EP1255926A2

EP1255926A2 - Method and device for calibrating a pressure sensor

Info

Publication number: EP1255926A2
Application number: EP01911382A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Klaus Joos; Jens Wolber; Thomas Frenz; Hansjoerg Bochum; Matthias Kuesell; Markus Amler
Original assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
Current assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
Priority date: 2000-01-29
Filing date: 2001-01-24
Publication date: 2002-11-13
Anticipated expiration: 2021-01-24
Also published as: WO2001055573A2; WO2001055573A3; US20030046990A1; EP1255926B1; RU2002121651A; RU2260142C2; DE10003906A1; JP2003535313A; US6802209B2; DE50115013D1; ES2328105T3; JP4791671B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for calibrating a pressure sensor (7) of a fuel dosing system of an internal combustion engine. Said fuel dosing system comprises a high-pressure pump (2) that delivers fuel from a low-pressure zone (ND) to a high-pressure zone (HD). The injectors (5) that dose the fuel from the high-pressure zone (HD) into the combustion chambers (6) of the internal combustion engine are controlled according to working characteristics. The dosing system further comprises the pressure sensor (7) that measures the pressure in the high-pressure zone (HD). The aim of the invention is to calibrate the pressure sensor (7) in such a manner that the offset-error can be reduced to a minimum. To this end, the pressure in the high-pressure zone (HD) is used as a reference pressure, the pressure in the high-pressure zone (HD) is measured by the pressure sensor (7) as the sensor pressure and the characteristic line of the pressure sensor (7) is corrected in such a manner that the difference from reference pressure and sensor pressure is reduced to a minimum.

Description

Method and device for calibrating a pressure sensor

State of the art

The present invention relates to a method and a device for calibrating a pressure sensor of a fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine. The fuel metering system has a high-pressure pump for delivering fuel from a low-pressure area to a high-pressure area, and injectors which are controllable as a function of the operating parameters and for metering the fuel from the

High pressure area in the combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine and the pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the high pressure area.

The fuel metering system is, for example, as a

Common rail direct fuel injection system with a pre-feed pump and a demand-controlled or demand-controlled high-pressure pump. The prefeed pump is designed, for example, as an electric fuel pump and delivers fuel from a fuel reservoir into the low-pressure area of the fuel metering system. In the low pressure area there is a pre-pressure of, for example, 4 bar. The high pressure pump delivers the fuel from the low pressure area to a high pressure accumulator in the

High pressure area of the fuel metering system. The high-pressure accumulator is used for gasoline fuel

the starting phase of the internal combustion engine are included in the calculation of the injection time. However, due to the inaccuracies of the pressure sensor described above, particularly at low pressures, this is usually not possible. Therefore, according to the prior art, the start of a direct-injection internal combustion engine generally takes place without the current pressure prevailing in the high-pressure range being included.

.0 The object of the present invention results from the aforementioned disadvantages of the prior art to calibrate a pressure sensor of a fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine in such a way that the offset error is minimized.

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To achieve this object, the invention proposes, starting from the method of the type mentioned at the outset, that a pressure prevailing in the high-pressure region is used as the reference pressure, that in the

! 0 pressure prevailing in the high pressure range is measured as sensor pressure by the pressure sensor and that the characteristic curve of the pressure sensor is corrected such that the difference between the reference pressure and the sensor pressure is minimized.

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Since the offset error from pressure sensor to pressure sensor shows a large spread, no generally valid application for minimizing an offset error with 10 pressure sensors is possible, but each pressure sensor must be individually adjusted.

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The low pressure regulator of the fuel metering system has, for example, an accuracy of approximately + 6%, which corresponds to a primary pressure of approximately 4 bar ± 240 mbar. A pressure set on the low pressure regulator can thus be determined with a higher accuracy than the sensor pressure can be measured by the pressure sensor in the high pressure area. The pressure prevailing in the low-pressure area can be conducted into the high-pressure area, for example, via additional pressure compensation lines or by opening existing connecting lines between the low-pressure area and the high-pressure area. The pressure set on a low-pressure regulator of the fuel metering system in the low-pressure region is then advantageously used as the reference pressure.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is proposed that the pressure from the low-pressure area be conducted into the high-pressure area through open inlet valves and outlet valves of the high-pressure pump, the pressure set in a low-pressure regulator of the fuel metering system in the low-pressure area taking into account the opening pressure of the inlet valves as a reference pressure and exhaust valves of the high pressure pump is used. This embodiment has the advantage that no additional pressure compensation lines have to be provided between the low-pressure area and the high-pressure area; rather, an existing connection between the low pressure area and the high pressure area via the inlet valves, the high pressure pump and the outlet valves is used to conduct the pressure from the low pressure area to the high pressure area. The opening pressures of the inlet and outlet valves of the high-pressure pump also have an accuracy of approximately ± 6% so that the reference pressure can be determined with an accuracy of at least + 500 mbar. In the case of a high-pressure sensor with a measuring range of approximately 150 bar, which is used in a fuel metering system of a direct-injection gasoline internal combustion engine, this corresponds to an accuracy of approximately ± 0.3%. With such a high accuracy, the sensor pressure cannot be determined by the pressure sensor.

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Embodiment of the present invention proposed that the reference pressure is measured by a high-precision low-pressure sensor which is at least temporarily arranged in the high-pressure region. The low pressure sensor can, for example, be introduced into the high pressure area of the fuel metering system for the purpose of measuring the reference pressure and can be removed therefrom after the measurement. Another possibility is that the low pressure sensor is permanently installed in the low pressure area and that the measured value of the

'' Low pressure sensor minus the opening pressures of the inlet and outlet valves of the high pressure pump is used. The low pressure sensor has a measuring range of approximately 5 bar. Because of this limited measuring range compared to the sensor of the fuel metering system, relative inaccuracies (in percent) have less of an effect on the absolute value (in bar) of the measured pressure. With the help of the low pressure sensor, the reference pressure can thus be measured much more precisely than the sensor pressure can be measured by the pressure sensor.

According to another advantageous development of the present invention, it is proposed that the ambient pressure be used as the reference pressure. The ambient pressure is usually much more accurate than the sensor pressure caused by the Pressure sensor can be measured. The ambient pressure can be measured using a special ambient pressure sensor. After a predetermined service life of the internal combustion engine, the ambient pressure can also be measured by an intake manifold pressure sensor. The ambient pressure can also be entered manually. The entered value can be, for example, a value measured at the location or a typical value for the location.

As a further advantage of this development according to the invention, there is an additional possibility of diagnosing the fuel metering system. After the sensor characteristic curve has been adapted, the pre-feed pump can be activated so that a pre-pressure builds up. The form is directed to the high pressure area. The one in the

High-pressure area, in particular in the high-pressure accumulator, is set and measured and stored as a normal value in a memory of the control unit of the internal combustion engine. During operation of the internal combustion engine, the pressure which arises when the prefeed pump is fed for a longer period in the high-pressure region is compared with the stored normal value. If the pressure and the normal value deviate from one another beyond a predetermined limit value, an error in the low pressure range of the fuel metering system is concluded.

According to yet another advantageous development of the present invention, it is proposed that the opening pressure of a pressure control valve or a pressure limiting valve of the

Fuel metering system is used in a specific operating state of the internal combustion engine. A pressure control valve of the fuel metering system is usually normally closed with spring loading. The pressure control valve is therefore closed without electrical control and opens at a predetermined pressure. This tt

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Pressure sensor of the type mentioned at the outset, furthermore proposed that the device has means for carrying out the method according to one of claims 1 to 11.

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Description of the embodiments

FIG. 1 shows a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a method for calibrating a pressure sensor of a fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine. FIG. 2 shows a direct injection fuel system as a common rail trained fuel metering system shown. It has a prefeed pump 1 and a demand-controlled or demand-controlled high-pressure pump 2. The pre-feed pump 1 is designed as an electric fuel pump and delivers fuel from a fuel reservoir 3 into a low-pressure area ND of the fuel metering system. In the low pressure range ND there is a pre-pressure of approximately 4 bar.

The high-pressure pump 2 pumps the fuel from the low-pressure area ND into a high-pressure accumulator 4, the so-called rail, in a high-pressure area HD of the fuel metering system. In the high-pressure accumulator 4, there is a pressure of approximately 150 to 200 bar for gasoline fuel and a pressure of approximately 1500 to 2000 bar for diesel fuel. Four branches of the high-pressure accumulator 4

Injectors 5, which are activated as a function of the operating parameters and, when appropriately activated, inject the fuel from the high-pressure accumulator 4 with the injection pressure present there into combustion chambers 6 of the internal combustion engine.

A pressure sensor 7 is also arranged in the high-pressure accumulator 4, by means of which the injection pressure prevailing in the high-pressure accumulator 4 is determined and a corresponding electrical signal is sent to a control unit 8

Internal combustion engine is directed. The signal lines 9 are shown in dashed lines in FIG. Finally, a pressure control line 10 branches off from the high-pressure accumulator 4 of the fuel metering system and opens into the low-pressure region ND via a pressure control valve 11.

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.SU μ μ- 03 μ d iQ Ξ μ Ω tr 03 μ rt d Q s: 0 Ω CQ 0 Ω μ 3 3 μ lü tr Φ tr d φ 0 φ φ tr μ 13. Ω rt 0 SD l- ¹ tr St rt Ω d 03 ü 3 SD rt μ Ω σ pr 03 μ fi Φ Φ t pr. o μ SD φ 0 tr Ω o tu Φ φ D o \ ° μ N '

Φ pr Cd μ- d rt Ω fi Φ fi 0 μ- Ω α 13 Ω CQ μ- 0 ü pr μ Ω μ 0 Φ • rr _M

0 13 μ- φ μ μ- tr Φ 3 Φ Ω Ω d d α tr ü 03 Φ 03 3 μ 03 Ω • 0 Φ

Ω o SD 0 3 P ⁾ tr tr μ 3 μ- μ- Φ 3 Φ 3 d Φ _^ - _^ tr t * j 03 S 0

Ξ 3 <tr 0 • d Φ i Ω 13 Φ pr Φ μ Φ Ω 0 0 fi Φ Ω P- rt μ- 13 SU o Hi Φ rt d Ω μ μ tr, Φ Φ 03 Cd ≤ 0 pr 03 μ- μ H μ rr 03 do 'μ Φ CQ μ d = 0 Φ S! 03 & tr d Cd μ- <t μ- PJ = 03 Ω Ω d φ fi 13 Ω

Pi 03 ^• Hi tr rr PJ: 03 03 LQ Ω o to μ- 0 Ω J 0 tr:> 13 μ tr Ω μ μ Φ μ Ω t <Ω = μ t Ω rt s: Φ pr P μ d CQ μ Φ Φ rt pr d P- μ- tr

<! Φ μ d φ d μ tr Φ SD = 13 Hl 03 tu Hi rt Ω Φ μ μ- pr er 0 Ω 0 Ω Pi

Ω 3 0 0 03 0 φ SU t φ d 0 μ- SU Ω Ω = Ω tr 0 fi Ω SD Pi Φ N pr Φ tr μ μ d = rt Φ LQ fi 0 1— ^■ μ μ- 3 φ 0 03 Ω μ 3 SD fi Φ tr 0 Su μ Pi μ rt d

N 03 μ- μ t fi rt φ Φ * rt 13 0 fi 03 tr ü SU 0 Φ 0 μ Φ μ P. Ω d 03 i- ⁱ 13 μ P. Φ 0 0 Φ φ <! p. Φ rt rt Pi μ iQ P- dd 03 Pi pr

LQ Φ φ d Φ SU SD Pi 0 u rt Si d = φ μ μ μ- φ Φ N Φ Ω Ω μ Ω μ- 03 ω 0 3 03 Hi 03 φ Pi. t φ tr 0 d 13 03 0 03 _> d CQ tr pr Ω φ Φ s: d 13 rt 03 ü Φ fi μ Φ r Ω d Ω μ rt tr tr CQ 0

Φ IQ 0 Φ <Hi CD Φ μ Φ «μ-> r 3 tr Si CD φ Φ t p. Ω CQ μ- Φ fi φ SU rt tz. H 03 μ- Cd μ- P- "13 φ rt P- S ud fi tr φ 0

03 0 H μ tr φ SD .μ μ- Ω Φ μ- φ fi μ SU 0 Φ μ Φ Φ μ- μ

Φ Hl P. Hi μ d Ω tsi ≥! Si 0 tr 0 d μ ⁽ Q 03 rt su Ω 0 0 0

Hl μ- iQ PJ N Φ tr d = SU Φ d μ> μ N rt φ 03 - 0 tr φ l

0 0 Φ φ tr Φ μ 1— '0 Ω fi SU μ d Ω: <Hl d LQ μ su Φ N μ d LQ SD fi tr Φ 03 Ξ fi φ tr 0 0 d = 0 CQ Φ Φ 3

Ω rt μ- Φ LQ Φ dd _- ^■ μ 03 φ 3 Q fi μ tr LQ Φ Ω μ- μ- tr φ 0 03 μ Hl 0 su <; μ- Φ d LQ μ 3 μ rt

CQ M ω SU: ω LQ d φ 03 Hi 0 SU rt P. Φ p. φ ü φ rt rr Hi 0 φ d = Q 0 φ 03 0 0 Φ

Φ μ- μ- 03 rt tr iQ d 03 03 Φ μ- μ 0 00 03 μ- SU K d • ω Φ rt 0 rt P- ¹ \ - ^> rt 0 ü 0 Φ φ φ 03 fi 0 3

Assembly or after a repair of the fuel metering system of the internal combustion engine, in particular after an exchange of the pressure sensor 7.

It is also conceivable to carry out the method according to the invention while the internal combustion engine is operating. For this purpose, the opening pressure of the pressure control valve 11 of the fuel metering system in a specific operating state of the internal combustion engine can be used as a reference pressure.

The pressure control valve 11 is closed when de-energized with spring loading. The pressure control valve 11 is therefore closed without electrical control and opens at a predetermined opening pressure. The opening pressure can depend on environmental parameters, such as the speed of the internal combustion engine, mass flow through the pressure control valve 11, ambient temperature, etc., but is generally known with a relatively high accuracy in certain operating states. For example, in direct injection gasoline internal combustion engines at idle speed, the opening pressure of the pressure control valve 11 is known with an accuracy of approximately ± 2.5 bar. The inaccuracies of the pressure sensor 7 of the

Fuel metering systems are usually much higher. If, during operation of the internal combustion engine at idle speed, the pressure control valve 11 opens, it can be assumed that there is a pressure in the high-pressure accumulator 4 which is approximately the opening pressure of the

Pressure control valve 11 corresponds. This pressure is then used as a reference pressure for the adaptation of the sensor characteristic.

The process according to the invention in FIG. 1 begins in the

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Claims

LO LO to P> P ¹ in o LΠ o LΠ o LΠ

φ LQ LO p-, _, _. fi t 3 Ξ CD Pi tr CQ α Cd SD u tu <N «P ¹ μ μ φ. 0 1 -j SD. μ- μ- SD φ SU Φ φ μ μ d 0 Ω 0 μ μ • 0

Su tsi r 0 ~ - ^ - - 03 0 μ 03 0 CQ μ pr d Φ 03 CQ Ω 0 SU J 03

Hl Φ Φ Φ 03 μ- 03 CQ μ (ϋ Ω 0 rt tr Hi Hl 13 rt d 0 μ d = d 3 Ω 03 0 pr 0 Pi Φ fi! ^ Rt rt μ Q LQ 0 <tr er d 0 <i μ- Pi μ p. Ω 0 03 pr Φ d μ μ 03 03 <d = rt rt N Φ SD Φ P. SU φ φ Pi μ- ü φ tr M μ 3 φ d J et rt φ Ω

Ω Φ μ _- ^■ μ Ω μ μ P ⁾ φ μ μ Φ φ μ- PJ μ Ω Hi 0 Ω μ tr

Hl Ξ μ- Hl r 13 <tr Hl rr 03 d 0 H- 0 Hi tu tr pr rt Hl Hl Hi Φ

Hi P- Ω SU μ 0 SD 03 Ω P- Pi O rt Ω SU er 03 Hi Hi S

N μ tr tr <d = μ C tr Z Φ pr 0 Φ 0- fi 3 Ω μ Φ rt N N tr d fi 0 μ 0 Hi φ μ μ- fi 0 μ 0 Φ SU tr Φ μ O d d μ

3 Φ Φ μ rt α 3 Φ μ μ- 0 fi Pi Φ 3 03 ü Φ Hi 3 3 Φ

Φ rt 0 iQ Φ 0 Si Φ d φ α rt Ω μ M μ- Hi φ φ 0

03 μ- - Φ £ 3 2 P- μ 3 μ - tu tr d 0 Ω 03 CQ

03 0 0 LQ μ- φ 0 α 0 Ω d Ω μ- Ω U- tr J 03 03 N

03 fi P. P ⁾ φ μ 03 SU μ- P- tr tu Ω ü Ω 0 pr φ d 03 03 d

^<<Φ P3 Ω tr P. o CQ Ω Ω Hi Φ pr SU tr φ he pr _- - 03 ^ ~ 3

03 3 03 tr Φ μ Φ tr H fi Ω CQ Pi Φ rr tu 03 03 rt CQ μ 0 φ ü Φ tr SD CQ μ d μ O σ Φ rt rt «

Φ Φ> Φ Ω P- μ Φ 0 fi d d Φ μ - μ- Φ Φ SD

3 P- i 0 μ er LQ P- 0 Φ 03 μ 03 Φ Ω ü μ- Φ 0 3 3 _- ^■

03 0 Φ 03 P- φ 03 0 α d μ- pr Ω 0 φ 03 μ-

Φ μ 13> τ) 03 φ 03 13 N α μ Ω to 0 tr fi tr tr 3 Φ er

N μ _- ^■ μ- μ μ id pr Φ Φ φ. Φ P- Φ H d <ö d SD Ω Φ CD d SD d Ω tr H μ- μ 0, - -_. in rt tz; 0 μ- μ- μ Ω μ Ω d tr 0 Φ Ω d Ω pr Φ Φ 0 Φ tu - - μ μ- Φ 0 φ μ d tr 03 0 tr 03 pr Q μ μ μ- α α μ- φ Φ μ tu Hl Ω P- ü P. CQ 03 Φ Φ φ fi Ω μ -— 'N φ Si t μ Φ μ O pr M tr Φ Φ Ω H t Φ 0 μ- d Φ tr dd er φ Ω 0

N μ P- μ μ μ - Φ 0 CQ Ω N 3 Ω μ- 3 CQ μ Ω Cd

Φ P. μ- Ω h- ¹ P. Hi 03 Ω tr .ü _r - pr 0 pr fi tr μ Φ d Φ 0 i P- LQ t μ Pi Φ Ω μ μ tu tu 03 tsi Φ μ P. Φ μ - iQ μ Φ rt Φ Φ d PJ μ μ. -. d Ω α Φ Cd d 0 d μ 0 0 d 13 fi μ SU: 3 0 Ω i Φ 03 t Ω Ω - 0 μ 3 0 Ω d 0 Φ dd Φ rt φ 0 pr d 0 -j α pr tr 03 φ Φ LQ pr Ω pr 03

CQ 3 3 t 03 03 CQ μ N. - _. - - ^ - 'fi SU o 0 03 μ tr pr μ

13 - 03 03 μ- Ω Pi -0 tr μ d μ 0 CQ Ω: Φ 13 SD α

Φ Φ t Ω Φ 0 Pi tr μ CQ tr Φ d Hi μ Φ LT μ d Hi μ μ- Ω Ü tr 0 μ- d d Φ Φ μ Ω ≤. -. PJ = 0 φ Φ 3 rt d

0 fi Ω SD μ φ φ μ LQ Ω fi 3 μ SU pr Φ 1 d 0 P- 13 3 Ω φ φ tr ü S Ω Φ pr φ Φ μ 0 er P- -— 3 ü SD Ω Φ SD pr

03 03 d 0 CD P. tr pr μ 03 Q LQ Φ 03 φ Φ tr tr 03 03 μ μ pr Φ φ Φ d ⁾ 03 Ω Φ μ rt INI CQ tr., - Ω φ α d Ω Φ 0 D fi 0 0 μ Φ tr N Φ - d .-— _^ SD:. -. M tr 0 μ Ω tr 0 03 Φ 0 Pi rt 0 Φ Ω μ- 3 0 ≥; - μ- CQ d pr Ω α 0 N 0 LQ Ω Pi LQ α 0 Ω

Ω tr tr μ μ Φ D pr: ^> Φ tr PJ 2 P- -— 'N φ μ pr Φ Φ fi d α μ- Φ 0 μ- Φ 0 Pi φ LQ d - 03

03 μ Hl μ Ω μ Ω 0 μ μ. -. 03 P- 3

Φ P- d pr d tr 03 μ. α S tu H 03 0 s £ .— - _* μ- μ- 0 Ω 03 Ω 0 Ω P- μ μ- ü o Φ > τϊ 0 -J

0 Ω fi pr φ pr Φ μ LQ dd μ - - tr 0 Ω φ o-- tr - tr Φ 0 03 rt ü P- 0 Ω Hi P- μ Φ fi rt 03 Φ - μ φ Pi pr fi Hl 0 Pi μ- φ φ - Ω 0 d μ Φ CQ φ Φ P-

3 μ Ω rt CQ 0 μ P. 0 Ω pr 0 Φ μ

Low pressure area activated and the pressure from the low pressure area is directed into the high pressure area.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the pressure set on a low-pressure regulator of the fuel metering system in the low-pressure region is used as the reference pressure.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the pressure from the low pressure area through opened

Inlet valves and outlet valves of the high-pressure pump are passed into the high-pressure area, the pressure set on a low-pressure regulator of the fuel metering system in the low-pressure area being taken into account as the reference pressure, taking into account the opening pressure of the inlet valves and outlet valves of the high-pressure pump.

6. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the reference pressure by a highly accurate at least temporarily arranged in the high pressure area

Low pressure sensor is measured.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the ambient pressure is used as the reference pressure.

8. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the reference pressure of the opening pressure of a pressure control valve or a pressure relief valve of the fuel metering system in a particular

Operating state of the internal combustion engine is used.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method during the starting process of the internal combustion engine after switching on the ignition and before activating the starter is carried out automatically.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method during the after-running of the internal combustion engine after the shutdown

Internal combustion engine and before ^' switching off the ignition is performed automatically.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method is carried out after assembly or after a repair of the fuel metering system of the internal combustion engine, in particular after an exchange of the pressure sensor.

12. Device for calibrating a pressure sensor

Fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel metering system being a high-pressure pump for delivering fuel from a low-pressure area to a high-pressure area, injectors which are controllable as a function of the operating parameters and for metering the fuel from the

High pressure area in combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine and the pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the high pressure area, characterized in that the device has means for performing the method according to one of claims 1 to 11.