Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Techniques for determining condensation accumulation and depletion at a charge air cooler of a turbocharged engine having a low pressure cooled EGR system
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Application No.: US16664057Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US11041418B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Nikhil Patil , Sangeeta Theru , Ethan E Bayer
- Applicant: Nikhil Patil , Sangeeta Theru , Ethan E Bayer
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills; US MI Troy; US MI Lake Orion
- Assignee: Nikhil Patil,Sangeeta Theru,Ethan E Bayer
- Current Assignee: Nikhil Patil,Sangeeta Theru,Ethan E Bayer
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills; US MI Troy; US MI Lake Orion
- Agent Ralph E Smith
- Main IPC: F01N3/00
- IPC: F01N3/00 ; F01N3/02 ; F02B27/02 ; F02B29/04

Abstract:
Turbocharged engine water vapor ingestion control techniques determine a dew point of a charge air cooler (CAC) in an induction system of the engine based on measured humidity and temperature of a mixture of (i) air drawn into the induction system and (ii) exhaust gas produced by the engine that is cooled and recirculated by a low pressure cooled exhaust gas recirculation (LPCEGR) system of the engine back into the induction system. When the mixture temperature is less than the CAC dew point, a condensate accumulation in the CAC is determined. When the CAC condensate accumulation does not satisfy a set of one or more thresholds, the mixture temperature is increased. When the CAC condensate accumulation satisfies the set of one or more thresholds, an amount of the exhaust gas that is cooled and recirculated by the LPCEGR system is decreased until the mixture temperature meets the CAC dew point.
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