Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
060600000 | With condition responsive valve means to control supercharged flow and exhaust products | 82 |
20080196404 | Method And Device For Controlling Or Regulating The Boost Pressure Of An Internal Combustion Engine Having A Compressor - A method and a device for regulating the boost pressure of an internal combustion engine having a compressor, which set a setpoint boost pressure in a rapid manner and without overshooting. An actuator is provided by which the boost pressure of the compressor is set. An actuating variable for the actuator is determined as a function of a rotational speed of the compressor. | 08-21-2008 |
20090007563 | Supercharged Diesel Engines - A diesel engine comprises one or more cylinders ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090013687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE - A method and system for monitoring the operation of a multicylinder, turbocharged reciprocating engine with an onboard controller includes monitoring one or more operating parameters predictive of the turbocharger's output, and generating a parametric output signal corresponding to the value of the sampled operating parameter. Actual mass flow is determined with a flow detection system, and then the charge air mass flow is compared with a predetermined flow rate corresponding to the monitored operating parameter, such as turbocharger speed or turbocharger pressure ratio. A charge air condition flag is set if the actual charge air flow rate is less than a predetermined flow rate based upon the parametric output signal. | 01-15-2009 |
20090031722 | Multistage Exhaust Turbocharger - An engine equipped with a multistage exhaust turbocharger easily mountable in a narrow engine room of a vehicle is provided by simplifying in construction and reducing in bulk of the multistage exhaust turbocharger. The multistage exhaust turbocharger has a high-pressure stage turbocharger and a low-pressure stage turbocharger. A high-pressure compressor cover of the high-pressure stage turbocharger is composed such that it has a compressor inlet passage, a bypass inlet passage, a switching aperture between both the passages to be opened and closed by a valve body of the compressor bypass valve device, and a bypass outlet pipe part connecting to the bypass inlet passage to introduce bypass air passed through the aperture opened by the bypass valve to the compressor bypass channel which is to be connected to the bypass outlet pipe part. A high-pressure turbine housing is cast integral with the exhaust manifold, an exhaust gas guide member is attached to the high-pressure turbine housing, and a low-pressure turbine housing is attached to the exhaust gas guide member. | 02-05-2009 |
20090064677 | Airflow Balance for a Twin Turbocharged Engine System - As one example, a method of operating an engine system including a first air intake passage branch including a first compression device and a second air intake passage branch including a second compression device, wherein each of the first branch and the second branch are fluidly coupled to at least a combustion chamber the engine via a common intake passage, a first sensor arranged along the first branch and at least a second sensor arranged along the common intake passage, wherein the first sensor is a mass airflow sensor and wherein the second branch does not include a mass airflow sensor. The method comprises increasing the mass airflow through the first branch relative to the mass airflow through the second branch when an amount of decrease in the mass airflow through the first branch is more than half an amount of a corresponding decrease in the combined mass airflow. | 03-12-2009 |
20090107140 | Twin Turbocharged Engine with Reduced Compressor Imbalance and Surge - As one example, a method of operating a vehicle propulsion system including an engine having an intake manifold communicating with two compressors arranged in separate intake passages is provided. The method includes limiting a boost pressure provided to the engine by the first and the second compressors in response to a total flow rate of air consumed by the engine, said first and second compressors cooperating to provide the total flow rate; and choking the first compressor having a higher flow rate during an imbalanced flow condition between the first and the second compressors to limit a further reduction of a flow rate of intake air through the second compressor before the second compressor experiences surge. | 04-30-2009 |
20090120087 | Exhaust gas turbocharger in an internal combustion engine - In an exhaust-gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine including an exhaust-gas turbine coupled to a compressor by a shaft and having a relatively large and a relatively small turbine inlet flow passage, the relatively large turbine inlet flow passage is arranged adjacent to the shaft and the relatively small turbine inlet flow passage facing away from the shaft and a switching device is provided via which the exhaust gas of the cylinders can be selectively supplied either to the small or to the large or to both of turbine inlet flow passages and furthermore, an exhaust gas recirculation line connected to the exhaust gas line leading to the small turbine inlet flow passage is in communication with the engine intake tract. | 05-14-2009 |
20090139228 | Exhaust Gas Turbocharger for An Internal Combustion Engine and Device for Switching An Air Guiding Device of An Exhaust Gas Turbocharger - An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a compressor arranged in an intake tract of an internal combustion engine for precompression of air passing through the intake tract to the compressor. A switchable air guiding device is arranged upstream of the compressor, wherein the switchable air guiding device supplies an air flow to the compressor in at least two different ways. The air guiding device has at least two components, wherein the at least two components are substantially made from plastic material. | 06-04-2009 |
20090151349 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR - A method for operating a compressor, which supplies an internal combustion engine that is assigned to the compressor at its output end with air compressed to a boost pressure, in which the boost pressure is reducible by releasing the compressed air at least partially via a pressure release valve. The air released via the pressure release valve is used for driving a compressor wheel of the compressor. | 06-18-2009 |
20090165458 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING OVERSPEED OF A TURBOCHARGER - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for preventing overspeed of a turbocharger. The apparatus includes a two-stage turbocharger system with a high pressure and a low pressure turbocharger. A bypass valve that divides an exhaust flow into a primary exhaust flow and a bypass flow. A relief valve vents a portion of the primary exhaust flow around the high pressure turbocharger. The low pressure turbocharger receives the bypass flow, the primary exhaust flow, and the vented portion of the primary exhaust flow. The apparatus includes a controller having a protection condition module that determines a protection indicator, and a relief valve control module that controls the relief valve according to the protection indicator. | 07-02-2009 |
20090178405 | HCCI COMBUSTION TIMING CONTROL WITH DECOUPLED CONTROL OF IN-CYLINDER AIR/EGR MASS AND OXYGEN CONCENTRATION - A method of controlling homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion timing and pressure rise rate. A constant volume air pump, such as a supercharger, is equipped to provide a variable amount of fresh air to a turbocharger. The also turbocharger drives a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) loop. The fresh air intake and the EGR ratio are independently controlled. This combination of hardware allows for good control of combustion timing by providing for EGR variations without undue effect from varying oxygen concentration. Additionally, by adjusting the EGR ratio, the pressure rise rate during combustion can be controlled to reduce combustion noise. | 07-16-2009 |
20090188251 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TURBOCHARGER BYPASS AND EXHAUST BREAKING WITH A SINGLE VALVE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a single-actuated multi-function valve. The apparatus includes a primary fluid conduit, a secondary fluid conduit, and a valve. The primary fluid conduit flows from an exhaust manifold to an outlet through a high pressure turbocharger and a low pressure turbocharger. The secondary fluid conduit flows from the exhaust manifold to an outlet through the low pressure turbocharger. The valve has two flow passages—the first flow passage is a variable restriction within the primary fluid conduit, and the second flow passage is a variable restriction within the secondary fluid conduit. Turning the valve one direction from a nominal position controls the flow ratios in the primary and secondary fluid conduits, while turning the valve in the other direction from the nominal position controls exhaust braking. | 07-30-2009 |
20090235662 | MODULATING FLOW THROUGH AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLER TO MAINTAIN GAS FLOW VELOCITIES CONDUCIVE TO REDUCING DEPOSIT BUILD-UPS - A heat exchanger of motor vehicle processes a gas flow including combustion exhaust gas. Combustion by-product deposit build-up within the heat exchanger is reduced by maintaining a minimum gas flow velocity within the heat exchanger by reducing heat exchanger total gas flow cross section to locally increase a gas flow velocity. | 09-24-2009 |
20090235663 | Device and Method for Supplying Fresh Air to a Turbocharged Reciprocating-Piston Internal Combustion Engine - A device for fresh-gas supply for a turbocharged, compression-ignition, reciprocating-piston internal-combustion engine is provided. The engine has fresh-gas supply pipe and exhaust gas manifold pipe, between which an EGR device is installed. A tubular inside space section of the fresh-gas supply pipe located downstream of a turbocharger has a compressed-air connection with a volume control device, and a butterfly valve for controlling throughflow. Operation of the butterfly valve is controlled by an electronic control unit of the engine which processes sensor signals. A control valve of the EGR device, which is electronically controlled and controls the exhaust gas throughflow volume, is connected to the electronic control unit for synchronized operation of the butterfly valve with the volume control device. | 09-24-2009 |
20090301079 | SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM - A supercharging system ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100011761 | CHARGING DEVICE WITH EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - In a charging device for an internal combustion engine, the charging device has at least one first line for the intake of fresh air, having at least one air-gap-insulated exhaust-carrying component. This is assigned to an outlet side of the internal combustion engine. At least one regulating element for distributing an exhaust gas stream, and at least one regulating element for distributing a pre-compressed fresh air stream is provided. The air-gap insulated exhaust-carrying component has an outer chamber, through which a controllable stream of fresh air flows. | 01-21-2010 |
20100018204 | Butterfly valve - A butterfly valve comprises a housing defining a fluid flow conduit and a butterfly valve member supported on a shaft for rotation about an axis extending across said conduit to control fluid flow through said conduit. A portion of the shaft extends into a shaft bore provided in the housing and which extends laterally from said conduit. An annular bush is located around the shaft within the bore and is coupled to the butterfly valve member for rotation therewith about the shaft axis. | 01-28-2010 |
20100139266 | Systems for Recovering the Unused Energy of Exhaust Gas of an Internal Combustion Engine and Corresponding Methods - A system and method for recovering the unused energy of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is provided. A charge device for generating compressed intake air for the internal combustion engine is driven by exhaust gas, and an air compressor having at least one compression stage is connected to the charge device to withdraw at least a partial quantity of the compressed intake air, the partial quantity of the compressed intake air of the charge device that can be withdrawn by the air compressor is adjustable. | 06-10-2010 |
20100154412 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A SYSTEM - An embodiment is an apparatus for providing thermal management of a diesel aftertreatment device. The apparatus includes an intake throttle, at least one exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve coupled to the intake throttle, a turbine bypass valve coupled to the at least one EGR valve and a control mechanism coupled to the intake throttle, the at least one EGR valve and the turbine bypass valve for selectively actuating at least one of the valves based on an engine operation profile. | 06-24-2010 |
20100180590 | BYPASS VALVE ACTUATION - A system and method for controlling air flow in an engine system. In one embodiment, the system includes an engine, a turbocharger coupled to the engine, and a compressor bypass valve coupled to the turbocharger and to the engine. The compressor bypass valve includes a mechanism that allows the compressor bypass valve to be closed by default and allows the compressor bypass valve to be actuated passively when acted upon by a boost pressure when the boost pressure increases above a predefined pressure threshold. According to the system and method disclosed herein, the compressor bypass valve is passive, and thus controls air flow to the engine without requiring active control circuitry or logic. | 07-22-2010 |
20100281862 | MARINE DIESEL ENGINE - In a marine diesel engine equipped with a plurality of turbochargers, when the turbochargers are switched from single operation to parallel operation or from parallel operation to single operation, surging in the turbocharger to be started or stopped is prevented. The marine diesel engine includes an exhaust pipe (L | 11-11-2010 |
20110011081 | EXHAUST BRAKES - An exhaust brake control system includes a braking torque estimation module that estimates a desired braking torque based on engine speed. A volume flow rate determination module determines a desired volume flow rate of an exhaust gas based on the desired braking torque. An adjustment module adjusts an actual volume flow rate to control actual braking torque based on the desired braking torque and a change in exhaust temperature. | 01-20-2011 |
20110192160 | Engine - An engine provided with a variable parallel supercharging system ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110219767 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH TURBOCHARGER - A control device for an internal combustion engine including a turbocharger including a first exhaust channel leading to a turbine of the turbocharger, a second exhaust channel that does not lead to the turbine, a first exhaust valve that opens and closes the first exhaust channel, a second exhaust valve that opens and closes the second exhaust channel, and an exhaust variable valve mechanism that has a medium cam and a small cam as cams that drive the second exhaust valve and can change a lift amount and a working angle of the second exhaust valve by switching the cam profiles. The adjustment of the amount of exhaust energy supplied to the turbine and the adjustment of the turbine revolution speed and supercharge pressure are performed by switching the cam profiles of the second exhaust valve. | 09-15-2011 |
20110232279 | Internal Combustion Engine Having Compressor With First And Second Tributary Inlets - An internal combustion engine ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110252784 | Fresh Gas Supply Device for an Internal Combustion Engine Having an Exhaust Gas Turbocharger, and Method for the Control Thereof - A fresh gas supply device is provided for an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger. The device includes a charge-air inlet for taking in charge-air from the exhaust gas turbocharger, a compressed air inlet for taking in compressed air, an outlet connectable to the charge-air inlet via a flap element and to the compressed air inlet via a flow regulating device, and a control unit for controlling the flap element and the flow regulating device. The flow regulating device has at least one valve for opening and closing the compressed air inlet and a proportional valve connected downstream in the direction of flow for setting a pressure in the outlet. | 10-20-2011 |
20110252785 | Stored Compressed Air Management for Improved Engine Performance - A method for providing air to a combustion chamber of an engine, the engine including a compressor and a boost tank selectably coupled to an intake manifold. The method includes varying a relative amount of engine exhaust in air pressurized in the boost tank based on engine operating conditions, and discharging the air pressurized in the boost tank to the intake manifold. | 10-20-2011 |
20110296828 | TURBOCHARGING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A two-stage turbo system using small-sized turbo-superchargers and simply configured. A two-stage turbo system provided with an internal combustion engine ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120085091 | Supercharged Internal Combustion Engine - Four-stroke internal combustion engine comprising N groups of two or three cylinders the exhaust phases of which do not interfere with one another, the exhaust ports ( | 04-12-2012 |
20120085092 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes: a turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust path and a compressor disposed in an intake path; a waist gate valve that opens and closes a bypass channel that connects a part of the exhaust path upstream of the turbine and a part of the exhaust path downstream of the turbine to each other; a drive mechanism that drives the waist gate valve; and waist gate valve opening controlling means that controls the drive mechanism so that the opening of the waist gate valve agrees with a saturation minimum opening when the drive mechanism opens the waist gate valve, the saturation minimum opening being the minimum opening at which the flow rate of an exhaust gas passing through the bypass channel is saturated. | 04-12-2012 |
20120102945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION - A method is provided for reducing turbolag in a turbocharged internal combustion engine including an inlet manifold, an exhaust manifold, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve and a Variable Geometry Turbine (VGT) turbo unit. The method includes demanding torque for shifting the internal combustion engine from a stationary engine mode to a transient engine mode, closing the EGR valve during the transient engine mode, repositioning guide vanes of the VGT turbo unit from a first position when in the stationary engine mode to a second position when in the transient engine mode, increasing a duration of overlapping of at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve provided in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine from a first duration when in the stationary mode to a second duration when in the transient mode for increasing the amount of air flowing from the inlet manifold to the exhaust manifold and thereby increasing acceleration of a turbine of the VGT turbo unit. | 05-03-2012 |
20120117962 | RICH FUEL MIXTURE SUPER-TURBOCHARGED ENGINE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a super-turbocharger system that increases power and efficiency of an engine. The system uses the exothermic properties of a catalytic converter to extract additional energy from exhaust heat that is used to add power to the engine. Compressed air is supplied and mixed with exhaust gases upstream and/or downstream from a catalytic converter that is connected to an exhaust manifold. The gaseous mixture of exhaust gases and compressed air is sufficiently rich in oxygen to oxidize hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide in the catalytic converter, which adds heat to the gaseous mixture. In addition, a sufficient amount of compressed air is supplied to the exhaust gases to maintain the temperature of the gaseous mixture at a substantially optimal temperature level. The gaseous mixture is applied to the turbine of the super-turbocharger, which increases the output of said super-turbocharger, which increases the power and efficiency of said engine. The engine throttle is used to control the pressure level of the compressed air to ensure proper flow of cooling gases and oxidation gases. | 05-17-2012 |
20120159947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TURBINE EFFICIENCY - A method of controlling turbine efficiency in a turbo unit provided on an internal combustion engine includes providing a flow of gas in an area upstream a turbine at a direction different to the flow of exhaust gases in the same area, regulating the flow by a valve, and controlling the valve from a control unit having at least boost pressure and/or EGR flow as input parameters. | 06-28-2012 |
20120174577 | TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM FOR AIR-THROTTLED ENGINES - A turbocharger system for an air-throttled engine includes a variable flow expander (VFE) in the intake air conduit system that supplies intake air to the engine. At part-load operation, the VFE expands the air by an amount that is controllable, and thus regulates the air flow as needed by the engine. The power extracted by the VFE from the intake air flow is fed to the turbocharger, which helps to achieve quicker turbocharger response and improve scavenging of exhaust gases from the engine. The VFE can be a variable expansion ratio turbine. | 07-12-2012 |
20120192558 | SUPERCHARGING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A supercharging system for an internal combustion engine comprising a turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, and a pressure wave supercharger performing supercharging of the internal combustion engine by increasing a pressure of gas led into each of cells from an intake gas inlet port using a pressure wave of exhaust gas led into the cell from an exhaust gas inlet port and discharging from an intake gas outlet port to an intake passage the gas pressurized, wherein a case of the pressure wave supercharger is connected to the intake passage upstream of the compressor via the intake gas inlet port, and is connected to the intake passage downstream of the compressor via the intake gas outlet port, and is connected to an exhaust passage downstream of the turbine via the exhaust gas inlet port and an exhaust gas outlet port. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198836 | LIGHT TURBO COMPOUND ENGINE VARIANT - Otto intake-cycle controlled-air (throttled) internal combustion engines suffer from parasitic pumping losses associated with partial vacuums developed in their intake manifolds and in the cylinders above their pistons. To solve this problem, there is provided individually partitioned dry-sump crankcases dynamic pneumatic coupling pressure reduction cycle system and method that reduce the damaging parasitic effects of the differential pressure about a piston head during an intake cycle which is a source of part-load pumping-loss friction. This closed loop system includes an independent supplemental mechanical fail-safe system of a turbo-compound engine variant for pneumatic coupling of individual cylinder-crankcase volumes. It does not alter the cylinder homogeneous mixture charge integrity and stability. The system is applicable to several engine configurations, such as controlled air intake or uncontrolled air intake combustion engines, using different fuel types, either in liquid or in gazeous state. | 08-09-2012 |
20130000297 | EMISSIONS REDUCTION SYSTEM - In one aspect of the present disclosure, an exhaust emission reduction system is provided for an internal combustion engine. The engine receives an air stream for combustion with fuel in the engine and also generates an engine exhaust steam. The system includes a filter assembly having one or more exhaust emission reduction elements configured to process the exhaust stream, a performance of at least one of the one or more exhaust emission reduction elements being temperature dependent. The system also includes an apparatus for changing the temperature of the exhaust stream incident on the filter assembly. The system further includes a controller operatively connected to the apparatus, and adapted to regulate the temperature of the exhaust stream incident on the filter assembly based on the temperature of the exhaust stream. | 01-03-2013 |
20130008161 | CHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control and regulation method is described for a turbocharged internal combustion engine, in which in a high-performance range (HLB) the turbocharged air is pre-compressed via a two-stage turbocharging process. The described method comprises a low-pressure stage and a high-pressure stage and fed to the internal combustion engine and in which in a low-performance range (NLB) the turbocharged air, pre-compressed via the two-stage turbocharging process, is fed to the internal combustion engine, post-compressed via a compressor as a third turbocharging stage. | 01-10-2013 |
20130047604 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger configured to receive an air flow and a first exhaust flow from the internal combustion engine and a supercharger downstream of the turbocharger configured to receive a compressed air charge from the turbocharger. The engine further includes an exhaust gas recirculation circuit receiving a second exhaust flow from the internal combustion engine and supplying the second exhaust flow to the compressed air charge upstream of the supercharger, wherein the second exhaust flow and compressed air charge comprise an exhaust-air mixed flow received by the internal combustion engine. | 02-28-2013 |
20130327036 | EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER HAVING A TURBINE HOUSING WITH AN INTEGRATED WASTEGATE ACTUATOR - An exhaust-gas turbocharger includes a turbine housing and a wastegate which is disposed in the turbine housing and has a wastegate flap. The wastegate flap can be adjusted by an output shaft of a wastegate actuator. The output shaft has a central axis. The wastegate actuator is an integral constituent part of the turbine housing. During an adjustment of the wastegate flap, the output shaft of the wastegate actuator interacts with a wastegate spindle which has a central axis. The output shaft of the wastegate actuator is thermally decoupled from the wastegate spindle. | 12-12-2013 |
20130327037 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ECU determines whether or not an engine water temperature has exceeded a predetermined value; and actively opens and closes a wastegate valve, and calculates a shift in a learning value amount. The ECU determines whether or not the learning value shift amount is sufficiently large to surpass a predetermined value and when the determination result is Yes (when the condition is fulfilled), takes in the learning value shift. The ECU determines whether or not the engine water temperature is sufficiently low to be below a predetermined value and reflects the learning value shift in the air-fuel ratio learning value. | 12-12-2013 |
20130340423 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of this invention is to accurately control an exhaust air-fuel ratio, even when a WGV (waste gate valve) is operating. An ECU | 12-26-2013 |
20130340424 | CONTROL OF EXHAUST FLOW IN AN ENGINE INCLUDING A PARTICULATE FILTER - Methods and systems for controlling operation of exhaust of an engine including a particulate filter are provided. One example method includes generating vacuum during engine operation, and storing the vacuum. The method further includes, during or after engine shutdown, drawing ambient air through the particulate filter via the vacuum. | 12-26-2013 |
20140060040 | SECONDARY AIR INTRODUCTION SYSTEM - Embodiments for heating an emission control device are provided. In one example, a method for a turbocharged engine comprises during an engine cold-start, delivering boosted air from downstream of a compressor into a wastegate duct coupled across a turbine and exothermically reacting a reductant with the boosted air upstream of an exhaust emission control device. In this way, boosted air may be used to initiate an exothermic reaction to heat the device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140090372 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR - A method for operating a compressor, which supplies an internal combustion engine that is assigned to the compressor at its output end with air compressed to a boost pressure, in which the boost pressure is reducible by releasing the compressed air at least partially via a pressure release valve. The air released via the pressure release valve is used for driving a compressor wheel of the compressor. | 04-03-2014 |
20140137552 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which improves acceleration performance while maintaining fuel performance in a non-supercharging operation range. A bypass passage ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140144133 | OVERRUN AIR RECIRCULATION VALVE - A overrun air recirculation valve ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140230430 | Air Charge System and Method for an Internal Combustion Engine - An air charge system for an internal combustion engine may include a charge path having a charge inlet configured to receive air, and a charge outlet configured to convey air to an intake of the internal combustion engine; a first compressor in the charge path, the first compressor being driven by a motor and configured to receive the air from the charge inlet and increase temperature, pressure and volumetric flow rate of the air in the charge path; a first valve in the charge path downstream of the first compressor configured to divert at least a portion of the air leaving the first compressor from exiting the charge path through the charge outlet; and a controller configured to modulate at least one of the first valve and a speed of the motor to adjust a volumetric flow rate of air leaving the charge outlet. | 08-21-2014 |
20140260240 | Stratified Charge Engine with Turbocharger - In an embodiment, a method for turbocharging a stratified charge engine includes flowing, in a turbocharged mode, exhaust gas from the engine into a turbocharger based on the engine having a load greater than a threshold load and the engine operating in a first range of engine speeds, the threshold load comprising a peak load for engine operation in a naturally-aspirated mode using a lean air-fuel mixture and providing, by the turbocharger while in the turbocharged mode, an increased amount of air to a combustion chamber in the engine based on the turbocharger receiving the exhaust gas. The method also includes restricting flow, in the naturally-aspirated mode, of the exhaust gas into the turbocharger based on at least one of: the engine having a load less than the threshold load or the engine operating in a second range of engine speeds, the second range being greater than the first range. | 09-18-2014 |
20140325981 | TURBO SUPERCHARGING DEVICE WITH AIR BLEED AND REGENERATION - The inventive turbo supercharging device with air bleed and regeneration ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140366527 | PNEUMATIC COMPRESSOR RECIRCULATION VALVE SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING SURGE UNDER BOOST DURING THROTTLE CLOSING - An engine system having a compressor coupled to an engine and supplying air to an intake manifold, a throttle controlling the supply of air from the compressor to the intake manifold, a vacuum reservoir, an aspirator having its motive section in fluid communication with the air intake system upstream of the compressor and its discharge section in fluid communication downstream of the compressor and a suction port in fluid communication with the vacuum reservoir, a compressor recirculation valve having a pneumatic control chamber in fluid communication with downstream air from the compressor and in fluid communication with the vacuum reservoir, a gate valve controlling the fluid communication of the pneumatic control chamber of the compressor recirculation valve with the downstream air and the vacuum reservoir, and a bleed line having a bleed valve in fluid communication with the vacuum reservoir and the pneumatic control chamber of the compressor recirculation valve. | 12-18-2014 |
20140366528 | COORDINATING VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION AND TURBOCHARGER OPERATION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine control system coordinates control of a pressure regulating mechanism associated with a turbocharger turbine and control of a variable valve actuating (VVA) mechanism for expanding the range of possible exhaust gas recirculation rates over a large portion of an engine operating map to provide EGR rates which are greater than typical present-day levels while mitigating engine pumping losses by causing the turbocharger to operate with better efficiency in some regions of the map where it otherwise would not. Turbocharger efficiency is improved by controlling the VVA mechanism to set the timing of operation of its respective cylinder valves in accordance with a predetermined correlation of operating efficiencies of a compressor to timing of operation of respective engine cylinder valves, causing the compressor to operate at points of better efficiency than it otherwise would without use of VVA. | 12-18-2014 |
20140366529 | DIESEL ENGINE - First and second turbochargers for supercharging a first cylinder group which continues or stops an operation by a valve stopping mechanism for reduced cylinders, and a second cylinder group which stops or continues the operation by the valve stopping mechanism for reduced cylinders, respectively, and a third turbocharger in which air from the first and second turbochargers is supplied to the first and second cylinder groups via separate independent intake passages, to supercharge the first and second turbochargers. If a reduced-cylinder operation system provided with this valve stopping mechanism is provided in addition to the turbo-charging system, a drop in a supercharging amount during a reduced-cylinder operation is prevented, a sufficient air amount is supplied into operating cylinders, deterioration of combustion in the operating cylinders and deterioration of a state of an exhaust gas are prevented, and fuel efficiency is improved. | 12-18-2014 |
20150007562 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the invention is applied to an internal combustion engine that is equipped with an exhaust gas treatment device that is provided in an exhaust passage, and a burner device that is provided in the exhaust passage upstream of the exhaust gas treatment device so as to raise a temperature of exhaust gas supplied to the exhaust gas treatment device. The control apparatus performs an increase control for increasing a concentration of oxygen in exhaust gas supplied to the burner device if the concentration of oxygen is not higher than a predetermined required concentration of oxygen when there is a request to operate the burner device. The combustion performance of the burner device is stably ensured by securing or compensating for an insufficient concentration of oxygen. | 01-08-2015 |
20150027115 | INTERSTAGE GAS INJECTION FOR MULTI-STAGE TURBOCHARGED NATURAL GAS ENGINE - A turbocharged internal combustion engine system includes at least one high pressure turbocharger and at least one low pressure turbocharger arranged in series. A fuel source that provides fuel for gaseous fuel induction operation of the engine is connected to inject fuel between the low pressure compressor of the low pressure turbocharger and the high pressure compressor of the high pressure turbocharger. | 01-29-2015 |
20150047340 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDENSATION CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for reducing condensate accumulation at a charge air cooler (CAC) during cold ambient conditions. A wastegate may be held closed while a compressor recirculation valve is held open during an engine cold start so as to use compressor heating and increased compressor recirculation to expedite CAC heating. EGR delivery is delayed until the CAC is sufficiently warm to reduce the propensity for condensation. | 02-19-2015 |
20150047341 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BOOST CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for varying a proportion of compressed air recirculated to a compressor inlet from a location downstream of the compressor and upstream of a charge air cooler and a location downstream of the charge air cooler. A temperature-controlled compressor recirculation flow is used to reduce condensation from EGR being ingested into the compressor. The temperature-controlled compressor recirculation flow is also used to address compressor surge. | 02-19-2015 |
20150047342 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BOOST CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for coordinating adjustments to a compressor recirculation valve with adjustments to a binary flow turbine scroll valve to reduce surge. The scroll valve is closed to increase turbine energy while the compressor recirculation valve is opened to increase compressor flow. Concurrent adjustments to a wastegate may be used to provide boost pressure control. | 02-19-2015 |
20150047343 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGE CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for improving a margin to surge. A compressor recirculation valve is held at a semi-open position during steady-state boosted engine operation and operation in a soft surge region. The valve is fully opened to reduce hard surge, or fully closed to meet a transient increase in boost demand. | 02-19-2015 |
20150068203 | TWO-STAGE TURBOCHARGER FLOW CONTROL - A method is disclosed for controlling a two-stage turbocharger system having low-pressure and high-pressure turbochargers in line, sequentially, with an engine. The turbochargers include a low-pressure (LP) turbine and an LP compressor, and a high-pressure (HP) turbine and an HP compressor. The LP compressor feeds the HP compressor, which feeds the engine intake. The engine exhaust feeds the HP turbine, which feeds the LP turbine. The method determines a total boost pressure, which provides combustion reactant for the engine. The method calculates an LP compressor power from the determined total boost pressure, and an LP turbine flow from the LP compressor power. The low-pressure turbocharger operates at the calculated LP turbine flow. The method calculates an HP compressor power from the determined total boost pressure, and an HP turbine flow from the HP compressor power. The high-pressure turbocharger operates at the calculated HP turbine flow. | 03-12-2015 |
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20150322876 | SUPERCHARGED ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS METHOD AND ASSOCIATED ENGINE - A diagnostics method for a supercharged internal combustion engine including a fixed-geometry turbocharger, including a compressor through which air admitted into an intake circuit passes, and a turbine rotationally connected to the compressor and through which exhaust gases pass, the method including: calculating a first integral with respect to time of a measurement of atmospheric pressure; calculating an integral with respect to time of a measurement of boost pressure; calculating a second integral with respect to time of a measurement of atmospheric pressure; calculating two diagnostics criteria dependent on the first integral of atmospheric pressure, on the integral of the boost pressure and on the second integral of the atmospheric pressure; comparing the first diagnostics criterion with a first diagnostics threshold and comparing the second diagnostics criterion with a second diagnostics threshold; and diagnosing a fault when at least one of the diagnostics criteria is below its associated diagnostics threshold. | 11-12-2015 |
20160010539 | FORCED INDUCTION DEVICE FOR A COMBUSTION ENGINE, COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE | 01-14-2016 |
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20160097333 | CONTROL OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TWO-STAGE TURBOCHARGING - An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block defining a cylinder, a cylinder head, an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a variable exhaust valve timing mechanism. The engine also includes a turbocharging system configured to pressurize ambient airflow for delivery to the cylinder. The turbocharging system includes a low-flow turbocharger, a high-flow turbocharger, and a flow control device for selectively directing post-combustion gas to the low-flow and high-flow turbochargers. A controller directs the post-combustion gas to the low-flow turbocharger and selects a first predetermined exhaust valve timing when the engine operates below a predetermined speed and above a predetermined load. Alternatively, the controller directs the post-combustion gas to the high-flow turbocharger and selects a second predetermined exhaust valve timing at or above the predetermined engine speed. The first predetermined exhaust valve timing traps less post-combustion gas in the cylinder as compared to the second predetermined exhaust valve timing. | 04-07-2016 |
20160102603 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - In an internal combustion engine provided with a turbocharger, a throttle valve, and an actuator, if there is a request for switching from stoichiometric combustion to lean combustion and also there is a request for raising a supercharging pressure after the switching of combustion to a pressure higher than the supercharging pressure before the switching of combustion, the supercharging pressure reserve control for raising the supercharging pressure while a requested intake air amount S required for realizing a requested torque of the internal combustion engine in the stoichiometric combustion is maintained is executed by using the throttle valve and the actuator. After the supercharging pressure reserve control is finished, the switching of combustion is executed. When an actual supercharging pressure reaches the lower of a requested supercharging pressure L and a realizable supercharging pressure, the supercharging pressure reserve control is finished. | 04-14-2016 |
20160131046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF TURBINE-GENERATOR VIA VALVE DEACTIVATION IN A SPLIT EXHAUST ENGINE SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for reducing exhaust energy delivered to a turbine of a turbine-generator coupled to a split exhaust engine system in order to reduce turbine over-speed conditions and/or to reduce a generator output. In one example, a method may include deactivating a blowdown exhaust valve utilized to deliver a blowdown portion of exhaust energy to the turbine. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF TURBINE-GENERATOR VIA EXHAUST VALVE TIMING AND DURATION MODULATION IN A SPLIT EXHAUST ENGINE SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for reducing exhaust energy delivered to a turbine of a turbine-generator coupled to a split exhaust engine system in order to reduce turbine over-speed conditions and/or to reduce a generator output. In one example, a method may include retarding a first timing of a first exhaust valve utilized to deliver a blowdown portion of exhaust energy to the turbine, and/or advancing a second timing of a second exhaust valve utilized to deliver a scavenging portion of exhaust energy to an exhaust catalyst in response to a turbine speed greater than a threshold speed. | 05-12-2016 |
20160146097 | Exhaust System with Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Multiple Turbochargers, and Method for Operating Same - An exhaust system includes a first turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to an exhaust conduit; a valve assembly having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port, the inlet port of the valve assembly being in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit; a second turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to the first outlet port of the valve assembly via a first outlet port conduit, and fluidly coupled to an outlet of the first turbine via a first turbine outlet conduit; and a controller operatively coupled to the valve assembly. The valve assembly has a first configuration that blocks fluid communication between the inlet port and the first outlet port, and the valve assembly has a second configuration that effects fluid communication between the inlet port and the first outlet port. | 05-26-2016 |
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20110247325 | ENGINE BOOST CONTROL FOR MULTI-FUEL ENGINE - A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine and a method of operating the fuel delivery system is described. As one example, the method includes delivering a first fuel blend from a first fuel tank to the engine; delivering a second fuel blend from a second fuel tank to the engine, the proportion of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine to said first fuel blend delivered to the engine being related to the desired engine output; transferring said first fuel blend from said first fuel tank to said second fuel tank to prevent an amount of said first fuel blend and said second fuel blend in said second fuel tank from falling below a predetermined level; and boosting air delivered to the engine, the amount of boosting being related to latent heat of vaporization of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine. | 10-13-2011 |
20120096853 | Two-Stroke Uniflow Turbo-Compound Internal Combustion Engine - A radial, two-stroke uniflow internal combustion (IC) cylinder and multiple cylinder engine, the cylinder having a cylinder wall and a cylinder head, the cylinder head having an exhaust port, a fuel injector, and a spark means disposed through the cylinder head, a piston reciprocally mounted in the cylinder for movement alternately through compression and power strokes, and an inlet swirl port disposed through the cylinder wall providing fluid communication into the cylinder chamber, and having an annular exhaust air manifold in exhaust gas communication with each exhaust ports, and an exhaust-driven radial in-flow turbine that drives the inlet air compression. | 04-26-2012 |
20120204556 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH SUPERCHARGER - A first supercharger and a second supercharger are disposed in series in intake and exhaust passages. In a B region in which both the supercharging effects of the first and second superchargers are utilized, the opening of an exhaust control valve disposed in a passage for bypassing the turbine of the first supercharger is set to an intermediate degree, and the opening of an intake control valve disposed in a passage for bypassing the compressor of the first supercharger is set to the minimum. In a C region in which the supercharging effect of only the second supercharger is utilized, both the openings of the exhaust control valve and the intake control valve are set to the maximum. When the control region shifts from B region to C region as result of acceleration of the vehicle, the fuel injection amount is reduced over a predetermined period immediately after the shift. | 08-16-2012 |
20120240571 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to provide a control device that is used for an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger and capable of suppressing the deterioration of a catalyst when a speed reduction fuel cut is performed in a situation where the temperature of the turbocharger is high. The control device includes a turbine for the turbocharger installed in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine, a catalyst installed in the exhaust path and disposed downstream of the turbine, a bypass path for bypassing the turbine by connecting the exhaust path upstream of the turbine to the exhaust path between the turbine and the catalyst, and a waste gate valve capable of opening and closing the bypass path. The control device opens the waste gate valve when a speed reduction fuel cut operation is performed in a situation where the temperature of the turbocharger is higher than its setting. | 09-27-2012 |
20130305709 | Boost Reservoir Control - Methods and systems are provided for reducing turbo lag in a boosted engine. A boost reservoir coupled to the engine may be charged with compressed intake air and/or combusted exhaust gas. The pressurized charge may then be discharged during a tip-in to either the intake or the exhaust manifold. | 11-21-2013 |
20140338326 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine control device that acquires the temperature of a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path, and detects an abnormal combustion that has occurred in a combustion chamber. The control device includes a gas control unit, which controls the amount of intake gas flowing into the combustion chamber and the temperature of exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst, and a fuel injection amount control unit, which controls the amount of fuel injected into the combustion chamber. The control device also includes an abnormal combustion inhibition mode selection unit that chooses a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode in accordance with the catalyst temperature when the abnormal combustion is detected. The first mode causes the gas control unit to suppress the occurrence of the abnormal combustion while raising the catalyst temperature. The second mode causes the fuel injection amount control unit to suppress the occurrence of the abnormal combustion while inhibiting an increase in the catalyst temperature. The third mode causes the gas control unit and the fuel injection amount control unit to suppress the occurrence of the abnormal combustion. | 11-20-2014 |
20150292442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VANE STICKING IN A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER - A method for operating an engine system is described herein. The method includes moving a plurality of vanes in a variable geometry turbocharger toward a closed position in response to tip-out and after moving the plurality of vanes toward the closed position, moving an EGR valve from a fully closed position toward an open position in response to tip-in, the EGR valve in fluidic communication with an exhaust sub-system upstream of the turbine. The method further includes, after moving the EGR valve toward an open position, moving the plurality of vanes based on one or more of a driver-requested torque, engine speed, and engine temperature | 10-15-2015 |
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