Methods Patents (Class 60/273)
  • Publication number: 20140230406
    Abstract: Exhaust routing devices are disclosed that include (a) a body defining an exhaust routing chamber, the body having an intake port configured to provide fluid communication between the exhaust port of a cylinder head and the chamber, and two outlet ports configured to provide fluid communication between the chamber and first and second exhaust pipes; and (b) a gate, mounted within the chamber to pivot between a first position, in which the gate occludes one of the outlet ports, and a second position, in which the gate occludes the other outlet port. Exhaust routing systems and method of using them are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Dennis Wirt
  • Publication number: 20140230407
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for detecting particles generated from engine component degradation within an engine system. In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises indicating engine degradation in response to a buildup of particles in a magnetic field, the magnetic field positioned in a flow of gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric David Peters, Larry Gene Anderson, Roshan Shekhar Kotian, Chirag Bipinchandra Parikh
  • Publication number: 20140230435
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion machine (10), comprising a combustion engine (1) having an exhaust gas side (AGS) and a charging fluid side (LLS), and having a supercharger system (14) comprising an exhaust gas turbo charger (40) for charging the combustion engine (1), having a condenser array (41) on the charging fluid side (LLS) and a turbine arrangement (42) on the exhaust gas side (AGS), a compressor (3), the primary side (I) of which is connected to the charging fluid side (LLS), and the secondary side (II) of which is connected to the exhaust gas side (AGS). An electric machine (4) configured as a motor/generator is coupled to the combustion engine (1), wherein the electric machine (4) as a generator can be powered by the combustion engine (1), or can power the combustion engine (1) as a motor, wherein the compressor (3) can be powered directly by the electric machine (4) via a mechanical drive coupling (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Claus-Oliver Schmalzing, Holger Frank, Philippe Gorse, Peter Riegger
  • Publication number: 20140223904
    Abstract: A method of boosting air to an intake manifold (20) of an engine (16) having cylinders (C) that emit exhaust gas includes the steps of dividing the exhaust gas emitted from the cylinders into a first exhaust passageway (26A) and a second exhaust passageway (26B), and fluidly communicating at least a portion of the exhaust gas (EG1) from the first exhaust passageway to a divided turbocharger (28). The method also includes the steps of fluidly communicating at least a portion of the exhaust gas (EG1) from the second exhaust passageway (26B) to the divided turbocharger (28), and fluidly communicating the exhaust gas from the divided turbocharger to an undivided turbocharger (42). Further steps in boosting the air include compressing air (CA) at a compressor (48) of the undivided turbocharger (42), and fluidly communicating the compressed air to the intake manifold (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Terry G. Wood, Timothy M. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20140223885
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for use in exhaust manifold assemblies of large diesel engines. In one aspect, a screen for use in an exhaust manifold assembly is provided. The screen includes a plate formed in a concave shape. The plate has a concave surface. The concave surface has a plurality of apertures and a plurality of non-intersecting, radially oriented slots formed therein. The plurality of slots and apertures have a size and open area selected to prevent debris from entering a turbo charger. The slots separate the apertures into predefined sections, and a radially outward end of the slots is spaced from a perimeter of the plate. In another aspect, a reducer assembly for use in an exhaust manifold assembly is provided. In yet a further aspect, a method of using a screen in an exhaust manifold assembly is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: PARKER FILTRATION CANADA
    Inventors: Sylvain CHAMPOUX, Alfin LEO, Ilko PAUNOV
  • Publication number: 20140216006
    Abstract: Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Thrival Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Garrett Hill, Scott Lazar, Dustin Stonehouse, Justin Tombe
  • Publication number: 20140216007
    Abstract: A device for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle includes baffle wall, a passage, and a body having a sidewall with an exhaust conduit extending therethrough. The baffle wall has a bore in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit. The baffle wall extends from the sidewall and into the exhaust conduit for directing the flow of exhaust gas through the bore and increasing a speed of the flow of the exhaust gas. The passage extends through the sidewall of the body for fluid communication between the bore and an ambient environment. As such, the increased speed of the flow of the exhaust reduces the pressure and creates a venturi for drawing cool ambient gas into the flow of the hot exhaust gas. In addition to the venturi, the bore and the passage collectively generate a desirable engine exhaust sound when the flow of the exhaust gas passes therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Søren B. Olsen
  • Patent number: 8793977
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling the amount and timing of nitrogen oxides reductant injected during a given injection cycle into an exhaust system of a vehicle as part of a selective catalytic reduction system. The amount of reductant injected is determined by at least one computational model that accounts for the growth of liquid and/or solid reductant film growth on the interior of the exhaust system. The model determines reductant injection characteristics (e.g., amount, timing, etc.) that reduce and/or eliminate reductant films on the interior of the exhaust system. Exemplary inputs into the model include exhaust temperature, exhaust flow, and the amount of reductant injected in a previous injection cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Nathan J. Kaemingk, Michael Gerty
  • Publication number: 20140208738
    Abstract: An engine protection system and methods for preventing intake condensation are disclosed. In a system and various of the methods, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve is positioned within an EGR passage fluidly connecting an engine exhaust stream and an engine intake stream, while a waste heat recovery (WHR) system is used to recover heat from the EGR stream. An engine control unit (ECU) is coupled to various sensors and valves to divert working fluid from the WHR system from cooling the EGR exhaust flow below a level which favors production of condensation in the engine intake system. The ECU operates to divert working fluid flow when sensors indicate characteristics of either the exhaust flow or the intake stream which might lead to heavy condensation. A three-way valve is also used to divert the working fluid to a variable expansion valve fluidly coupled to the three-way valve in response to a signal from one of the sensors to prevent damage to the system turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Deokkyu Park
  • Publication number: 20140208742
    Abstract: An engine system is disclosed for use with an engine having at least a first cylinder and a second cylinder. The engine system may have a first exhaust manifold fluidly connected to the first cylinder, a second exhaust manifold fluidly connected to the second cylinder, and a recirculation passage extending from the first exhaust manifold to at least one of the first and second cylinders. The engine system may also have a restricted orifice connecting the first exhaust manifold to the second exhaust manifold, a pressure relief passage extending from the first exhaust manifold, and a valve disposed within the pressure relief passage and movable to selectively reduce a back pressure of the first exhaust manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Deep BANDYOPADHYAY, Keith E. MORAVEC, Michael B. GOETZKE
  • Publication number: 20140208745
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling an engine. The method includes manipulating a combustion air bypass valve between an open position and a closed position to create a negative pressure differential across a supercharger. The negative pressure differential is converted into a torque by the supercharger and transmitted from the supercharger back to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Christopher Suhocki, Michael J. Silar, Robert P. Benjey, William N. Eybergen, Vasillos Tsourapas, Martin D. Pryor, Daniel R. Ouwenga
  • Publication number: 20140208715
    Abstract: Generally a power unit including an internal combustion engine and a Stirling engine engaged through a common power transmission system to offset applied load. Specifically, a Stirling engine which uses the heat discharged by an internal combustion engine as heat source with the engine speed of the Stirling engine controlled by a combination of regulation of fuel consumption of and application of an exhaust brake to the internal combustion engine to transfer a compressive load of the internal combustion engine to the Stirling engine through the common power transmission system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Jon Mark Larson
  • Publication number: 20140208743
    Abstract: In response to activation of a compression release brake when a motor vehicle having a turbocharged internal combustion engine is operating at some elevation above sea level and a turbocharger compressor is operating in a region of an operating map which is creating boost air in an engine intake manifold which would cause the compression release brake to decelerate the vehicle more slowly at that elevation than it would at sea level for the same operating conditions of the vehicle and engine other than altitude, the compression release brake decelerates the vehicle less slowly by causing an exhaust gas recirculation system to reduce at least one of a) mass of exhaust diverted to an intake system of the engine and b) cooling of the diverted exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: International Engine Intellectual Property Company
    Inventors: Luis Carlos Cattani, John Zagone, Bashar Y. Melhem, Paul Gottemoller, Michael D. Bartkowicz
  • Publication number: 20140208741
    Abstract: A turbocharger is disclosed for use with an engine. The turbocharger may include a housing at least partially defining a compressor shroud and a turbine shroud. The turbine shroud may form a volute having an inlet configured to receive exhaust from an exhaust manifold of the engine in a tangential direction. The volute may also include an axial channel disposed downstream of the inlet. The turbocharger may also include a turbine wheel disposed within the turbine shroud that may be configured to receive exhaust from the axial channel. The turbocharger may also include a compressor wheel disposed within the compressor shroud, and a shaft connecting the turbine wheel to the compressor wheel. The turbocharger may also include a nozzle ring disposed within the axial channel at a location upstream of the turbine wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Robert Svihla, Joshua Schueler, Shakeel Nasir, Keith Moravec
  • Publication number: 20140208740
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for removing fluid from a turbocharger turbine. In one example, a turbocharger comprises a turbine including a casing housing a rotor, a drain passage coupled to the casing, and an air jet coupled to the drain passage, the air jet supplying intake air from a high-pressure compressor outlet to the drain passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew John MALONE, Harsha VARDHANA
  • Publication number: 20140202134
    Abstract: A method for controlling a heat recovery device in an internal combustion engine, in particular, for a motor vehicle. The heat recovery device is provided with a circuit for a working medium having an evaporator of an expansion machine that is arranged in an exhaust gas flow path of the internal combustion engine, a condensor, an expansion tank, and a feed pump. The working temperature of the working medium is controlled by varying the mass flow of the working fluid as a function of at least one operating parameter. A setpoint value of the working medium mass flow of an exhaust gas flow path of an exhaust gas tract and/or an exhaust gas recirculation line is calculated on the basis of a base setpoint value for the working medium mass flow. The base setpoint value for the working medium mass flow is at least a function of the exhaust gas temperature, preferably upstream of the evaporator, and of the exhaust gas mass flow in the exhaust gas flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Helmut Theissl, Philip Mark Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20140202149
    Abstract: An engine system and various methods for controlling the outlet temperature of an EGR stream before entering an engine intake system are disclosed. In a system and the various methods, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve is positioned within an EGR passage fluidly connecting an engine exhaust stream and an engine intake stream, while a waste heat recovery (WHR) system is used to recover heat from the EGR stream. An engine control unit (ECU) is coupled to various sensors and valves to divert working fluid in the WHR system from cooling the EGR exhaust flow below a level which favors production of condensation in the engine intake system. The ECU operates to divert working fluid flow away from the EGR boiler when sensors indicate characteristics of either the exhaust flow or the intake stream which might lead to heavy condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: International Engine Intellectual Property Company LLC
    Inventor: Deokkyu Park
  • Publication number: 20140196437
    Abstract: An ambient air intake duct of a static gas turbine is provided, having at least one filter, which is arranged in the intake duct, for cleaning the ambient air (A) that can flow through the intake duct. A method for operating a static gas turbine which is equipped with a filter for cleaning the ambient air (A) is also provided. To rapidly provide a higher level of gas turbine power to a generator, it is provided that, by means of a bypass or by means of flaps arranged downstream of the filter, partially to completely unfiltered ambient air (A) can temporarily flow into the compressor inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20140190162
    Abstract: A heat recovery system for an engine having an exhaust nozzle whereby exhaust gas is expelled, the heat recovery system comprising a heat exchanger disposed within the exhaust nozzle, heat exchanger containing a fluid, heat exchanger is further positioned to utilize heat energy from exhaust gas to vaporize fluid a turboexpander fluidly connected to heat exchanger and located downstream from heat exchanger, turboexpander further operatively connected to a utility a condenser fluidly connected to turboexpander and located downstream of turboexpander, and a pump fluidly connected to condenser and located between condenser and heat exchanger, pump is configured to direct fluid from condenser to heat exchanger; whereby operation of engine will generate heat energy in exhaust nozzle, vaporize fluid, and create a pressurized vapor which will drive turboexpander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: FLYSTEAM, LLC
    Inventor: Eduardo E. Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20140190163
    Abstract: The present invention is relative to a control method of a turbo-compound engine apparatus wherein said apparatus comprises a low pressure compressor connected to the high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine connected to a high pressure compressor by means of a coupling unit. The apparatus also comprises first bypassing means of said high pressure compressor. The method according to the invention comprises the step of deactivating said first bypassing means when at least a specific condition occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: FPT Motorenforschung AG
    Inventor: Christian Maier
  • Publication number: 20140182266
    Abstract: A system and method of operating a waste heat recovery system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an expander/compressor portion mechanically linked to wheels of the vehicle, the expander/compressor portion including an inlet valve and an exhaust valve. A combustion engine is provided having an exhaust portion. A working fluid path is thermally coupled between the combustion engine and a working fluid, the working fluid path being fluidly coupled to the expander/compressor portion. A boiler portion is fluidly coupled to the working fluid path, the boiler portion further being thermally coupled to the exhaust portion. An accumulator tank portion having a cavity is operative to receive and store the working fluid, the accumulator tank portion fluidly coupled to the inlet valve and the exhaust valve. A condenser is fluidly coupled to the working fluid path and the exhaust valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: James D. Hendrickson, John R. Bucknell
  • Publication number: 20140182288
    Abstract: A protective device for a spark-ignition gas engine is provided, which engine has a throttle valve for controlling a gas/air mixture and has an exhaust-gas turbocharger with a turbine that is associated with a throttle member for exhaust gas. A detection unit is configured to detect an actual differential pressure across the throttle valve, and a control unit is configured to change the position of the throttle member based on the actual differential pressure. The throttle member for the exhaust gas is provided only downstream of the turbine in relation to the flow direction of the exhaust gas. A method for regulating an exhaust-gas throttle member, connected downstream of a turbine of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Karl Stellwagen
  • Publication number: 20140174074
    Abstract: An engine system comprises a first turbocharger including a first wastegate, first wastegate actuator, and first turbocharger sensor, a second turbocharger including a second wastegate, second wastegate actuator, and second turbocharger sensor, and a controller configured to adjust the first wastegate actuator so that a parameter of the first turbocharger matches a parameter of the second turbocharger, based on output from the first and second turbocharger sensors. In this way, turbocharger output between the two turbochargers may be balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: James Alfred Hilditch, Julia Helen Buckland, Robert Andrew Wade
  • Publication number: 20140174073
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises adjusting an engine operating parameter based on exhaust pressure, the exhaust pressure estimated based on wastegate actuator motor current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Amey Y. Karnik, Yan Wang, Vladimir V. Kokotovic, James Alfred Hilditch, Allan Roy Gale
  • Publication number: 20140174076
    Abstract: A super-turbocharger utilizing a high speed, fixed ratio traction drive that is coupled to a continuously variable transmission to allow for high speed operation is provided. A high speed traction drive is utilized to provide speed reduction from the high speed turbine shaft. A second traction drive provides infinitely variable speed ratios through a continuously variable transmission. Gas recirculation in a super-turbocharger is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: VANDYNE SUPERTURBO, INC.
    Inventors: Ed VanDyne, Michael B. Riley, Jared William Brown
  • Publication number: 20140174079
    Abstract: In a method for regulating a boost pressure of an engine which has a compressor, an actual boost pressure and a setpoint boost pressure are used as input parameters. The setpoint boost pressure is regulated in such a way that a pressure ratio in the compressor does not exceed a limit pressure ratio. A reference boost pressure is ascertained based on a speed of the engine and a load of the engine. A flow and/or a pressure of air supplied to the engine is/are detected and an associated flow signal and/or pressure signal is generated. The smaller of the reference boost pressure and a limit boost pressure is used as a setpoint boost pressure. The limit boost pressure is ascertained based on a limit boost pressure ratio and a speed of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helerson KEMMER, Thomas Steidten, Jens Intorp, Daniel Zirkel
  • Patent number: 8756924
    Abstract: A catalyst heating system includes a monitoring module, a mode selection module and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) control module. The monitoring module monitors at least one of (i) a first temperature of a non-EHC of a catalyst assembly in an exhaust system of an engine and (ii) an active catalyst volume of the catalyst assembly. The mode selection module is configured to select an EHC heating mode and generate a mode signal based on the at least one of the first temperature and the active catalyst volume. The EHC control module controls current to an EHC of the catalyst assembly based on the mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, Halim G. Santoso, Brian L. Spohn, Bryan Nathaniel Roos
  • Publication number: 20140165535
    Abstract: A method for controlling regeneration within an after-treatment component of an engine comprises receiving a signal indicative of whether the engine is in an operating state or a non-operating state and detecting, based on the signal, when the engine has departed an operating state and entered a non-operating state. When the engine has departed an operating state and entered a non-operating state, a regeneration event is initiated. The regeneration event comprises causing a stream of air to flow through the after-treatment component and initiating a flow of fuel into the stream of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, Michael J. Paratore, JR., Charles E. Solbrig
  • Publication number: 20140157775
    Abstract: Various systems and method for heating an engine in a vehicle are described. In one example, intake air flowing in a first direction may be heated via a gas-to-gas heat exchange with exhaust gases. The heated intake air may then be used in a subsequent gas-to-liquid heat exchange to heat a fluid circulating through the engine. In another example, intake air flowing in a second direction may be heated via a heat exchange with exhaust gases in order to cool an exhaust catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Norman Ulrey, Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Thomas G. Leone
  • Publication number: 20140150424
    Abstract: A turbocharger wastegate is provided. The turbocharger wastegate comprises a cover plate actuatable in an open and closed position, the open position enabling exhaust gas flow through a turbine bypass conduit and the closed position inhibiting exhaust gas flow through the turbine bypass conduit and a vibration-dampening extension coupled to the cover plate radially extending beyond a radial periphery of the cover plate. Exhaust gas flow acting on the extension thus reduces vibration of the wastegate, thereby improving durability and reducing unwanted noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Eden, Anthony Morelli
  • Publication number: 20140150426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for using the waste heat of an internal combustion engine (2) comprising a thermodynamic working circuit (4) in which a working medium circulates. A pump (6), at least one heat exchanger (8) at least one expansion machine (10) and at least one capacitor (12) are arranged in the direction of flow of the working medium. The mechanical energy generated by the expansion machine (10) is selectively transferred to a drive train (23) and/or at least one other component (25) which can be driven mechanically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gregory Rewers, Nadja Eisenmenger, Achim Brenk, Hans-Christoph Magel, Andreas Wengert, Dieter Seher, Michael Krueger
  • Publication number: 20140150425
    Abstract: A method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation system of an internal combustion engine includes: determining a setpoint power to be output by the internal combustion engine; and limiting an exhaust gas flow conducted through the exhaust gas recirculation system based on the setpoint power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick MENOLD, Rainer MAIER, Isabelle ELSNER
  • Publication number: 20140144135
    Abstract: A system can include a turbine housing that defines a turbine wheel space, an exhaust chamber in fluid communication with the turbine wheel space and a control shaft bore that extends from the exhaust chamber to an outer surface of the turbine housing; a blunt body positionable above the turbine wheel space where the blunt body includes an opening and a lumen in fluid communication with the opening; and a suction conduit connectable for fluid communication between the control shaft bore of the turbine housing and the lumen of the blunt body. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Suryakant Gupta, Parikshit I. Mulani, Poomkuzhimannil Zachariah John, Anish Surendran, Anish Kumar Gupta, S. Sundaravel Nambi, Santosh V.
  • Patent number: 8733083
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, a system, and a methods for reducing NOx emissions using ammonia storage on an SCR catalyst. For example, according to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling an SCR system of an internal combustion engine system includes an ammonia storage module and a reductant dosing module. The ammonia storage module determines an ammonia storage surface coverage on an SCR catalyst of the SCR system and an ammonia compensation value based on one of an excess ammonia flow rate entering the SCR catalyst and an excess NOx flow rate entering the SCR catalyst. The reductant dosing module that generates a reductant dosing command based on the ammonia compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdul R. Ofoli, Hasan Mohammed
  • Publication number: 20140142833
    Abstract: A method of decreasing the light-off time of a catalytic exhaust aftertreatment device, using exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in a turbocharged internal combustion engine. The engine has at least one “dedicated EGR cylinder”, whose entire exhaust is recirculated back to all the engine cylinders. The dedicated EGR cylinder(s) may be operated to produce a differently compositioned exhaust gas than the other cylinders. During light-off, EGR gas is optimized for heat, diverted from the EGR loop and routed to a point directly upstream the aftertreatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jess W. Gingrich, Terrence F. Alger, II
  • Publication number: 20140123626
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system for reducing the cold start time for a vehicle with a twin fuel engine. The system has an exhaust system, from which exhaust is discharged and collected on an exhaust manifold. A heat exchanger is positioned within the exhaust system, with coolant flow passages in thermal communication with the engine, and the heat exchanger. A control valve is coupled to a first flow path operable to direct the exhaust through the heat exchanger across the first flow path and a second flow path in selective amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Cory Andrew Brown, Joshua Wayne Steffen
  • Patent number: 8707677
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine having an exhaust port, an exhaust system for conditioning an engine exhaust stream, a nitrogen oxide (NOx) sensor positioned within the exhaust stream, and a controller. The controller has an out-of-range diagnostic tool for evaluating a range performance of the sensor. The controller detects a predetermined engine-on fuel shutoff event, and then temporarily disables the diagnostic tool during the fuel shutoff event. The fuel shutoff event may be a vehicle deceleration-based event. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device may be positioned within the exhaust system, with at least one NOx sensor positioned at the outlet of the SCR device. An additional NOx sensor may be positioned in proximity to the exhaust port. A method for use aboard the above vehicle includes detecting the engine-on fuel shutoff event via the controller, and temporarily disabling the diagnostic tool for the duration of the detected fuel shutoff event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Janean E. Kowalkowski, Scott T. Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20140109570
    Abstract: A control device and method for the air system of a diesel engine is disclosed. The feature of the diesel engine is characterized by transfer function. During the control process, a decoupling transfer function is computed according to the transfer function and the steady working parameters of the diesel engine. By the decoupling transfer function acting on the processed state parameters of the air system, driving signals for controlling the exhaust gas recirculation system and the turbocharge system can be individually generated from one another, in order to realize decoupling of them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: WEICHAI POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangdi Hu, Shaojun Sun, Dehui Tong, Shenggang Guo, Yingli Gong
  • Patent number: 8706385
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation device of an internal combustion engine (1) including a low-pressure EGR passage (20), a high-pressure EGR passage (21), a low-pressure EGR valve (23) and a high-pressure EGR valve (24) further includes an air-fuel ratio sensor (12) that is disposed in the exhaust passage (4) upstream of the position of its connection with the low-pressure EGR passage (20). In the case where a predetermined fuel-cut condition is satisfied, an ECU (30) estimates the flow amounts of exhaust gas flowing in the low-pressure EGR passage (20) and the high-pressure EGR passage (21), on the basis of the oxygen concentrations acquired by the air-fuel ratio sensor (12) at timings at which the exhaust gases recirculated into the intake passage (3) via the low-pressure EGR passage (20) and via the high-pressure EGR passage (21) reach the air-fuel ratio sensor (12), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakayama, Akio Matsunaga, Tomomi Onishi, Akiyuki Iemura
  • Publication number: 20140102077
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are described for detecting ammonia slip. In one example method, an amount of exhaust gas recirculation is reduced when output from an exhaust gas sensor indicates an increase in nitrogen oxide above a threshold amount. When the sensor output increases above a second threshold while the exhaust gas recirculation is reduced, the sensor output is allocated to nitrogen oxide; and when the sensor output does not increase above a second threshold while the exhaust gas recirculation is reduced, the sensor output is allocated to ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Riffle, Frank M. Korpics, Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Devesh Upadhyay, John Paul Bogema, Jeff Reich
  • Publication number: 20140090376
    Abstract: A combined thermodynamic system for the production of mechanical power. The system comprises a gas turbine and a turbomachinery driven by the gas turbine. The system further comprises a thermodynamic organic Rankine cycle with a turboexpander. A heat transfer arrangement transfers heat from exhaust combustion gases of the gas turbine to the thermodynamic organic Rankine cycle, wherein heat is converted into mechanical power used for driving a driven a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Nuovo Pignone Srl
    Inventor: Andrea Burrato
  • Publication number: 20140083096
    Abstract: A method of controlling turbine efficiency in a turbo unit provided on an internal combustion engine includes providing a flow of gas in an area upstream a turbine at a direction different to the flow of exhaust gases in the same area, regulating the flow by a valve, and controlling the valve from a control unit having at least boost pressure and/or EGR flow as input parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Per ANDERSSON, Martin BAUER
  • Publication number: 20140075934
    Abstract: A line circuit (4) and a method for operating a line circuit (4) for waste-heat utilization of an internal combustion engine (2) are proposed. A working medium circulates in the line circuit (4). The line circuit (4) contains a feed pump (6), at least one heat exchanger (8), an expansion machine (10), a feed-water container (14), in order to store the liquid working medium, and a condenser (12), wherein the feed-water container (14) is connected to the feed pump (6) by way of a line (29). The feed pump (6) has a return-flow line (30), via which liquid working medium can be discharged from the feed pump (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gregory Rewers, Nadja Eisenmenger, Achim Brenk, Dieter Seher, Hans-Christoph Magel, Andreas Wengert
  • Publication number: 20140069095
    Abstract: An engine system includes a plurality of turbochargers each including a compressor outlet fluidly connected to an intake manifold of an engine. A plurality of intake conduits are configured to each convey incoming combustion air to one of the turbochargers, and each includes a casing, and a duct within the casing having a surge inhibitor mounted thereon which includes a flow-directing surface oriented obliquely to an axis of the duct to direct combustion air leaked back out of the compressor inlet away from a discharging stream of combustion air exiting the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Jed W. Nixon, Keith G. Rochford
  • Publication number: 20140060006
    Abstract: A system and method for operating an engine turbocharger is described. In one example, the turbocharger is rotated in different directions in response to operating conditions. The system and method may reduce engine emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: William Charles Ruona, Kevin Durand Byrd, Keith Michael Plagens
  • Publication number: 20140060040
    Abstract: Embodiments for heating an emission control device are provided. In one example, a method for a turbocharged engine comprises during an engine cold-start, delivering boosted air from downstream of a compressor into a wastegate duct coupled across a turbine and exothermically reacting a reductant with the boosted air upstream of an exhaust emission control device. In this way, boosted air may be used to initiate an exothermic reaction to heat the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaogang Zhang, Jianwen James Yi, Wen Dai, Paul M. Laing, John Hedges
  • Patent number: 8662883
    Abstract: Apparatus is described for combusting exhaust gases output from a plurality of process chambers. The apparatus comprises a plurality of exhaust gas combustion nozzles (22) connected to a combustion chamber (24). Each nozzle receives a respective exhaust gas (26), and comprises means for receiving a fuel (40) and an oxidant (30) for use in forming a combustion flame within the chamber. A controller receives data indicative of the chemistry of the exhaust gas supplied to each nozzle, and adjusts the relative amounts of fuel and oxidant supplied to each nozzle in response to the received data. This can enable the nature of each combustion flame to be selectively modified according to the nature of the exhaust gases to be destroyed by that flame, thereby enhancing the destruction rate efficiency of the exhaust gas and optimising fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Darren Mennie, Nicholas Benjamin Jones, Colin Michael Harrison
  • Publication number: 20140053552
    Abstract: Provided are an adiabatic compressed air energy storage for an automotive vehicle and an energy storage method using the same, whereby a new vehicle function is provided by using available energy from the discharged and expelled energy generated from a driven automotive vehicle or available energy source outside an automotive vehicle, and transforming the generated energy to convenient electric power and efficiently storing the energy, so that electric power can be supplied regardless of space or time constraint during the automotive vehicle in operation or parked or vehicle engine stop in view of the increase demands of electric power in automotive vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yong Hoon IM, Byung Sik PARK, Dae Hun CHUNG, Sae Byul KANG, Jae Yong LEE, Dong Hyun LEE, Kyu Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140047817
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a ducting system comprises a feed duct for feeding air and exhaust gases to an internal combustion engine, a discharge duct for discharging the exhaust gases produced by the internal combustion engine from the internal combustion engine, in which one or more exhaust gas aftertreatment units are arranged for aftertreatment of the exhaust gases, and a heating device arranged in the feed duct. The heating device is configured to perform a heating process for preheating the air that is fed to the internal combustion engine. A duration of the heating process and/or heat output given off by the heating device is controlled as a function of a variable approximately representing a state of ageing of at least one of the one or more exhaust gas treatment units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Yasser Mohamed sayed Yacoub, Daniel Roettger
  • Publication number: 20140047834
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for regulating air flow through a two-stage turbocharger. In one embodiment, a method for an engine comprises, in response to a transient engine operating event, adjusting a provided amount of exhaust gas recirculation provided to an intake of the engine based on at least one of desired intake oxygen, one or more turbocharger conditions of a turbocharger, or a magnitude of the transient engine operating event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Greg Thomas Polkus, James Robert Mischler, Luke Henry