Patent classifications
F01N2430/00
System and methods for mitigating hydrocarbon breakthrough
Methods and systems are provided for mitigating hydrocarbon breakthrough from an onboard fuel vapor canister during an engine-off condition. In one example, a method may include actively routing ambient air to an exhaust catalyst to reducing a temperature of the exhaust catalyst.
System and process for controlled chemical ignition of internal combustion engines
A system includes a combustion apparatus for controlling combustion of a fuel and air in a combustion chamber to produce mechanical motion, a source of a chemical species for supplying a chemical species to be mixed with the fuel and air, a control valve for controlling an amount of the chemical species that is introduced from the source into the fuel and the air, and a controller in communication with the control valve to cause the control valve to introduce the chemical species at a flow rate that will cause auto-ignition of combustion between the fuel and the air in the combustion chamber without use of a spark-producing device. The controller may perform operations embodied as program instructions for controlling the system.
System and method for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust gas post-treatment system of the selective catalysis type
System for controlling an engine provided with an exhaust gas post-treatment system of the selective catalysis type, including a closed-loop control of NO.sub.x before the gas post-treatment system, according to the following steps: ⋅ a unit for determining a NO.sub.x setpoint in dependence on the rotational speed and the torque setpoint of the engine, ⋅ a unit for determining a NO value, and ⋅ a cascade control unit which is able to determine a setpoint for admitted oxygen and a correction of the supercharging pressure destined for unit for controlling the air loop of the engine as well as a correction of the injection pressure and a correction of the advance of the main injection in dependence on a NO.sub.x difference, between a NOx emission setpoint or corrected emission setpoint and a determined value of the quantity of NO.sub.x.
Electronic Engine Management System and Method for A Truck Mounted Forklift
This invention relates to an electronic engine management system and method for a truck mounted forklift (TMFL). The TMFL electronic engine management system (EEMS) comprises a processor and a memory having computer program instructions loaded thereon. The computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the EEMS to (i) determine when the amount of particulate matter (PM) in the diesel particulate filter (DPF) is above a first predetermined level, PL1; (ii) latch the engine into a DPF regeneration mode, causing the engine to automatically enter DPF regeneration mode each time the engine is turned on until the PM level is below a first regenerated level, RL1; and (iii) unlatch the engine from DPF regeneration mode once the amount of PM in the DPF is below RL1. In this way, the majority of DPF regeneration will be carried out in an active level 2 regeneration mode, avoiding the likelihood of carrying out regeneration at higher regeneration levels.
Engine system
Provided is an engine system including: a bypass pipe (bypass flow passage) connecting an upstream side and a downstream side of the turbine on an exhaust flow passage; a bypass valve configured to open and close the bypass flow passage; and a catalytic activation controller configured to control the bypass valve and a compression ratio of a combustion chamber.
CONTROL SYSTEM
A control system is provided for a diesel particulate filter (DPF) system of a diesel engine configured for operation in an off-highway vehicle. The control system includes a controller configured to receive a signal corresponding to a fill state of the DPF being at or above a first threshold. The controller is configured to selectively induce a parasitic load on the diesel engine to increase an operating temperature of the engine in response to receiving the signal.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOVING DEPOSITS IN AN AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM
A controller for removing deposits in a vehicle is disclosed. The controller includes at least one processor and a memory storing instructions therein that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: determine an amount of deposits accumulated in the vehicle based on an amount of time; determine a combustion target for the vehicle in response to determining that the amount of deposits exceeds a deposit threshold; and modulate a fluid flow of the vehicle based on the determined combustion target.
Transport refrigeration system and method of regenerating a diesel particulate filter
A method for performing a regeneration cycle for regenerating a diesel particulate filter of a transport refrigeration system. The method includes increasing an air intake throttling level of an engine intake air flow by reducing an air control valve area. The method also includes supplementing the temperature increase of the air intake throttling by energizing an engine preheater.
Cylinder based low pressure cooled exhaust gas recirculation transient measurement methodology
Calibration techniques for forced-induction engines having low pressure cooled exhaust gas recirculation (LPCEGR) systems include commanding an EGR to a fully-closed position, after the EGR valve has reached the fully-closed position, commanding the engine to operate at fixed steady-state conditions for a calibration period, wherein the fixed steady-state conditions comprise at least a fixed throttle valve angle, a fixed injected fuel mass, and a fixed cylinder air/fuel ratio (AFR), during the calibration period, increasingly opening the EGR valve and monitoring a AFR of exhaust gas produced by the engine, calibrating an EGR fraction estimation and EGR transport delay model based on previously measured and/or modeled total engine flow and the monitored exhaust gas AFR during the calibration period, and storing the calibrated model at a memory of a controller of the engine for future usage to improve engine operation.
Method for regenerating an Otto particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle
A method for regenerating an Otto particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes identifying a loading state of the Otto particle filter above a regeneration threshold and operating the internal combustion engine in a heating mode for the purposes of heating the Otto particle filter to a temperature threshold. The method further includes switching a first cylinder of the internal combustion engine from a fuel supply to an air supply, and continuing to operate at least one further cylinder of the internal combustion engine with the fuel supply.