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Fuel systems for engines

US3981287A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1975
Grant dateSep 21, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 13, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel system for an engine has a first summing amplifier to which are fed signals representing demanded and actual values of the output of a pump supplying fuel to the engine, together with a signal representing engine speed. The summing amplifier compares the signals it receives and produces an output controlling the output of the pump, and there is also a second summing amplifier to which are fed electrical signals representing engine speed and a reference, a discriminator coupling the two summing amplifiers to a means for controlling the pump, so that the output from the discriminator at any instant is the output from the amplifier demanding the least fuel.

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