Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine adapted to be applied to an internal combustion engine which includes a fuel injection valve that directly injects fuel into a cylinder of said internal combustion engine, and a spark plug that ignites a mixture of intake gas and fuel sucked into said cylinder, and is arranged in a substantial center of an upper portion of said cylinder, wherein said internal combustion engine is constructed so that the fuel injected from said fuel injection valve goes to a central axis of said cylinder from a side portion thereof in the vicinity of an intake port which introduces said intake gas to said cylinder,

• said control apparatus comprising a controller comprising at least one processor configured to:
• predict whether condensed water is generated in an intake gas passage configured for the passage of intake gas such that the condensed water flows into said cylinder during an intake stroke, wherein the at least one processor makes the prediction based on an intake air temperature output by a temperature sensor, at least one of a predetermined map or function, and a comparison of the intake air temperature and a dew point temperature;
• and
• carry out first injection control to perform fuel injection from said fuel injection valve in a predetermined period of time within a period of time which is after closure of an exhaust valve and before said condensed water flows into said cylinder during the intake stroke, and second injection control to perform fuel injection from said fuel injection valve during the inflow of said condensed water into said cylinder in a latter half of the intake stroke, when the inflow of said condensed water into said cylinder is predicted, and when the inflow of said condensed water into said cylinder is not predicted, carry out a normal injection control different from the first and second injection controls.