Takahiro Yoshino

A study of a torque control algorithm for direct-injection gasoline engines

Abstract A new torque control system was developed for direct injection gasoline engines. The control algorithm was obtained through an analysis of torque behavior under lean combustion with the application of EGR. Tests were conducted in which the openings of both the throttle valve and EGR valve were used as the control parameters, and the fuel injection quantity was synchronized with the phase of the air flow into the cylinders. It was found that good correspondence was obtained between the actual torque and the target torque even when the air–fuel ratio and the EGR rate were changed under transient operating conditions.