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Automatic regulating process and device for multifuel internal combustion engines

US4682293A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1982
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02D35/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process and device is provided for automatically regulating the running conditions of an internal combustion engine. The engine is of the type fed with different fuels, and in accordance with the nature and the composition of the fuel or fuel mixture contained in the feed tank of the engine, at any moment, including that of a new fuel supply at a filling station, the regulator is monitored by a data processing unit delivering signals representative of the amount and the characteristics of the fuel contained in the tank before and after a new fuel supply.

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