EP2638264A1 - Abnormality determination apparatus and abnormality determination method for coolant temperature sensor, and engine cooling system - Google Patents
Abnormality determination apparatus and abnormality determination method for coolant temperature sensor, and engine cooling systemInfo
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01P11/00—Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00
- F01P11/14—Indicating devices; Other safety devices
- F01P11/18—Indicating devices; Other safety devices concerning coolant pressure, coolant flow, or liquid-coolant level
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01P7/00—Controlling of coolant flow
- F01P7/14—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid
- F01P7/16—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid by thermostatic control
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01P7/00—Controlling of coolant flow
- F01P7/14—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid
- F01P7/16—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid by thermostatic control
- F01P7/165—Controlling of coolant flow the coolant being liquid by thermostatic control characterised by systems with two or more loops
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01P—COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01P2025/00—Measuring
- F01P2025/08—Temperature
- F01P2025/32—Engine outcoming fluid temperature
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- the invention relates to a cooling system of an engine (internal combustion engine) and, more particularly, to a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus and a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination method that determine the presence or absence of abnormality of a coolant temperature sensor of the cooling system.
- a coolant jacket as a coolant passageway is provided in the engine (a cylinder block or a cylinder head), and the entire engine is cooled (or warmed) by circulating a coolant via the coolant jacket by a coolant pump.
- a changeover valve that restricts the circulation of the coolant between an engine coolant passageway and a heater system (heater passageway) is provided, and while the engine is cold, the changeover valve is closed to stop passage of the coolant within the engine (within the coolant jacket) (to perform an in-engine coolant stop) so that quick warm-up of the engine is accomplished (e.g., see Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2009-150266 (JP-A-2009- 150266)).
- a cooling system that performs the aforementioned in-engine coolant stop is provided with, for example, an engine coolant temperature sensor that detects the outlet coolant temperature of the engine, and a heater-system coolant temperature sensor (e.g., a heater inlet coolant temperature sensor) that detects the coolant temperature in a heater system.
- a heater-system coolant temperature sensor e.g., a heater inlet coolant temperature sensor
- an abnormality detection method of detecting abnormality of the heater-system coolant temperature sensor there exists a method in which it is determined that the heater-system coolant temperature sensor is abnormal in the case where after elapse of a certain period following the start of the engine, it is found that the detected coolant temperature value detected by the heater-system coolant temperature sensor has not risen by a predetermined value or more (e.g., see Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 10-073047 (JP-A- 10-073047)).
- an example of the abnormality of the coolant temperature sensor is a stuck abnormality in which the sensor value
- the invention provides a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus and a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination method that are capable of precisely determining whether a coolant temperature sensor that detects the temperature of a coolant in a heater system is abnormal without making a false determination, in a cooling system that stops passage of a coolant within an engine.
- a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus in accordance with a first aspect of the invention is a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus which is applied to an engine cooling system (a cooling system that performs an in-engine coolant stop) that includes an engine coolant passageway, a bypass passageway (heater passageway) that bypasses an engine, a control valve (changeover valve) that restricts circulation of a coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway, and a bypass coolant temperature sensor (heater inlet coolant temperature sensor) that detects bypass coolant temperature in the bypass passageway, and which determines whether the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal, and which includes determination means for opening the control valve if amount of increase of a detected value of the bypass coolant temperature obtained when the bypass coolant temperature is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value (concretely, for example, when the amount of intake air taken into the engine (the integrated intake air amount value following the time of the start of the engine) becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value (
- the determination means may determine that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal, if the amount of increase in the detected value of the bypass coolant temperature becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value after the control valve opens that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal, if the amount of increase in the detected value of the bypass coolant temperature becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined value after the control valve opens, and the determination means may determine that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal, if the amount of increase in the detected value of the bypass coolant temperature is smaller than the predetermined value after the control valve opens.
- the bypass passageway (heater passageway) may be provided with at least one of an exhaust heat recovery device and an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) cooler.
- EGR exhaust Gas Recirculation
- the coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus determines that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal.
- the control valve opens, the coolants from the two systems, that is, the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway, circulate through the two systems, and the high-temperature coolant warmed by the engine flows into the bypass passageway.
- This increases the temperature of the coolant in the bypass passageway even if the bypass passageway has no heat source available (even if a heat source, such as an exhaust heat recovery device, an EGR cooler, etc., has a fault), so that the detected bypass coolant temperature value detected by the coolant temperature sensor increases provided that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal.
- the apparatus determines that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal in the case where the amount of change in the detected bypass coolant temperature value after the control valve opens is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and determines that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal (has a stuck abnormality) in the case where the amount of change in the detected bypass coolant temperature value is smaller than a predetermined value.
- the apparatus opens the control valve to allow the high-temperature coolant from the engine to flow into the bypass passageway so that the temperature of the coolant in the bypass passageway increases, and while such a state of increased coolant temperature is maintained, determination regarding the bypass coolant temperature sensor is performed on the basis of the amount of change in the detected bypass coolant temperature value detected by the bypass coolant temperature sensor. Therefore, even if the bypass passageway does not have a heat source available due to a fault of an exhaust heat recovery device, an EGR cooler, etc., the apparatus is able to precisely determine whether the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal without making a false determination.
- the control valve that restricts the circulation of the coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway may be a temperature-sensitive operation valve that has a temperature sensitive portion that displaces a valve body, and the coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus may determine that the control valve has opened, when an estimated value of ambient coolant temperature of the control valve becomes equal to or greater than a valve-opening temperature of the control valve. Adoption of this construction makes it possible to shorten the time that is needed for determination whether the control valve has opened. This will be explained below.
- a cooling system (a cooling system that performs an in-engine coolant stop) to which the coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus in accordance with the foregoing aspect uses, for example, a temperature-sensitive operation valve that has a temperature sensitive portion that displaces a valve body, as a control valve provided at a coolant outlet of the engine.
- a temperature-sensitive operation valve that has a temperature sensitive portion that displaces a valve body, as a control valve provided at a coolant outlet of the engine.
- an electric heater is buried in the temperature sensitive portion so that the control valve can also be forced to open by melting the thermo-wax through the use of heat produced by electrifying the electric heater (i.e. to open by electrification of the heater).
- the valve is opened by electrifying the heater when the foregoing amount of increase in the detected bypass coolant temperature value is smaller than the predetermined value.
- An example of the method of determining whether the control valve has opened is a method of determining whether the valve has opened by using the elapse
- an open-valve state criterion value is adapted on the basis of the condition in which it takes the longest time before the control valve is opened.
- the margin is very large, so that there is inevitably a long time before the determination regarding the normality or abnormality of the bypass coolant temperature sensor is performed.
- the determination regarding the bypass coolant temperature sensor may be executed after elapse of a predetermined time following the opening of the control valve, that is, after elapse of a time that is needed for the coolant temperature in the bypass passageway to sufficiently increase.
- the coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus in accordance with the foregoing aspect, if the amount of increase in the detected bypass coolant temperature value obtained when the bypass coolant temperature is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value is relatively small, the control valve is opened to increase the coolant temperature in the bypass passageway, and then the determination regarding abnormality of the coolant temperature sensor is performed on the basis of the amount of change in the detected bypass coolant temperature value after the control valve has opened. Therefore, the presence of abnormality of the bypass coolant temperature sensor can be precisely determined without making a false determination.
- a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination method in accordance with a second aspect of the invention is a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination method which is for use in an engine cooling system that includes an engine coolant passageway, a bypass passageway that bypasses an engine, a control valve that restricts circulation of a coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway, and a bypass coolant temperature sensor that detects bypass coolant temperature in the bypass passageway, and which determines whether the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal, and the method includes: detecting the bypass coolant temperature by using the bypass coolant temperature sensor when the bypass coolant temperature is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determining that the bypass coolant temperature sensor is normal if amount of increase in the bypass coolant temperature detected is greater than or equal to the predetermined value; and opening the control valve if the amount of increase in the bypass coolant temperature detected is smaller than the predetermined value, and detecting the bypass coolant temperature again by using the bypass coolant temperature sensor after the control valve opens, and determining whether the
- An engine cooling system in accordance with a third aspect of the invention includes: an engine coolant passageway; a bypass passageway that bypasses an engine; a control valve that restricts circulation of a coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway; a bypass coolant temperature sensor that detects bypass coolant temperature in the bypass passageway; and a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination portion that opens the control valve if amount of increase of a detected value of the bypass coolant temperature obtained when the bypass coolant temperature is estimated to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value is smaller than the predetermined value, and that determines whether the bypass coolant temperature sensor is abnormal based on amount of change in the detected value of the bypass coolant temperature obtained after the control valve opens.
- FIG. 1 is a general construction diagram showing an example of a cooling system of an engine to which an embodiment of the invention is applied;
- FIG. 2A is a sectional view showing a structure of a changeover valve for use in the cooling system shown in FIG. 1 , and showing a closed valve state of the changeover valve;
- FIG. 2B is a sectional view showing a structure of the changeover valve for use in the cooling system shown in FIG. 1, and showing an open valve state of the changeover valve;
- FIG. 3A is a diagram showing the flow of the coolant circulating in a coolant passageway during a cold state of the engine in the cooling system of the engine shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3B is a diagram showing the flow of the coolant circulating in the coolant passageway during a semi-warmed-up state of the engine in the cooling system of the engine shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the flow of the coolant circulating in the coolant passageway during a completely warmed-up state of the engine in the cooling system of the engine shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination process that an ECU executes in the embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of the coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination process in the embodiment of the invention
- a cooling system of an engine 1 (an in-engine coolant stop cooling system) will be described with reference to FIG. 1.
- the cooling system of this embodiment includes an electric coolant pump 2, a radiator 3, a thermostat 4, a heater 5, an exhaust heat recovery device 6, an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) cooler 7, a changeover valve 10, a coolant passageway 200 for circulating a coolant to these appliances, etc.
- the coolant passageway 200 includes an engine coolant passageway 201 that circulates the coolant (e.g., LLC (Long Life Coolant)) via the engine 1, the radiator 3 and the thermostat 4, and a heater passageway 202 that circulates the coolant via the EGR cooler 7, the exhaust heat recovery device 6, the heater 5 and the thermostat 4.
- one electric coolant pump (electric water pump) 2 is employed for both the circulation of the coolant through the engine coolant passageway 201 and the circulation of the coolant through the heater passageway 202.
- the engine 1 is a gasoline engine, a diesel engine, etc., that is mounted in a conventional vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, etc., and a cylinder block and a cylinder head of the engine are provided with a coolant jacket (not shown).
- the engine 1 is provided with an engine coolant temperature sensor 21 that detects the coolant temperature at a coolant outlet (a coolant jacket outlet of the cylinder head) lb.
- an intake air temperature sensor 23 that detects the temperature of intake air
- an air flow meter 24 that detects the amount of air taken into the engine 1.
- Output signals of the engine coolant temperature sensor 21, the intake air temperature sensor 23 and the air flow meter 24 are input to an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) 300.
- ECU Electronic Control Unit
- the electric coolant pump 2 is a coolant pump whose discharge flow amount (discharge pressure) can be variably set by controlling the rotation speed of an electric motor.
- the electric coolant pump 2 is disposed so that a discharge port thereof communicates with a coolant inlet la of the engine 1 (an inlet of the coolant jacket).
- the operation of the electric coolant pump 2 is controlled by the ECU 300.
- the electric coolant pump 2 is driven along with the starting of the engine 1 , and the discharge flow amount thereof is controlled according to the operation state of the engine l, and the like.
- the thermostat 4 is a valve device that operates by, for example, expansion and contraction of a thermo-wax of a temperature sensitive portion, and is designed so that when the coolant temperature is relatively low, the coolant passageway between the radiator 3 and the electric coolant pump 2 is shut down so as to keep the coolant from flowing into the radiator 3 (the engine coolant passageway 201).
- the thermostat 4 operates (opens its valve) according to the coolant temperature so as to allow a part of the coolant to flow into the radiator 3, so that heat recovered by the coolant is released from the radiator 3 into the atmosphere.
- a coolant temperature e.g., 82°C or higher
- the heater passageway 202 is a bypass passageway that bypasses the engine 1.
- the EGR cooler 7, the exhaust heat recovery device 6 and the heater 5 are connected in series on the heater passageway 202, in that order from the upstream side in terms of the flow of the coolant.
- the coolant discharged from the electric coolant pump 2 circulates in the order of "the EGR cooler 7 ⁇ the exhaust heat recovery device 6 ⁇ the heater 5— >the thermostat 4 ⁇ the electric coolant pump 2".
- a heater connection passageway 202a is connected to the heater passageway 202 between the EGR cooler 7 and the exhaust heat recovery device 6.
- the heater connection passageway 202a is connected, via the changeover valve 10, to a coolant outlet lb of the engine 1 (a coolant jacket outlet of the cylinder head).
- the changeover valve (control valve) 10 opens and closes the heater connection passageway 202a. Details of the changeover valve 10 will be described later.
- the heater 5 is a heat exchanger for heating a cabin of the vehicle by utilizing heat of the coolant, and is disposed facing a blow duct of the air-conditioner. Specifically, a design is made such that when the cabin is heated (when the heater is on), the air-conditioned air that flows in the blow duct is passed through the heater 5 (a heater core) and the obtained warmed air is supplied into the cabin, and such that in the other times (e.g., during the cooling) (when the heater is off), the air-conditioned air bypasses the heater 5.
- the inlet coolant temperature of the heater 5 is equivalent to the temperature of the coolant that flows in the heater passageway 202 (bypass passageway)
- the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 corresponds to a bypass coolant temperature sensor.
- the exhaust heat recovery device 6 is a heat exchanger that is disposed on an exhaust passageway of the engine 1 for the purpose of recovering heat from the exhaust gas by using the coolant.
- the heat recovered by the exhaust heat recovery device 6 is utilized for the warm-up of the engine and the heating of the cabin.
- the EGR cooler 7 is a heat exchanger that is disposed on an EGR passageway that returns a part of the exhaust gas that flows in the exhaust passageway of the engine 1 to an intake passageway for the purpose of cooling the EGR gas that passes (refluxes) in the EGR passageway.
- the changeover valve 10 in this embodiment includes a housing 11, a valve body 12, a compression coil spring 13, a temperature sensitive portion 14, etc.
- the housing 11 is provided with a coolant inlet 11a that is connected to the coolant outlet (the coolant jacket opening of the cylinder head) lb of the engine 1 shown in FIG. 1, a radiator connection opening l ib that is connected to the radiator 3, and a heater connection opening 11c.
- the heater connection opening 11c is connected to the heater passageway 202 via the heater connection passageway 202a shown in FIG.
- a valve seat 111 and a spring seat 112 are provided, facing each other.
- a space between the valve seat 111 and the spring seat 112 (a space on an upstream side of the valve body 12) forms a coolant lead-in portion l id.
- the coolant inlet 1 1a communicates with the coolant lead-in portion l id.
- the radiator connection opening l ib communicates with the coolant inlet 11a.
- a space on a downstream side of the valve body 12 forms a coolant lead-out portion l ie with which the heater connection opening 1 lc communicates.
- the valve body 12 is disposed between the valve seat 111 and the spring seat 112 inside the housing 11 so as to be able to contact the valve seat 11 1 and separate therefrom.
- This valve body 12 and a case 141 of the temperature sensitive portion 14 are integrated together.
- the compression coil spring 13 is placed between the valve body 12 and the spring seat 112. Due to the elastic force of the compression coil spring 13, the valve body 12 is urged toward the valve seat 111.
- the temperature sensitive portion (temperature sensitive actuator) 14 includes a case 141 and a rod 142.
- the rod 142 is a rod-shape member extending in the opening-closing direction of the valve body 12, and disposed freely slidably relative to the case 141.
- the rod 142 penetrates the valve body 12.
- the valve body 12 is slidable in the opening-closing direction relative to the rod 142.
- a distal end portion of the rod 142 penetrates a wall body 1 If of the housing 11 (a wall body at the opposite side to the coolant inlet 11a), and the distal end portion is retained by a rod retainer member 16.
- thermo-wax 143 that expands and contracts due to changes in the ambient coolant temperature of the temperature sensitive portion 14 (hereinafter, also referred to as changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature) (i.e., changes in the wax temperature).
- the expansion and contraction of the thermo-wax 143 changes the amount of protrusion of the rod 142 relative to the case 141.
- the thermo-wax 143 is housed within a seal member 144 that is made of rubber or the like.
- a predetermined value 70°C in this embodiment
- thermo-wax 143 of the temperature sensitive portion 14 expands. Due to the expansion of the thermo-wax 143, the amount of protrusion of the rod 142 from the case 141 increases, the entire temperature sensitive portion 14, that is, the valve body 12, moves in a direction away from the valve seat 1 11, overcoming the elastic force of the compression coil spring 13, so that the valve body 12 separates from the valve seat 11 1 (opens) (FIG. 2B).
- the changeover valve 10 in this embodiment assumes a closed state, in which the coolant outlet lb of the engine 1 (the engine coolant passageway 201) shown in FIG. 1 and the heater passageway 202 shown in FIG. 1 are shut off from each other (the circulation of the coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the bypass passageway is restricted).
- the changeover valve 10 assumes an open valve state, in which the coolant outlet lb of the engine 1 (the engine coolant passageway 201) and the heater passageway 202 shown in FIG. 1 communicate with each other.
- the thermostat 4 shown in FIG. 1 is in the closed valve state although the coolant inlet 11a and the radiator connection opening 1 lb communicate with each other, the coolant having flown into the coolant inlet 11a does not flow into the radiator connection opening l ib.
- an electric heater 15 is buried within the temperature sensitive portion 14. By electrifying the electric heater 15 so that heat generated by the electric heater 15 melts the thermo-wax 143, the changeover valve 10 can be forced to assume the open state.
- the opening of the changeover valve 10 due to the heater electrification is performed during a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination process described later (at the time of the second determination regarding normality of the heater inlet coolant temperature 22), or the like.
- the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10 is operated by a changeover valve controller (not shown).
- the changeover valve controller performs electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10 according to a valve opening request from the ECU 300.
- the changeover valve 10 assumes the closed state, so that the passage of the coolant within the engine 1 (within the coolant jacket) is stopped (in-engine coolant stop). Due to this, the engine 1 is quickly warmed up.
- the changeover valve 10 when the changeover valve 10 is in the closed state, the coolant circulates through the heater passageway 202 as shown in FIG. 3A due to operation of the electric coolant pump 2, and the coolant flows in the sequence of "the electric coolant pump 2— Hhe EGR cooler 7— >the exhaust heat recovery device 6 ⁇ fhe heater 5 ⁇ the thermostat 4 ⁇ the electric coolant pump 2". If there is a cabin-heating request during the quick warm-up as described above, it suffices that the amount of heat needed for the heater 5 is covered by the heat that is recovered by the exhaust heat recovery device 6.
- the changeover valve 10 opens.
- the coolant flows in the sequence of "the electric coolant pump 2 ⁇ the coolant inlet la of the engine l ⁇ the inside of the engine 1 (within the coolant jacket)—the coolant outlet lb of the engine 1— Hhe changeover valve 10 ⁇ the heater connection passageway 202a", in addition to the circulation of the coolant in the heater passageway 202, as shown in FIG. 3B, so that the engine 1 is cooled.
- the changeover valve 10 assumes the open state, the coolant in the engine coolant passageway 201 (in the engine 1) and the coolant in the heater passageway (bypass passageway) 202 are mixed.
- the thermostat 4 operates (opens its valve) so that a portion of the coolant flows into the radiator 3, as shown in FIG. 4, and therefore heat recovered by the coolant is released from the radiator 3 into the atmosphere.
- the ECU 300 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a back-up RAM, etc.
- the ROM stores various control programs, maps that are referred to at the time of execution of the various control programs, etc.
- the CPU executes computation processes on the basis of the various control programs or maps stored in the ROM.
- the RAM is a memory for temporarily storing results of computations by the CPU, data input from various sensors, etc.
- the back-up RAM is a non-volatile memory for storing data or the like that needs to be stored, when the engine 1 is stopped.
- the ECU 300 is connected to various sensors that detect states of operation of the engine 1 , including the engine coolant temperature sensor 21, the intake air temperature sensor 23 and the air flow meter 24, as shown in FIG. 1. Besides, the ECU 300 is also connected to the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22, an ignition switch (not shown), etc.
- the ECU 300 executes various controls of the engine 1 that include an opening degree control of a throttle valve of the engine 1, a fuel injection amount control (an opening/closing control of injectors), etc. Besides, the ECU 300 also executes a "coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination process" described below.
- the process routine shown in FIG. 5 is started at the time point (IG-ON) when the ignition switch is turned on.
- the ECU 300 firstly in step ST 101, picks the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 occurring at the time of start of the engine from the output signal of the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22.
- step ST 102 the ECU 300 reads in an abnormality determination value a (°C) for use in the determination processes of step ST105 and step ST110 that are described later.
- the abnormality determination value a (constant value) or a map for calculating the abnormality determination value a is stored in the ROM of the ECU 300.
- step ST 103 ECU 300 calculates an integrated value ( ⁇ ga) of the amount of intake air from the time of start of the engine, on the basis of the output signal of the air flow meter 24.
- step ST 104 the ECU 300 determines whether the integrated intake air amount value ( ⁇ ga) is greater than or equal to a prescribed value ⁇ [g]. At the time point when the result of the determination is found to be an affirmative determination (YES) (the time point when the state of ⁇ ga ⁇ [g] is reached), the ECU 300 determines that a pre-determination condition is satisfied, and then proceeds to step ST105.
- YES affirmative determination
- step ST 105 the ECU 300 calculates a deviation of the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 (detected value) (i.e., a deviation thereof (thw2 deviation) from the detected heater inlet coolant temperature value obtained at the time of start of the engine)) on the basis of the output signal of the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 obtained when the integrated intake air amount value ( ⁇ ga) becomes equal to or greater than the prescribed value ⁇ [g], and then determines whether the thw2 deviation is greater than or equal to the abnormality determination value a [°C] read in in step ST 102 (the first normality determination to be made).
- thw2 detected value
- step ST111 If the result of the determination is an affirmative determination (YES) (if thw2 deviation>a), the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is normal (step ST111). If the result of the determination in step ST 105 is a negative determination (NO) (if thw2 deviation ⁇ oc), the ECU 300 proceeds to step ST 106.
- step ST105 determines whether there exists a situation in which "the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is abnormal" or a situation in which "the exhaust heat recovery device 6 or the EGR cooler 7 has a fault". Therefore, in this example, after the changeover valve 10 is forced to be opened, the second normality determination regarding the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is performed, as described later.
- step ST 106 the ECU 300 starts electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10 by outputting a valve opening request to the changeover valve controller.
- the ECU 300 counts the elapsed time from the time point of starting electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10.
- step ST107 the ECU 300 determines whether "the changeover valve is free of a closed-state fault". If the result of the determination is an affirmative determination (YES), the ECU 300 proceeds to step ST 108. If the result of the determination in step ST107 is a negative determination (NO), the ECU 300 does not perform the determination regarding the normality or abnormality of the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 (step ST113, in which the determination is skipped).
- the term "closed-state fault” herein refers to a fault in which the valve is in a closed state and is not able to be opened.
- step ST 107 An example of the determination process of step ST 107 will be concretely described.
- the changeover valve 10 has the closed-state fault, the coolant in the engine 1 remains still even if the heater 15 is electrified, and therefore the amount of increase in the engine coolant temperature thw 1 detected by the engine coolant temperature sensor 21 is large.
- the changeover valve 10 is normal (the case where low-temperature coolant flows into the engine 1), the amount of increase in the engine coolant temperature thwl (detected value) is relatively small (or the detected coolant temperature value thwl declines).
- the ECU 300 determines that "the changeover valve is free of the closed-state fault", and proceeds to step ST 108.
- the ECU 300 calculates a difference [thwl-tha] between the engine coolant temperature thw l (detected value) and the intake air temperature tha (detected value), and determines whether the temperature difference [thw l-tha] is within a predetermined range (e.g., -20°C ⁇ thwl-tha ⁇ 20°C), and determines that the engine coolant temperature sensor 21 is normal if the result of the determination is an affirmative determination (YES).
- a predetermined range e.g., -20°C ⁇ thwl-tha ⁇ 20°C
- the presence or absence of the "closed-state fault of the changeover valve” may be determined on the basis of a detected value provided by the valve lift sensor.
- step ST 108 the ECU 300 determines whether a coolant mixture criterion time has elapsed following the time point of starting the electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10.
- the "coolant mixture criterion time" for use in the process of step ST 108 is adapted on the basis of the amount of time from the start of the electrification of the electric heater 15 to the actual opening of the changeover valve 10 and the amount of time from the opening of the changeover valve 10 to when the coolant in the engine coolant passageway 201 (in the engine 1) and the coolant in the heater passageway 202 sufficiently mix (to when the temperature of the coolant in the heater passageway 202 sufficiently rises).
- the time timel (see FIG. 6) needed for opening the changeover valve 10 is adapted by experiments, simulation, etc.
- the time time2 needed for sufficient mixture of the coolant in the engine coolant passageway 201 (in the engine 1) and the coolant in the heater passageway 202 (see FIG.
- the time time2 is inversely proportional to the amount of flow of the coolant in the engine 1 occurring after the changeover valve 10 is opened, and therefore this point is taken into account in adapting the time time2 on the basis of experiments, simulations, etc.
- a "value [timel+time2]" obtained by summing the adapted "time timel needed for opening the valve” and the adapted "time time2 needed for mixing the coolant” is set as a "coolant mixture criterion time" for use in the determination process of step ST 107.
- step ST 109 the ECU 300 discontinues the changeover valve-opening request, and stops the electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10 (step ST 109), and then proceeds to step ST 110.
- step ST110 the ECU 300 calculates a deviation of the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 (detected value) (i.e., a deviation thereof (thw2 deviation) from the detected heater inlet coolant temperature value obtained when the changeover valve is opened (when the engine is started)) on the basis of the output signal of the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22, and then determines whether the thw2 deviation is greater than or equal to the abnormality determination value a [°C] read in in step ST 102 (the second normality determination). If the result of the determination is an affirmative determination (YES) (if thw2 deviation>a), the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is normal (step ST111). If the result of the determination in step ST110 is a negative determination (NO) (if thw2 deviation ⁇ ), the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 has the stuck abnormality (step ST 112).
- a deviation of the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 detected value
- FIG. 6 shows an example of changes in the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 (detected value) in the case where the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is normal and where the bypass passageway has no heat source available due to faults of the exhaust heat recovery device 6 and the EGR cooler 7.
- the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is normal.
- the ECU 300 starts electrification of the electric heater 15 of the changeover valve 10, as shown in FIG. 6.
- the changeover valve 10 After the changeover valve 10 is actually opened by electrification of the electric heater, the high-temperature coolant from the engine 1 flows into the heater passageway 202 and therefore the coolant temperature in the heater passageway 202 increases even if the exhaust heat recovery device 6 and/or the EGR cooler 7 has a fault. Then, when there is reached a state in which the coolant in the engine coolant passageway 201 (in the engine 1) and the coolant in the heater passageway 202 are sufficiently mixed, the temperature of the coolant in the heater passageway 202 becomes sufficiently high.
- the coolant temperature inlet coolant temperature thw2 (detected value) does not increase although the temperature of the coolant in the heater passageway 202 actually increases, so that the deviation of the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 does not become equal to or greater than the abnormality determination value a [°C].
- the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is normal. In the case where the deviation of the heater inlet coolant temperature thw2 is smaller than the abnormality determination value a, the ECU 300 determines that the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 has the stuck abnormality.
- the changeover valve 10 is opened, so that the high-temperature coolant from the engine 1 is caused to flow into the heater passageway 202 and therefore the temperature of the coolant in the heater passageway 202 increases.
- the second normality determination regarding the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is performed on the basis of the thw2 deviation (amount of change) of the bypass coolant temperature detected by the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22. Therefore, the presence or absence of an abnormality of the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 (a bypass coolant temperature sensor) can be precisely determined without making a false determination, even when the bypass passageway does not have a heat source available due to a fault of the exhaust heat recovery device 6 or the EGR cooler 7, or the like.
- the process routine shown in FIG. 5 is started at the time point (IG-ON) when the ignition switch is turned on, the process routine shown in FIG. 5 may also be started when there is an engine-starting request in the case where the vehicle equipped with the engine 1 is a hybrid vehicle.
- the ECU 300 estimates the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw on the basis of a map or a calculation expression. At the time point when the estimated value of the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw reaches the valve-opening temperature (70°C) of the changeover valve 10, the ECU 300 determines that "the changeover valve 10 has opened".
- step ST 110 in FIG. 5 the normality determination regarding the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is performed (the determination process of step ST 110 in FIG. 5 is executed).
- the second normality determination regarding the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 can be carried out in a short time, in comparison with the above-described open-valve state determination process of the example 1 of the determination process, that is, in comparison with the case where the presence of an open state of the changeover valve 10 is determined on the basis of the elapsed time following the start of electrification of the electric heater 15.
- the coolant mixture criterion time is adapted on the basis of the condition in which it takes the longest time before the changeover valve 10 is opened (e.g., a condition in which the engine is idling and the engine is in a low-temperature environment).
- the margin is very large, so that there is inevitably a long time before the second normality determination regarding the heater inlet coolant temperature sensor 22 is performed.
- the detected coolant temperature value detected by the engine coolant temperature sensor 21 is used to estimate the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw
- an estimated value of the engine coolant temperature thwl may instead be used to estimate the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw.
- the ECU 300 calculates a cooling loss Qw in the engine 1 with reference to a map adapted beforehand by experiments, simulations, etc., on the basis of the engine rotation speed Ne and the load factor kl calculated from output signals of an engine rotation speed sensor (not shown).
- the load factor kl can be calculated, for example, as a value that indicates the proportion of the present load to the maximum engine load, by referring to a map or the like on the basis of the engine rotation speed Ne and the intake air pressure.
- the ECU 300 calculates an estimated value of the engine coolant temperature thw l on the basis of the following expression (1), that is, a Laplace transform expression of the engine coolant temperature thwl. Furthermore, using the calculated estimated value of the engine coolant temperature thwl, the ECU 300 calculates an estimated value of the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw from the following expression (2). L(thwl) Ne)) ⁇ ( 1)
- the parameters C, ⁇ , L and A in the foregoing expression ( 1) are set at values that are adapted on the assumption of a coolant mass around a highest-temperature portion in the coolant jacket of the cylinder head during a stop of the coolant in the engine 1.
- an estimated value of the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw may also be calculated by other techniques.
- the following calculation technique may be employed. That is, using the engine rotation speed Ne and the load factor kl as parameters, the coolant temperature at the coolant outlet lb of the engine 1 is acquired through experiments, simulations, etc. On the basis of results of the acquisition, estimated values of the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw are adapted and mapped beforehand by experiments, simulations, or the like. Then, by referring to the map on the basis of the actual engine rotation speed Ne and the actual load factor kl, an estimated value of the changeover valve's ambient coolant temperature Tvw is calculated.
- the changeover valve 10 equipped with the temperature sensitive portion that displaces the valve body is used as a control valve that controls the circulation of the coolant between the engine coolant passageway and the heater passageway (bypass passageway), the invention is not limited so, that is, it is also permissible to use a control valve that is opened and closed by a different type of actuator, for example, a solenoid or the like.
- the electric coolant pump is used for the circulation of the coolant
- the invention is not limited so, that is, it is also permissible to use a mechanical coolant pump for the circulation of the coolant.
- the invention is applied to a cooling system in which a heater, an exhaust heat recovery device and an EGR cooler are incorporated as heat exchangers
- the invention is also applicable to cooling systems in which, in addition to the exhaust heat recovery device and the EGR cooler, heat exchangers, such as an ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) warmer, an ATF cooler, etc., are incorporated.
- heat exchangers such as an ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) warmer, an ATF cooler, etc.
- the invention can be utilized for a coolant temperature sensor abnormality determination apparatus that determines the presence or absence of abnormality of a coolant temperature sensor that detects the coolant temperature of a heater system in a cooling system of an engine (internal combustion engine).
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