F02M21/0242

Intake Arrangement
20170370336 · 2017-12-28 ·

Intake arrangement for an internal combustion engine for the intake of a liquid medium from a container, having a strainer, via which liquid medium can be taken in from the container, and having at least one suction pipe which opens with a first end into the strainer and via which the liquid medium can be delivered towards a suction pump, which interacts with the respective suction pipe. The suction pipe is mounted at a second end that faces away from the strainer such that it can be pivoted about an axis such that the suction pipe follows a movement of the liquid within the container.

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

An internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, at least one fuel delivery line for the delivery of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, and at least one differential pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the at least one fuel delivery line. The at least one differential pressure control valve is configured to perform a valve opening or valve closing movement based on a pressure difference between the at least one fuel delivery line and a reference volume having a reference pressure. The internal combustion engine further includes at least one pressure relief valve, separate from the at least one differential pressure control valve, and configured to open to cause a pressure relief in the reference volume and a decrease in the reference pressure if a drop occurs in the power to be performed by the internal combustion engine.

Internal Combustion Engine, Pre-Chamber Insert, And Fuel Injector
20170328266 · 2017-11-16 ·

An internal combustion engine, includes at least one cylinder, wherein the or each cylinder includes a main combustion chamber for burning fuel in the cylinder, wherein an assembly serving to supply and/or ignite fuel is installed on a cylinder head of each cylinder between gas exhaust valves of the cylinder in such a way that the assembly is inserted into a cut-out in the cylinder head of the cylinder and is sealed to said cut-out, wherein a segment of the assembly that is inserted into the cut-out in the cylinder head of the cylinder has an oval contour in the cross-section, and wherein a bounding surface of said segment of the assembly, which bounding surface lies in the sealing region, is contoured in such a way that said bounding surface is continuously convexly curved outward in the peripheral direction.

GASEOUS FUEL VENT HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
20170314513 · 2017-11-02 ·

Venting of gaseous fuel during operation and after shutdown of an internal combustion engine increases emissions. A vent handling apparatus for a gaseous fuel system of an internal combustion engine comprises an accumulator for storing gaseous fuel; a first valve selectively enabling fluid communication between the accumulator and one of a gaseous fuel communication passage and a gaseous fuel storage vessel, the gaseous fuel communication passage delivering gaseous fuel to the internal combustion engine for combustion; and an apparatus for selectively returning the gaseous fuel from the accumulator to the internal combustion engine for combustion.

FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM
20170314511 · 2017-11-02 · ·

A fuel storage system is provided for storing dimethylether (DME), a blend including DME, or other similar highly volatile fuel at a vehicle. The fuel storage system including a main storage tank, an expansion tank, a fuel filling receptacle configured to receive a fuel filling nozzle of a filling station, and a valve arrangement having at least a normal operating setting and a fuel filling setting. The valve arrangement in the normal operating setting provides a fuel passage between the main storage tank and the expansion tank, and the valve arrangement in the fuel filling setting both provides a fuel passage between the fuel filling receptacle and the main storage tank and prevents fuel flow between the main storage tank and the expansion tank. The fuel storage system is configured to mechanically prevent disconnection of the fuel filling nozzle from the fuel filling receptacle unless the valve arrangement is in the normal operating setting. A corresponding method, as well as a further example embodiment of the fuel storage system, are also provided.

Port injection system for gaseous fuels

A port injection system for gaseous fuels may include an injector body defining a hydraulic fluid inlet chamber, a hydraulic fluid exit passageway, a hydraulic fluid actuation passageway, a check valve inlet passageway fluidly connected with the hydraulic fluid actuation passageway, a valve chamber, and a gaseous fuel inlet chamber. An electrical solenoid actuator may be mounted to the injector body, with the electrical solenoid actuator including a movable armature, and a poppet valve connected to the movable armature and disposed within the valve chamber. The poppet valve may be movable between a pressurized hydraulic fluid flow blocking position and a pressurized hydraulic fluid flow passing position. A check valve may be disposed within the check valve inlet passageway. A gas admission valve may be disposed at least partially within the gaseous fuel inlet chamber and in contact with the check valve such that movement of the check valve by hydraulic fluid entering the check valve inlet passageway results in actuation of the gas admission valve away from a normally closed position closing off the gaseous fuel inlet chamber to a fuel injection position wherein gaseous fuel is allowed to flow from the gaseous fuel inlet chamber into an intake manifold or intake port of an engine on which the injector body is mounted.

Fuel exchange system and fuel supply system for fuel systems
11255277 · 2022-02-22 · ·

A system for exchanging of different fuels that can be used for operation of an engine. The system includes a fuel exchange unit, a control and an exchange return conduit. The fuel exchange unit is configured to deliver a first fuel at pressure into the injections system given a switched-off engine, in order to replace a second fuel, which is located in the injection system, with the first fuel. A fuel delivery system includes a media converter which includes a deflectable element. The media converter is driven by a drive unit via the fluid by way of the fluid being able to be led at a varying pressure to the media transformer via a first feed conduit, and is configured to deliver the fuel via a pumping effect.

Natural gas tank pressure control for transport refrigeration unit
11667229 · 2023-06-06 · ·

A transport refrigeration system (200) comprising: a vehicle (102) having a refrigerated cargo space (119); a refrigeration unit (22) in operative association with the refrigerated cargo space, the refrigeration unit providing conditioned air to the refrigerated cargo space; a first engine (26) configured to power the refrigeration unit; a plurality of first fuel tanks (330) fluidly connected to the first engine, the plurality of first fuel tanks configured to supply fuel to the first engine, wherein each of the plurality of first fuel tanks includes a lock off valve (450) and a pressure sensor (470) configured to detect a pressure level within each of the first fuel tanks; and one or more engine controllers (54) in electronic communication with each pressure sensor and lock off valve, the one or more engine controllers being configured to adjust at least one of the lock off valves in response to a pressure level detected by at least one of the pressure sensors.

Detecting and Preventing Two-Phase Flow To Gaseous Fueled Engines
20170234258 · 2017-08-17 ·

A system can include a flow measurement device positionable in a flow path for measuring a property of the fuel flowing through the flow path and a shutdown device positionable in the flow path for controlling the fuel flow through the flow path. The system can also include a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the flow measurement device for receiving the fuel flow property and from which the presence of two-phase flow or multiphase flow can be detected. The computing device is also communicatively coupled to the shutdown device for controlling fuel flow through the flow path in response to the detection of two-phase flow or multiphase flow.

Gas internal combustion engine gas leak checking device and method for same

An object of the present invention is to provide a gas leakage checking device and a method for the same, for checking fuel-gas leakage of safety shutoff valves simply and securely by measuring a pressure in a fuel supply pipe. The gas-leakage checking device 8 includes a first safety shutoff valve 81 disposed in a fuel-gas supply pipe 89 of the gas internal combustion engine 1 for permitting or shutting off a flow of the fuel gas, a second safety shutoff valve 82 disposed on a downstream side of the first safety shutoff valve 81, a gas-leakage checking pipe 89c branched from between the first and second safety shutoff valves 81, 82, a gas-discharge valve 83 disposed in the gas-leakage checking pipe 89c and configured to discharge the fuel gas between the first and second safety shutoff valves 81, 82, a first pressure meter P1 for detecting a pressure of the fuel gas in the gas-leakage checking pipe 89c, and second pressure meters P2, P3 disposed on a downstream side of the second safety shutoff valve 82, for detecting the pressure of the fuel gas in the fuel-gas supply pipe 89.