Patents by Inventor Herbert Kopecek
Herbert Kopecek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11898514Abstract: An internal combustion engine, with an engine regulating device and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device with an SCR catalytic converter for the reduction of at least one NOx component, and with a catalytic converter regulating device, wherein the engine regulating device is prescribed a target value for an NOx mean value of the NOx component of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOx reference value for the catalytic converter regulating device with consideration of Nox components which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device at the end of the predefinable time period when the calculated NOx reference value of the catalytic convType: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Michael Url, Georg Arnold, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra
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Patent number: 11767799Abstract: A system comprising a distribution grid (2) for a fuel, combustion engines (3), which are coupled with the distribution grid (2) and are configured to combust the fuel, and a computer system (4) comprising data connections (5) to the combustion engines (3) and a data storage device (6), wherein the computer system (4) is configured to receive engine operation parameters stemming from an operation of the combustion engines (3) at a first time and/or during a first time period via the data connections (5) and geographical data of the combustion engines (3) are stored in the data storage device (6), wherein the computer system (4) has a processor (7) which is configured to compute a prediction for at least one characteristic parameter of the fuel at a second time and/or during a second time period later than the first time and/or the first time period and with respect to a geographical location, and the computation of the prediction being based on the geographical data and the engine operation parameters of tType: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Michael Waldhart, Oliver Baptista, Herbert Kopecek
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Patent number: 11746689Abstract: Method for operating a power plant for generating energy, comprising at least one stationary internal combustion engine (1) and a district heating system (20) connected to the at least one internal combustion engine (1) in a heat exchange relationship, wherein the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is configured to deliver a mechanical power by burning a fuel, wherein on the one hand the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is cooled and on the other hand heat is supplied to the district heating system (20) through a heat exchange between the district heating system (20) and the at least one internal combustion engine (1) and wherein at least one additional cooling device (12) is provided, wherein the cooling of the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is effected—at least partially—using the at least one additional cooling device (12) when a transient performance requirement for the at least one internal combustion engine (1) occurs.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Nikolaus Spyra, Herbert Schaumberger, Peter Schaeffert, Mario Rainer, Markus Wasserer, Herbert Kopecek
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Publication number: 20220412275Abstract: A system comprising a distribution grid (2) for a fuel, combustion engines (3), which are coupled with the distribution grid (2) and are configured to combust the fuel, and a computer system (4) comprising data connections (5) to the combustion engines (3) and a data storage device (6), wherein the computer system (4) is configured to receive engine operation parameters stemming from an operation of the combustion engines (3) at a first time and/or during a first time period via the data connections (5) and geographical data of the combustion engines (3) are stored in the data storage device (6), wherein the computer system (4) has a processor (7) which is configured to compute a prediction for at least one characteristic parameter of the fuel at a second time and/or during a second time period later than the first time and/or the first time period and with respect to a geographical location, and the computation of the prediction being based on the geographical data and the engine operation parameters of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Michael Waldhart, Oliver Baptista, Herbert Kopecek
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Publication number: 20220403793Abstract: An internal combustion engine, with an engine regulating device and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device with an SCR catalytic converter for the reduction of at least one NOx component, and with a catalytic converter regulating device, wherein the engine regulating device is prescribed a target value for an NOx mean value of the NOx component of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOx reference value for the catalytic converter regulating device with consideration of Nox components which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device at the end of the predefinable time period when the calculated NOx reference value of the catalytic convType: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Michael Url, Georg Arnold, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra
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Publication number: 20220298955Abstract: Method for operating a power plant for generating energy, comprising at least one stationary internal combustion engine (1) and a district heating system (20) connected to the at least one internal combustion engine (1) in a heat exchange relationship, wherein the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is configured to deliver a mechanical power by burning a fuel, wherein on the one hand the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is cooled and on the other hand heat is supplied to the district heating system (20) through a heat exchange between the district heating system (20) and the at least one internal combustion engine (1) and wherein at least one additional cooling device (12) is provided, wherein the cooling of the at least one internal combustion engine (1) is effected—at least partially—using the at least one additional cooling device (12) when a transient performance requirement for the at least one internal combustion engine (1) occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Nikolaus Spyra, Herbert Schaumberger, Peter Schaeffert, Mario Rainer, Markus Wasserer, Herbert Kopecek
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Patent number: 11391231Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1), with an engine regulating device (3) and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device (16) with an SCR catalytic converter (4) for the reduction of at least one NOx component, and with a catalytic converter regulating device (6), wherein the engine regulating device (3) is prescribed a target value for an NOx mean value of the NOx component of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point (7) of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (16) in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device (3) is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOx reference value for the catalytic converter regulating device (6) with consideration of Nox components which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (16) at the end of the predefinable time period when the calcuType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Michael Url, Georg Arnold, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra
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Publication number: 20220042475Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1), with an engine regulating device (3) and an exhaust gas aftertreament device (16) with an SCR catalytic converter (4) for the reduction of at least one NOx component, and with a catalytic converter regulating device (6), wherein the engine regulating device (3) is prescribed a target value for an NOx mean value of the NOx component of the exhaust gases, which mean value results at an outlet point (7) of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (16) in relation to a predefinable time period, and the engine regulating device (3) is configured at least in one operating mode to continuously calculate an NOx reference value for the catalytic converter regulating device (6) with consideration of Nox components which have already been emitted and the predefined target value, which reference value is selected in such a way that the predefined target value results at the outlet point of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device (16) at the end of the predefinable time period when the calculType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Michael Url, Georg Arnold, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra
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Patent number: 10883897Abstract: A method for transmitting the cylinder pressure data of a plurality of cylinder pressure sensors to a central processing unit, characterized by the use of a communication system for isochronous data transmission comprising a data bus, whereby the plurality of cylinder pressure sensors and the central processing unit are connected via the data bus, whereby each of the plurality of cylinder pressure sensors are combined with a data acquisition unit and a data communication unit to form a measurement node, whereby the cylinder pressure data is transmitted from the measurement node to the central processing unit via a time-slot method.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Klaus Zoeggeler, Markus Kroell, Thomas Weitzer, Moritz Froehlich
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Patent number: 10724494Abstract: Internal combustion engine with a regulating device and at least one ignition device for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a piston/cylinder unit, whereby on the outlet side of the piston-cylinder unit, a turbocharger and a wastegate are provided, whereby via the wastegate an exhaust-gas turbine of the turbocharger can be flowed through, and whereby the exhaust-gas turbine drives a compressor arranged on the intake side of the piston-cylinder unit, whereby the regulating device, on detecting a predefined triggering condition, performs an adjustment of the ignition time and the opening degree of the wastegate, such that that the overall efficiency of the internal combustion engine is optimized, whereby the ignition time of the ignition device is brought by the regulating device to the optimal overall efficiency, and the opening degree of the wastegate is changed to provide the required output power of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra, Josef Thalhauser
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Patent number: 10563603Abstract: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, in particular a stationary internal combustion engine, wherein actuators of the internal combustion engine are actuable in crank angle-dependent relationship and/or sensor signals of the internal combustion engine can be ascertained in crank angle-dependent relationship, for compensation of a torsion of a crankshaft, by which torsion deviations in the crank angle occur between a twisted and an untwisted condition of the crankshaft, wherein for at least two of the cylinders a cylinder-individual value of the angle deviation is ascertained and the crank angle-dependent actuator or sensor signals are corrected in dependence on the detected angle deviation.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: INNIO JENBACHER GMBH & CO OGInventors: Moritz Froehlich, Herbert Kopecek, Herbert Schaumberger, Nikolaus Spyra
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Patent number: 10526947Abstract: The present application provides an aftertreatment system for treating an exhaust stream of an engine. The aftertreatment system may include a selective catalyst reduction system positioned downstream of the engine, a secondary catalyst positioned downstream of the selective catalyst reduction system, a first gas sensor positioned between the engine and the selective catalyst reduction system, a second gas sensor positioned between the selective catalyst reduction system and the secondary catalyst, and a third gas sensor positioned downstream of the secondary catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: AI ALPINE US BIDCO INCInventors: Maruthi Narasinga Rao Devarakonda, Srinivas Kandasamy, Michael Url, Herbert Kopecek
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Publication number: 20190316506Abstract: The present application provides an aftertreatment system for treating an exhaust stream of an engine. The aftertreatment system may include a selective catalyst reduction system positioned downstream of the engine, a secondary catalyst positioned downstream of the selective catalyst reduction system, a first gas sensor positioned between the engine and the selective catalyst reduction system, a second gas sensor positioned between the selective catalyst reduction system and the secondary catalyst, and a third gas sensor positioned downstream of the secondary catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Maruthi Narasinga Rao DEVARAKONDA, Srinivas KANDASAMY, Michael URL, Herbert KOPECEK
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Patent number: 10385787Abstract: A method of regulating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders is provided, wherein each of the individual cylinders can be deactivated in accordance with a predeterminable pattern depending on a required power output, wherein the predeterminable pattern comprises a time sequence of commands for ignition and commands for skipping ignition, and wherein the predeterminable pattern is derived with a calculation specification in such a way that spacing between the individual cylinders intended for skipping in relation to a firing order is an odd number and is preferably in coprime relationship with the number of cylinders.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra, Michael Waldhart
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Patent number: 10161320Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, comprising at least one combustion chamber to which a charge air is fed with a variable charge pressure and/or a variable amount of charge air, wherein a cylinder pressure value is ascertained from at least one measurement value of a sensor arranged in the at least one combustion chamber, wherein the cylinder pressure value is regulated by altering the charge pressure and/or by altering the amount of charge air as a setting value or values to a cylinder pressure target value, wherein the cylinder pressure target value is selected in dependence on a power of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: GE JENBACHER GMBH & CO OGInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Andreas Birgel, Stefan Schiestl, Nikolaus Spyra, Michael Waldhart
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Patent number: 10077729Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) having a regulating device (C) wherein an air-fuel mixture with a combustion air ratio (?) which is adjustable by the regulating device is burnt in the internal combustion engine, wherein the regulating device (C) has a power output regulating circuit adapted to adapt an actual output (Pg) of the internal combustion engine (1) to a reference power output (Pdg) of the internal combustion engine (1) by way of an adjustment of the combustion air ratio (?), and a NOx emission regulating circuit adapted by way of a functional relationship (2) to actuate actuators influencing a charge pressure as an alternative parameter for the NOx emission by the charge pressure such that a charge pressure reference value (pdim) can be set for each reference power output (Pdg) of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: GE Jenbacher GmbH & Co. OGInventors: Johannes Huber, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra, Michael Waldhart
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Patent number: 10067033Abstract: A method for estimating pressures at a gas engine using a real-time model-based observer is implemented by a pressure estimation computing device. The method includes receiving a design schema describing an intake manifold and a plurality of components associated with the gas engine, segmenting the design schema into a plurality of segments defining a plurality of sections of the gas engine, defining a fluid dynamics model associated with each of the plurality of segments, defining a plurality of interconnected elements based on the plurality of fluid dynamics models, receiving at least one pressure measurement from at least one of a plurality of sensors associated with each of the sections of the gas engine, estimating a plurality of pressure values at each section of the gas engine, and controlling fuel injection to at least one gas cylinder based on the estimated plurality of pressure values.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Rogier Sebastiaan Blom, Herbert Kopecek, Sharath Sridhar Aramanekoppa, Johannes Huber
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Patent number: 10066565Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine having at least two cylinders, includes acquiring a cylinder-specific first cylinder signal (pmax, E) from each cylinder. At least one combustion parameter (Q, Z) of the corresponding cylinder is controlled as a function of the first cylinder signal (pmax, E), and a cylinder-specific reference cylinder value (pmax?, E?) is set for the first cylinder signal (pmax, E) for each cylinder. The at least one combustion parameter (Q, Z) of the cylinder is adjusted as a function of the deviation of the first cylinder signal (pmax, E) from the reference cylinder value (pmax?, E?), and the first cylinder signal (pmax, E) tracks the reference cylinder value (pmax?, E?).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: GE JENBACHER GMBH & CO OGInventors: Christian Barth, Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra, Michael Waldhart
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Publication number: 20180209871Abstract: A method for transmitting the cylinder pressure data of a plurality of cylinder pressure sensors to a central processing unit, characterized by the use of a communication system for isochronous data transmission comprising a data bus, whereby the plurality of cylinder pressure sensors and the central processing unit are connected via the data bus, whereby each of the plurality of cylinder pressure sensors are combined with a data acquisition unit and a data communication unit to form a measurement node, whereby the cylinder pressure data is transmitted from the measurement node to the central processing unit via a time-slot method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Herbert KOPECEK, Klaus ZOEGGELER, Markus KROELL, Thomas WEITZER, Moritz FROEHLICH
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Publication number: 20180180015Abstract: Internal combustion engine with a regulating device and at least one ignition device for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a piston/cylinder unit, whereby on the outlet side of the piston-cylinder unit, a turbocharger and a wastegate are provided, whereby via the wastegate an exhaust-gas turbine of the turbocharger can be flowed through, and whereby the exhaust-gas turbine drives a compressor arranged on the intake side of the piston-cylinder unit, whereby the regulating device, on detecting a predefined triggering condition, performs an adjustment of the ignition time and the opening degree of the wastegate, such that that the overall efficiency of the internal combustion engine is optimized, whereby the ignition time of the ignition device is brought by the regulating device to the optimal overall efficiency, and the opening degree of the wastegate is changed to provide the required output power of the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Herbert KOPECEK, Nikolaus SPYRA, Josef THALHAUSER