Method for operating an internal combustion engine and device for implementing the method
A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in whose exhaust region, in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, there are situated a first broadband lambda sensor which makes available a first lambda signal, an NOx adsorption catalyst and a second broadband lambda sensor which makes avai...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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21.09.2006
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Summary: | A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in whose exhaust region, in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, there are situated a first broadband lambda sensor which makes available a first lambda signal, an NOx adsorption catalyst and a second broadband lambda sensor which makes available a second lambda signal, in which the NOx adsorption catalyst cyclically stores the NOx emissions of the internal combustion engine, and is regenerated within the scope of a nominal regeneration by the operation of the internal combustion engine using a rich/stoichiometric air/fuel mixture, and a device for carrying out the method are provided. An intensified regeneration, compared to a nominal regeneration, of the NOx adsorption catalyst is undertaken, which supports a better setting of the thermodynamic equilibrium in the exhaust gas compared to the nominal regeneration. At the end of the intensified regeneration, at a still rich/stoichiometric air/fuel mixture, a plausibility check/correction of the first lambda signal using the second lambda signal is provided. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: US20060378170 |