An internal combustion engine wherein an HC treatment catalyst (12) having the function of adsorbing the HC in the exhaust gas is arranged upstream of the NOx selective reducing catalyst (14), an urea aqueous solution fed from the reducing agent feed valve (15) is arranged upstream of the HC treatment catalyst (12), urea, and NOx contained in the exhaust gas, and HC adsorbed on the HC treatment catalyst 12 are reacted with each other to form intermediate products having cyano groups, oximes, and amino groups, and these intermediate products are sent to the NOx selective reducing catalyst (14).

Exhaust purification device of internal combustion engine

A compression ignition type engine, wherein a first combustion where the amount of the recirculated exhaust gas supplied to the combustion chamber is larger than the amount of recirculated exhaust gas where the amount of production of soot peaks and almost no soot is produced and a second combustion where the amount of recirculated exhaust gas supplied to the combustion chamber is smaller than the amount of recirculated exhaust gas where the amount of production of soot peaks are selectively switched between and where the second combustion is switched to the first combustion when the temperature of the catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage is about to fall below the activation temperature.

Compression ignition type engine

An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, capable of supplying a just enough amount of reducing agent to a selective reduction catalyst even when a NOx purification ratio of the catalyst is changed by various causes, thereby enabling a high NOx purification ratio and very low exhaust emissions to be maintained. An ECU calculates a filtered value based on a signal from an exhaust gas concentration sensor, calculates a moving average value of a product of the filtered value and a reference input, calculates a control input such that the moving average value becomes equal to 0, and adds a reference input to the control input to calculate an FB injection amount. The ECU calculates an FF injection amount with a predetermined feedforward control algorithm, and adds the FF injection amount to the FB injection amount, to thereby calculate a urea injection amount.

Exhaust emission control device for internal combustion engine

A surgical cutting system. The cutting system includes a cutter which has an inner sleeve that moves adjacent to an aspiration port of an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is coupled to a source of vacuum that pulls tissue into the outer port when the inner sleeve is moved away from the port. The inner sleeve then moves across the outer port and severs the tissue in a guillotine fashion. The tip of the inner sleeve may exert a spring force that assist in the cutting action of the cutter. The cutter includes a motor which creates an oscillating translational movement of the sleeve. The motor can be controlled by a controller that is coupled a foot pedal. The foot pedal and controller can be configured so that the motor decreases speed as the pedal is depressed by the operator. The inner sleeve is coupled to an aspiration line that pulls the severed tissue out of the cutter. The level of the aspiration vacuum pressure can be controlled by a variable regulator valve. The regulator valve is coupled to the controller and the foot pedal. The foot pedal may have a switch that allows the system to operate in either a variable speed mode or a variable pressure mode. In the variable speed mode the actuation of the foot pedal changes the speed of the motor. In the variable pressure mode the actuation of the foot pedal changes the vacuum level within the aspiration line.

Apparatus and method for performing ophthalmic procedures

An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine. The present invention includes a turbocharger, restrictor valve, and exhaust gas recirculation valve. The restrictor valve is upstream of the turbine of the turbocharger, and restricts the flow of exhaust gas into the turbine. This restriction results in an increase in pressure of the exhaust gas provided to the restrictor valve. The increased pressure exhaust gas is provided to the inlet of an exhaust gas recirculation valve which may be actuatable independently of the actuation of the restrictor valve. The restrictor valve may be modulated until exhaust pressure is greater than the pressure of the intake gas. The restrictor valve creates a pressure differential suitable for recirculating a portion of exhaust gas through the EGR valve and into the intake manifold of the engine. The restrictor valve may also be operated without recirculation of exhaust gas, such as during cold starting of a diesel engine so as to increase the load on the engine and decrease the warm-up time of the engine. Some embodiments of the present invention utilize an electronic controller for operating the restrictor valve and the EGR valve.

Turbocharger and EGR System

An exhaust purifier for an internal combustion engine is capable of properly heating a catalyst in consideration of a deterioration with time and manufacturing variation in an electric heater that heats the catalyst The exhaust purifier has the catalyst 4 disposed in an exhaust pipe, the electric heater for forcibly heating the catalyst 4, a power source for supplying power to the heater, an estimate unit for estimating the temperature that the catalyst 4 will reach, a comparator for providing the difference between the estimated temperature and a target temperature, and an operation controller for controlling the operating conditions of the engine according to the temperature difference The estimate unit measures the voltage and current of the heater, calculates the resistance or power of the heater according to the voltage and current, and estimates the temperature The operation controller adjusts the quantity of intake air and ignition timing, or adjusts ignition timing and then the quantity of intake air to maintain an engine speed, or, if a battery 6 is abnormal, adjusts the quantity of intake air and ignition timing to increase the temperature of exhaust gas

Exhaust purifier for internal combustion engine

In an internal combustion engine which incorporates an exhaust gas recirculation system which has an exhaust gas recirculation flow control valve provided at a middle position of the exhaust gas recirculation passage, the control valve being operated depending upon comparison between target and actual values of a control parameter with regard to the amount of exhaust gas recirculation, an auxiliary valve is provided in the exhaust gas recirculation passage in series with the exhaust gas recirculation flow control valve so as to control the cross-sectional area of the exhaust gas recirculation passage in accordance with the opening amount of the throttle valve provided in the intake passage of the engine.

Exhaust gas recirculation system with an auxiliary valve

An apparatus for recirculating exhaust gases, wherein an exhaust gas recirculating passage provides communication between the intake and exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine. A constriction is provided in the passage, and a control valve is provided in the passage downstream of the constriction. A negative control pressure passage introduces a negative control pressure from a port in the intake passage to the control valve. A pressure chamber is interposed between the constriction and the control valve, which pressure chamber has a pressure therein which is substantially equal to atmospheric pressure when the control valve is opened and to that in the exhaust passage when the control valve is closed. A first operating valve opens the negative control pressure passage to the atmosphere when the pressure in the pressure chamber becomes substantially atmospheric. A second operating valve, which is responsive to the amount of sucked air flowing through the intake passage, opens the negative control pressure passage to the atmosphere when the pressure in the intake passage exceeds a predetermined negative pressure.

Apparatus for recirculating exhaust gases

A solenoid valve device includes an engine valve which can move in an axial direction thereof, an armature which moves with the engine valve, an electromagnet which attracts the engine valve so that the engine valve moves in the axial direction, and a zero-lash adjuster mechanism which is interposed between the engine valve and the armature. Thus, the solenoid valve can positively actuate an engine valve between a fully closed position and a fully opened position without formation of a clearance between the engine valve and the armature. A current supplied to the electromagnet may be set in accordance with a value which is related to a relative position of the armature and the electromagnet.

Solenoid valve device

An exhaust gas recirculation control system for a vehicle diesel engine with an exhaust gas recirculation passage, including: a fluid pressure operated exhaust gas recirculation valve which controls flow resistance of the recirculation passage according to a control fluid pressure supplied thereto so as to increase the flow resistance up to a maximum substantially infinite value as the control fluid pressure approaches atmospheric pressure; an electrically operated switching over valve, which, when actuated, changes over the control fluid pressure supplied to the exhaust gas recirculation control valve to atmospheric pressure, and an exhaust gas recirculation control signal generating system which generates the control fluid pressure supplied to the exhaust gas recirculation control valve to operate it regularly as well as an electrical signal which actuates the switching over valve when the rate of change of engine load is greater than a certain predetermined value.

Masaaki Tanaka

Papers

Exhaust purifier for internal combustion engine

Exhaust gas recirculation system with an auxiliary valve

Apparatus for recirculating exhaust gases

Solenoid valve device

Diesel engine exhaust gas recirculation control system