Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Effects of biodiesel fuel on fuel dilution of engine oil
- Patent Title (中): 生物柴油对发动机油燃料稀释的影响
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Application No.: US13618286Application Date: 2012-09-14
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Publication No.: US08869753B2Publication Date: 2014-10-28
- Inventor: Matthew Allen Schneider , Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub , Mario Balenovic
- Applicant: Matthew Allen Schneider , Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub , Mario Balenovic
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Priority: DE102009046075 20091028
- Main IPC: F02B75/12
- IPC: F02B75/12 ; G01N33/28

Abstract:
An engine and related control system determine an amount of fuel diluting the engine oil in the oil pan. Such information can be used to recommend an oil change and to estimate a fraction of biodiesel in the fuel supplied to the engine. According to one embodiment, actual oil volume in the oil pan is based on a signal from a level sensor in the oil and a theoretical oil volume is determined based on initial oil volume and fuel entering the oil in the oil pan, fuel leaving the oil pan due to evaporation, and oil being consumed in the combustion chamber. Based on the difference between the actual and theoretical oil volumes, a proportion of heavy fuel components or biodiesel can be determined and transmitted to an engine control system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130013177A1 EFFECTS OF BIODIESEL FUEL ON FUEL DILUTION OF ENGINE OIL Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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