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2006-07-04

2006-07-04

Tran, Binh Q. (Department: 3748)

Power plants

Internal combustion engine with treatment or handling of...

By means producing a chemical reaction of a component of the...

C060S276000, C060S277000, C060S301000, C701S103000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07069719

ABSTRACT:
To obtain an air-fuel ration control apparatus for an internal combustion engine capable of maintaining an NOx purification rate at a high level when a catalyst is in a deteriorated condition. The air-fuel ratio control apparatus includes: an oxygen concentration sensor for detecting an oxygen concentration at a position upstream of a catalyst; an oxygen concentration sensor for detecting an oxygen concentration at a position downstream of the catalyst; an injector drive unit for adjusting an amount of a fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine; a first air-fuel ratio control unit for controlling the injector drive unit such that the air fuel ratio at the position upstream of the catalyst matches a first target air-fuel ratio; a second air-fuel ratio control unit for setting the first target ratio such that the air fuel ratio at the position downstream of the catalyst matches a second target air-fuel ratio; and a target air-fuel ratio setting unit for setting the second target air-fuel ratio. The target air-fuel ratio setting unit sets the second target air-fuel ratio at a value on a rich side of a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio such that an NOx purification rate is a maximum in view of NOx purification rate characteristics when the catalyst is in a deteriorated condition.

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