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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Main Authors HANDLER TORSTEN, SAMUELSEN DIRK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.09.2006
Subjects
BLASTING
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES
GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL
GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
STEAM ENGINES
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE
WEAPONS
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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.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060378170