Control apparatus for internal combustion engine

A control apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine that includes one or more actuators used for engine control, the control apparatus comprising:

• an in-cylinder pressure sensor configured to detect an in-cylinder pressure;
• a crank angle sensor configured to detect a crank angle;
• and
• a controller, the controller configured to:
• calculate measured data for mass fraction burned that is synchronized with crank angle, based on an in-cylinder pressure detected by the in-cylinder pressure sensor and a crank angle detected by the crank angle sensor;
• calculate a measured value for a specified fraction combustion point that is a crank angle at a time that a mass fraction burned becomes a specified fraction based on the measured data for mass fraction burned;
• execute a first engine control that, based on a first specified fraction combustion point that is a crank angle at a time that a mass fraction burned becomes a first specified fraction, or based on a first parameter that is defined based on the first specified fraction combustion point, controls any one or a plurality of the one or more actuators so that the first specified fraction combustion point or the first parameter becomes a target value;
• execute a second engine control that, based on a second specified fraction combustion point that is a crank angle at a time that a mass fraction burned becomes a second specified fraction, or based on a second parameter that is defined based on the second specified fraction combustion point, controls any one or a plurality of the one or more actuators so that the second specified fraction combustion point or the second parameter becomes a target value;
• and
• execute a third engine control that, based on a degree of correlation of the measured data for mass fraction burned and reference data for mass fraction burned, controls any one or a plurality of the one or more actuators, wherein the reference date is based on an operating condition of the internal combustion engine,
• wherein the reference data for mass fraction burned in at least a crank angle period from a 10% combustion point to a 90% combustion point in a combustion period is generated by at least one of linear interpolation and linear extrapolation based on a first target value and a second target value,
• wherein the first target value is either a target value of the first specified fraction combustion point or the first specified fraction combustion point that is specified based on a target value of the first parameter,
• wherein the second target value is either a target value of the second specified fraction combustion point or the second specified fraction combustion point that is specified based on a target value of the second parameter,
• wherein in a case where a first crank angle period that is a crank angle period prior to the combustion period is included in the reference data for mass fraction burned, the reference data for mass fraction burned in the first crank angle period is data in which mass fraction burned is zero percent, and
• wherein in a case where a second crank angle period that is a crank angle period after the combustion period is included in the reference data for mass fraction burned, the reference data for mass fraction burned in the second crank angle period is data in which mass fraction burned is 100 percent.