阅读说明：本技术 柴油发动机 (Diesel engine ) 是由 加藤大地 石井裕喜 今原裕章 冈野宏昭 于 2020-04-06 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种即使在无负荷和/或轻负荷运转时也能够再生DPF的柴油发动机。构成为在DPF再生处理中,沉积了PM的DPF的再生处理的开始条件S1成立之后进行排气节流阀的开度减小控制S2,在排出气体为规定的后喷射允许温度TA以上的温度的情况下,然后开始后喷射控制,在通过后喷射燃料的燃烧使排出气体为规定的再喷射允许温度TP以上的温度之后开始再喷射控制S7,通过利用在阀下游侧DOC的再喷射燃料的催化燃烧而升温了的排出气体来燃烧掉沉积在DPF的PM。(The invention provides a diesel engine capable of regenerating DPF even in no-load and/or light-load operation. In the DPF regeneration process, after a start condition S1 for the regeneration process of the DPF where the PM is deposited is satisfied, the opening degree reduction control S2 of the exhaust throttle valve is performed, and when the exhaust gas is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post injection allowable temperature TA, the post injection control is then started, and after the exhaust gas is brought to a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined re injection allowable temperature TP by combustion of the post injection fuel, the re-injection control S7 is started, and the PM deposited on the DPF is burned by the exhaust gas whose temperature has been raised by catalytic combustion of the re-injection fuel at the DOC on the downstream side of the valve.)

1. A diesel engine is characterized by comprising: a fuel injection device (3) that injects fuel (2) into the combustion chamber (1); an exhaust throttle valve (5) disposed in the exhaust path (4); a DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which is disposed on the downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5); a DPF (7) disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side; and an electronic control device (8) that controls the opening of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the fuel injection by the fuel injection device (3),

the diesel engine is configured to perform a regeneration process of the DPF (7),

in the regeneration process of a DPF (7), after a start condition (S1) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) with deposited PM is satisfied, opening degree reduction control (S2) of an exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after exhaust gas (9) reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), post-injection control (S5) is started, after the exhaust gas (9) reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined re-injection allowable Temperature (TP) through combustion of post-injection fuel, re-injection control (S7) is started, and the PM deposited on the DPF (7) is combusted through the exhaust gas (9) which has been heated through catalytic combustion of the re-injection fuel at a DOC (6) on the downstream side of a valve.

2. The diesel engine according to claim 1,

is configured to be provided with an intake throttle valve (11) arranged in an intake path (10), the opening degree of the intake throttle valve (11) is controlled by an electronic control device (8),

the diesel engine is configured to perform opening degree reduction control (S2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and opening degree reduction control (S2) of the intake throttle valve (11) after a start condition (S1) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied in the regeneration process of the DPF (7).

3. The diesel engine according to claim 1 or 2,

during the regeneration process of the DPF (7), opening degree reduction control (S2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, and when the exhaust pressure (P0) on the upstream side of the valve exceeds a predetermined pressure upper limit value (Pmax), opening degree increase control (S4-2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed thereafter.

4. The diesel engine according to claim 3,

the exhaust gas control device is provided with a computing device (12) for calculating the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0), wherein the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is calculated according to the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the valve upstream side exhaust temperature (T0) and the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1).

5. The diesel engine according to claim 4,

is configured to be provided with a differential pressure sensor (13) for detecting a differential pressure (delta P) between an inlet and an outlet of a DPF (7), and an atmospheric pressure sensor (14) for detecting an atmospheric pressure (P3),

the exhaust pressure (P1) on the downstream side of the valve is calculated from the differential pressure (delta P) between the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7) and the atmospheric pressure (P3).

6. The diesel engine according to claim 4 or 5,

the exhaust gas temperature control device is provided with a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19), and the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19) is used for calculation of a valve upstream side exhaust gas pressure (P0) and for temperature comparison determination between a post-injection allowable Temperature (TA) and a re-injection allowable Temperature (TP).

7. The diesel engine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the exhaust throttle valve (5) is provided with a valve upstream side DOC (17) arranged on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve.

8. The diesel engine according to claim 7,

a flow-through oxidation catalyst in which a catalytic component is supported on a honeycomb carrier that passes exhaust gas (9) in a cell is used for the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve and the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve.

9. The diesel engine according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

is configured to perform a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve,

the diesel engine is configured such that, in a catalyst function recovery process for the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, after a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process for the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, the function of which has decreased based on the deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM, is satisfied, the opening degree reduction control (S15) for the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after the exhaust gas (9) has reached a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), the post-injection control (S18) is started, and the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve are vaporized or burned by the exhaust gas (9) whose temperature has been increased by the combustion of the post-injection fuel.

10. The diesel engine according to claim 9,

the device is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of no-load and/or light-load operation,

when the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and/or light-load operating time reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side is satisfied.

11. The diesel engine according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

is configured to have a valve upstream side DOC (17) arranged on the exhaust upstream side of an exhaust throttle valve (5),

a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve is performed,

the diesel engine is configured such that, in a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve, after a start condition (S13) for a catalyst function recovery process of a valve upstream side DOC (17) which function has been reduced based on the deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM is satisfied, opening degree reduction control (S15) of an exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after the exhaust gas (9) reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), post-injection control is started (S18), after the exhaust gas (9) is brought to a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined reinjection allowable Temperature (TP) by combustion of the post-injection fuel, reinjection control is started (S18-3), the reinjected fuel is combusted by the combustion heat of the post-injected fuel, and the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve are vaporized or combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9) having increased temperature.

12. The diesel engine of claim 11,

the device is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of no-load and/or light-load operation,

when the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and/or light-load operating time reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17) is satisfied.

13. The diesel engine according to claim 11 or 12,

when the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) reaches a predetermined start judgment value of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17) is satisfied.

14. The diesel engine according to any one of claims 11 to 13,

when the number of regeneration processes of a DPF (6) reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of a catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of a DOC (17) on the upstream side of a valve is satisfied.

15. A diesel engine, characterized in that,

the disclosed device is provided with: a fuel injection device (3) that injects fuel (2) into the combustion chamber (1); an exhaust throttle valve (5) disposed in the exhaust path (4); a DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which is disposed on the downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5); a DPF (7) disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side; and an electronic control device (8) that controls the opening of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the fuel injection by the fuel injection device (3),

the diesel engine is configured to perform a regeneration process of the DPF (7) and a regeneration process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve,

the diesel engine is configured such that, in the regeneration process of the DPF (7), after a start condition (S1) for the regeneration process of the DPF (7) on which PM has been deposited is satisfied, reinjection control is started (S7), the PM deposited on the DPF (7) is burned by exhaust gas (9) having a temperature increased by catalytic combustion of reinjected fuel at the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve,

the diesel engine is configured such that, in a catalyst function recovery process for the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, after a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process for the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, the function of which has decreased based on the deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM, is satisfied, the opening degree reduction control (S15) for the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after the exhaust gas (9) has reached a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), the post-injection control (S18) is started, and the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve are vaporized or burned by the exhaust gas (9) whose temperature has been increased by the combustion of the post-injection fuel.

16. The diesel engine of claim 15,

the device is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of no-load and/or light-load operation,

when the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and/or light-load operating time reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S23) for the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side is satisfied.

17. A diesel engine, characterized in that,

the disclosed device is provided with: a fuel injection device (3) that injects fuel (2) into the combustion chamber (1); an exhaust throttle valve (5) disposed in the exhaust path (4); a DOC (17) disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5); a DPF (7) disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5); and an electronic control device (8) that controls the opening of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the fuel injection by the fuel injection device (3),

the diesel engine is configured to perform a regeneration process of the DPF (7) and a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve,

the diesel engine is configured such that, in the regeneration process of the DPF (7), after a start condition (S1) for the regeneration process of the DPF (7) on which PM has been deposited is satisfied, reinjection control is started (S7), reinjection fuel is catalytically combusted by the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve, and the PM deposited on the DPF (7) is combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9) having increased in temperature,

in the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17), after a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17) in which the function is degraded based on the deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM is satisfied, opening degree reduction control (S15) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after the exhaust gas (9) reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), post-injection control is started (S18), after the exhaust gas (9) is brought to a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined reinjection fuel allowable Temperature (TP) by combustion of the post-injection fuel, reinjection control is started (S18-3), the reinjected fuel is combusted by the combustion heat of the post-injection fuel, and the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve are vaporized or combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9) having been heated.

18. The diesel engine of claim 17,

the device is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of no-load and/or light-load operation,

when the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and/or light-load operating time reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17) is satisfied.

19. The diesel engine according to claim 17 or 18,

when the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) reaches a predetermined start judgment value of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17) is satisfied.

20. The diesel engine according to any one of claims 17 to 19,

when the number of regeneration processes of the DPF (7) reaches a predetermined start judgment value of the catalyst function recovery process, a start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve is satisfied.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a diesel engine, and more particularly, to a diesel engine capable of regenerating a DPF even during no-load and/or light-load operation.

Background

Conventionally, as a diesel engine, when a regeneration start condition of a DPF is satisfied by deposition of PM, a reinjection control is started after activation of a DOC, and PM deposited on the DPF is burned off by raising a temperature of exhaust gas to a DPF regeneration temperature by catalytic combustion of reinjected fuel at the DOC (for example, see patent document 1).

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2010-151058 (refer to FIGS. 1 and 2)

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

Problem point DPF regeneration may not be possible during no-load and light-load operation.

In the above-described conventional engine, the opening degree of the intake throttle valve is reduced at the start of DPF regeneration, but with this, there is a possibility that the DOC cannot be activated, the reinjection cannot be performed, and the DPF cannot be regenerated during the no-load and light-load operation in which the temperature raising efficiency of the exhaust gas is low and the temperature of the exhaust gas is low.

The invention provides a diesel engine capable of regenerating DPF even in no-load and/or light-load operation.

Means for solving the problems

The structure of the invention of the present application is as follows.

As illustrated in fig. 1, the present invention includes: a fuel injection device (3) that injects fuel (2) into the combustion chamber (1); an exhaust throttle valve (5) disposed in the exhaust path (4); a DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which is disposed on the downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5); a DPF (7) disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side; and an electronic control device (8) that controls the opening of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the fuel injection by the fuel injection device (3),

as shown in FIG. 2, the DPF regeneration treatment is performed in a configuration in which the DPF (7) is regenerated,

in the regeneration process of the DPF (7), after a start condition (S1) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) deposited with PM is satisfied, opening degree reduction control (S2) of an exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, after the exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), post-injection control (S5) is started, after the exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined re-injection allowable Temperature (TP) by combustion of post-injection fuel, re-injection control (S7) is started, and the PM deposited on the DPF (7) is combusted by the exhaust gas (9) which is heated by catalytic combustion of the re-injection fuel of a DOC (6) on the downstream side of a valve as illustrated in FIG. 1.

Effects of the invention

The present invention provides the following effects.

Effect 1 can regenerate the DPF (7) even during no-load and/or light-load operation.

In the engine, as illustrated in fig. 2, when the condition for starting the regeneration process of the DPF (7) (S1) is satisfied, the increase in back pressure and the combustion of the post-injection fuel due to the decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) occur, so that the temperature increase efficiency of the exhaust gas (9) is higher than that of the intake throttle valve, and the DPF (7) can be regenerated by the re-injection by activating the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve illustrated in fig. 1 even in the no-load and/or light-load operation in which the exhaust gas temperature is low.

Effect 2 can improve the engine output.

In this engine, the exhaust gas (9) is warmed up by combustion of the post-injected fuel, so as illustrated in fig. 1, the degree of decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is only required to be small, the output loss due to the back pressure is small, and the engine output can be improved.

Effect 3 can recover the lowered catalytic function of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve when the DPF (7) is regenerated.

In this engine, even when the no-load and/or light-load operation in which the exhaust gas temperature is low continues, unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM are deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, and the catalytic function is reduced, as illustrated in fig. 2, when the start condition (S1) for the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied, the exhaust gas (9) is heated by reducing the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and post-injection, and the unburned deposits are vaporized or burned, and the catalytic function that has been reduced on the downstream side of the valve (6) illustrated in fig. 1 can be recovered when the DPF (7) is regenerated. Further, since unburned deposits, which are the cause of white smoke, do not exist, white smoke generation can also be suppressed.

Effect 4 the exhaust gas (9) has a high temperature rise efficiency.

In the present engine, as compared with a structure different from the present engine, that is, a case where the exhaust throttle valve is disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the DPF, as illustrated in fig. 1, the exhaust throttle valve (5) is disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the DPF (7), and therefore the volume of the exhaust path (4) on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is reduced, the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is rapidly increased by reducing the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5), and the temperature increase efficiency of the exhaust gas (9) is high.

Effect 5 the valve sound of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is not easily discharged to the outside of the exhaust path.

In this engine, as illustrated in fig. 1, since the DOC (6) and the DPF (7) are disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5), valve noise of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is not easily discharged out of the exhaust path (4).

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a diesel engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a process for regenerating the DPF of the engine of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC on the downstream side of the valve of the engine of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a catalytic function recovery process of the DOC on the valve upstream side of the engine of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a relational expression for calculating the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) of the engine of fig. 1, where equation 1 is a relational expression of the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0), and the like, equation 2 is a relational expression of the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas (9), and the like, equation 3 is a relational expression of the volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas, the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas, the fuel injection amount (Q), and the like, and equation 4 is a relational expression of the differential pressure (Δ P) between the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1), the atmospheric pressure (P3), and the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7).

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 to 5 are diagrams illustrating a diesel engine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a vertical inline multi-cylinder diesel engine of a common rail type is described in the embodiment.

The engine is constructed as follows.

As shown in fig. 1, the direction in which the crankshaft (21) is erected is the front-rear direction, the side on which the flywheel (22) is disposed is the rear side, the opposite side to the rear side is the front side, and the engine width direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction is the lateral direction.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes an intake manifold (24) attached to one lateral side of a cylinder head (23) and an exhaust manifold (25) attached to the other lateral side of the cylinder head (23).

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes an electronic control device (8).

The electronic control device (8) is an engine ECU. The engine ECU is an electronic control unit, which is abbreviated as a microcomputer.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes an exhaust device.

The exhaust device is provided with: the turbocharger comprises an exhaust manifold (25), an exhaust turbine (26a) of a supercharger (26) connected to the exhaust manifold (25), and an exhaust gas discharge passage (26c) discharged from an exhaust outlet (26b) of the exhaust turbine (26 a).

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes an intake device.

The air intake device is provided with: a compressor (26d) of the supercharger (26); an intake air flow rate sensor (16) provided on the intake upstream side of an intake air inlet (26e) of the compressor (26 d); an intercooler (28) disposed between a supercharged gas outlet (26f) of the compressor (26d) and the intake manifold (24); an intake throttle valve (11) disposed between the intercooler (28) and the intake manifold (24); an EGR cooler (30) disposed between the exhaust manifold (25) and the intake manifold (24); and an EGR valve (31) disposed between the EGR cooler (30) and the intake manifold (24). EGR is short for exhaust gas recirculation.

The intake throttle valve (11) and the EGR valve (31) are electrically-operated on-off valves, and the intake throttle valve (11) and the EGR valve (31) are electrically connected to a power supply (29) via an electronic control device (8). The intake air flow rate sensor (16) has an intake air temperature sensor and is electrically connected to the electronic control unit (8). The power source (29) is a battery.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes a common rail type fuel injection device (3).

The fuel injection device (3) is provided with: a fuel injection valve (34) provided in each combustion chamber (1); a common rail (35) that accumulates the pressure of the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve (34); and a fuel supply pump (37) for pressure-feeding fuel from the fuel tank (36) to the common rail (35).

The fuel injection valve (34) is provided with an electromagnetic on-off valve, the fuel supply pump (37) is provided with an electric pressure regulating valve, and the fuel injection valve (34) and the fuel supply pump (37) are electrically connected to a power supply (29) via an electronic control device (8).

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes a speed adjusting device.

The speed adjusting device is provided with: an accelerator sensor (39) that detects the set position of an accelerator lever (38) that sets the target engine speed; and an actual rotation speed sensor (40) for detecting the actual rotation speed of the engine, wherein the sensors (39) and (40) are electrically connected with the electronic control device (8).

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes a starter.

The starting device is provided with a starting motor (41) and a key switch (42), wherein the starting motor (41) and the key switch (42) are electrically connected with a power supply (29) through an electronic control device (8). The key switch (42) has an OFF position, an ON position and a start position.

The electronic control device (8) is configured to perform the following operation control.

In order to reduce the rotational speed deviation between the target rotational speed and the actual rotational speed of the engine, the fuel injection amount and the injection timing from the fuel injection valve (34) are set, and the rotational speed variation of the engine caused by the load variation is reduced.

According to the rotation speed, load, air intake amount and air intake temperature of the engine, the opening degree of an air intake throttle valve (11) and an EGR valve (31) is adjusted, and the air intake amount and the EGR rate are adjusted.

When a key switch (42) is brought to a start position, a starter motor (41) is driven to start the engine. When the key switch (42) is turned to the ON position, the engine operation state is maintained by the conduction of electricity from the power source (29) to each part of the engine, and when the key switch (42) is turned to the OFF position, the fuel injection from the fuel injection valve (34) is stopped, and the engine is stopped.

The engine is provided with an exhaust gas treatment device.

As shown in fig. 1, the exhaust gas treatment device includes: the fuel injection device comprises a fuel injection device (3) for injecting fuel (2) into a combustion chamber (1), an exhaust throttle valve (5) arranged on an exhaust path (4), a DOC (6) arranged on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5), a DPF (7) arranged on the exhaust downstream side of the DOC (6), and an electronic control device (8) for controlling the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the fuel injection of the fuel injection device (3).

In contrast to the configuration of the engine, that is, the configuration in which the exhaust throttle valve (5) is disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the DPF (7), in the engine, as shown in fig. 1, the exhaust throttle valve (5) is disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the DPF (7), and therefore the volume of the exhaust path (4) on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is reduced, the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is rapidly increased by reducing the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5), and the temperature increase efficiency of the exhaust gas (9) is high.

In addition, in the engine of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, since the DOC (6) and the DPF (7) are disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5), the valve sound of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is not easily discharged to the outside of the exhaust path (4).

The above elements will be explained.

A combustion chamber (1) shown in fig. 1 is formed in the cylinder. The fuel (2) is light oil. The exhaust throttle valve (5) is an electrically-operated on-off valve and is electrically connected to a power supply (29) via an electronic control device (8). DOC is a short name for diesel oxidation catalyst, and is a flow through type in which an oxidation catalyst component such as platinum or palladium is supported on a ceramic honeycomb carrier, and oxidizes CO (carbon monoxide) and NO (nitrogen monoxide) in exhaust gas (9). The DPF is a diesel particulate filter for short, and is a wall flow (wall through) type that alternately blocks the inlet and outlet of adjacent cells of a ceramic honeycomb, and traps PM in exhaust gas (9). PM is short for particulate matter.

The DOC (6) and the DPF (7) on the downstream side of the valve are respectively accommodated on the upstream side and the downstream side of the exhaust gas of an exhaust treatment box (4a) arranged in the middle of the exhaust path (4).

The DPF system captures PM in an exhaust gas (9) by a DPF (7), and oxidizes NO (nitric oxide) in the exhaust gas (9) by a DOC (6) on the downstream side of a valve₂(nitrogen dioxide), the PM deposited on the DPF (7) is continuously oxidized and burned at a relatively low temperature, and the DPF (7) is regenerated by catalytically burning the unburned fuel supplied to the exhaust gas (9) by the reinjection of the common rail type fuel injection device (3) through the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, and burning the PM deposited on the DPF (7) at a relatively high temperature.

The exhaust gas treatment device has the following structure for performing regeneration treatment of the DPF (7).

As shown in fig. 2, the control device is configured to perform opening degree reduction control (S2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) when a condition (S1) for starting regeneration processing of the DPF (7) in which PM is deposited is satisfied, to start post injection control (S5) when the exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post injection allowable Temperature (TA), and to start re-injection control (S7) when the exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined re-injection allowable Temperature (TP) by combustion of post injection fuel, and to burn PM deposited on the DPF (7) by the exhaust gas (9) having a temperature increased by catalytic combustion of the re injection fuel at the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1.

The engine has the following advantages.

As shown in fig. 2, since the increase in back pressure and the combustion of post-injection fuel due to the decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) occur after the start condition (S1) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied, the temperature increase efficiency of the exhaust gas (9) is higher than that of the intake throttle valve, and the DPF (7) can be regenerated by reinjection by activating the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1 even during the no-load and/or light-load operation in which the exhaust gas temperature is low.

In addition, in the present engine, since the temperature of the exhaust gas (9) is raised by the combustion of the post-injection fuel, the degree of decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1 is only required to be small, the output loss due to the back pressure is small, and the engine output can be improved.

In this engine, even when the no-load and/or light-load operation in which the exhaust gas temperature is low continues, the unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM are deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, and the catalytic function thereof is degraded, as shown in fig. 2, when the regeneration start condition (S1) of the DPF (7) is satisfied, the exhaust gas (9) is heated by the reduction of the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) and the post injection, the deposits are vaporized or burned, and the catalytic function of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1 that has degraded during the regeneration of the DPF (7) can be recovered.

Each element in the case of regeneration of the DPF (7) will be described.

As shown in fig. 2, the condition (S1) for starting the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied when the estimated value (APM) of the amount of PM deposited on the DPF (7) is equal to or greater than the determination value (RSJ) for starting the regeneration process of the DPF (7). As the estimated PM deposition amount value (APM), for example, there is a method of estimating by a PM deposition amount estimation value calculation device (32) based on a differential pressure (Δ P) between an inlet and an outlet of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 1. The PM deposition amount estimated value calculation device (32) is constituted by a calculation unit of an electronic control device (8).

The kind of injection performed in one combustion cycle from the fuel injection device (3) is pre-injection (pilot injection), main injection, post-injection, and re-injection.

In a 4-stroke engine, one combustion cycle consists of an intake stroke, a compression stroke, an expansion stroke, and an exhaust stroke.

The pre-injection (pilot injection) is an injection for suppressing ignition delay of the main injection fuel, and starts in the intake stroke or the compression stroke.

The main injection is the main injection for obtaining the output, and is started before the compression top dead center.

The post injection is an injection for raising the temperature of the exhaust gas (9), and is started in the expansion stroke after the main injection.

The re-injection is an injection for raising the temperature of the exhaust gas (9), and is started in the expansion stroke after the post-injection. The re-injection may also begin during the exhaust stroke.

In the case of the regeneration treatment of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2, the post-injection is set as follows.

The post-injection allowable Temperature (TA) is set to 150 ℃ to 700 ℃.

In the post-injection control, the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1 is set to 400 ℃ to 700 ℃.

The post-injection permission Temperature (TA) is a determination temperature regarding a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19), and the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is detected by the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19) and is controlled by adjustment of the injection timing and the fuel injection amount by an electronic control device (8).

The inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is estimated from the valve upstream-side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by the valve upstream-side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19), and is controlled by adjusting the injection timing and the fuel injection amount by an electronic control device (8).

In the post injection, the post injection fuel injected into the combustion chamber (1) in the expansion stroke is combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9), and even when the temperature of the exhaust gas (9) is low in the no-load and low-load operation, the exhaust gas (9) is heated to a temperature at which the unburned deposits deposited on the valve downstream side DOC (6) are vaporized or combusted, so that the catalytic function of the valve downstream side DOC (6) lowered by the unburned deposits is restored, and the valve downstream side DOC (6) is activated.

In the case of the regeneration treatment of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2, the reinjection is set as follows.

The re-injection allowable Temperature (TP) is set to 200 ℃ to 700 ℃.

The re-injection permission Temperature (TP) is set to a temperature higher than the post-injection permission Temperature (TA).

In the reinjection control, the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is maintained at 400 ℃ to 700 ℃, and the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) is maintained at 550 ℃ to 700 ℃. In particular, the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) is preferably set to 700 ℃ or lower in order to prevent abnormal combustion of the deposited PM.

The reinjection permission Temperature (TP) is a determination temperature regarding a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19), and the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is detected by the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19) and controlled by an electronic control device (8).

The intake-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is controlled by adjusting the injection timing and the fuel injection amount by an electronic control device (8) on the basis of the valve upstream-side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by a valve upstream-side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19).

The inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) is detected by a DPF inlet-side exhaust gas temperature sensor (27), and is controlled by adjusting the injection timing and fuel injection amount by an electronic control device (8).

When the DPF outlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T3) detected by the DPF outlet-side exhaust gas temperature sensor 33 is equal to or higher than a predetermined upper limit temperature, the post injection and the re-injection are stopped promptly under the control of the electronic control unit (8).

In the reinjection, reinjection fuel, which starts to be injected into the combustion chamber in the expansion stroke or the exhaust stroke, is catalytically combusted by the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, so that the exhaust gas (9) is heated, and PM accumulated in the DPF (7) is combusted.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine is configured to include an intake throttle valve (11) disposed in an intake passage (10), the opening degree of the intake throttle valve (11) is configured to be controlled by an electronic control device (8), and in a regeneration process of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2 or a catalyst function recovery process of the downstream-side DOC (6) shown in fig. 3, an opening degree reduction control (S2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed (S15) and an opening degree reduction control (S2) of the intake throttle valve (11) is performed (S15) after a start condition (S1) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied or a start condition (13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the downstream-side DOC (6) is satisfied.

Therefore, in the engine, the intake air is throttled together with the exhaust gas throttling, and therefore the temperature raising efficiency of the exhaust gas (9) is improved by the reduction of the intake air amount.

In the engine, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, after the opening degree reducing control (S2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed (S15), when the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) exceeds the predetermined pressure upper limit value (Pmax), the opening degree increasing control (S4-2) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed (S17-2).

Therefore, in the present engine, since excessive pressure increase of the exhaust pressure (P0) on the valve upstream side is suppressed, the exhaust throttle valve (5) or its upstream side member is less likely to fail due to the pressure increase.

The upper pressure limit value (Pmax) is determined by the specifications of the exhaust throttle valve (5), the EGR valve (31), the supercharger (26), and the like shown in fig. 1, the airtightness of the piping of the exhaust passage (4), and the like.

The exhaust throttle valve (5) is disposed in the middle of the exhaust path (4).

The engine includes a computing device (12) for computing the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) as shown in fig. 1, and is configured such that the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is computed from the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the valve upstream side exhaust temperature (T0), and the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1) as shown in fig. 5. A computing device (12) for the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is configured by a computing unit of an electronic control device (8).

In the present engine, as shown in fig. 5, the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) can be calculated with high accuracy by calculation based on the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9) and the like, and therefore the control accuracy of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1 can be improved.

In the present engine, the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) may be detected by an exhaust pressure sensor disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5). In this case, since the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) can be detected quickly, the control accuracy of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1 can be improved.

When calculating the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) by calculation, the following relational expression can be used.

The valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) can be calculated by calculation from the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the valve upstream side exhaust temperature (T0), and the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1) by equation 1 in fig. 5.

The mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9) can be calculated by calculation from the density (ρ 0) of the exhaust gas (9) and the volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas (9) by equation 2 in fig. 5.

The volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas (9) can be calculated by calculation from the mass flow rate (G) of the exhaust gas (9), the fuel injection amount (Q), and the like by expression 3 in fig. 5.

The fuel injection amount (Q) is a fuel injection amount after the addition of a pre-injection (pilot injection), a main injection, an after-injection, and a re-injection every 1 second.

Since the intake air flow rate can be used as a substitute value for the exhaust gas flow rate, the calculation of expression 2 may be performed assuming the intake air flow rate measured by the intake air flow rate sensor (16) as the volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas (9), instead of the calculation of the precise volume flow rate (V) of the exhaust gas (9) of expression 3 in fig. 5.

As shown in fig. 1, the present engine includes: a differential pressure sensor (13) that detects a differential pressure (Δ P) between an inlet and an outlet of the DPF (7); an atmospheric pressure sensor (14) for detecting the atmospheric pressure (P3) is configured such that, as shown in expression 4 of fig. 5, the exhaust pressure (P1) on the downstream side of the valve is calculated from the atmospheric pressure (P3) and the differential pressure (Δ P) between the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7).

In the engine of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the exhaust pressure (P1) on the downstream side of the valve can be calculated with high accuracy by calculation from the differential pressure (Δ P) between the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7) and the atmospheric pressure (P3), and therefore the control accuracy of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1 can be improved.

In the present engine, the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1) may be detected by an exhaust pressure sensor disposed on the exhaust downstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5). In this case, the valve downstream side exhaust pressure (P1) can be detected quickly, and therefore the control accuracy of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1 can be improved.

The engine is provided with a valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19) as shown in fig. 1, and the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by this is used for calculation of the valve upstream side exhaust gas pressure (P0) as shown in fig. 5, and is also used for temperature comparison determination between the post-injection permission Temperature (TA) and the re-injection permission Temperature (TP) as shown in fig. 2.

In the engine, the calculation and the comparison determination are performed using the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) detected by the single valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19), so that the number of sensors can be reduced.

In the engine, the exhaust pressure (P0) on the upstream side of the valve may be detected by an exhaust pressure sensor that discharges gas to the upstream side of the exhaust gas of the exhaust throttle valve (5), the temperature detected by the exhaust temperature sensor (19) on the upstream side of the valve may be used for the comparison and determination of the post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), and the temperature detected by the exhaust temperature sensor on the downstream side of the valve may be used for the comparison and determination of the re-injection allowable Temperature (TP). In this case, the detection of the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0), the comparison determination of the post injection permission Temperature (TA), and the comparison determination of the re-injection permission Temperature (TP) can be performed quickly.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine includes a valve upstream DOC (17) disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the exhaust throttle valve (5).

In this engine, even when the catalytic function of the downstream-valve-side DOC (6) is degraded due to deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM by the downstream-valve-side DOC (6) during no-load and/or continuous operation, as shown in fig. 2, when the condition for starting the regeneration process of the DPF (7) (S1) is satisfied, the post-injection fuel and the reinjection fuel are catalytically combusted at the upstream-valve-side DOC (17) by the post-injection and the reinjection, and the exhaust gas (9) is greatly heated, so that the unburned deposits are rapidly vaporized or combusted, and the degraded catalytic function of the downstream-valve-side DOC (6) shown in fig. 1 can be recovered when the DPF (7) is regenerated.

The valve upstream side DOC (17) is housed in a valve upstream side DOC housing (4b) disposed in the middle of the exhaust path (4). The valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature sensor (19) is disposed between the valve upstream side DOC17 and the exhaust throttle valve (5).

In this engine, as shown in fig. 1, a flow-through oxidation catalyst in which a catalytic component is supported on a honeycomb carrier through which exhaust gas (9) passes in a cell is used for the valve upstream side DOC (17) and the valve downstream side DOC (6).

Therefore, in this engine, as shown in fig. 1, since the flow-through oxidation catalyst is used for the valve upstream side DOC (17) and the valve downstream side DOC (6), the output loss due to the back pressure is small, and the engine output can be improved.

In this engine, as shown in fig. 1, the diameter of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side is formed smaller than the diameter of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side.

Therefore, in the engine, the speed of passage of the exhaust gas (9) passing through the cells of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve is faster than the speed of passage of the exhaust gas (9) passing through the cells of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, and therefore, unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM are less likely to be deposited on the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve.

In this engine, as shown in fig. 1, the cell density (of the entire region) of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side is formed to be greater than the cell density of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side.

Therefore, in the engine, as shown in fig. 1, the passage speed of the exhaust gas (9) passing through the cell of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side is higher than the passage speed of the exhaust gas (9) passing through the cell of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side, and therefore, the unburned deposits made of the unburned fuel and the PM are less likely to be deposited on the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side.

As shown in fig. 3, the exhaust treatment device is configured to perform a catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, and is configured to perform an opening degree reduction control (S15) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) after a start condition (S13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which has a function decreased based on deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM, is satisfied, to start a post-injection control (S18) after an exhaust gas (9) has reached a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), and to vaporize or combust the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve by the exhaust gas (9) having a temperature increased by combustion of the post-injection fuel.

In this engine, even when DPF regeneration is not performed, as shown in fig. 3, after the start condition (S13) for recovering the catalytic function of the DOC (7) on the downstream side of the valve is satisfied, the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve is decreased and post injection is performed to raise the temperature of the exhaust gas and vaporize or burn the unburned deposits, and before DPF (7) regeneration, the catalytic function of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1 that has fallen is recovered, and the catalytic function is not likely to continue to fall. In addition, since unburned deposits, which are the cause of white smoke, do not exist, the generation of white smoke is also suppressed.

As shown in fig. 3, the start condition (S13) of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is satisfied when the integrated value (tL) of the operating times of the no-load and the light load is equal to or greater than the predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalytic function recovery process. Based on the fact that the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is equal to or lower than the judgment temperature (LJ) of the no-load and light-load operation, the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and light-load operation time is calculated by the operation time integrating device (18) shown in FIG. 1. The operation time integrating device (18) is constituted by a computing unit of the electronic control device (8).

In the case of the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 3, the post injection is set as follows.

The post-injection allowable Temperature (TA) is set to 150 ℃ to 700 ℃.

In the post-injection control, the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve shown in fig. 1 is set to 180 ℃ to 700 ℃.

In the post injection, the post injection fuel injected into the combustion chamber in the expansion stroke is combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9), and even when the temperature of the exhaust gas (9) is low in the no-load and low-load operation, the exhaust gas (9) is heated to a temperature at which the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve are vaporized or combusted, and the catalytic function of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which has been lowered by the unburned deposits, is restored, and the catalytic function is not likely to continue to be lowered.

The engine is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of the no-load and/or light-load operation as shown in fig. 1, and is configured so that the start condition (S13) for the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is satisfied when the integrated value (tL) of the operating time of the no-load and/or light-load operation reaches a predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process as shown in fig. 3.

Therefore, in the engine, the improvement of the catalytic function can be started at a timing when the probability of the decrease of the catalytic function of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is high, and therefore, unnecessary exhaust gas throttling and post injection can be avoided.

As shown in fig. 1, the exhaust gas purification device is configured to include a valve upstream side DOC (17) disposed on an exhaust upstream side of an exhaust throttle valve (5), perform a catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17), as shown in fig. 4, perform an opening degree reduction control (S15) of the exhaust throttle valve (5) after a start condition (S13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the valve downstream side DOC (6) having a function reduced based on deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM is satisfied, start a post injection control (S18) after an exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined post injection allowable Temperature (TA), start a re-injection control (S18-3) after the exhaust gas (9) is at a temperature equal to or higher than the predetermined re injection allowable Temperature (TP) by combustion of the post injection fuel, the reinjected fuel is combusted by the combustion heat of the post-injected fuel, and the unburned deposits deposited on the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve are vaporized or combusted by the heat of the exhaust gas (9) having a raised temperature shown in fig. 1.

In this engine, even when the non-load and/or light load operation is continued with a low exhaust temperature, and when the catalyst function is lowered by deposition of unburned deposits made of unburned fuel and PM in the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side shown in fig. 1, when a start condition (S13) for recovery of the catalyst function of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side is satisfied as shown in fig. 4, the exhaust gas (9) is heated by the combustion of the post injection and the reinjection with the decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) shown in fig. 1, and the unburned deposits are vaporized or burned by the heat of the exhaust gas (9), the lowered catalyst function of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side is recovered before the DPF (7) is regenerated, and the catalyst function is not easily lowered. Therefore, the DPF (7) can be regenerated even when no-load and/or light-load operation continues. Further, since unburned deposits, which are the cause of white smoke, do not exist, white smoke generation can also be suppressed.

In this engine, the exhaust gas (9) shown in fig. 1 is heated by combustion of the post-injected fuel, so the degree of decrease in the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is only required to be small, the output loss due to back pressure is small, and the engine output can be improved.

As shown in fig. 1, the engine is provided with an operating time integrating device (18) for integrating the operating time of no-load and/or light-load operation, and as shown in fig. 4, the starting condition (S13) of the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream DOC (17) is satisfied when the integrated value (tL) of the operating time of no-load and/or light-load reaches a predetermined starting judgment value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process.

Therefore, in the present engine, the catalytic function recovery process can be started in a situation where the probability of the decrease in the catalytic function of the valve upstream side DOC (17) shown in fig. 1 is high, and therefore unnecessary exhaust gas throttling, post injection, and re-injection can be avoided.

The condition (S13) for starting the catalyst function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve shown in fig. 4 is not limited to the case where the integrated value (tL) of the operating time under no load and/or light load reaches the predetermined start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, and may be satisfied when the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) shown in fig. 1 and the number of regeneration processes of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 1 reach the predetermined start determination value of the catalyst function recovery process.

In any case, in the engine, the catalyst function recovery process can be started in a situation where the probability of the decrease in the catalyst function of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve due to unburned deposits is high, and therefore unnecessary exhaust throttling, after-injection, and re-injection can be avoided.

When the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is set as a start condition (S13), the electronic control device (8) counts the regeneration process frequency, when the regeneration process count reaches a predetermined value (for example, 5 times), the start condition (S13) is established, and when the catalytic function recovery process is finished, the regeneration process count is reset to 0.

In the case of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2, the inlet side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) is set higher than in the case of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side shown in fig. 4.

In this engine, when the DPF (7) is regenerated, the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) increases, and therefore the DPF (7) can be reliably regenerated.

In the case of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2, the injection amount of the post-injection fuel is set smaller than in the case of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side shown in fig. 4.

In this engine, in the case of regeneration processing of a DPF (7), the injection amount of post-injection fuel is small, so the combustion heat and the reinjection fuel combusted by the combustion heat are also small, and a large amount of reinjection fuel passes through a DOC (17) on the upstream side of a valve and is catalytically combusted by the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, thereby increasing the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7). Therefore, the DPF (7) can be reliably regenerated.

In addition, in the case of the catalyst function recovery process of the valve upstream side DOC (17), the post injection fuel is large, so that the combustion heat thereof causes a large amount of the re-injection fuel to be combusted on the upstream side of the valve upstream side DOC (17), and the combustion heat thereof causes the unburned deposits deposited on the valve upstream side DOC (17) to be vaporized or combusted. Therefore, the restoration of the catalytic function of the DOC (17) on the upstream side of the valve can be reliably performed.

In the case of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 2, the injection amount of the reinjection fuel is set to be larger than in the case of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side shown in fig. 4.

In this engine, in the case of the DPF (7) regeneration process, the injection amount of the reinjection fuel is large, and therefore, a large amount of the reinjection fuel passes through the valve upstream side DOC (17) shown in fig. 1, and is catalytically combusted by the valve downstream side DOC (6), so that the inlet side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) becomes high. Therefore, the DPF (7) can be reliably regenerated.

In this engine, the flow of the DPF (7) regeneration process by the electronic control device (8) shown in fig. 1 is as follows.

As shown in fig. 2, in step (S1), it is determined whether or not a condition for starting the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the estimated PM deposit amount value (APM) of the DPF (7) is equal to or greater than a start determination value (RSJ) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7). An estimated value (APM) of the amount of PM deposited on the DPF (7) is calculated by a PM deposition amount calculation device (32) on the basis of the differential pressure (delta P) between the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7) shown in FIG. 1. The PM deposition amount estimated value calculation device (32) is constituted by a calculation unit of an electronic control device (8). The estimated PM deposition Amount (APM) of the DPF (7) can be calculated by a method other than calculation based on the differential pressure (Δ P).

As shown in fig. 2, the determination in step (S1) is repeated until affirmative, and if affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S2).

As shown in fig. 2, in step (S2), the opening degree reduction control of the intake throttle valve (11) and the opening degree reduction control of the exhaust throttle valve (5) are performed, and the process proceeds to step (S3).

The opening degree reduction control of the intake throttle valve (11) and the exhaust throttle valve (5) in step (S2) is performed by controlling an actuator (11a) that drives the intake throttle valve (11) and an actuator (5a) that drives the exhaust throttle valve (5) by the electronic control device (8).

As shown in fig. 2, in step (S3), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is equal to or less than the pressure upper limit value (Pmax), and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S4-1).

In step (S4-1), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is equal to or higher than the post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S5).

In step (S5), the post-injection control is started, and the process advances to step (S6).

If the determination at step (S3) is negative, the routine proceeds to step (S4-2), the opening degree increase control of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is performed, and the routine proceeds to step (S4-1).

The opening degree increase control of the exhaust throttle valve (5) in step (S4-2) is performed by controlling an actuator (5a) that drives the exhaust throttle valve (5) by an electronic control device (8).

If the determination at step (S4-1) is negative, the process returns to step (S3).

In step (S6), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is equal to or higher than the reinjection permitting Temperature (TP). The determination in step (S6) is repeated until affirmative, and if affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S7).

In step (S7), the re-injection control is started, and the process proceeds to step (S8).

In step (S8), it is determined whether or not a condition for ending the regeneration process of the DPF (7) is satisfied. Specifically, the estimated value (APM) of the PM deposit amount of the DPF (7) is a value equal to or less than an end determination value (REJ) of the regeneration process of the DPF (7) as an end condition, and in step (S8), it is determined whether or not the end condition is affirmative.

The determination of step (S8) is repeated until affirmative, and if affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S9).

In step (S9), the reinjection control ends, and the post-injection control also ends, and the process advances to step (S10).

In step (S10), the intake throttle valve (11) is reset to full open, and the exhaust throttle valve (5) is also reset to full open, returning to step (S1).

The estimated value (APM) of the amount of PM deposited on the DPF (7) in step (S8) is calculated by a PM deposited amount calculation device (32) on the basis of the differential pressure (delta P) between the inlet and outlet of the DPF (7).

The condition for terminating the regeneration process of the DPF (7) in step (S8) may be that the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T2) of the DPF (7) shown in fig. 1 is maintained at a value equal to or higher than the regeneration process temperature of the DPF (7) for a predetermined time.

In this engine, the flow of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve, which is performed by the electronic control device (8) shown in fig. 1, is as follows.

As shown in fig. 3, in step (S11), it is determined whether or not the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is a value equal to or lower than the determination temperature (LJ) for the no-load and light-load operation. The determination in step (S11) is repeated until affirmative, and if affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S12).

In step (S11), it may be determined whether or not the inlet-side exhaust gas temperature (T1) of the DOC (6) on the downstream side of the valve is equal to or lower than the determination temperature (LJ) for the no-load or light-load operation.

In step (S12), the no-load and light-load operation times are integrated, and the process proceeds to step (S13).

In step (S13), it is determined whether or not the start condition of the catalytic function recovery process is satisfied. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and light-load operating times is equal to or greater than the start determination value (ISJ) of the catalyst function recovery process, and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S14). If the determination at step (S13) is negative, the process returns to step (S11).

In step (S14), the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and light-load operating times integrated in step (S12) is reset to 0, and integration of the catalyst function recovery processing time performed thereafter is started, and the process proceeds to step (S15).

In step (S15), the opening degree of the intake throttle valve (11) and the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) are controlled to decrease, and the process proceeds to step (S16).

The opening degree reduction control of the intake throttle valve (11) and the exhaust throttle valve (5) in step (S15) is performed in the same manner as in step (S2).

In step (S16), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust pressure (P0) is equal to or less than the pressure upper limit value (Pmax), and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S17-1).

In step (S17-1), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is equal to or higher than the post-injection allowable Temperature (TA), and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S18).

In step (S18), the post-injection control is started, and the process advances to step (S19).

If the determination at step (S16) is negative, the routine proceeds to step (S17-2), the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) is controlled to increase, and the routine proceeds to step (S17-1).

The control for decreasing the opening degree of the exhaust throttle valve (5) in step (S17-1) is performed in the same manner as in step (S4-2).

If the determination at step (S17-1) is negative, the process returns to step (S16).

In step (S19), it is determined whether or not the end condition of the catalytic function recovery process is satisfied. Specifically, the integrated value (tI) of the catalyst function recovery processing time is equal to or greater than the termination determination value (IEJ) of the catalyst function recovery processing as a termination condition, and in step (S19), it is determined whether or not the termination condition is satisfied.

The determination of step (S19) is repeated until affirmative, and if affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S20).

In step S20, the post-injection control is ended, and the process proceeds to step (S21).

In step (S21), the intake throttle valve (11) is reset to full open, the exhaust throttle valve (5) is also reset to full open, the integrated value (tI) of the integration of the catalytic function recovery processing time up to step (S14) is reset to 0, and the process returns to step (S11). Note that the resetting of the integrated value (tL) of the no-load and light-load operating times to 0 at step (S14) may be performed not in step (S14) but in step (S21).

In this engine, the flow of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (17) on the valve upstream side of the electronic control device (8) shown in fig. 4 and the flow of the catalytic function recovery process of the DOC (6) on the valve downstream side shown in fig. 3 almost match.

The point different from the flow of fig. 3 is that the step (S18-2) and the step (S18-3) are set after the step (S18), and the step (S19) is followed by a step (S20') similar to the step (S20) instead of the step (S20).

That is, when the post-injection control is started in step (S18), the process proceeds to step (S18-2).

In step (S18-2), it is determined whether or not the valve upstream side exhaust gas temperature (T0) is equal to or higher than the reinjection permitting Temperature (TP). The determination is made until the determination of step (S18-2) is affirmative, and if the determination is affirmative, the routine proceeds to step (S18-3).

In step (S18-3), the re-injection control is started, and the process proceeds to step (S19).

If it is determined in step (S19) that the end condition of the catalyst function recovery process is satisfied, the routine proceeds to step (S20').

In step (S20'), the re-injection control and the post-injection control are ended, and the process advances to step (S21).

The respective processes shown in fig. 2 to 4 are executed independently of each other, not simultaneously. When any one of the processes is started, the processes other than the one process are not started until the one process is ended. The catalytic function recovery process of the downstream DOC (6) of fig. 3 and the catalytic function recovery process of the upstream DOC (17) of fig. 4 may be performed alternately 1 time per turn, the former may be performed alternately 1 time and the latter may be performed alternately a plurality of times (for example, 2 times or 3 times), or the former may be performed alternately a plurality of times (for example, 2 times or 3 times) and the latter may be performed alternately 1 time.

Description of the reference numerals

(1) … combustion chamber, (2) … fuel, (3) … fuel injection device, (4) … exhaust path, (5) … exhaust throttle valve, (6) … valve downstream DOC, (7) … DPF, (8) … electronic control device, (9) … exhaust gas, (10) … intake path, (11) … intake throttle valve, (12) computing device of … valve upstream exhaust pressure, (13) … differential pressure sensor, (14) … atmospheric pressure sensor, (15) computing device of … exhaust flow rate, (16) … intake flow rate sensor, (17) … valve upstream DOC, (18) … operation time integrating device, (19) … valve upstream exhaust temperature sensor, (20) … intake point, (S1) start condition of regeneration process of …, (S2) opening degree reduction control of … exhaust throttle valve, (S4-2) opening degree control of … exhaust throttle valve, (S5) start of post- … injection control, (S7) start of post- … re-injection control, (S20) start of … re-injection control, (T0) exhaust temperature on the valve upstream side of …, (TA) post- … injection permissible temperature, (TP) … re-injection permissible temperature, (P0) exhaust pressure on the valve upstream side of …, (Pmax) upper limit value of … pressure, (G) mass flow rate of exhaust gas of …, (P1) exhaust pressure on the valve downstream side of …, (Δ P) … differential pressure, and (P3) … atmospheric pressure.