be favorably inhibited.)

1. A method of determining EGR mass flow, the method comprising:

acquiring parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of an engine, wherein the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature of an air inlet of the EGR valve;

acquiring air parameters corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine;

acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained after mixing the waste gas and the fresh air;

and acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, the air parameter and the parameter of the mixed gas.

2. The method of determining an EGR mass flow of claim 1, wherein when an air flow meter is provided to an air intake of the mixing valve, the air parameters include an air mass flow of the fresh air and a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameters of the mixture include the temperature of the mixture;

and the air mass flow of the fresh air is the air mass flow collected by the air flow meter.

3. The method of determining an EGR mass flow rate according to claim 1, wherein when a sensor is provided to an intake port of an intake manifold of the engine, the air parameter includes a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameter of the mixture includes a molar mass of the mixture and a temperature of the mixture;

before the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is obtained according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model, the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring parameters of an intake manifold of the engine, triggering and executing the calculation model according to the target parameters and the predetermined mass flow to acquire the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve, wherein the parameters of the intake manifold comprise the pressure of an air inlet of the intake manifold, the temperature of the air inlet of the intake manifold and the volume of the intake manifold;

wherein the target parameter further comprises a parameter of the intake manifold.

4. The method of determining an EGR mass flow rate according to claim 3, wherein said obtaining an EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve based on a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model comprises:

obtaining the mass flow of the mixed gas according to a first sub-parameter and a predetermined first sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the first sub-parameter comprises the parameter of the intake manifold and the molar mass of the mixed gas;

and obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a second sub-parameter and a predetermined second sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the second sub-parameter comprises the mass flow of the mixed gas, the temperature of the mixed gas, a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve and the air parameter.

5. The method of determining an EGR mass flow rate according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising:

acquiring parameters of the engine, wherein the parameters of the engine comprise the rotating speed of the engine, the displacement of the engine and the charging efficiency of the engine;

and after the parameter of the air intake manifold of the engine is obtained and before the operation of triggering and executing the operation of obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model is executed, the method further comprises the following steps:

and correcting the pressure of the air inlet manifold based on the parameters of the engine and a predetermined pressure correction model to obtain the corrected pressure of the air inlet manifold, and triggering and executing the operation of obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameters and the predetermined mass flow calculation model.

6. The method of determining an EGR mass flow according to any of claims 1-5, wherein the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve further comprise a pressure ratio across the EGR valve and a current opening of the EGR valve;

and, the method further comprises:

determining a target EGR mass flow for the EGR valve based on the current opening of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio across the EGR valve;

and, after determining that the target calculation is the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve, the method further comprises:

calculating an EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow, and judging whether the EGR mass flow difference is within a predetermined EGR mass flow range or not;

and when the EGR mass flow difference is judged not to be in the EGR mass flow range, outputting a fault prompt, wherein the fault prompt is used for prompting that the vehicle corresponding to the engine breaks down.

7. The method of determining an EGR mass flow of claim 6, wherein the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve further comprises an EGR pressure at an intake of the EGR valve;

and after determining a target EGR mass flow rate for the EGR valve based on the current opening of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio across the EGR valve, and before calculating an EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow rate and the target EGR mass flow rate, the method further comprises:

and executing a correction operation on the target EGR mass flow based on the EGR temperature of the air inlet of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure of the air inlet of the EGR valve to obtain a corrected target EGR mass flow, and triggering and executing the operation of calculating the EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow, wherein the target EGR mass flow is the corrected target EGR mass flow.

8. An EGR mass flow determination apparatus, comprising an acquisition module and an analysis module, wherein:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of the engine, and the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature of an air inlet of the EGR valve;

the acquisition module is further used for acquiring air parameters corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine;

the acquisition module is also used for acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained by mixing the waste gas and the fresh air;

the analysis module is used for obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, the air parameter and a parameter of the mixed gas.

9. The EGR mass flow determination device of claim 8, wherein when an air flow meter is provided to an air inlet of the mixing valve, the air parameters include an air mass flow of the fresh air and a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameters of the mixture include the temperature of the mixture;

and the air mass flow of the fresh air is the air mass flow collected by the air flow meter.

10. The EGR mass flow determination device of claim 8, wherein when a sensor is provided at an intake port of an intake manifold of the engine, the air parameter comprises a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameter of the mixture comprises a molar mass of the mixture and a temperature of the mixture;

the acquisition module is further used for acquiring parameters of an intake manifold of the engine before the analysis module acquires the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to target parameters and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, and triggering the analysis module to execute the operation of acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameters and the predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the parameters of the intake manifold comprise the pressure of an air inlet of the intake manifold, the temperature of the air inlet of the intake manifold and the volume of the intake manifold;

wherein the target parameter further comprises a parameter of the intake manifold.

11. The apparatus for determining an EGR mass flow according to claim 10, wherein the analysis module obtains the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model by:

obtaining the mass flow of the mixed gas according to a first sub-parameter and a predetermined first sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the first sub-parameter comprises the parameter of the intake manifold and the molar mass of the mixed gas;

and obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a second sub-parameter and a predetermined second sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the second sub-parameter comprises the mass flow of the mixed gas, the temperature of the mixed gas, a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve and the air parameter.

12. The EGR mass flow determination device of claim 10 or 11, wherein said obtaining module is further configured to obtain parameters of said engine, said parameters of said engine including a speed of said engine, a displacement of said engine, and a charge efficiency of said engine;

and, the determining means further comprises a first correction module, wherein:

the first correcting module is configured to, after the acquiring module acquires the parameter of the intake manifold of the engine and before the analyzing module triggers the operation of executing the calculation model according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow to acquire the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve, correct the pressure of the intake port of the intake manifold based on the parameter of the engine and the predetermined pressure correction model to obtain the corrected pressure of the intake port of the intake manifold, and trigger the analyzing module to execute the operation of acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model.

13. The EGR mass flow determining apparatus according to any of claims 8-12, wherein the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve further include a pressure ratio across the EGR valve and a current opening degree of the EGR valve;

and the determining device further comprises a determining module, a judging module and an output module, wherein:

the determining module is used for determining a target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve based on the current opening of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve;

the analysis module is further used for calculating an EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow after the determination module determines that the target calculation result is the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve;

the judging module is used for judging whether the EGR mass flow difference is within a predetermined EGR mass flow range or not;

and the output module is used for outputting a fault prompt when the judging module judges that the EGR mass flow difference is not in the EGR mass flow range, wherein the fault prompt is used for prompting that a vehicle corresponding to the engine breaks down.

14. The EGR mass flow determination device of claim 13 wherein the EGR valve correspondence parameter further comprises an EGR pressure at an intake of the EGR valve;

and the determining means further comprises a second correction module, wherein:

the second correcting module is configured to, after the determining module determines the target EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve based on the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve, and before the analyzing module calculates the EGR mass flow rate difference between the EGR mass flow rate and the target EGR mass flow rate, perform a correcting operation on the target EGR mass flow rate based on the EGR temperature at the intake port of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure at the intake port of the EGR valve to obtain a corrected target EGR mass flow rate, and trigger the analyzing module to perform the operation of calculating the EGR mass flow rate difference between the EGR mass flow rate and the target EGR mass flow rate, where the target EGR mass flow rate is the corrected target EGR mass flow rate.

15. An EGR mass flow determination apparatus, comprising:

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 EGR mass flow determination of any of claims 1-7.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of engine control, in particular to a method and a device for determining EGR mass flow.

Background

Low Pressure Exhaust Gas recirculation (LP-EGR) is a hotspot technology for energy conservation and emission reduction of the engine at present, and the principle of the LP-EGR is that Exhaust Gas generated by engine combustion is returned to an air intake system of the engine and participates in combustion of fuel in a cylinder together with fresh air. Because the exhaust gas generated by the combustion of the engine contains a large amount of carbon dioxide, water and other triatomic molecules with large specific heat capacity, when the exhaust gas is returned to the cylinder of the engine, the triatomic molecules in the exhaust gas can dilute charge in the cylinder, improve the combustion phase of fuel, reduce the combustion gas temperature of a combustion chamber of the cylinder, and be beneficial to inhibiting the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range.

Currently, the determination of EGR mass flow through an EGR valve is typically accomplished by measuring the pressure differential across the venturi. However, it has been found in practice that since the exhaust back-pressure valve and the intake throttle valve need to be closed to offset the additional pressure loss on the EGR sensor on the venturi during the EGR mass flow measurement, the use of the venturi inevitably increases the pumping loss, which makes the EGR mass flow measurement less accurate, and thus the problems of emission of harmful gases from the engine and engine knock reduction are not well solved. Therefore, it is important to provide a solution for accurately determining the EGR mass flow through the EGR valve to reduce the harmful gas emissions from the engine and knock.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a method and a device for determining EGR mass flow, which can accurately determine the EGR mass flow passing through an EGR valve so as to reduce the emission of harmful gases of an engine and reduce knocking.

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

acquiring parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of an engine, wherein the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature of an air inlet of the EGR valve;

acquiring an air parameter corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine, wherein the air parameter is used for participating in calculation of EGR mass flow of the EGR valve;

acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained after mixing of exhaust gas and the fresh air, wherein the parameters of the mixed gas are used for participating in calculation of EGR mass flow of the EGR valve;

and acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, the air parameter and the parameter of the mixed gas.

It can be seen that, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the EGR mass flow through the EGR valve can be accurately determined by obtaining the EGR temperature, the fresh air temperature, the mixed gas temperature, and the fresh air mass flow or the mixed gas mass flow, and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, so as to facilitate accurately controlling the opening and closing of the EGR valve, improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder, thereby facilitating the improvement of the combustion phase of the fuel, the reduction of the combustion gas temperature of the cylinder combustion chamber, and the suppression of the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range.

The second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention discloses a device for determining an EGR mass flow, which includes an obtaining module and an analyzing module, wherein:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of the engine, and the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature of an air inlet of the EGR valve;

the obtaining module is further used for obtaining an air parameter corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine, and the air parameter is used for participating in calculation of EGR mass flow of the EGR valve;

the acquisition module is further used for acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained by mixing exhaust gas and the fresh air, and the parameters of the mixed gas are used for participating in calculation of EGR mass flow of the EGR valve;

the analysis module is used for obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, the air parameter and a parameter of the mixed gas.

It can be seen that, according to the second aspect of the present invention, by obtaining the temperature of the EGR, the temperature of the fresh air, the temperature of the mixed gas, and the mass flow rate of the fresh air or the mass flow rate of the mixed gas, and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, the EGR mass flow rate passing through the EGR valve can be accurately determined, which is beneficial to accurately controlling the opening and closing of the EGR valve, so as to improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder, thereby being beneficial to improving the combustion phase of the fuel, reducing the combustion gas temperature of the combustion chamber of the cylinder, and inhibiting the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range.

A third aspect of the present invention discloses another EGR mass flow rate determination device, including:

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 EGR mass flow as disclosed in the first aspect of the invention.

In a fourth aspect of the invention, a computer storage medium is disclosed that stores computer instructions that, when invoked, perform the method for determining EGR mass flow as disclosed in the first aspect of the invention.

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

according to the embodiment of the invention, the EGR mass flow can be accurately determined by acquiring the EGR temperature, the fresh air temperature, the mixed gas temperature and the fresh air mass flow or the mixed gas mass flow and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, so that the EGR mass flow passing through the EGR valve can be accurately controlled, the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake quantity of an engine cylinder can be improved, the combustion phase of fuel can be improved, the combustion gas temperature of a cylinder combustion chamber can be reduced, the knocking of the engine can be inhibited, and the fuel economy of the engine can be improved in the whole working condition range.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an engine control system illustrating a method for determining EGR mass flow according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method for determining EGR mass flow, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another method for determining EGR mass flow as disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an EGR mass flow determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an alternate EGR mass flow determination apparatus disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of still another EGR mass flow rate determining apparatus according to the 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 EGR mass flow, which can accurately determine the EGR mass flow passing through an EGR valve by acquiring the temperature of EGR, the temperature of fresh air, the temperature of mixed gas and the mass flow of the fresh air or the mass flow of the mixed gas and combining energy conservation and enthalpy conservation, and are favorable for accurately controlling the opening and closing of the EGR valve so as to improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake quantity of an engine cylinder, thereby being favorable for improving the combustion phase of fuel, reducing the combustion gas temperature of a combustion chamber of the cylinder and inhibiting the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range. The following are detailed below.

In order to better understand the method and apparatus for determining the EGR mass flow rate described in the present invention, an engine control system of the method for determining the EGR mass flow rate is first described, and specifically, a schematic structural diagram of the engine control system may be shown in fig. 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the engine control system includes engine cylinders, a turbocharger, a catalyst 1, an EGR cooler, an EGR valve, a differential pressure sensor, a mixing valve, a Mass Air Flow (MAF), a waste gas valve (also known as a bleed valve), a mixing chamber, an intercooler, and a throttle. A turbocharger includes a turbine and a compressor (also referred to as an impeller or a compressor). The exhaust manifold, the turbine, the catalyst 1, the EGR cooler and the EGR valve of the engine cylinder are sequentially connected in series, the air outlet of the EGR valve and the air outlet of the mixing valve are respectively connected with the air inlet of the mixing cavity, the air outlet of the mixing cavity is connected with the air inlet of the air compressor, and the air inlet of the air compressor, the intercooler and the throttle valve are sequentially connected in series. Further, as shown in fig. 1, the engine control system further includes a waste gas valve (also called a bypass valve), one end of the pressure release valve is used for connecting an exhaust manifold of an engine cylinder and an air inlet of the turbine, the other end of the waste gas valve is used for connecting an air outlet of the turbine and the catalyst 1, an air inlet of the pressure release valve is used for connecting an air outlet of the compressor and the intercooler, an air outlet of the pressure release valve is used for connecting an air outlet of the mixing valve, an air outlet of the EGR valve and an air inlet of the mixing chamber, and the air flow meter is disposed at the air inlet of the mixing valve. Still further optionally, the air outlet of the intercooler is provided with a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor (not shown in fig. 1), the air outlet of the throttle valve is provided with a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor (corresponding to the fourth temperature sensor in fig. 1), and the air inlet and the air outlet of the catalyst 1 are respectively provided with a preceding stage oxygen sensor and a subsequent stage oxygen sensor (not shown in fig. 1) for detecting the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas. Still further optionally, the air inlet of the EGR valve is provided with a temperature sensor (corresponding to the first temperature sensor in fig. 1), the EGR valve is further provided with a differential pressure sensor for measuring the air pressure difference between both ends of the EGR valve and the pressure between both ends of the EGR valve, the mixing chamber is provided with a temperature sensor (corresponding to the third temperature sensor in fig. 1) and a pressure sensor (not shown in fig. 1), and the air inlet of the mixing valve is provided with a temperature sensor (corresponding to the second temperature sensor in fig. 1). The exhaust gas of an engine cylinder is conveyed to a catalyst 1 through an exhaust manifold of the engine cylinder to perform oxidation operation to obtain exhaust gas with three atomic molecules of carbon dioxide, water and the like, the oxidized exhaust gas is conveyed to a mixing cavity through an EGR valve to enable the exhaust gas to be mixed with fresh air entering from the mixing cavity through the mixing valve, a compressor performs compression operation on the mixed gas, the compressed gas is cooled by an intercooler and then conveyed into the engine cylinder through a throttle valve to participate in combustion of fuel oil, so that the control accuracy of the amount of the exhaust gas and the amount of the fresh air entering the cylinder in each cycle is realized, the EGR rate in the cylinder meets the working condition requirement of the engine, the optimal ignition angle of the engine is adjusted according to the EGR rate, and the dynamic control of the EGR rate is realized; the combustion phase of the fuel can be improved, so that the temperature of combustion gas in a combustion chamber of a cylinder is reduced, the knocking of the engine is inhibited, and the fuel economy of the engine is improved in the whole working condition range. Further optionally, after 1 redox of catalyst converter, exhaust gas filters the particulate impurity in with exhaust gas through the EGR filter earlier, is favorable to reducing the condition that the EGR valve appears blocking like this, and is further optional again, and exhaust gas cools off through the EGR cooler after the filtering, can tentatively cool down exhaust gas like this, is favorable to improving the combustion performance of engine.

Further alternatively, when the rotational speed of the turbine exceeds a preset rotational speed threshold (for example, 2000r/s), that is, when the turbocharger has a boost overshoot condition, the exhaust valve is controlled to open, so that the mixed gas is discharged from the exhaust valve to protect the turbocharger, and the continuity of the EGR control is ensured.

Still further optionally, the engine control system further comprises a catalyst 2, and the catalyst 2 is arranged at the opposite end of the post-stage oxidizer and the catalyst 1, so that the oxidation operation can be performed on the exhaust gas again, which is favorable for further reducing the occurrence of harmful gas exhausted into the environment, thereby protecting the environment.

Still further alternatively, when turbocharging is not required, the wastegate valve is activated to allow exhaust gas to flow from the wastegate valve to the catalyst 1.

Still further optionally, the pre-stage oxidizer detects oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas and sends the oxygen concentration to a control unit of the engine, and controls the EGR valve to close when the control unit determines that the oxygen concentration is not within a preset oxygen concentration range (e.g., 1.1-1.2).

It should be noted that the schematic structural diagram of the engine control system shown in fig. 1 is only to show the engine control system corresponding to the method for determining the EGR mass flow, the related components are only shown schematically, the specific structure/size/shape/location/installation manner, etc. can be adjusted adaptively according to actual situations, and the schematic structural diagram shown in fig. 1 is not limited thereto.

The engine control system of the EGR mass flow determination method is described above, and the EGR mass flow determination method and apparatus are described in detail below.

Example one

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for determining an EGR mass flow according to an embodiment of the present invention. The EGR mass flow determination method described in fig. 2 is applicable to the engine control system (or engine control device/engine controller/engine control unit) described in fig. 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the EGR mass flow determination method may include the operations of:

101. parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of the engine and air parameters corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine are obtained.

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 invention, the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature (also called EGR gas temperature) of the air inlet of the EGR valve, the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve, the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure (also called EGR air pressure) of the air inlet of the EGR valve. Specifically, the EGR temperature of the EGR valve is collected through a temperature sensor of an air inlet of the EGR valve, the front-back pressure ratio of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure of the air inlet of the EGR valve are collected through pressure difference sensors at two ends of the EGR valve, and the current opening degree of the EGR valve is collected through a position sensor of the EGR valve. Wherein the EGR pressure at the inlet of the EGR valve comprises a pressure at the inlet of the EGR valve and a pressure at the outlet of the EGR valve. Alternatively, when the EGR pressure at the air inlet of the EGR valve includes the pressure at the air inlet of the EGR valve and the pressure at the air outlet of the EGR valve, the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve may be calculated by the pressure at the air inlet of the EGR valve and the pressure at the air outlet of the EGR valve, that is, the ratio of the pressure at the air inlet of the EGR valve to the pressure at the air outlet of the EGR valve.

It should be noted that all sensors related to the embodiments of the present invention are thermocouple sensors or resistive sensors, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. Further, at least one sensor is provided with a barrier measure, such as: the sensor is encapsulated with epoxy. This can reduce the dynamic pressure head due to the high velocity gas flow, which can have a significant impact on the measurement accuracy of the sensor, and the impact of stagnation temperature on the gas temperature measurement and condensate water.

In the embodiment of the present invention, further optionally, the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve may further include an effective area of a current opening degree of the EGR valve. Still further optionally, each effective area of the EGR valve has an opening degree of the EGR valve corresponding thereto, and an area-opening degree database (such as a data table) is pre-established, where the database includes a unique correspondence between the effective area of the opening degree of the EGR valve and the opening degree corresponding to the effective area, that is, when the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve includes the effective area of the current opening degree of the EGR valve, the current opening degree of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective area of the current opening degree of the EGR valve may be found in the area-opening degree database, so that the obtaining manner of the current opening degree of the EGR valve may be enriched, and the obtaining efficiency of the current opening degree of the EGR valve may be improved. Still further optionally, an average value of the current opening degree of the EGR valve corresponding to the effective area of the current opening degree of the EGR valve found in the area-opening degree database and the current opening degree acquired by the position sensor of the EGR valve may be acquired as the final current opening degree of the EGR valve, so that the accuracy of acquiring the current opening degree of the EGR valve may be improved, and the accuracy and reliability of acquiring the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve may be improved.

In an embodiment of the invention, the air parameter is used to participate in the calculation of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

102. And acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained after mixing the waste gas and the fresh air.

In the embodiment of the invention, the parameter of the mixed gas is used for participating in the calculation of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

In an embodiment of the invention, the exhaust gas is exhaust gas passing through an EGR valve.

103. And acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, an air parameter and a parameter of mixed gas.

In the embodiment of the invention, different types of temperatures correspond to different temperature-specific heat capacity databases (data tables), specifically, the temperature of the air type corresponds to the air temperature-specific heat capacity database, the temperature of the waste gas type corresponds to the waste gas temperature-specific heat capacity database, and the temperature of the mixed gas type corresponds to the mixed gas temperature-specific heat capacity database. The temperature-specific heat capacity database may be pre-established by an engine control system, or may be acquired from a platform, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as an optional implementation manner, when the air inlet of the mixing valve is provided with an air flow meter, the air parameters may include an air mass flow of the fresh air and a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameters of the mixed gas include a temperature of the mixed gas;

and the air mass flow of the fresh air is the air mass flow collected by the air flow meter.

In this alternative embodiment, the air inlet of the mixing valve may be understood as any position of the pipeline between the air flow meter and the mixing valve, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. The air flow meter may be an air flow meter or an air mass meter (air mass sensor).

In this alternative embodiment, the air parameter may also comprise the pressure of the fresh air (which is the pressure at the inlet of the mixing valve). Specifically, the temperature of the fresh air and the pressure of the fresh air are collected by a sensor provided at the intake port of the mixing valve. The sensor may be divided into a temperature sensor for acquiring the temperature of the fresh air and a pressure sensor for acquiring the pressure of the fresh air, and may also be a sensor having functions of acquiring the temperature and the pressure at the same time, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In this alternative embodiment, the exhaust gases and the fresh air are mixed before the inlet of the compressor of the turbocharger of the engine, i.e. in a line (this line is also referred to as a mixing chamber) between the outlet of the mixing valve and the inlet of the compressor, wherein this line is provided with a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the mixed gases.

In the optional embodiment, the air constant-pressure specific heat capacity corresponding to the temperature of the fresh air is searched in the air temperature specific heat capacity database through the corresponding relation of the temperature and the specific heat capacity; searching an exhaust gas constant-pressure specific heat capacity corresponding to the EGR temperature in an exhaust gas temperature specific heat capacity database through a corresponding relation of temperature and specific heat capacity; and searching the mixed gas constant-pressure specific heat capacity corresponding to the temperature of the mixed gas in the mixed gas temperature specific heat capacity database through the corresponding relation of the temperature and the specific heat capacity.

In this alternative embodiment, the mass flow calculation model described above, i.e. the EGR mass flow of the EGR valveThe calculation formula of (2) is as follows:

in the formula (I), the compound is shown in the specification,EGR mass flow for EGR valve, C_pairAir constant pressure specific heat capacity, T, being the temperature of fresh air_airIs the temperature of the fresh air and is,air mass flow of fresh air, C_pmixConstant pressure specific heat capacity, T, of the mixed gas being the temperature of the mixed gas_mixTemperature of the mixed gas, C_pegrExhaust gas constant pressure specific heat capacity, T, being EGR temperature_egrIs the EGR temperature of the EGR valve.

It can be seen that, in the alternative embodiment, by combining the corresponding parameter of the EGR valve, the temperature of the mixed gas and the air parameter of the fresh air, the determination of the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve can be realized, and by collecting the parameters before the compression of the exhaust gas and the fresh air, the determination accuracy of the EGR flow mass can be improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, as another alternative mode, when the air inlet of the air inlet manifold of the engine is provided with a sensor, the air parameters can comprise the temperature of fresh air, and the parameters of the mixed gas comprise the molar mass (for example: 29g/mol) of the mixed gas and the temperature of the mixed gas;

and, prior to executing step 103, the method of determining EGR mass flow may further comprise the operations of:

parameters of the intake manifold of the engine, which may include pressure at the intake port of the intake manifold, temperature at the intake port of the intake manifold, and volume of the intake manifold, are obtained and triggered to execute step 103. And, the target parameter of step 103 may further include a parameter of the intake manifold.

In this optional embodiment, specifically, a sensor disposed at an air inlet of the intake manifold collects a pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold and a temperature of the air inlet of the intake manifold, where the sensor may be divided into a temperature sensor for collecting a temperature of the air inlet of the intake manifold and a pressure sensor for collecting a pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold, and may also be a sensor having a function of collecting both a temperature and a pressure, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In this optional embodiment, further optionally, obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model may include:

obtaining the mass flow of the mixed gas according to a first sub-parameter and a predetermined first sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the first sub-parameter comprises the parameter of the intake manifold and the molar mass of the mixed gas;

and obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a second sub-parameter and a predetermined second sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the second sub-parameter comprises the mass flow of the mixed gas, the temperature of the mixed gas, a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve and an air parameter.

In this alternative embodiment, the first sub-mass flow calculation model, that is, the calculation formula of the mass flow of the mixed gas, is:

in the formula (I), the compound is shown in the specification,is the mass flow rate of the mixed gas, V_dIs the volume of the intake manifold, P_dIs the pressure of the intake manifold, T_dIs the pressure of the intake manifold, M_mixR is a gas constant, for example: 8.314J/(mol. K).

In this alternative embodiment, the second sub-mass flow calculation model, i.e. the EGR mass flow of the EGR valveThe calculation formula of (2) is as follows:

other parameters in the equation refer to EGR mass flow of EGR valve with air flow meterThe description of the calculation formula is not repeated herein.

Therefore, the alternative embodiment can realize the determination of the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve and improve the determination accuracy of the EGR flow mass by acquiring the parameters of the intake manifold and combining the parameters of the EGR valve, the parameters of the mixed gas and the temperature of the fresh air; and the mass flow of the mixed gas in the intake manifold is calculated firstly, and then the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve is determined by combining the mass flow of the mixed gas with other parameters, so that the determining efficiency and the accuracy of the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve can be improved.

In another alternative embodiment, the method of determining EGR mass flow may further comprise the operations of:

acquiring parameters of an engine, wherein the parameters of the engine comprise the rotating speed of the engine, the displacement of the engine and the charging efficiency (also called charging efficiency or volumetric efficiency) of the engine;

and, after obtaining the parameter of the intake manifold of the engine, and before triggering execution of step 103, the EGR mass flow determination method may further include the operations of:

the pressure at the inlet of the intake manifold is corrected based on the parameters of the engine and a predetermined pressure correction model, resulting in a corrected pressure at the inlet of the intake manifold, and step 103 is triggered.

In this alternative embodiment, the pressure correction model, i.e., the calculation formula of the corrected pressure of the intake port of the intake manifold, is:

in the formula, P_d-mFor corrected intake manifold inlet pressure, V_ηFor the charging efficiency of the engine, V_disIs the displacement of the engine, N is the rotational speed of the engine, N₁And N₂Are proportionality constants related to the number and stroke of cylinders of the engine, such as: n is a radical of₁＝60，N₂＝2。

At this time, the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valveThe calculation formula of (c) may be:

therefore, in the alternative embodiment, before the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve is obtained, the obtained pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold is corrected, so that the situation that the obtained EGR mass flow is low in accuracy due to the fact that the pipeline from a turbocharger of the engine to the intake manifold is long and the transportation of mixed gas is delayed due to the fact that the size of an intercooler and the size of the intake manifold are large can be reduced, the accurate pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold is obtained, the accurate EGR mass flow is favorably obtained, emission of harmful gas of the engine is further favorably reduced, knocking of the engine is restrained, and the fuel economy of the engine is further improved in the whole working condition range.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the engine control system is simultaneously provided with the air flow meter and the sensor of the intake manifold, the average value of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve obtained by the air flow meter and the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve obtained by the sensor of the intake manifold is calculated, and the average value of the EGR mass flow is determined to be the final EGR mass flow of the EGR valve. This further improves the accuracy of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve, and thus further improves the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder.

It can be seen that, by implementing the method for determining the EGR mass flow described in fig. 2, the EGR mass flow passing through the EGR valve can be accurately determined by obtaining the temperature of the EGR, the temperature of the fresh air, the temperature of the mixed gas, and the mass flow of the fresh air or the mass flow of the mixed gas, and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, the opening degree of the EGR valve can be accurately controlled, so as to improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder, thereby facilitating the improvement of the combustion phase of the fuel, the reduction of the combustion gas temperature of the combustion chamber of the cylinder, and the suppression of knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range.

Example two

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating another EGR mass flow determination method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of determining EGR mass flow depicted in fig. 3 is applicable, among other things, to the engine control system (or engine control device/engine controller) depicted in fig. 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the method of determining EGR mass flow may include the operations of:

201. and acquiring parameters corresponding to an EGR valve of the engine and air parameters corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine, wherein the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve comprise the EGR temperature of an air inlet of the EGR valve, the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve and the current opening degree of the EGR valve.

In an embodiment of the invention, the air parameter is used to participate in the calculation of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

202. And acquiring parameters of mixed gas obtained after mixing the waste gas and the fresh air.

In the embodiment of the invention, the parameter of the mixed gas is used for participating in the calculation of the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

203. And acquiring the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, wherein the target parameter comprises a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, an air parameter and a parameter of mixed gas.

204. A target EGR mass flow for the EGR valve is determined based on the current opening of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio across the EGR valve.

In the embodiment of the invention, the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is the EGR mass flow (theoretical EGR mass flow) of the EGR valve under the conditions that the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio of the front end to the rear end of the EGR valve are in an ideal state, and the EGR mass flow under the condition that no fault exists in the EGR.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is determined based on the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve, and specifically, the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve corresponding to the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve are determined in a predetermined EGR mass flow database according to the correspondence relationship between opening degree-pressure-flow. The EGR mass flow database may be self-established by the engine control system, or may be acquired from a platform, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, so that the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is acquired by the predetermined EGR mass flow database, and the efficiency and accuracy of acquiring the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve can be improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it should be noted that step 204 may occur simultaneously with step 202 or step 203, or may occur after any one of the steps, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is only described as occurring after step 203.

205. Calculating an EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow, and judging whether the EGR mass flow difference is in a predetermined EGR mass flow range or not; when the EGR mass flow difference is judged not to be in the EGR mass flow range, triggering to execute the step 206; when it is determined that the EGR mass flow difference is within the EGR mass flow range, the present process may be ended, or step 201 may be executed.

206. And outputting a fault prompt for prompting that the vehicle corresponding to the engine has a fault.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the fault notification includes at least one of a fault identifier, an EGR mass flow difference, a fault time, and information indicating a vehicle-mounted identifier, where the information indicating the vehicle-mounted identifier may include at least one of an engine identifier, a vehicle-mounted terminal identifier, a license plate identifier, a vehicle color, and a vehicle shape, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. Wherein the fault identifier is an identifier which is preset for all faults that may occur to the engine, for example: and (4) fault codes. For example, the fault code of the low-flow fault is P0401, and the fault code of the high-flow fault is P0402.

In the embodiment of the invention, outputting the fault prompt may include sending the fault prompt to a user terminal (for example, a mobile phone) of a relevant person (for example, a vehicle driver) to trigger the user terminal to output the fault prompt to the relevant person, and/or outputting the fault prompt by the vehicle. Further, the output mode of the fault indication may include a display output mode, for example: control a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL, for example) to indicate a Malfunction of the vehicle, and/or, voice output means, for example: and controlling the voice broadcaster to broadcast a voice prompt with keywords (for example, the A vehicle has a fault and the like). Like this through multiple mode output trouble suggestion, be favorable to improving the possibility that relevant personnel know the vehicle and break down and in time indicate relevant personnel to know the vehicle and break down to reduce vehicle driver and continue to use the vehicle and lead to the dangerous emergence condition, guarantee vehicle driver's safety, and be favorable to in time troubleshooting.

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the invention, the theoretical EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is obtained, and the EGR mass flow difference between the theoretical EGR mass flow and the calculated EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is calculated, so that the judgment of the vehicle-mounted fault can be realized, the monitoring of a vehicle-mounted diagnosis system can be realized, the fault indication can be output, the dangerous occurrence condition caused by the fact that a vehicle driver continues to use the vehicle can be reduced, the safety of the vehicle driver can be ensured, and the timely fault elimination can be facilitated.

In an alternative embodiment, the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve further includes an intake pressure of the EGR valve, and after step 204 is performed and before step 205 is performed, the method for determining the EGR mass flow further includes the following operations:

a correction operation is performed on the target EGR mass flow based on the EGR temperature at the inlet of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure at the inlet of the EGR valve to obtain a corrected target EGR mass flow, and execution of step 206 is triggered, at which point the target EGR mass flow in step 205 is the corrected target EGR mass flow.

In this alternative embodiment, a correction operation is performed on the target EGR mass flow based on the EGR temperature at the intake port of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure at the intake port of the EGR valve, specifically:

EGR mass flow of EGR valveThe calculation formula of (2) is as follows:

in the formula, P_inAn EGR pressure at an intake of the EGR valve; p_outThe EGR pressure at the outlet of the EGR valve; a. the_effIs the effective flow cross-sectional area at the current opening of the EGR valve; r is a gas constant; t is_inIs the thermodynamic temperature of the air intake of the EGR valve;the flow rate correction coefficient is a flow rate correction coefficient obtained based on a pressure ratio of the EGR pressure at the outlet port of the EGR valve to the EGR pressure at the inlet port of the EGR valve, and represents a ratio of the gas flow rate at the current pressure ratio state to the gas flow rate at the critical pressure ratio state.

Further, the current opening degree of the EGR valve is collected through a position sensor arranged on the EGR valve. Each opening degree of the EGR valve has an equivalent flow cross-sectional area of the corresponding EGR valve, and an opening degree-area database including a unique correspondence relationship between the opening degree of the EGR valve and the equivalent flow cross-sectional area corresponding to the opening degree is established in advance. The effective flow cross-sectional area corresponding to the current opening degree of the EGR valve is acquired from a predetermined opening degree-area database (e.g., a data table) based on the correspondence relationship between opening degree and area. This can improve the efficiency of obtaining the equivalent flow cross-sectional area corresponding to the opening degree of the EGR valve.

Therefore, after the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is obtained, the target EGR mass flow is further corrected according to the current state of the EGR valve, the acquisition accuracy of the target EGR mass flow is improved, and the diagnosis accuracy of the vehicle-mounted fault is improved.

In another alternative embodiment, after calculating the EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow, and before determining whether the EGR mass flow difference is within the predetermined EGR mass flow range, the method for determining EGR mass flow may further comprise the operations of:

filtering operation (such as low-pass filtering operation) is performed on the EGR mass flow difference to obtain a filtered EGR mass flow difference, and triggering and performing the above-mentioned operation of judging whether the EGR mass flow difference is within the predetermined EGR mass flow range, where the EGR mass flow difference in this step is the filtered EGR mass flow difference.

Therefore, after the EGR mass flow difference is obtained, the optional embodiment further performs filtering operation on the EGR mass flow difference, so as to filter noise in the EGR mass flow difference and improve the accuracy of determining the EGR mass flow difference, thereby being beneficial to improving the accuracy of judging whether the EGR mass flow difference is within the predetermined EGR mass flow range, and further reducing the occurrence of false alarm condition of fault prompt.

In yet another alternative embodiment, after determining that the EGR mass flow differential is not within the EGR mass flow range, and before executing step 206, the method for determining EGR mass flow may further comprise the operations of:

determining the duration that the EGR mass flow difference is not in the predetermined EGR mass flow range, and judging whether the duration is more than or equal to a predetermined duration threshold (for example, 1min and the like);

when the duration is determined to be greater than or equal to the duration threshold, step 206 is triggered.

In this optional embodiment, further optionally, when it is determined that the duration is smaller than the duration threshold, the process may be ended, and step 201 may also be triggered to be executed.

Therefore, after the alternative embodiment judges that the EGR mass flow difference is not in the EGR mass flow range, whether the duration that the EGR mass flow difference is not in the EGR mass flow range is longer or not is further judged, if the duration is longer, the operation of outputting the fault prompt is executed, the accuracy of determining that the vehicle has the fault can be improved, and the accuracy of outputting the fault prompt is improved.

In yet another alternative embodiment of the present invention, the method of determining EGR mass flow may further comprise the operations of:

when step 205 determines that the EGR mass flow difference is not within the EGR mass flow range, the EGR valve is controlled to close.

Therefore, when the optional embodiment judges that the EGR mass flow difference is not in the preset range, the EGR valve is enabled to be controlled, namely the EGR valve is controlled to be closed, the EGR valve can be closed in time, and the maintenance processing on the EGR valve is facilitated in time when the performance of the EGR valve is judged to be in fault.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for the related descriptions of step 201 to step 203, refer to the detailed descriptions of step 101 to step 103 in the first embodiment, and the embodiments of the present invention are not described again.

It can be seen that, by implementing the method for determining the EGR mass flow described in fig. 3, the EGR mass flow passing through the EGR valve can be accurately determined by obtaining the temperature of the EGR, the temperature of the fresh air, the temperature of the mixed gas, and the mass flow of the fresh air or the mass flow of the mixed gas, and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, the EGR mass flow can be accurately determined, which is beneficial to accurately controlling the opening and closing of the EGR valve, so as to improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder, thereby being beneficial to improving the combustion phase of the fuel, reducing the combustion gas temperature of the combustion chamber of the cylinder, and being beneficial to inhibiting the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range. In addition, the vehicle-mounted fault can be judged currently, monitoring of a vehicle-mounted diagnosis system is achieved, fault instructions are output, dangerous occurrence conditions caused by continuous use of the vehicle by a vehicle driver are reduced, safety of the vehicle driver is guaranteed, and timely fault removal is facilitated.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an EGR mass flow determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Among them, the determination device of the EGR mass flow rate described in fig. 4 is applied to the engine control system (or the engine control apparatus/engine controller) described in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 4, the EGR mass flow determination apparatus may include an obtaining module 401 and an analyzing module 402, wherein:

an obtaining module 401 obtains a parameter corresponding to an EGR valve of an engine, the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve including an EGR temperature of an air intake of the EGR valve.

The obtaining module 401 is further configured to obtain an air parameter corresponding to fresh air entering a mixing valve of the engine, and the air parameter is used for participating in calculation of an EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

The obtaining module 401 is further configured to obtain a parameter of a mixed gas obtained by mixing the exhaust gas and the fresh air, where the parameter of the mixed gas is used to participate in calculation of an EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

An analysis module 402, configured to obtain an EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a target parameter and a predetermined mass flow calculation model, where the target parameter includes a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve, an air parameter, and a parameter of a mixed gas.

It can be seen that, implementing the EGR mass flow determination apparatus described in fig. 4 can accurately determine the EGR mass flow passing through the EGR valve by obtaining the EGR temperature, the fresh air temperature, the mixed gas temperature, and the fresh air mass flow or the mixed gas mass flow, and combining the energy conservation and the enthalpy conservation, which is beneficial to accurately controlling the opening and closing of the EGR valve to improve the accuracy of the exhaust gas intake amount of the engine cylinder, thereby being beneficial to improving the combustion phase of the fuel, reducing the combustion gas temperature of the cylinder combustion chamber, and inhibiting the knocking of the engine, thereby improving the fuel economy of the engine in the whole operating condition range.

In an alternative embodiment, when the air inlet of the mixing valve is provided with an air flow meter, the air parameters comprise an air mass flow of the fresh air and a temperature of the fresh air, and the parameter of the mixed gas comprises a temperature of the mixed gas;

and the air mass flow of the fresh air is the air mass flow collected by the air flow meter.

It can be seen that, implementing the determining device for EGR mass flow described in fig. 4 can also achieve determination of EGR flow mass of the EGR valve by combining the corresponding parameter of the EGR valve, the temperature of the mixed gas, and the air parameter of the fresh air, and can improve the accuracy of determination of EGR flow mass by collecting the parameters before compression of the exhaust gas and the fresh air.

In another alternative embodiment, when the intake port of the intake manifold of the engine is provided with a sensor, the air parameter includes a temperature of fresh air, and the parameter of the mixture includes a molar mass of the mixture and a temperature of the mixture; and, as shown in fig. 4, the obtaining module 401 is further configured to, before the analyzing module 402 obtains the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow rate calculation model, obtain a parameter of an intake manifold of the engine, and trigger the analyzing module 402 to perform the operation of obtaining the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow rate calculation model, where the parameter of the intake manifold includes a pressure of an intake port of the intake manifold, a temperature of the intake port of the intake manifold, and a volume of the intake manifold; wherein the target parameter further comprises a parameter of the intake manifold.

It can be seen that, implementing the EGR mass flow determination apparatus described in fig. 4 can also achieve the determination of the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve and improve the accuracy of the determination of the EGR flow mass by acquiring the parameters of the intake manifold and combining the parameters of the EGR valve, the parameters of the mixture, and the temperature of the fresh air.

In yet another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the analyzing module 402 obtains the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow calculation model by:

obtaining the mass flow of the mixed gas according to a first sub-parameter and a predetermined first sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the first sub-parameter comprises the parameter of the intake manifold and the molar mass of the mixed gas;

and obtaining the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve according to a second sub-parameter and a predetermined second sub-mass flow calculation model, wherein the second sub-parameter comprises the mass flow of the mixed gas, the temperature of the mixed gas, a parameter corresponding to the EGR valve and an air parameter.

It can be seen that, by implementing the EGR mass flow rate determination apparatus described in fig. 4, the efficiency and accuracy of determining the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve can be improved by first calculating the mass flow rate of the air-fuel mixture in the intake manifold and then determining the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve based on the mass flow rate of the air-fuel mixture in combination with other parameters.

In yet another alternative embodiment, based on the EGR mass flow determination apparatus described in fig. 4, the EGR mass flow determination apparatus may further include a first correction module 403, in this case, the EGR mass flow determination apparatus may be as shown in fig. 5, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another EGR mass flow determination apparatus, where:

the obtaining module 401 is further configured to obtain parameters of the engine, where the parameters of the engine include a rotation speed of the engine, a displacement of the engine, and a charging efficiency of the engine;

a first correcting module 403, configured to, after the obtaining module 401 obtains the parameter of the intake manifold of the engine, and before the analyzing module 402 triggers the operation of obtaining the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow rate calculation model, correct the pressure of the intake port of the intake manifold based on the parameter of the engine and the predetermined pressure correction model to obtain the corrected pressure of the intake port of the intake manifold, and trigger the analyzing module 402 to perform the operation of obtaining the EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve according to the target parameter and the predetermined mass flow rate calculation model.

It can be seen that, by implementing the apparatus for determining the EGR mass flow described in fig. 5, before obtaining the EGR flow mass of the EGR valve, the obtained pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold is corrected, so that the occurrence of low accuracy of the obtained EGR mass flow due to a delay in transportation of the mixed gas caused by a long pipeline from the turbocharger of the engine to the intake manifold and a large volume of the intercooler and the intake manifold can be reduced, and thus obtaining the pressure of the air inlet of the intake manifold accurately is facilitated, further obtaining the accurate EGR mass flow is facilitated, further facilitating reducing emission of harmful gases of the engine and suppressing knocking of the engine, and further improving fuel economy of the engine in the whole working condition range.

In yet another alternative embodiment, the parameters corresponding to the EGR valve further include a pressure ratio across the EGR valve and a current opening of the GR valve. And, as shown in fig. 5, the EGR mass flow determination apparatus may further include a determination module 404, a determination module 405, and an output module 406, wherein:

a determination module 404 determines a target EGR mass flow for the EGR valve based on a current opening of the EGR valve and a pressure ratio across the EGR valve.

The analysis module 402 is further configured to calculate an EGR mass flow difference between the EGR mass flow and the target EGR mass flow after the determination module 404 determines that the target calculation is the EGR mass flow of the EGR valve.

A determination module 405 determines whether the EGR mass flow difference is within a predetermined EGR mass flow range.

And the output module 406 is configured to output a fault prompt for prompting that the vehicle corresponding to the engine fails when the determining module 405 determines that the EGR mass flow difference is not within the EGR mass flow range.

It can be seen that, by acquiring the theoretical EGR mass flow of the EGR valve and calculating the EGR mass flow difference between the theoretical EGR mass flow and the calculated EGR mass flow of the EGR valve, the EGR mass flow determining apparatus described in fig. 5 can determine the vehicle-mounted fault, monitor the vehicle-mounted diagnostic system, and output a fault indication, thereby reducing the occurrence of danger caused by the vehicle driver continuing to use the vehicle, ensuring the safety of the vehicle driver, and facilitating timely troubleshooting.

In yet another alternative embodiment, the parameter corresponding to the EGR valve further includes an EGR pressure at an intake port of the EGR valve. And, as shown in fig. 5, the EGR mass flow determination means may further include a second correction module 407, wherein:

a second correcting module 407, configured to, after the determining module 403 determines the target EGR mass flow rate of the EGR valve based on the current opening degree of the EGR valve and the pressure ratio before and after the EGR valve, and before the analyzing module 402 calculates the EGR mass flow rate difference between the EGR mass flow rate and the target EGR mass flow rate, perform a correcting operation on the target EGR mass flow rate based on the EGR temperature at the intake port of the EGR valve and the EGR pressure at the intake port of the EGR valve to obtain a corrected target EGR mass flow rate, and trigger the analyzing module 402 to perform the above-mentioned operation of calculating the EGR mass flow rate difference between the EGR mass flow rate and the target EGR mass flow rate, where the target EGR mass flow rate is the corrected target EGR mass flow rate.

It can be seen that, by implementing the determining device for the EGR mass flow described in fig. 5, the target EGR mass flow can be further corrected according to the current state of the EGR valve after the target EGR mass flow of the EGR valve is obtained, which is beneficial to improving the accuracy of obtaining the target EGR mass flow, and thus is beneficial to improving the accuracy of diagnosing the vehicle-mounted fault.

Example four

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows another EGR mass flow determination apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The EGR mass flow determination apparatus described in fig. 6 is suitably used in the engine control system (or engine control device/engine controller) described in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 6, the EGR mass flow determination means may include:

a memory 601 in which executable program code is stored;

a processor 602 coupled to a memory 601;

further, an input interface 603 and an output interface 604 coupled to the processor 602;

wherein the processor 602 invokes executable program code stored in the memory 601 for performing the steps of the EGR mass flow determination method described in the first or second embodiment.

EXAMPLE five

The embodiment of the invention discloses a computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program enables a computer to execute the steps of the EGR mass flow determination method described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

EXAMPLE six

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program product comprising 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 EGR mass flow determination method 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 EGR mass flow 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, not for 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.