An engine system optionally including: a crankcase of an engine having a blow-by gas passing therethrough; a liquid source containing a liquid; and an oil separating apparatus in fluid communication with the blow-by gas. The oil separating apparatus having a coalescing filter to separate oil from the blow-by gas. Separate from the blow-by gas and the coalescing filter, the oil separating apparatus is in fluid communication with the liquid source to receive the liquid. The liquid is passed through the oil separating apparatus in a heat exchange relationship with the blow-by gas to maintain a desired temperature range for the blow-by gas.

An oil recovery system arranged to recover lubricating oil in a gas turbine engine, the oil recovery system comprising: a separator arranged to extract lubricating oil from a mixture of lubricating oil and air; an oil tank arranged to collect lubricating oil extracted from the mixture; and an exit mast arranged to vent air extracted from the mixture overboard from a core of the engine, wherein the exit mast comprises one or more openings for venting air from the separator; and wherein the one or more openings faces at least partially upstream relative to a direction of airflow through the gas turbine engine, such that the air is vented in the upstream direction, and a dynamic head of any airflow pressurises the oil tank, via the exit mast.

A positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system for an internal combustion engine includes a forced air induction system configured to supply air to the engine, a PCV line configured to fluidly couple between a crankcase of the engine and a clean side air duct of the forced air induction system, a make-up air (MUA) line configured to fluidly couple between the crankcase and the clean side air duct, and an inlet valve disposed in the forced air induction system. The inlet valve is configured to be controlled selectively move between an open position and a closed position to vary an air restriction in the forced air induction system and generate a vacuum. The vacuum draws blow-by gases from the crankcase through the PCV line and into the air induction system when the engine is under either naturally aspirated or boosted conditions.

In some embodiments, there is provided a method of controlling a pressure gradient between a combustion chamber and a crankcase of an engine, the method having: receiving, at a control device, a signal indicating that a lubricant container is coupled to a lubricant circulation system associated with the engine, in response to the received signal, providing data to cause operation of a suction control device for facilitating control of the pressure gradient.

Methods and systems are provided for rationalizing a hydrocarbon sensor in a hybrid vehicle, the hydrocarbon sensor used for feed-forward air/fuel ratio control during fuel vapor canister purging events. In one example, a method comprises routing blow-by gasses from a crankcase of an engine of the vehicle to an intake manifold of the engine and then to a fuel vapor storage canister, and indicating whether the hydrocarbon sensor is functioning as desired based on a magnitude of a response of the hydrocarbon sensor during the routing. In this way, the hydrocarbon sensor may be diagnosed under conditions when the canister is substantially free from fuel vapors, and where engine run-time is limited.

A control device for the internal combustion engine includes a pulsation detector, a path length calculator, and an anomaly detector. The pulsation detector detects the pulsation of the intake air flowing through the intake passage based on output signals from the air flowmeter. The path length calculator calculates the path length, which is a parameter that is correlated with the degree of the pulsation, based on the pulsation of the intake air detected by the pulsation detector. The anomaly detector determines that the fresh air passage is detached if the path length calculated by the path length calculator is less than or equal to a determination value and detects an anomaly in the fresh air passage.

In order to provide a separating device which has a simple design and is operable reliably and efficiently, it is proposed that the separating device comprises the following: at least one separating body for separating the impurities; an ejector device for producing a suction effect on an exit side of the at least one separating body; a supply device for supplying a drive medium to the ejector device, wherein, by means of the supply device, selectively a) compressed supply air from a supply air tract of the combustion engine, b) exhaust gas from an exhaust gas tract of the combustion engine and/or c) a mixture of compressed supply air and exhaust gas is suppliable as drive medium to the ejector device.

Methods and systems are provided for rationalizing a hydrocarbon sensor in a hybrid vehicle, the hydrocarbon sensor used for feed-forward air/fuel ratio control during fuel vapor canister purging events. In one example, a method comprises routing blow-by gasses from a crankcase of an engine of the vehicle to an intake manifold of the engine and then to a fuel vapor storage canister, and indicating whether the hydrocarbon sensor is functioning as desired based on a magnitude of a response of the hydrocarbon sensor during the routing. In this way, the hydrocarbon sensor may be diagnosed under conditions when the canister is substantially free from fuel vapors, and where engine run-time is limited.

A blow-by gas treatment device causes blow-by gas in a space defined by a cylinder head and a head cover in an internal combustion engine to flow back into an intake pipe. The blow-by gas treatment device includes a pipe joint and a blow-by gas pipe connected to the intake pipe. The pipe joint includes a basal end connected to the head cover, a distal end, a sensor-connected part connected to the pressure sensor, and a constriction located closer to the basal end than the sensor-connected part. The blow-by gas pipe is connected to a position of the pipe joint closer to the distal end than the sensor-connected part.

A blow-by gas treatment device includes a first blow-by gas pipe, a second blow-by gas pipe, a first pipe joint located on a first head cover, the first blow-by gas pipe being connected to the first pipe joint, a second pipe joint located on a second head cover, the second blow-by gas pipe being connected to the second pipe joint, a first union located on the first pipe joint, a second union located on the second pipe joint, and a pressure sensor connected to the first pipe joint by the first union and connected to the second pipe joint by the second union.