TORQUE BASED AIR PER CYLINDER AND VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION
Application 1510/KOL/2007 published 2008-07-11, filed 2007-11-02
A method of regulating operation of an internal combustion engine includes monitoring a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) of the engine, determining an engine torque based on the MAP, estimating an air per cylinder (APC) based on the torque, determining a volumetric efficiency of the engine based on the APC and regulating operation of the engine based on the volumetric efficiency. No. of Pages : 16 No. of Claims : 20
Applicant
1)GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC
:300 GM RENAISSANCE CENTER DETROIT, MICHIGAN U.S.A.
Inventor
1)MICHAEL LIVSHIZ 2)JEFFREY M. KAISER 3)LAYNE K. WIGGINS 4)JOHN A. JACOBS 5)RICHARD B. JESS 6)JAMES L. WORTHING
International Info
Classification: F02D 23/00; F02D 28/00
Priority Information
60/861,494 U.S.A. 2006-11-28