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US 10,480,397 B2Granted
System and method for controlling variable turbocharger
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorYoung Min Kim
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Abstract
A system for controlling a variable turbocharger includes: a first controller outputting a duty value for adjusting an opening degree of a vane of a turbocharger, and a second controller checking opening or closing operations of the vane when the first controller adjusts the opening degree of the vane. In particular, the second controller outputs a corrected duty value by correcting the output duty value, based on a correction map, in consideration of a back pressure according to whether the vane is opened or closed.
Claims4
A system for controlling a variable turbocharger, comprising:
- a first controller configured to output a duty value adjusting an opening degree of a vane of a turbocharger;
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- a second controller configured to check whether the vane is in an opening or a closing operation when the first controller adjusts the opening degree of the vane, and configured to output, based on a back pressure generated by flow of exhaust gas and whether the vane is opened or closed, a corrected duty value by which the output duty value is corrected based on a correction map,
- wherein the correction map is a map for previously measured back pressure of exhaust gas in the turbocharger based on an engine revolutions per minute (RPM) through experiments, and for storing correction values for correcting the duty value corresponding thereto in a database,
- wherein the first controller is configured to prestore an initial learning map which stores a target position of the vane based on the duty value, and check whether a present position of the vane based on the duty value corresponds to the target position of the vane stored in the initial learning map using a position sensor while increasing and applying a predetermined value to the duty value if the present position of the vane based on the duty value differs from the target position,
- wherein the initial learning map is a map that stores the position of the vane based on a latest corrected duty value,
- wherein when the vane is opened, the duty value output from the first controller is corrected to decrease a predetermined value based on the correction map by the second controller, and,
- wherein when the vane is closed, the duty value output from the first controller is corrected to increase a predetermined value based on the correction map by the second controller.
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A method for controlling a variable turbocharger, comprising:
- performing by a first controller a first process of outputting a duty value adjusting an opening degree of a vane of a turbocharger;
- performing by a second controller a second process of checking whether the vane is opened or closed when the opening degree of the vane is adjusted;
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- performing by the second controller a third process of outputting a corrected duty value by which the output duty value is corrected, based on a prepared correction map, based on a back pressure, which is generated by flow of exhaust gas, according to whether the vane is opened or closed,
- wherein the correction map is a map for previously measured back pressure of exhaust gas in the turbocharger according to an engine revolutions per minute (RPM) through experiments, and for storing correction values for correcting the duty value corresponding thereto in a database;
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- performing a correction learning process of checking whether a present position of the vane according to the duty value corresponds to a target position of the vane according to an initial duty value using a position sensor, which is stored in an initial learning map, while a predetermined value is increased and applied to the duty value before the performing the first process if the present position of the vane according to the duty value differs from the target position,
- wherein the initial learning map is a map that stores the position of the vane according to latest corrected duty value,
- wherein when the vane is opened, the duty value output from the first process is corrected to decrease a predetermined value based on the correction map by the performing the second process, and
- wherein when the vane is closed, the duty value output from the first process is corrected to increase a predetermined value based on the correction map by the performing the second process.
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