Internal combustion engine arrangement
AssigneeFEV Europe GmbH
InventorsMatthieu Doucet, Hans-Jürgen Blessing
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine arrangement includes an internal combustion engine, a catalytic converter, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a maximum H2 production capacity of the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter is arranged downstream of the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured and adapted to determine the maximum H2 production capacity of the catalytic converter based on a first function that correlates an H2 production of the internal combustion engine with first internal combustion engine parameters.
Claims9
An internal combustion engine arrangement comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a catalytic converter;
- a first lambda (λ) sensor configured to determine a first λ value;
- a second λ sensor configured to determine a second voltage;
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- a controller configured to determine a maximum hydrogen (H2) production capacity of the catalytic converter,
- wherein the catalytic converter is arranged downstream of the internal combustion engine,
- wherein the controller is configured to determine the maximum H2 production capacity of the catalytic converter based on a first function that correlates an H2 production of the internal combustion engine with first internal combustion engine parameters,
- wherein the first λ sensor is arranged downstream of the internal combustion engine and upstream of the catalytic converter and wherein the second λ sensor is arranged downstream of the catalytic converter, and
- wherein the controller is configured to determine the maximum hydrogen (H2) production capacity based on a second function that correlates the H2 production of the internal combustion engine determined using the first function, the first internal combustion engine parameters, a first temperature of the catalytic converter, the first λ value of the internal combustion engine and a characteristic behaviour of the second λ sensor to determine an expected reference voltage for the second A sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.