Control apparatus for internal combustion engine

Abstract

A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including an intake adjustment part configured to adjust an intake air amount sucked into the internal combustion engine, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring information on a catalyst temperature in an exhaust gas purification device provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, controlling the intake adjustment part in accordance with a load, and the controlling including restricting the intake air amount in accordance with the catalyst temperature so as to start a restriction on the intake air amount earlier as a degree of increase in the catalyst temperature becomes greater.

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