DE102006011886A1 - Device and method for determining the wear of a spark plug of an internal combustion engine - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
- F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
- F02P17/12—Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
- F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
- F02P17/10—Measuring dwell or antidwell time
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
- F02P3/00—Other installations
- F02P3/02—Other installations having inductive energy storage, e.g. arrangements of induction coils
- F02P3/04—Layout of circuits
- F02P3/05—Layout of circuits for control of the magnitude of the current in the ignition coil
- F02P3/051—Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices
- F02P3/053—Opening or closing the primary coil circuit with semiconductor devices using digital techniques
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
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Abstract
Es wird eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Verschleißes an der Zündkerze (2) einer Brennkraftmaschine vorgesehen, bei dem Verschleißermittlungsmittel (1) vorgesehen sind. Die Verschleißermittlungsmittel (1) bestimmen anhand von Betriebsbedingungen der Brennkraftmaschine einen aktuellen Verschleiß (203) der Brennkraftmaschine und summieren diesen zu einem Gesamtverschleißzustand (204) der Zündkerze (2) auf.A device and a method for determining the wear on the spark plug (2) of an internal combustion engine are provided, in which wear detection means (1) are provided. The wear detection means (1) determine current wear (203) of the internal combustion engine on the basis of operating conditions of the internal combustion engine and sum this up to an overall wear state (204) of the spark plug (2).
Description
Stand der TechnikState of technology
Die Erfindung geht aus von einer Vorrichtung und einem Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Verschleiß einer Zündkerze einer Brennkraftmaschine nach der Gattung der unabhängigen Patentansprüche.The The invention is based on a device and a method for Determination of the wear of a spark plug an internal combustion engine according to the preamble of the independent claims.
Es
sind bereits Vorrichtungen und Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Verschleiß einer
Zundkerze bekannt, die auf einer Messung einer Charakteristik der Zündkerze
beruhen. Derartige Vorrichtungen und Verfahren sind beispielsweise
aus der
Offenbarung der Erfindungepiphany the invention
Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung und das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren mit den Merkmalen der unabhängigen Patentansprüche haben demgegenüber den Vorteil, dass die Bestimmung des Verschleiß der Zundkerze nicht auf einer fehlerbehafteten Messung unmittelbar an der Zündkerze, sondern auf den Betriebsbedingungen der Brennkraftmaschine beruht. Die Betriebsbedingungen der Brennkraftmaschine sind in der Regel sehr gut messbar oder bekannt. Es kann so mit großer Zuverlässigkeit ein aktueller Verschleiß der Zundkerze festgestellt werden, der im Verlauf zu einem Gesamtverschleißzustande der Zundkerze aufsummiert wird. Es wird so eine besonders genaue Ermittlung des Verschleiß basierend auf einfach zugänglichen Messwerten realisiert.The inventive device and the method according to the invention with the characteristics of the independent claims have in contrast the advantage that the determination of the wear of the spark plug not on one faulty measurement directly on the spark plug, but on the operating conditions the internal combustion engine is based. The operating conditions of the internal combustion engine are usually very well measurable or known. It can be so with greater reliability a current wear of the Zundkerze be in the course of a Gesamtverschleißzustande the Zundkerze is added up. It will be a very accurate one Determination of wear based on easily accessible Measured values realized.
Weitere Vorteile und Verbesserungen ergeben sich durch die Merkmale der abhängigen Patentansprüche. Als besonders geeignetes Maß für den aktuellen Verschleiß der Zünd kerze hat sich ein Materialverbrauch pro Zündfunke in Abhängigkeit von weiteren Betriebsbedingungen der Brennkraftmaschine herausgestellt. Die Verschleißermittlung erfolgte daher besonders sinnvoll unter Berücksichtigung einer Funkenanzahl der Brennkraftmaschine. Als wichtige Parameter für die Frage wie viel Material bei jedem Zündfunken von der Zündkerze abgetragen wird, hat sich dabei die Elektrodentemperatur der Zündkerze und die für die Zündfunken zur Verfügung gestellte Zündenergie herausgestellt. Die Elektrodentemperatur lässt sich besonders einfach durch die Last und die Drehzahl der Brennkraftmaschine ermitteln. Die Zündenergie ergibt sich aus der Zeitdauer mit der die Zündspule vor dem Auslösen der Zündfunken mit einem Ladestrom durchflossen wird (so genannten Schließzeit). Der so ermittelte Gesamtverschleiß kann insbesondere in der Form eines abgetragenen Volumens mit einem möglichen Maximalverschleiß bzw. Maximalvolumen der Zündkerze verglichen werden und es kann so eine Restnutzungsdauer der Zündkerze angegeben werden. Diese Restnutzungsdauer wird in sinnvoller Weise als noch mögliche Kilometer oder noch mögliche Betriebszeit oder als noch zur Verfügung stehendes Restvolumen einer Zündkerzenelektrode angegeben.Further Advantages and improvements result from the characteristics of the dependent Claims. As a particularly suitable measure for the current Wear the Ignition candle has a material consumption per spark in dependence highlighted by further operating conditions of the internal combustion engine. The determination of wear was therefore particularly useful taking into account a number of sparks the internal combustion engine. As an important parameter for the question of how much material every spark from the spark plug is removed, while the electrode temperature of the spark plug has and the for the sparks provided ignition exposed. The electrode temperature is particularly easy determine by the load and the speed of the internal combustion engine. The ignition energy results from the time duration with which the ignition coil before triggering the spark with a charging current flowing through (so-called closing time). The total wear thus determined, in particular in the Shape of a removed volume with a possible maximum wear or maximum volume the spark plug can be compared and it can thus a remaining service life of the spark plug be specified. This remaining useful life becomes meaningful as still possible Kilometers or even possible Operating time or as residual volume still available spark plug electrode specified.
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Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindungen sind in der nachfolgenden Beschreibung näher erläutert und in den Zeichnungen dargestellt. Es zeigen:embodiments The inventions are explained in more detail in the following description and shown in the drawings. Show it:
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Elektrodenmaterial der Zündkerze
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bekanntem Volumen der Zündkerzenelektroden
kann so ermittelt werden, ab welchem Gesamtverschleiß oder verbrauchtem
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| DE200610011886 DE102006011886A1 (en) | 2006-03-15 | 2006-03-15 | Device and method for determining the wear of a spark plug of an internal combustion engine |
| EP07102061.4A EP1835172A3 (en) | 2006-03-15 | 2007-02-09 | Device and method for determining the wear of an ignition plug in a combustion engine |
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| DE102012010177A1 (en) | 2012-05-23 | 2012-11-29 | Daimler Ag | Diagnostic system for determining wear of spark plug in internal combustion engine of motor car, has evaluation unit calculating overall wear of spark plug, where calculation of total wear is carried out with respect to operating parameters |
| DE102015208388A1 (en) * | 2015-05-06 | 2016-11-10 | Mtu Friedrichshafen Gmbh | Spark plug and method for determining a degree of wear of a spark plug |
| DE102015120266A1 (en) | 2015-11-23 | 2017-05-24 | Volkswagen Ag | Method for estimating the wear of a spark plug |
| EP4040616A1 (en) | 2021-02-09 | 2022-08-10 | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie | Wear analysis on ignition systems |
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| DE102012010177A1 (en) | 2012-05-23 | 2012-11-29 | Daimler Ag | Diagnostic system for determining wear of spark plug in internal combustion engine of motor car, has evaluation unit calculating overall wear of spark plug, where calculation of total wear is carried out with respect to operating parameters |
| DE102015208388A1 (en) * | 2015-05-06 | 2016-11-10 | Mtu Friedrichshafen Gmbh | Spark plug and method for determining a degree of wear of a spark plug |
| DE102015208388B4 (en) * | 2015-05-06 | 2017-05-24 | Mtu Friedrichshafen Gmbh | Spark plug assembly and method for determining a degree of wear of a spark plug |
| DE102015120266A1 (en) | 2015-11-23 | 2017-05-24 | Volkswagen Ag | Method for estimating the wear of a spark plug |
| DE102015120266B4 (en) | 2015-11-23 | 2024-09-12 | Volkswagen Ag | Method for estimating the wear of a spark plug |
| DE102019113817B4 (en) * | 2018-05-30 | 2025-07-03 | Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd. | Method and device for estimating the wear rate of a spark plug electrode |
| EP4040616A1 (en) | 2021-02-09 | 2022-08-10 | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie | Wear analysis on ignition systems |
| DE102021102967A1 (en) | 2021-02-09 | 2022-08-11 | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie | Wear analysis on ignition systems |
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