| 摘要 |
<p>A catalyst deterioration detection device for an internal combustion engine, according to the present invention, includes: a three-way catalyst mounted in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and having an O2 storage capability; an air-fuel ratio sensor, mounted upstream of the three-way catalyst, for linearly detecting an air-fuel ratio; an air-fuel ratio feedback control unit for, based on the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor, calculating a feedback correction amount consisting of a proportional term for bringing the air-fuel ratio to stoichiometry and an integral term for bringing an integrated value of an error between the air-fuel ratio and stoichiometry to zero; an O2 sensor, mounted downstream of the three-way catalyst, for detecting whether the air-fuel ratio is rich or lean; a catalyst deterioration determining unit for determining deterioration of the three-way catalyst on the basis of the length of a response curve that the output of the O2 sensor describes during the time that air-fuel ratio feedback control is being performed by the air-fuel ratio feedback control unit; and a response curve length calculation interrupting unit for interrupting the calculation of the response curve length being performed by the catalyst deterioration determining unit for a predetermined length of time when the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor or the amount of change of the output has exceeded a preset value. <IMAGE> <IMAGE></p> |
