Method and arrangement for determining the storage capacity of a

Details Method and arrangement for determining the storage capacity of a Method and arrangement for determining the storage capacity of a

1992-08-31

1994-08-09

Raevis, Robert

Measuring and testing

Simulating operating condition

Marine

G01M 1500

Patent

active

053355385

ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to a method for determining the storage capacity of a catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine with the aid of a first signal from an oxygen-indicating first probe mounted forward of the catalytic converter and a second signal from an oxygen-indicating second probe mounted rearward of the catalytic converter. The first and second signals show the change from rich to lean and vice versa and the method includes the steps of: determining the storage capacity as a quantity proportional to the time-dependent integral of an integration variable; starting the integration at a time point at which said first signal changes from rich to lean or vice versa; and, ending the integration after a time interval. The method does not need a special test operation of the engine to determine the storage capacity of the catalytic converter. Instead, the method can be carried out in any steady-state operating condition for which the probe rearward of the catalytic converter regularly indicates jumps from rich to lean and vice versa. The invention is also directed to an arrangement for carrying out the invention.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3969932 (1976-07-01), Rieger et al.
patent: 5165230 (1992-11-01), Kayanuma et al.
patent: 5177463 (1993-01-01), Bradshaw et al.

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