摘要 |
With the present invention, the combustion method of an internal combustion engine is switched between homogeneous combustion and stratified combustion according to the operating conditions of the engine, and when purging of the fuel vapor is performed during the homogeneous combustion and purging of the fuel vapor is either reduced or prohibited during the stratified combustion, the combustion method is forcedly switched to the homogeneous combustion by the most suitable cycle during the stratified combustion, so as to perform purging of the fuel vapor. Therefore, the fuel temperature inside the fuel tank is detected, and according to the detected fuel temperature, the forced switching cycle for switching from the stratified combustion to the homogeneous combustion is set variably. Actually, the forced switching cycle is set shorter when the fuel temperature is higher.
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