SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE REGENERATION OF DETOXIFICATION INTEGRATED IN A VEHICLE EXHAUST MANAGEMENT

摘要

There are means (7, 8, 9) of detecting when the foot is lifted off the accelerator and/or when the engine is slowing down and means (6) of analyzing the state of priming of the catalyst, to control the common fuel feed to regulate the amount of fuel injected during the post-injection(s) as a function of the priming state of the catalyst : System for helping the regeneration of means of depollution (1) associated with an oxidation catalyst (2) and integrated into the exhaust pipe (3) of a vehicle's Diesel engine (4). The engine is connected to a common fuel feed (5) for all the cylinders. A regeneration strategy is put into operation by isocouple by injecting fuel into the cylinders in at least one post-injection. The means of analyzing the priming state of the catalyst are connected to temperature detectors (10, 11) upstream and downstream of the catalyst, to determine an operating point of the catalyst and means of determining the priming state as a function of the operating point. The operating point is compared with two predetermined curves of the priming point transition, defining unprimed, primed and confirmed-primed stages and to validate a state in terms of a first predetermined period of time for confirmation. Hysteresis bands are used in the direction of transition of one state to another to confirm the state. In the confirmed- primed state, the common fuel feed injects a nominal amount of fuel into the post-injection(s); in the primed state the amount of fuel is reduced by a multiplying factor (a function of the gap between the operating point of the catalyst and the corresponding transition curve between a primed and an unprimed state). The amount of fuel injected is limited to a preset minimum value which is zero. The means of depollution include a particle filter and/or NOx trap. The fuel includes an additive designed to be deposited onto the means of depollution with the particles with which it is mixed to aid regeneration, or an additive which forms a NOx trap. The engine is connected to a turbocompressor.