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Method for determining the ignitability of fuel with an unknown fuel quality

US8073638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Birk · Oberriexingen, DE
Michael Scheidt · Wetzikon, CH
Andreas Rupp · Erbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2008
Grant date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining the ignitability of fuel, particularly of diesel, biodiesel, gas-to-liquid or biomass-to-liquid fuel, with an unknown fuel quality for an internal combustion engine. Provision is made for the density of the fuel to be ascertained and for the ignitability to be derived from this.

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