Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for monitoring a prechamber of an engine
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Application No.: US14985899Application Date: 2015-12-31
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Publication No.: US10077730B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Rajesh Kumar Jayaram , Amit Shrivastava , Chandan Kumar , Pavan Chakravarthy Nandigama
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: F02B19/00
- IPC: F02B19/00 ; F02D41/14 ; F02B19/10 ; F02B77/08 ; F02D35/02 ; F02D41/22 ; F02P17/12 ; F02D41/04

Abstract:
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for monitoring a prechamber of an engine. In one embodiment, a system includes a combustion engine having a combustion chamber and a prechamber, where the prechamber is configured to direct a flame toward the combustion chamber, a fuel supply valve configured to adjust a flow of a fuel toward the prechamber, a prechamber valve configured to receive the fuel into the prechamber, a knock sensor coupled to the combustion engine, and a controller. The controller is configured to control operations of the combustion engine, to receive a signal from the knock sensor, to determine a combustion parameter based at least on the signal, to determine a condition of one or both of the prechamber and the prechamber valve based at least on the combustion parameter, and to adjust the fuel supply valve based at least on the condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170191439A1 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PRECHAMBER OF AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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