Control system for engine

A control device for an engine provided in a vehicle including a brake device for braking a wheel and an accelerator pedal for adjusting a vehicle speed, the control device comprising:

• memory and a processor configured to control an injector that supplies fuel to a combustion chamber of an engine body and control an intake air amount adjustment device that adjust an intake air amount that is an amount of air drawn into the combustion chamber, the control device being configured to:
• estimate a catalyst temperature that is a temperature of a catalyst device provided in an exhaust passage connected to the engine body to purify exhaust gas;
• implement a fuel cut to stop fuel injection by the injector when an accelerator opening degree detected by an accelerator sensor that detects the accelerator opening degree, the accelerator opening degree being an opening degree of the accelerator pedal, is less than a predetermined accelerator determination opening degree;
• in implementation of the fuel cut, implement an intake air amount increase control when the catalyst temperature is high to control the intake air amount adjustment device so that the intake air amount is larger than when a catalyst temperature is low;
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• in implementation of the intake air amount increase control, control the intake air amount adjustment device when a brake sensor detects that a brake device is in operation so that the intake air amount is larger than when the brake sensor detects that the brake device is not in operation.

A control method for an engine provided in a vehicle including a brake device for braking a wheel, an accelerator pedal for adjusting a vehicle speed, an engine body including a combustion chamber, an exhaust passage and an intake passage each connected to the engine body, an injector that supplies fuel to the combustion chamber, an intake air amount adjustment device that adjusts an intake air amount that is an amount of air drawn into the combustion chamber, a catalyst device provided in the exhaust passage to purify exhaust gas, an accelerator sensor that detects an accelerator opening degree, the accelerator opening degree being an opening degree of the accelerator pedal, a brake sensor that detects an operation state of the brake device, and a control device that controls the injector and the intake air amount adjustment device, the control method comprising:

• estimating a catalyst temperature that is a temperature of the catalyst device;
• implementing a fuel cut to stop fuel injection by the injector when the accelerator opening degree detected by the accelerator sensor is less than a predetermined accelerator determination opening degree;
• in implementation of the fuel cut, implementing an intake air amount increase control when the catalyst temperature is high to control the intake air amount adjustment device so that the intake air amount is larger than when a catalyst temperature is low;
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• in implementation of the intake air amount increase control, controlling the intake air amount adjustment device when the brake sensor detects that the brake device is in operation so that the intake air amount is larger than when the brake sensor detects that the brake device is not in operation.