Patent Publication Number: US-11035308-B2

Title: Evaporation gas active purge system and active purge method

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0154405, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein for all purposes by this reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The present invention relates to an evaporation gas active purge system and an active purge method, and more particularly, to an evaporation gas active purge system and an active purge method, which nonlinearly control a flow rate of an evaporation gas supplied from a fuel tank to an intake pipe according to an engine condition and a vehicle speed. 
     Description of Related Art 
     A vehicle has a fuel tank in which fuel is stored. The fuel may be evaporated by changes in temperature and pressure inside the fuel tank. When an evaporation gas is continuously generated inside the fuel tank, there is the possibility for the internal pressure of the fuel tank to be higher than necessary. Furthermore, when the evaporation gas leaks from the fuel tank, it pollutes the atmosphere. 
     Therefore, a purge system as illustrated in  FIG. 1  is provided in the vehicle. The purge system includes a canister  1 , a purge line  2 , and a purge valve  3 . The activated carbon for adsorbing the evaporation gas is built in the canister  1 . The purge line  2  connects a fuel tank  4 , the canister  1 , and an intake pipe  5 . The purge valve  3  includes a solenoid valve. By opening the purge valve  3 , a negative pressure of the intake pipe  5  is applied to the canister  1 . The evaporation gas adsorbed in the canister  1  by the negative pressure of the intake pipe  5  is received into the intake pipe  5 . The evaporation gas received into the intake pipe  5  is combusted together with the fuel in a combustion chamber. 
     However, when a turbocharger is applied to the vehicle, the internal to the intake pipe  5  may be equal to or greater than the atmospheric pressure. In the instant case, it is impossible to move the evaporation gas from the canister  1  to the intake pipe  5  conventionally. 
     The information included in this Background of the Invention section is only for enhancement of understanding of the general background of the invention and may not be taken as an acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior art already known to a person skilled in the art. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY 
     Various aspects of the present invention are directed to providing an active purge system and an active purge method, which may supply an evaporation gas from a canister to an intake pipe even if a turbocharger is mounted on a vehicle. 
     Furthermore, various aspects of the present invention are directed to providing an active purge system and an active purge method, which may nonlinearly adjust a flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the canister to the intake pipe according to an engine condition and a vehicle traveling speed. 
     For achieving the objects, an evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a purge line of connecting a canister for absorbing an evaporation gas of a fuel tank to an intake pipe, a purge pump mounted on the purge line, a purge valve mounted on the purge line to be disposed between the purge pump and the intake pipe, a pressure sensor mounted on the purge line to be disposed between the purge pump and the purge valve, and a control unit of receiving a signal from the pressure sensor, and transmitting an operating signal to the purge pump and the purge valve. 
     Furthermore, the control unit may receive a signal from a lambda sensor for detecting the amount of oxygen of a combusted gas. 
     Furthermore, the intake pipe may be disposed between an air cleaner and a turbocharger. 
     Furthermore, the intake pipe may have an inlet of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) gas disposed therein, and a connecting portion of the intake pipe and the purge line may be disposed at one side of the inlet of the EGR gas. 
     Furthermore, the pressure sensor may be mounted on the purge line to be disposed between the canister and the purge pump. 
     For achieving the objects, an evaporation gas active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention nonlinearly adjusts a flow rate of an evaporation gas supplied from a fuel tank to an intake pipe. 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be adjusted by adjusting the RPM of the purge pump mounted to the purge line connected to the fuel tank and the intake pipe. 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be adjusted by adjusting the opening amount of the purge valve provided to the purge line connected to the fuel tank and the intake pipe. 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be adjusted by adjusting the RPM of the purge pump and the opening amount of the purge valve provided to the purge line connected to the fuel tank and the intake pipe. 
     Furthermore, based on the diffusion model of the EGR gas supplied to the intake pipe, the diffusion shape of the evaporation gas received into the intake manifold from the intake pipe and the manifold supply flow rate of the evaporation gas received into the intake manifold may be determined. 
     Furthermore, an operation of the purge pump and the purge valve may be controlled by the control unit of receiving the engine condition and the vehicle speed, and the control unit may operate the purge pump and the purge valve so that the flow rate of the evaporation gas becomes a target purge flow rate. 
     Furthermore, the control unit may operate the purge pump at predetermined one or more operating RPMs, and operate the purge valve to have predetermined one or more opening amounts according to the operating RPM of the purge pump to achieve the target purge flow rate. 
     Furthermore, the operating RPMs of the purge pump may be 15000, 30000, 45000, and 60000, and the opening amounts of the purge valve may be 100%, 70%, 50%, and 30%. 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be obtained from a graph in which the characteristics of the purge pump are illustrated, when the purge pump operates at a predetermined RPM. 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be obtained based on a ratio of a predetermined value and the measured RPM of the purge pump from a graph in which the characteristics of the purge pump are illustrated, when the purge pump does not operate at a predetermined RPM. 
     Furthermore, a predetermined pressure difference may be determined so that a ratio  1 , which is a ratio of current RPM of the purge pump and a predetermined RPM, and a ratio  2 , which is a ratio of the measured pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump and a predetermined pressure difference, are the same, the flow rate of the evaporation gas at the measured predetermined pressure difference may be obtained, and the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be determined so that a ratio  3 , which is a ratio of the flow rate of the evaporation gas to be determined and the obtained flow rate of the evaporation gas, is equal to the ratio  1 . 
     Furthermore, the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be adjusted so that a mixing ratio of the fuel and the intake air supplied to a combustion chamber connected to the intake pipe becomes a theoretical fuel-air ratio. 
     For achieving the objects, a method for operating the evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas which is present between the purge pump and the purge valve in the purge line and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump, determining a target purge amount considering an engine condition, a vehicle speed, and an operating state of a fuel supply system, operating the purge pump at predetermined one or more operating RPMs, and operating the purge valve to have predetermined one or more opening amounts according to the operating RPM of the purge pump so that the flow rate of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line to the intake pipe becomes a target purge flow rate, determining a purge fuel amount received into a combustion chamber by the flow of the evaporation gas, and compensating the purge fuel amount considering the environment in which a vehicle travels. 
     Furthermore, before the obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump, generating a pressure, which operates the purge pump, and maintains the state where the purge valve has been locked, may be performed. 
     Furthermore, the obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump may determine the fuel supply amount of the fuel supply system, and the amount of fresh air drawn in through the intake pipe to obtain the target purge amount. 
     Furthermore, in the determining the purge fuel amount received into the combustion chamber, the purge fuel amount may be determined considering a change in the evaporation gas concentration according to the temperature and the altitude of the peripheral in which a vehicle travels, and the environment in which the vehicle travels. 
     According to the active purge system and the active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to pressurize the evaporation gas by an operation of the purge pump, moving the evaporation gas from the canister to the intake pipe even if the negative pressure is not formed inside the intake pipe. 
     Furthermore, it is possible to nonlinearly adjust a flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the canister to the intake pipe by controlling the RPM of the purge pump and the opening amount of the purge valve. 
     The methods and apparatuses of the present invention have other features and advantages which will be apparent from or are set forth in more detail in the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein, and the following Detailed Description, which together serve to explain certain principles of the present invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an exemplary diagram of a conventional purge system. 
         FIG. 2  is an exemplary diagram of an evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a graph illustrating the state of a purge line when a purge pump and a purge valve are opened. 
         FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6  are graphs illustrating a flow rate of the evaporation gas according to an operation of the purge pump. 
         FIG. 7  is a graph illustrating the evaporation gas concentration inside the purge line when the purge pump and the purge valve are opened. 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart of an evaporation gas active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  are exemplary diagrams of graphs for obtaining a flow rate of the evaporation gas according to an operation of the purge pump. 
         FIG. 11  is a graph illustrating the RPM of the purge pump, the flow rate of the evaporation gas, and the opening amount of the purge valve. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart of a method for operating the evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     It may be understood that the appended drawings are not necessarily to scale, presenting a somewhat simplified representation of various features illustrative of the basic principles of the present invention. The specific design features of the present invention as included herein, including, for example, specific dimensions, orientations, locations, and shapes will be determined in part by the particularly intended application and use environment. 
     In the figures, reference numbers refer to the same or equivalent parts of the present invention throughout the several figures of the drawing. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present invention(s), examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the present invention(s) will be described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the present invention(s) to those exemplary embodiments. On the other hand, the present invention(s) is/are intended to cover not only the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. 
     Hereinafter, an evaporation gas active purge system and an active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , an evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a purge line  100  for connecting a canister C for adsorbing the evaporation gas of a fuel tank F to an intake pipe I, a purge pump  200  mounted on the purge line  100 , a purge valve  300  mounted on the purge line  100  to be disposed between the purge pump  200  and the intake pipe I, a first pressure sensor  400  mounted on the purge line  100  to be disposed between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300 , and a control unit  600  for transmitting an operating signal to the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300 . A second pressure sensor  500  is mounted on the purge line  100  to be disposed between the canister C and the purge pump  200 . 
     The canister C is connected to the atmosphere through a line. The line has a valve. The control unit  600  receives a signal from a lambda sensor  700  for detecting the amount of oxygen in a combustion gas. The control unit  600  obtains the air-fuel ratio of the mixed gas combusted in the combustion chamber based on the amount of oxygen detected from the lambda sensor  700 . The control unit  600  transmits and receives a signal to and from a fuel supply system from supplying fuel to the combustion chamber. 
     The intake pipe I is disposed between an air cleaner A and a turbocharger T. An intercooler is provided between the turbocharger T and an intake manifold. An inlet E into which an EGR gas is injected is disposed in the intake pipe I. A connecting portion of the intake pipe I and the purge line  100  is disposed at one side of the inlet E of the EGR gas. 
     The purge line  100  has the purge pump  200 , the purge valve  300 , the first pressure sensor  400 , the second pressure sensor  500 , and a flowmeter sensor. The first pressure sensor  400  and the second pressure sensor  500  detect the pressures of the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  to continuously transmit them to the control unit  600 . The flowmeter sensor is disposed between the purge valve  300  and the intake pipe I. The flowmeter sensor continuously detects the amount of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I to transmit it to the control unit  600 . 
     The control unit  600  synthesizes the signals received from the fuel supply system, the lambda sensor  700 , the first pressure sensor  400 , the second pressure sensor  500 , and the flowmeter sensor to adjust the RPM of the purge pump  200  and the opening amount of the purge valve  300  so that the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I becomes a target purge flow rate. The fuel supply system transmits an engine condition, a vehicle speed, the injection amount of current fuel, and the like to the control unit  600 . 
     Since the control unit  600  controls an operation of the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  based on the information detected by the various sensors to adjust the amount of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I, a flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the canister C to the intake pipe I is adjusted nonlinearly. 
     The active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is operated to obtain the graphs illustrated in  FIGS. 3 to 7 . 
       FIG. 3  illustrates as a graph a pressure C 1  and an evaporation gas concentration C 2  between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  in the purge line  100 , when maintaining the RPM of the purge pump  200  at 60000, 45000, and 30000 for a unit time, then sequentially changing it, and closing and opening the purge valve  300  repeatedly at regular intervals by a plurality of times. 
     While the purge pump  200  is maintained at 60000, 45000, and 30000 RPM, the pressure C 1  maintains a relatively low state (A 1  section) when the purge valve  300  is opened, and when the purge valve  300  is closed, it maintains a relatively high state (A 2  section). The evaporation gas concentration C 2  reduces greatly when the purge valve  300  is kept open, and maintains the state when the purge valve  300  is closed. 
     It is estimated that both the pressure C 1  and the evaporation gas concentration C 2  are linearly reduced as an interval time of the opening and closing of the purge valve  300  becomes smaller. 
     As the rotation of the purge pump  200  is maintained at a small number of RPMs, the degree of a change in the pressure C 1  according to the repetitive opening and closing of the purge valve  300  is small (see S 1 ). Even if the RPM of the purge pump  200  is maintained at different RPMs from each other, the degree of a change in the evaporation gas concentration C 2  according to the opening and closing of the purge valve  300  is constant (see S 2 ). 
     As a result, as the purge valve  300  is opened or closed while the purge pump  200  maintains the same RPM, the tendency of changes of the pressure C 1  and the evaporation gas concentration C 2  may be determined linearly. Therefore, the evaporation gas of appropriate concentration may be supplied to the intake pipe I at an appropriate pressure according to the adjustment of the RPM of the purge pump  200  and the opening and closing operation of the purge valve  300 . 
       FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6  are graphs illustrating a flow rate of the evaporation gas according to an operation of the purge pump  200 . The X-axis in  FIG. 4  is a pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200 , and the Y-axis therein is a flow rate of the evaporation gas. As the RPM of the purge pump  200  increases from 15000 to 60000 and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  increases, the flow rate of the evaporation gas increases. This increase may be linear. 
     The X-axis in  FIG. 5  is a pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200 , and the Y-axis therein is a flow rate of the evaporation gas. The RPM of the purge pump  200  is kept constant, and the opening amount of the purge valve  300  is gradually changed from 30% to 100%. As the opening amount of the purge valve  300  gradually increases from 30% to 100%, the flow rate of the evaporation gas increases relative to the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200 . The present increase may be linear. 
     The X-axis in  FIG. 6  is the RPM of the purge pump  200 , and the Y-axis therein is a flow ratio. As compared with the case where the opening amount of the purge valve  300  is 100%, when the RPM of the purge pump  200  becomes an adequate value or more, a constant flow ratio is maintained by each opening amount of the purge valve  300 . 
     Therefore, it may be seen that the flow rate of the evaporation gas may be adjusted by adjusting the RPM of the purge pump  200  and adjusting the opening amount of the purge valve  300 . 
     Meanwhile, the concentration value of the evaporation gas may be estimated through the following Equations 1 to 3, and the density may be determined from the concentration value. In Equation 1, f is a mass fraction, and Equation 2 assumes the concentration as the mass fraction. In Equation 3, P is the atmospheric pressure.
 
ρ=Σρ i   *f   i   Equation 1
 
     According to the Equation 1, the density of the evaporation gas injected into the intake pipe I from the purge line  100  is defined by a sum of the product of the density for each air/hydrocarbon by mass fraction when the evaporation gas is instantly injected into the intake pipe I by the operation of the purge valve  300  (volume/mass). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     According to the Equation 2, the density of the evaporation gas that has reached the intake manifold from the intake pipe I is defined by a sum of a value calculated by the product of the density and the mass fraction of the hydrocarbon injected into the intake pipe I and a value calculated by the product of the density and the mass fraction of the air injected into the intake pipe I. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     According to the Equation 3, the density of the evaporation gas that has reached the combustion chamber from the intake manifold is defined by the product of the density of the evaporation gas that has reached the intake manifold, a magnitude ratio of the current atmospheric pressure based on 1 atm, and a reciprocal of the magnitude ratio of the current atmospheric temperature based on an absolute temperature. 
     Since the flow rate of the evaporation gas can be adjusted through the adjustment of the RPM of the purge pump  200  and the opening amount of the purge valve  300 , the concentration of the evaporation gas can be calculated from the density of the evaporation gas, the air, and the hydrocarbon calculated through the Equations 1 to 3. 
     In addition, the pressure of the evaporation gas concentrated in the purge line  100  immediately before the evaporation gas is injected into the intake pipe I can be known. Therefore, based on the Equations 1 to 3, a graph as illustrated in  FIG. 7  may be obtained. 
       FIG. 7  is a graph illustrating the evaporation gas concentration between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  in the purge line  100 , when the purge pump  200  is continuously operated in the state where the purge valve  300  has been locked. As may be illustrated, the higher the pressure, the more linearly the evaporation gas concentration increases. 
     Meanwhile, the combustion chamber supply flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the intake manifold to the combustion chamber may be determined by use of the conventional purge delay diffusion model. However, when the active purging is applied, the diffusion model of the EGR gas supplied to the intake pipe I may be additionally applied to the conventional purge delay diffusion model with respect to the diffusion pattern of the evaporation gas received into the intake manifold from the intake pipe I and the manifold supply flow rate of the evaporation gas received into the intake manifold from the intake pipe I. 
     Through the following Equation 4, the amount of the evaporation gas finally reaching the combustion chamber from the intake manifold may be obtained. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     As described above, in the active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the control unit  600  controls the operation of the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  based on the information detected by various sensors to nonlinearly adjust the amount of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I. 
     The control unit  600  may control the operation of the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  to linearly adjust the pressure and the evaporation gas concentration of the section between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  in the purge line  100 . The control unit  600  may control the operation of the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  to nonlinearly adjust the flow rate of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I. Ultimately, through the above-described Equations 1 to 4, the amount of the evaporation gas supplied to the combustion chamber may be obtained. 
     Various aspects of the present invention provide an exemplary embodiment of an active purge method as illustrated in  FIG. 8  based on the fact that it is possible to nonlinearly adjust the flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied to the intake pipe I and to supply it to the combustion chamber by adjusting the operation of the purge valve  300  and the purge pump  200 . 
     In the active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in  FIG. 8 , the flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the fuel tank F to the intake pipe I is adjusted nonlinearly. 
     The flow rate of the evaporation gas is adjusted by adjusting the RPM of the purge pump  200  provided to the purge line  100  for connecting the fuel tank F and the intake pipe I and changing the opening amount of the purge valve  300  provided to the purge line  100 . 
     The flow rate of the evaporation gas is detected in real time through a sensor provided to the purge line  100 . The flow rate of the evaporation gas may also be provided in a table or a graph generated through the previously performed experiment. 
     The operation of the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  are controlled by the control unit  600  for receiving an engine condition and a vehicle speed. The control unit  600  operates the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  so that the flow rate of the evaporation gas becomes the target purge flow rate. 
     The target purge flow rate is a value previously obtained so that the mixing ratio of the fuel and the intake air finally supplied to the combustion chamber becomes a theoretical fuel-air ratio considering the engine condition, the vehicle speed, and the operating state of the fuel supply system. 
     For instance, the control unit  600  operates the purge pump  200  at predetermined one or more operating RPMs, and operates the purge valve  300  to have predetermined one or more opening amounts according to the operating RPM of the purge pump  200  so that the flow rate of the evaporation gas becomes the target purge flow rate. The operating RPMs of the purge pump  200  are 15000, 30000, 45000, and 60000, and the opening amount of the purge valve  300  is 100%, 70%, 50%, and 30%. 
       FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  illustrate the characteristic graphs of the purge pump  200 . The X-axis is a flow rate, and the Y-axis is a pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200 . As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , when the purge pump  200  operates at a predetermined RPM and knows the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200 , the flow rate of the evaporation gas received into the intake pipe I from the purge line  100  may be obtained from the graph previously prepared. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 10 , when the purge pump  200  may not operate at the predetermined RPM, an estimated pressure difference is determined so that a ratio  1 , which is a ratio of the measured RPM of the purge pump  200  and the predetermined RPM, and a ratio  2 , which is a ratio of the measured pressure difference and the estimated pressure difference, are the same. 
     From the characteristic graph of the purge pump  200 , an estimated flow rate, which is a flow rate of the evaporation gas at the estimated pressure difference, is obtained. A flow rate of the evaporation gas is determined so that a ratio  3 , which is a ratio of the flow rate of the evaporation gas to be determined and the estimated flow rate, is equal to the ratio  1 . 
     The determined flow rate of the evaporation gas is compared with the target purge flow rate. When the determined flow rate of the evaporation gas is not the target purge flow rate, the opening amount of the purge valve  300  is adjusted to increase or decrease the evaporation gas concentration. 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , a flow rate Q of the evaporation gas of when the RPM of the purge pump  200  may be appropriately controlled (PS) and when the amount of the evaporation gas flowing into the purge line  100  may be adjusted by the purge valve (SV) fluctuates nonlinearly. In each case, the flow rate Q of the evaporation gas does not coincide with each other. This may be a kind of hysteresis. 
     Furthermore, various aspects of the present invention provide an exemplary embodiment of a method for operating the evaporation gas active purge system as illustrated in  FIG. 12  to control the air-fuel ratio of a mixture received into the combustion chamber. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 12 , a method for operating the evaporation gas active purge system of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas which is present between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  in the purge line  100  and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  S 100 , determining a target purge amount considering an operating state of the fuel supply system S 200 , operating the purge pump  200  at predetermined one or more operating RPMs, and operating the purge valve  300  to have predetermined one or more opening amounts according to the operating RPM of the purge pump  200  so that the flow rate of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I becomes a target purge flow rate S 300 , determining the purge fuel amount received into the combustion chamber by the flow of the evaporation gas S 400 , and compensating the purge fuel amount considering the environment in which the vehicle is traveling S 500 . 
     In the obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  S 100 , the evaporation gas concentration may be detected through a concentration sensor provided to the purge line  100 , and may be determined through the pressure of the section between the purge pump  200  and the purge valve  300  in the purge line  100  measured by the Equations 1 to 3 described above. 
     Before the obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  S 100 , generating a pressure, which operates the purge pump  200 , and maintains the state where the purge valve  300  has been locked, is performed. In the generating the pressure, the purge pump  200  operates at a predetermined RPM during a predetermined time. 
     The obtaining the concentration of the evaporation gas and the pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the purge pump  200  S 100  determines the fuel supply amount of the fuel supply system and the amount of fresh air drawn in through the intake pipe I to obtain the target purge amount. The fuel supply amount of the fuel supply system may be changed according to the RPM of the purge pump  200  and the opening amount of the purge valve  300  in the operating the purge pump  200  at one or more operating RPMs and operating the purge valve  300  to have predetermined one or more opening amounts according to the operating RPM of the purge pump  200  S 300 . 
     In the determining the purge fuel amount received into the combustion chamber S 400 , the purge fuel amount is determined considering the change in the evaporation gas concentration according to the temperature and the altitude of the periphery where the vehicle travels, and the environment in which the vehicle travels. 
     In the compensating the purge fuel amount S 500 , the purge fuel amount may be compensated by adjusting the flow rate of the evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I through the adjustment of the RPM of the purge pump  200  and the adjustment of the opening amount of the purge valve  300 . Furthermore, the purge fuel amount may also be compensated by increasing or decreasing the fuel amount supplied to the combustion chamber through the fuel supply system. 
     Therefore, it is possible to satisfy the fuel-air ratio of the mixture combusted in the combustion chamber according to the traveling environment, the engine state, and the vehicle speed, even if the evaporation gas is supplied to the combustion chamber by the evaporation gas purging. 
     As described above, it is possible to obtain the amount of the evaporation gas supplied to the combustion chamber from the flow rate of the evaporation gas supplied from the purge line  100  to the intake pipe I. 
     Therefore, according to the active purge system and the active purge method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to nonlinearly adjust the fuel amount supplied to the combustion chamber by the evaporation gas, it is possible to pressurize the evaporation gas by the operation of the purge pump  200 , moving the evaporation gas from the canister C to the intake pipe I, even if the negative pressure is not formed inside the intake pipe I. 
     For convenience in explanation and accurate definition in the appended claims, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “inner”, “outer”, “up”, “down”, “upper”, “lower”, “upwards”, “downwards”, “front”, “rear”, “back”, “inside”, “outside”, “inwardly”, “outwardly”, “internal”, “external”, “inner”, “outer”, “forwards”, and “backwards” are used to describe features of the exemplary embodiments with reference to the positions of such features as displayed in the figures. 
     It will be further understood that the term “connect” or its derivatives refer both to direct and indirect connection. 
     The foregoing descriptions of specific exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present invention to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described to explain certain principles of the present invention and their practical application, to enable others skilled in the art to make and utilize various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, as well as various alternatives and modifications thereof. It is intended that the scope of the present invention be defined by the Claims appended hereto and their equivalents.