System for monitoring the performance of a catalytic converter, in particular for motor vehicles

摘要

The efficiency of a catalyser (C) is evaluated starting from output signals (S7, S8) of two lambda probes (L1, L2) disposed upstream and downstream respectively of the catalyser (C). In particular, a signal obtained by calculating the difference between the time averages (V1, V2) obtained by integration and subsequent division for the duration of an integration window of output signals (S7, S8) of these probes (L1,L2) is used as the signal indicative of efficiency. IMAGE