Dual-fuel internal combustion engine
US10465617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dual-fuel internal combustion engine including a regulating device for regulating the internal combustion engine, at least one piston-cylinder unit, at least one fuel injector for a gaseous fuel, which is assigned to this piston-cylinder unit, at least one gas supply device for gaseous fuel, which is assigned to this piston-cylinder unit, whereby the regulating device has a pilot operating mode in which the liquid fuel is introduced as a pilot fuel, whereby the regulating device in pilot operating mode has a transient mode in which, in an expansion phase of the piston-cylinder unit, the piston-cylinder unit is supplied with liquid fuel by the fuel injector.
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