Patent Publication Number: US-11035323-B2

Title: Active purge system and active purge method

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0052163, filed on May 3, 2019, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to an active purge system and an active purge method capable of reducing or minimizing generation of particle matters (PMs) and a particle number (PN). 
     BACKGROUND 
     The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art. 
     Evaporation gas is generated in a fuel tank according to variation in atmospheric pressure and temperature. When the evaporation gas is excessively generated in the fuel tank, there is a high possibility that the fuel tank is destroyed or the evaporation gas leaks into the atmosphere from the fuel tank. In order to prevent the fuel tank from being destroyed or the evaporation gas from leaking into the atmosphere, the evaporation gas should be appropriately removed from the fuel tank. 
     A purge line is installed between the fuel tank and an intake manifold, and the evaporation gas moves from the fuel tank to the intake manifold due to a negative pressure caused by a pumping pressure of an engine and applied to the purge line. However, we have discovered that when a supercharger is applied to the engine, a pressure of the intake manifold becomes similar to or higher than the atmospheric pressure such that there is a probability that a load is generated in the purge line but intake air may move from the intake manifold to the purge line. 
     Meanwhile, particulate matters (PMs) are contained in an exhaust gas. The PM is a soot particle having a very small size and is harmful to a human body. 
     Increased exhaust gas regulations limit PMs in the exhaust gas based on a number unit instead of a mass unit that is previously applied. A particle number (PN) means the number of PMs contained in the exhaust gas. A diesel particle filter (DPF), a gasoline particle filter (GPF), or the like, which collects PMs and then oxidizes the collected PMs through heat of an exhaust gas, is installed on an exhaust pipe. However, we have found that during evaporation gas treatment, hydrocarbon is added to a combustion chamber in addition to fuel such that there is a probability that a large amount of PMs may be generated. 
     SUMMARY 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to an active purge system and an active purge method which are capable of smoothly treating, even when a supercharger is applied to engine, an evaporation gas and reducing or minimizing generation of particulate matters (PMs) during evaporation gas treatment. 
     Other objects and advantages of the present disclosure can be understood by the following description and become apparent with reference to the embodiments of the present disclosure. Also, it is obvious to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains that the objects and advantages of the present disclosure can be realized by the means as claimed and combinations thereof. 
     In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, an active purge system includes: a canister configured to collect therein an evaporation gas evaporated from a fuel tank, a purge line configured to connect the canister to an intake pipe, a purge pump configured to pressurize the evaporation gas to allow the evaporation gas to move from the canister to the intake pipe, a purge valve installed on the purge line to be located between the purge pump and the intake pipe, and an engine connected to the intake pipe, wherein the engine includes an injector installed on a cylinder head, an intake valve, and an exhaust valve. 
     Further, the injector may be located above a central portion of an upper surface of a piston, and the engine may further include a spark plug installed on the cylinder head. 
     In one form, the spark plug may be installed on the cylinder head such that an end portion of the spark plug in which a spark is generated is directed toward an end portion of the injector, and the end portion of the spark plug may be closer to the upper surface of the piston than the end portion of the injector. 
     In another form, the active purge system may further include a controller configured to control the purge pump, the purge valve, the injector, and the spark plug, and, when a revolution per minute (RPM) of the engine is in a low or intermediate speed range, the controller may operate the injector and the spark plug to allow fuel injection to take place during an intake stroke and allow fuel injection to take place immediately before or simultaneously with ignition during an explosion stroke. 
     Further, the controller may control an RPM of the purge pump and an opening or closing timing and an opening degree amount of the purge pump according to signals generated from a first pressure sensor, which is installed on the purge line to be located between the purge pump and the purge valve, and a second pressure sensor, which is installed on the purge line to be located between the canister and the purge pump, and vary operation patterns of the injector and the spark plug according to operations of the purge pump and the purge valve. 
     In one form, when the purge pump and the purge valve are operated, the controller may reduce a fuel injection holding time via the operation of the injector and retard or advance an ignition timing through the operation of the spark plug. 
     In another form, the engine may further include a valve control device installed on the cylinder head so as to control operations of the intake valve and the exhaust valve, the valve control device may vary an operation timing, an operation holding time, and a degree of an operation of each of the intake valve and the exhaust valve, and the controller may control an operation of the valve control device according to the RPM of the purge pump, the opening or closing timing of the purge valve, the opening degree amount of the purge valve, the RPM and a load of the engine, a temperature of an exhaust gas, and an amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas. 
     Further, when the RPM of the engine is in a low or intermediate speed region and the load of the engine is small, the controller may operate the valve control device to allow the intake valve to be closed during a compression stroke. 
     In other form, the engine may further include an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device configured to circulate an exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust pipe to the intake pipe, and the controller may control the operations of the injector and the spark plug according to an amount of a circulation gas from the exhaust pipe to the intake pipe via the EGR device, the RPM of the purge pump, the opening or closing timing of the purge valve, and the opening degree amount of the purge valve. 
     Further, the fuel injection holding time through the operation of the injector may be reduced according to an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe and an amount of the circulation gas due to the operations of the purge pump and the purge valve, and an ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug may be retarded or advanced. 
     In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, an active purge method may include: varying a fuel injection timing by the injector and an ignition timing by the spark plug based on the RPM of the engine; calculating, by a controller, a target purge amount to be processed, based on the evaporation gas collected in the canister; operating the purge pump at a specific RPM and the purge valve with a specific opening degree amount and a specific opening or closing timing so as to satisfy the target purge amount; and reducing an fuel injection amount from the injector and retarding or advancing the ignition timing by the operation of the spark plug based on an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe via the operations of the purge pump and the purge valve. 
     In one form, the varying of the fuel injection timing and the ignition timing of the engine may include: when the RPM of the engine is in a low or intermediate speed range, operating the injector and the spark plug to allow fuel injection to take place during an intake stroke and allow fuel injection to take place immediately before or simultaneously with ignition during an explosion stroke. 
     In another form, the varying of the fuel injection timing and the ignition timing of the engine may include: when the RPM of the engine is in a low or intermediate speed range and a load of the engine is small, varying an operation pattern of the intake valve so as to allow the intake valve to be closed during a compression stroke. 
     Further, the reducing of the fuel injection amount and retarding or advancing the ignition timing of the spark plug may include: when a circulation gas is introduced into the engine due to an operation of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device, varying an operation pattern of the injector to decrease or increase the fuel injection amount from the injector based on a temperature of an exhaust gas and an amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas. 
     Further areas of applicability will become apparent from the description provided herein. It should be understood that the description and specific examples are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. 
    
    
     
       DRAWINGS 
       In order that the disclosure may be well understood, there will now be described various forms thereof, given by way of example, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is an exemplary diagram illustrating an active purge system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 2 and 3  are exemplary diagrams illustrating injection of fuel from an injector installed on a cylinder head; 
         FIG. 4  is a graph showing a fuel amount injected immediately before ignition and combustion of variation (COV); 
         FIG. 5  is a graph showing kinetic energy of a turbulent flow around a spark plug immediately before ignition; 
         FIG. 6  is a graph showing particle number (PN) generation over time; and 
         FIG. 7  is a flowchart illustrating an active purge method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     The drawings described herein are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, application, or uses. It should be understood that throughout the drawings, corresponding reference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts and features. 
     Hereinafter, an active purge system and an active purge method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 to 6 , an active purge system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a canister  100  configured to collect an evaporation gas which is evaporated in a fuel tank T, a purge line  200  configured to connect the canister  100  to an intake pipe I, a purge pump  300  configured to pressurize the evaporation gas to transfer the pressurized evaporation gas from the canister  100  to the intake pipe I, a purge valve  400  installed on the purge line  200  to be located between the purge line  200  and the intake pipe I, and an engine  500  connected to the intake pipe I. The engine  500  includes an injector  530  installed on a cylinder head  510  and located between an intake valve V 1  and an exhaust valve V 2 , a spark plug  540  installed on the cylinder head  510 , a valve control device  550  configured to vary an operation timing, an operation holding time, and a degree of an operation of each of the intake valve V 1  and the exhaust valve V 2  which are provided on an upper portion of a cylinder, and an exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) valve  560  configured to circulate an exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe, from which the exhaust gas is discharged from the engine  500 , to the intake pipe I. The purge pump  300 , a purge valve  400 , the injector  530 , the spark plug  540 , and the valve control device  550  are controlled by a control unit (e.g., a controller)  600 . Here, the control unit or controller for the engine may be embodied in a hardware manner (e.g., a processor), a software manner, or combination of the hardware and the software manner (i.e., a series of commands), which process at least one function or operation. 
     The injector  530  is located above a central portion of an upper surface of a piston. The injector  530  is connected to a fuel pump which pressurizes fuel with a predetermined magnitude and supplies the pressurized fuel. The fuel pump is installed on an upper surface of the engine  500 . When the fuel is pressurized, the fuel pump prevents generation of air in the fuel due to a variation in temperature. An injection pattern of the injector  530  is varied through duty control. As shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , the injector  530  performs fuel injection at least once during an intake stroke, selectively performs the fuel injection during a compression stroke, and injects fuel immediately before or simultaneously with an operation of the spark plug  540  during an explosion stroke. 
     As the fuel is injected immediately before or simultaneously with the operation of the spark plug  540  during the explosion stroke, a mixing ratio around the spark plug  540  may be appropriately induced at an ignition timing. A formation of an initial flame is easy and a flame diffusion may generate uniform combustion by making a combustion chamber atmosphere lean through the fuel injection during the intake stroke and appropriately inducing the mixing ratio around the spark plug  540  at the ignition timing. 
     In particular, as shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5 , a degree of generation of particulate matters (PMs), combustion of variation (COV), and kinetic energy of a turbulent flow around the spark plug  540  may be controlled according to a magnitude of an amount of fuel injected immediately before ignition. As shown in  FIG. 4 , when fuel is injected less or more than a reference value, the COV increases slightly. and when the fuel is injected less than the reference value, a particle number (PN) value is small as compared with the case in which the fuel is injected the reference value or the fuel is injected more than the reference value. Meanwhile, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the kinetic energy of the turbulent flow is smallest at the reference value, and when the fuel is injected more than the reference value, the kinetic energy of the turbulent flow is largest. Therefore, on the basis of a revolution per minute (RPM) of the engine  500 , a temperature of an exhaust gas, an amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas, and the like, it is possible to prevent incomplete combustion and, simultaneously, reduce or minimize generation of the PMs through control of increasing or decreasing an amount of fuel injected immediately before or simultaneously with ignition. 
     The spark plug  540  is installed on the cylinder head  510  such that an end portion of the spark plug  540  on which a spark is generated is directed toward an end portion of the injector  530 . The end portion of the spark plug  540  is installed on the cylinder head so as to be closer to an upper surface of the piston than the end portion of the injector  530 . An operation timing of the spark plug  540  may be varied according to the RPM of the engine  500 , the temperature of the exhaust gas, the amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas, and a fuel injection pattern of the injector  530 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the canister  100  is connected to the atmosphere through a line L. A vent valve V 3  is provided on the line L. The vent valve V 3  blocks air introduced into the canister  100  from the outside and discharges only air from the canister  100  to the outside. The vent valve V 3  includes a filter for preventing an evaporation gas from being discharged through a line and a check valve for limiting a flow direction of the air. 
     An air cleaner A is installed on an end portion of the intake pipe I. A compressor C which is interlocked with a turbocharger mounted on the exhaust pipe is installed on the intake pipe I. An intercooler IC is located between the compressor C and an intake manifold IM. A throttle body SB is located between the intercooler IC and the intake manifold IM. A throttle valve, a sensor for measuring an amount of an opening degree of the throttle valve, and a sensor for measuring a pressure and a flow rate of intake air moving through the throttle valve are provided in the throttle body SB. 
     The purge pump  300  is manufactured to maintain or change an RPM at approximately 60000, 45000, or 30000 for a unit time. An opening or closing amount and an opening or closing timing of the purge valve  400  is controlled together with control of the RPM by the purge pump  300  such that a concentration and a density of an evaporation gas concentrated between the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  of the purge line  200  may be estimated. 
     Operations of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  are controlled according to pieces of information sensed by various sensors such that it is possible to adjust an amount of an evaporation gas flowing from the purge line  200  to the intake pipe I and non-linearly adjust a flow rate of an evaporation gas supplied from the canister  100  to the intake pipe I. 
     According to an example, a first pressure sensor  210  is provided on the purge line  200  to be located between the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400 , and a second pressure sensor  220  is provided on the purge line  200  to be located between the canister  100  and the purge pump  300 . A target purge amount is determined from an amount of an evaporation gas collected in the canister  100 . In order to satisfy the target purge amount, the concentration and the density of the evaporation gas concentrated between the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  are adjusted, and an opening degree amount and the opening or closing timing of the purge valve  400  are adjusted. 
     The concentration and the density of the evaporation gas concentrated between the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  are calculated by comparing a signal generated from the first pressure sensor  210  with a signal generated from the second pressure sensor  220 . An amount, a density, and a concentration of the evaporation gas introduced from the purge line  200  into the intake pipe I are calculated according to the opening degree amount and the opening or closing timing of the purge valve  400 . In order to satisfy the target purge amount, the RPM of the purge pump  300  and the opening degree amount and the opening or closing timing of the purge valve  400  are varied according to the signals generated from the first pressure sensor  210  and the second pressure sensor  220 . 
     During the compression stroke, the valve control device  550  retards a closing timing of the intake valve V 1  and induces a compression ratio to be smaller than an expansion ratio to simulate an Atkinson cycle. The valve control device  550  varies an operation timing, an operation holding time, a degree of an operation of each of the intake valve V 1  and the exhaust valve V 2 . The valve control device  550  includes a shaft  551  located at an upper end of the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2 , a plurality of cams  552  unrestrainedly installed on the shaft  551 , a roller guide portion  553  installed on the shaft  551  to be located on one side of the plurality of cams  552  and configured to relatively vary rotation angles of the plurality of cams  552  with respect to a rotation angle of the shaft  551 , and a roller lift portion  554  located between the plurality of cams  552  and the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  and configured to vary a movement distance of the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  when the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  is pressurized by the plurality of cams  552 . 
     An operation of the roller guide portion  553  is controlled through an operating logic, an operation map, and the like which are prepared in advance. Owing to an operation of the roller guide portion  553 , it is possible to adjust a timing in which the plurality of cams  552  pressurize the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2 . The timing in which the plurality of cams  552  pressurize the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  is adjusted such that a continuous variable valve timing (CVVT) is implemented. Further, owing to the operation of the roller guide portion  553 , it is possible to adjust a timing in which the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  is released from the pressurization of the plurality of cams  552 . The timing in which the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  is released from the pressurization of the plurality of cams  552  is adjusted such that a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) is implemented. 
     An operation of the roller guide portion  553  is controlled through an operating logic, an operation map, and the like which are prepared in advance. Owing to an operation of the roller lift portion  554 , when the plurality of cams  552  pressurize the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2 , a movement distance of the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  may be increased. The roller lift portion  554  includes an actuator (not shown). Owing to an operation of the actuator, the movement distance of the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  may be precisely increased. The movement distance of the intake valve V 1  or the exhaust valve V 2  is adjusted such that a continuously variable valve lift (CVVL) is implemented. 
     The control unit  600  receives signals from various sensors provided in the vehicle. The control unit  600  stores an operation map, a mathematical expression, a correction formula, a table, and the like in which the signals received from the various sensors are applied as variables. The control unit  600  operates the purge pump  300 , the purge valve  400 , the injector  530 , the spark plug  540 , and the valve control device  550  according to the operation map, the mathematical expression, the correction formula, and the table, and the like which are stored in the control unit  600 . 
     When the RPM of the engine  500  is in a low or intermediate speed range, the control unit  600  operates the injector  530  and the spark plug  540  to allow fuel injection to take place during the intake stroke and allow fuel injection to take place immediately before or simultaneously with ignition during the explosion stroke. Since the fuel injection takes place immediately before or simultaneously with the ignition, a mixing ratio around the spark plug  540  may be appropriately induced and an ignition kernel may be easily generated. In particular, kinetic energy of a turbulent flow generated around the spark plug  540  is instantaneously maximized due to the fuel injection taking place during the explosion stroke such that flame propagation is easily generated. 
     According to the signals generated from the first pressure sensor  210 , which is installed on the purge line  200  to be located between the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400 , and the second pressure sensor  220 , which is installed on the purge line  200  to be located between the canister  100  and the purge pump  300 , the control unit  600  controls the RPM of the purge pump  300  and the opening or closing timing and the opening degree amount of the purge valve  400 . According to the operations of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400 , the control unit  600  varies operation patterns of the injector  530  and the spark plug  540 . 
     A target purge amount is determined in the control unit  600  according to the signals received from the sensors installed on the canister  100 . In order to satisfy the determined target purge amount, an operation strategy of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  is derived from the operation map or the table, which is prepared in advance. According to the derived operation strategy, the control unit  600  continuously transmits operating signals to the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  according to a time or the RPM of the engine  500 . As the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  are operated, an evaporation gas is injected into the intake pipe I. The evaporation gas is oxidized with the fuel in the combustion chamber. When the target purge amount is determined, an amount of the evaporation gas which will be burned in the combustion chamber is also estimated. According to the estimated amount of the evaporation gas, the control unit  600  increases or decreases an amount of the fuel which will be injected from injector  530  and varies an injection pattern of the injector  530 . Further, the control unit  600  retards or advances an operation timing of the spark plug  540 . 
     According to an example, when the evaporation gas is supplied to the combustion chamber as the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  are operated, the control unit  600  decreases a fuel injection holding time due to the operation of the injector  530  to reduce an amount of the fuel which is supplied through the injector  530 . Further, according to an expected mixing pattern of the fuel and intake air, the control unit  600  retards or advances an ignition timing so as to allow an ignition kernel to be generated in a state in which the fuel is completely mixed with the intake air. 
     The control unit  600  controls the operation of the valve control device  550  according to the RPM of the purge pump  300 , the opening or closing timing of the purge valve  400 , the opening degree amount of the purge valve  400 , the RPM and a load of the engine  500 , a temperature of an exhaust gas, and an amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas. 
     When the RPM of the engine  500  is in the low or intermediate speed range and the load of the engine  500  is small, the control unit  600  operates the valve control device  550  to allow the intake valve V 1  to be closed during the compression stroke. A volume compressed during the compression stroke is decreased than a volume during the intake stroke, but, in the explosion stroke, the volume compressed during the compression stroke is maintained to be equal to the volume during the intake stroke. In a state in which an expansion ratio is greater than a compression ratio, the Atkinson cycle in which the engine  500  is operated is simulated. As the Atkinson cycle is simulated, a pumping loss is reduced and thus energy efficiency is increased. 
     The control unit  600  controls the operations of the injector  530  and spark plug  540  according to an amount of a circulation gas circulating from the exhaust pipe to the intake pipe I by the EGR device  560 , the RPM of the purge pump  300 , an opening timing of the purge valve  400 , and an opening degree amount of the purge valve  400 . 
     According to an example, the control unit  600  reduces the fuel injection holding time due to the operation of the injector  530  according to the amounts of the evaporation gas and the circulation gas which are introduced into the intake pipe I due to the operation of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400 . Further, according to an expected mixing pattern of the fuel, the intake air, and the circulation gas, the control unit  600  retards or advances the ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  so as to allow an ignition kernel to be generated in a state in which the fuel, the intake air, and the circulation gas are completely mixed. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , when compared with a conventional case A in which the injector  530  is obliquely installed in a cylinder block  520 , the active purge system configured as described above according to one embodiment of the present disclosure generates less PN. For each of #202, #203, and #204, the injector  530  described in the following Table 1 was used. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 #202 
                 #203 
                 #204 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Injection pressure [Mpa] 
                 35 
                 35 
                 35 
               
               
                   
                 Qstat[g/min] 
                 492.5 
                 492.5 
                 492.5 
               
               
                   
                 The number of holes 
                 6 
                 6 
                 5 
               
               
                   
                 Feature 
                 wide spray 
                 compact 
                 compact 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The active purge system configured as described above according to one embodiment of the present disclosure processes the evaporation gas according to a flowchart shown in  FIG. 7  and, when the evaporation gas is processed, the active purge system varies the injection pattern of the injector  530  and the operation timing of the spark plug  540 . As shown in  FIG. 7 , an active purge method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes varying the fuel injection timing due to the injector  530  and the ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  according to the RPM of the engine  500  (S 100 ), calculating a target purge amount, which should be processed, of the evaporation gas collected in the canister  100  (S 200 ), operating the purge pump  300  at a specific RPM and the purge valve  400  with a specific opening degree amount and a specific opening or closing timing so as to satisfy the target purge amount (S 300 ), and reducing a fuel injection amount due to the injector  530  and retarding or advancing an ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  according to an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe I due to the operations of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  (S 400 ). 
     In the varying of the fuel injection timing due to the injector  530  and the ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  according to the RPM of the engine  500  (S 100 ), when the RPM of the engine  500  is in a low or intermediate speed range, the injector  530  and the spark plug  540  are operated to allow fuel injection to take place during the intake stroke and allow fuel injection to take place immediately before or simultaneously with ignition during the explosion stroke. 
     In the varying of the fuel injection timing due to the injector  530  and the ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  according to the RPM of the engine  500  (S 100 ), when the RPM of the engine  500  is in a low or intermediate speed range and a load of the engine  500  is low, an operation pattern of the intake valve V 1  is varied to allow the intake valve V 1  to be closed during the compression stroke. 
     In the reducing of the fuel injection amount due to the injector  530  and retarding or advancing an ignition timing due to the operation of the spark plug  540  according to an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe I due to the operations of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  (S 400 ), when the circulation gas is introduced into the engine  500  due to the operation of the EGR valve  560 , an operation pattern of the injector  530  is varied according to a temperature of an exhaust gas and an amount of oxygen contained in the exhaust gas so as to decrease or increase the fuel injection amount due to the injector  530 . 
     As described above, in accordance with the active purge system and the active purge method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the evaporation gas may be pressurized and injected into the intake pipe I due to the operations of the purge pump  300  and the purge valve  400  such that, even though a supercharger is applied to the engine  500 , the evaporation gas may be supplied to the intake pipe I. 
     Further, since the injector  530  is installed on the cylinder head  510  to be located between the intake valve V 1  and the exhaust valve V 2 , generation of PMs is substantially reduced or minimized. Since the fuel coated on an upper surface of the piston transfers heat to the piston even though being oxidized, there is a probability that the fuel is not completely burned to be converted into PMs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, when compared with a case in which the injector  530  is obliquely installed on the cylinder block  520  and the fuel is injected onto the upper surface of the piston to generate a tumble in the fuel so as to adjust a mixing ratio around the spark plug  540 , the mixing ratio around the spark plug  540  may be adjusted with only the operation timing of the injector  530  such that the coating of the upper surface of the piston with the fuel may be reduced or minimized. 
     As described above, in accordance with the active purge system and the active purge method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an evaporation gas can be pressurized and injected into an intake pipe due to operations of a purge pump and purge valve such that, even though a supercharger is applied to an engine, an evaporation gas can be supplied to the intake pipe. 
     Further, since an injector is installed on a cylinder head to be located between an intake valve and an exhaust valve, generation of PMs can be reduced or minimized. Since the fuel coated on an upper surface of the piston transfers heat to the piston even though being oxidized, there is a probability that the fuel is not completely burned to be converted into the PMs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, when compared with a case in which the injector is obliquely installed on a cylinder block and fuel is injected onto the upper surface of the piston to generate a tumble in the fuel so as to adjust a mixing ratio around the spark plug, the mixing ratio around the spark plug may be adjusted with only the operation timing of the injector such that the coating of the upper surface of the piston with the fuel may be reduced or minimized. 
     While the present disclosure has been described with respect to the specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.