Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for fuelling a flexible-fuel internal combustion engine
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Application No.: US14272469Application Date: 2014-05-07
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Publication No.: US09856837B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Mark E. Dunn , John M. Lapetz , Alan B. Welch
- Applicant: Westport Power Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Vancouver
- Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Vancouver
- Agent Carie C. Mager; C. Larry Kyle
- Main IPC: F02M43/04
- IPC: F02M43/04 ; F02M43/00 ; F02D35/02 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D19/10 ; F02D41/30 ; F02D19/06 ; F02D19/08

Abstract:
A flexible-fuel internal combustion engine apparatus comprises a combustion chamber, an intake valve, a first fuel injector, a second fuel injector, and a computer. The intake valve is operable to admit an intake charge into the combustion chamber. The first fuel injector injects a gaseous fuel directly into the combustion chamber. The second fuel injector injects a liquid fuel into the intake charge upstream of the intake valve. The computer is operatively connected with the first fuel injector and the second fuel injector to actuate injection of fuel respectively therefrom. The computer is programmed to command a gaseous-to-liquid fuel ratio as a function of at least one operating parameter from a group comprising gaseous fuel pressure, gaseous fuel mass, engine speed, engine torque, inlet air temperature, inlet air humidity, knock detection, operating history, torque command, and emissions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140238340A1 Apparatus And Method For Fuelling A Flexible-Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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