Patent classifications
F02B29/0493
INTAKE AND CHARGE AIR COOLING SYSTEM
An air cooling system for a vehicle engine includes an air intake configured to receive intake air for delivery to the engine, a first coolant loop thermally coupled to the air intake to provide cooling to the intake air, and a second coolant loop thermally coupled to the air intake to provide further cooling to the intake air. The first and second coolant loops are separate loops using a common condenser
Control device for internal combustion engine
A control device controls an internal combustion engine including: an EGR cooler bypass passage; and a flow-rate-ratio control valve capable of controlling, by adjustment of its opening degree, an EGR cooler ratio R. The control device is configured, during an EGR gas introduction operation, to execute an intake air temperature control for adjusting the opening degree such that an intake air temperature Tb approaches a target intake air temperature Tbt. In this intake air temperature control, the control device is configured, when a designated condition that, even if the adjustment of the opening degree is performed, there is a temperature difference obtained by subtracting the target intake air temperature Tbt from a value of the intake air temperature Tb to be achieved as a result of the adjustment of the opening degree is met, to execute an opening-degree update prohibition processing that prohibits an update of the opening degree.
Method of cleaning a charge air cooler and an internal combustion engine
The present disclosure relates to a turbocharged internal combustion engine which will flush dirt periodically from the heat exchange surfaces of the LT-charge air cooler by using water condensed on the heat exchange surfaces for the flushing.
Engine system with exhaust gas recirculation, and method of operating the same
An engine system with exhaust gas recirculation includes a combustion engine, a flow mixer, and a turbocharger. An exhaust flow path and a charge air flow path each extend to an inlet of the flow mixer, and a mixed gas flow path extends between the outlet of the flow mixer and an intake manifold of the engine. A charge air heat exchanger is arranged along the charge air flow path to cool the charge air, and a mixed gas heat exchanger is arranged along the mixed gas flow path to cool mixed charge air and recirculated exhaust gas. The exhaust gas recirculation flow path does not extend through any heat exchangers.
SYSTEM FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPONENTS OF A HYBRID VEHICLE
A hybrid vehicle includes a thermal control system having a first high temperature cooling circuit, a second low temperature cooling circuit and a third cooling circuit for cooling/heating a battery pack. A system of valves is configured to connect the third circuit with the second circuit so as to create a loop consisting of a main portion of the third circuit and a main portion of the second circuit including the cooling portion of one or more electric motor assemblies of the hybrid vehicle, one or more additional components of the motor-vehicle, such as a turbocharger assembly and an intercooler assembly. In this operating condition, circulation of the liquid in the loop thus-formed can be activated by the pump of the third circuit and causes heating of the battery pack by the heat generated by the electric motor assemblies and, preferably, by the aforesaid additional components of the motor-vehicle.
Engine system and method of controlling engine system to prevent condensation
An engine system includes an engine, an intake line, an exhaust line, a turbocharger, an intercooler, a high-pressure Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system, a low-pressure EGR system, a radiator which cools a coolant, a low-pressure EGR cooling line, an intercooler cooling line, a low-pressure EGR cooling valve, an intercooler cooling valve, an electric water pump, a driving information detector detecting driving information of a vehicle including an outside air temperature, a temperature of the intake gas supplied to the engine, and a coolant temperature. The engine system further includes a controller controlling the low-pressure EGR cooling valve, the intercooler cooling valve, the high-pressure EGR valve, and the electric water pump based on the driving information. With such an engine system, it is possible to prevent condensate water from being produced due to low-temperature outside air and EGR gas recirculated by the EGR systems.
Cooling system for vehicle
A cooling system for a vehicle, includes a first cooling circuit including a first coolant passage and a first pump. The first pump is provided in the first coolant passage to circulate coolant in the first cooling circuit so as to cool a first device to a first temperature. A second cooling circuit includes a second coolant passage and a second pump. The second pump is provided in the second coolant passage to circulate coolant in the second cooling circuit so as to cool a second device to a second temperature. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature. The coolant introduction passage connects the first cooling circuit and a connected portion of the second cooling circuit between the second device and a second radiator and upstream of the second device to supply the coolant in the first cooling circuit to the second cooling circuit.
Methods and systems for coolant system
Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.
Transport refrigeration unit with evaporator deforst heat exchanger utilizing compressed hot air
A transport refrigeration unit includes a combustion engine system having a turbo-charger constructed and arranged to receive air in a cold state and expel the air in a compressed hot state, an evaporator, and a defrost heat exchanger constructed and arranged to receive the air in the compressed hot state and expel the air in a compressed cooled state for defrosting the evaporator. In operation, the unit may be capable of controlling a defrost temperature and/or controlling the temperature of the air entering a combustion engine of the engine system for combustion by controlling the volume of air flow between the defrost heat exchanger and a charge air cooler of the engine system.
Split Cycle Internal Combustion Engine
A split cycle internal combustion engine apparatus includes a combustion cylinder accommodating a combustion piston and a compression cylinder accommodating a compression piston. The apparatus is arranged to provide compressed fluid to the combustion cylinder. The compression cylinder is coupled to a first liquid coolant reservoir and a second liquid coolant reservoir. A controller is arranged to receive an indication of at least one parameter associated with the engine, and control delivery of at least one of the first liquid coolant from the first liquid coolant reservoir and the second liquid coolant from the second liquid coolant reservoir to the compression cylinder based on the indication of the at least one parameter such that the at least one liquid coolant vaporises into a gaseous phase during a compression stroke.