Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control system for a flexible fuel internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US15038196Application Date: 2014-11-06
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Publication No.: US10371069B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Raymond Bzymek , Brian Chambers , Mark E. Dunn
- Applicant: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Vancouver
- Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Vancouver
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- International Application: PCT/CA2014/051066 WO 20141106
- International Announcement: WO2015/074143 WO 20150528
- Main IPC: F02D19/06
- IPC: F02D19/06 ; F02D19/08 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D41/26 ; F02D41/30 ; F02D41/40

Abstract:
In previous control systems for engines that fuelled with a conventional fuel and an alternative fuel, a conventional fuel controller controlled fuelling for both fuels. This required extensive modifications to both the conventional fuel controller and an alternative fuel controller. A control system for an engine comprises a first control unit programmed to generate a first pulse width to actuate a first fuel injector to introduce a first fuel; a second control unit programmed to generate a second pulse width to actuate a second fuel injector to introduce a second fuel; and a communication line between the first and second control units. The first control unit determines a total fuel energy amount to be introduced by the first and second fuel injectors. The second control unit determines a first fraction of the total fuel energy amount to be from the first fuel and a second fraction of the total fuel energy amount to be from the second fuel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290257A1 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A FLEXIBLE FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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