Multi-fuel engine control with fuel transition delay
US4909225A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel control for an engine using a liquid mixture of two fuels, such as gasoline and methanol, having different volumetric heat contents is responsive to a fuel compostion sensor to update a stored engine fuel control parameter. When a significant change in fuel composition is sensed, the stored engine fuel control parameter is not updated for a fuel transition time duration to allow the unchanged fuel still in the conduit between the sensor and engine to be used with the unchanged stored engine fuel control parameter.
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