Abstract: An integrated intercooler apparatus, which is supplied with intake air and recirculating exhaust gas, and cools the intake air and the recirculating exhaust gas, may include: a heat exchanger in which gas passageways through which the intake air and the recirculating exhaust gas pass and coolant passageways through which a coolant passes are alternately formed from a front side to a rear side thereof; and a variable device which controls an area of an exhaust gas supply region and an area of an intake air supply region at a front side of an inlet side of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of measuring turbulence in a high temperature fluid flow, comprising: applying different levels of cooling at different times to a region of a substrate in the high temperature fluid flow; and/or applying different levels of cooling at the same time to different regions of a substrate in the high temperature fluid flow and/or to regions on different substrates in the high temperature fluid flow, wherein the method further comprises: measuring fluctuations in the temperature of the region or regions of the substrate or substrates at each of the different levels of cooling; and using the measured fluctuations to determining an amount of turbulence in the high temperature fluid flow and/or the size of temperature fluctuations in the high temperature fluid flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tunable intake system for exhaust gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders. The system comprises an exhaust gas recirculation manifold arranged to distribute recirculated exhaust gas in an intake air stream to be introduced into the combustion engine; wherein the manifold has an exhaust gas recirculation inlet and an intake air inlet as well as at least one outlet leading to the multiple cylinders of the engine. The system also comprises a first distribution pipe, which has a first pattern of flow distribution perforations for distributing the recirculated exhaust gas into the manifold. The system further includes a second distribution pipe with a second pattern of flow distribution perforations for distributing the recirculated exhaust gas into the manifold, and at least one of the first and second distribution pipes being rotatable with respect to the other.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, exhaust from a first set of exhaust valves coupled to the first exhaust manifold may be selectively routed to the intake passage via each of a first EGR passage coupled to the intake passage upstream of a compressor driven by a turbine and a second EGR passage coupled downstream of an outlet of the compressor. A decision of whether to route exhaust gas to the intake passage via the first EGR passage, second EGR passage, or both passages may be based on engine operating conditions.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an EGR system including an EGR cooler module directly mounted to a cylinder head. In one example, the EGR cooler module includes an EGR inlet port, an EGR outlet port, a coolant inlet port, and a coolant outlet port all arranged parallel with each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head. In another example, the EGR cool module includes an EGR inlet port and a coolant inlet port parallel to each other and directly mounted to a first side of a cylinder head to interface with passages internal to the cylinder head, while also including an EGR outlet port and a coolant outlet port to interface with passages external to the cylinder head.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for exhaust gas heat recovery and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooling using a single split heat exchanger. Exhaust heat from each of a first portion of exhaust routed to the intake manifold as EGR and a second portion of exhaust diverted via a bypass passage for exhaust heat recovery may be transferred to a coolant flowing through the heat exchanger. The direction of coolant flow via the heat exchanger may be adjusted based on the coolant temperature.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided. The control apparatus includes a temperature sensor and an electronic control unit. The temperature sensor is configured to detect the temperature of an exhaust gas control apparatus. The electronic control unit is configured to: estimate a sulfuric compound accumulation amount on the exhaust gas control apparatus; and when a specific condition in which the sulfuric compound accumulation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined accumulation amount and the temperature of the exhaust gas control apparatus is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature or more is satisfied, control an intake air amount adjuster such that an intake air amount when the specific condition is satisfied is increased as compared to the intake air amount when the specific condition is not satisfied in the same operation state.

Abstract: Provided is a weather forecasting system for predicting a weather phenomenon in a prediction target region. The weather forecasting system includes a storage unit and a first calculation unit. The storage unit stores wind-condition information and measured weather information. The wind-condition information is information obtained from an air observation system using Doppler LIDAR. The first calculation unit generates predicted weather information including presence of a local downpour, based on information related to wind convergence included in the wind-condition information and information related to instability of air included in the measured weather information.

Abstract: An engine system may include an engine having an intake line flowing an intake gas supplied to the combustion chambers; an intake manifold; a throttle valve provided at a front of the intake manifold and controlling an air amount supplied to the combustion chamber; an electric supercharger provided at the throttle valve and including a motor and an electric compressor operated by the motor to supply the supercharged air to the combustion chamber; an exhaust gas processing device purifying an exhaust gas generated in the combustion chamber; and an exhaust gas recirculation device including a recirculation line branched from the downstream portion of the exhaust gas processing device and joined to the intake line of the upstream portion of the electric compressor, an EGR cooler mounted at the recirculation line, and an EGR valve mounted at a part where the recirculation line and the intake line are joined.

Abstract: A heat recovery component for an exhaust gas system comprises: an inlet; an outlet; a first branch conduit comprising a first inlet, a first inlet axis, a first outlet, and a heat exchanger; a second branch conduit parallel to the first branch conduit, separate and thermally separated from the first branch conduit and comprising a second inlet, a second inlet axis, and a second outlet; and a valve arranged at the first inlet and the second inlet. The valve comprises separate first and second valve flaps fixedly arranged on a shaft and extending in a plane defined by the first and second inlet axes and perpendicular to the first and second inlet axes. The first valve flap is arranged at an axial location on the shaft corresponding to the location of the first inlet, and the second valve flap is arranged at an axial location corresponding to the second inlet. The valve flaps are arranged angularly rotated relative to one another about the shaft.

Abstract: A low temperature cooling device applied to an internal combustion engine includes an EGR device, a low temperature coolant circuit, a prediction unit predicting whether an EGR cooler falls into a state where a cooling performance falls short according to at least one of an operating state of an internal combustion engine and an outside air environment while a control that dehumidifies an EGR gas by cooling the EGR gas in the EGR cooler is performed, and a control unit performing at least one of a first increase control that increases a flow rate of a coolant flowing into the EGR cooler, a second increase control that increases an air rate of a radiator fan cooling a radiator, and an inhibition control that inhibits the EGR gas from flowing back when the prediction unit predicts that the EGR cooler falls into the state where the cooling performance falls short.

Abstract: A system and method to perform bypass actuation detection includes alternating control of a bypass valve within an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system of a vehicle to direct flow of gas through a cooler module or a bypass module within the EGR system. The method also includes determining a position of an EGR valve that directs the gas into the EGR system, and verifying operation of the bypass valve based on the position of the EGR valve.

Abstract: A device and to a method are provided for using part of the heat given off by an internal combustion engine. A waste-heat-collecting housing surrounds at least part of an exhaust-gas manifold and/or at least part of an engine-side segment of an exhaust-gas system of the internal combustion engine. Air contained in the waste-heat-collecting housing is heated, and the heated air is used indirectly or directly to heat at least one of air that is introduced in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, cooling liquid of the internal combustion engine and oil in an oil circuit of the internal combustion engine. The waste-heat-collecting housing is similarly useable in a stationary apparatus having an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for a vehicle includes: a valve housing connected to an exhaust line, and provided with an inflow passage in which exhaust gas flows, a first outflow passage connected to an EGR line in communication with the inflow passage, a second outflow passage connected to a bypass line bypassing the EGR line, and a third outflow passage connected to an exhaust line connected to a turbocharger turbine; and a valve body selectively opening and closing the first and second outflow passages to adjust an opening ratio of each of first and second outflow passages, and allowing the third outflow passage to remain in an open state.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine, and to a method for operating an exhaust gas recirculation system of this type. Here, the exhaust gas recirculation system has an air feed line, an exhaust gas line, an exhaust gas recirculation line which leads from an EGR branch-off point in the exhaust gas line to an EGR feed-in point in the air feed line, and a throttle valve within the air feed line downstream of the EGR feed-in point.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes a first EGR valve to control flow in a first flow path, and a second EGR valve to control flow in a second flow path. A temperature sensor is disposed in the exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the exhaust purifying device, and a controller is in communication with the internal combustion engine and the temperature sensor and is operatively connected to the first and second EGR valves. The controller executes a routine to monitor the temperature of the exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the exhaust purifying device and control the first valve to control flow of exhaust gas to the air intake system via the first flow path and control the second valve to control flow of exhaust gas to the air intake system via the second flow path based upon the temperature of the exhaust gas feedstream upstream of the exhaust purifying device.

Abstract: A power train system includes an exhaust manifold having an exhaust flow and a control valve for releasing exhaust gas, and layered material defining an integrated engine cylinder head and an exhaust gas recirculator, connected to the exhaust flow and the valve, including a tubular inlet defining a plurality of branches around the cylinder head and having a plurality of nozzles extending into cavities of intake ports of the cylinder head. Each of the branches surrounding an exterior surface of one of the intake ports such that there is no seal between the recirculator and the cylinder head.

Abstract: A cooling system selectively cools an engine and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) component of the engine. The cooling system includes a plumbing system with a plurality of flow branches, including an engine branch, an EGR branch, and a feed branch. The engine branch defines an engine flow passage through which the coolant flows to cool the engine. The EGR branch defines an EGR flow passage through which the coolant flows to cool the EGR component. The feed branch defines a feed flow passage. The cooling system has a first operating configuration in which the EGR flow passage is configured to receive coolant flow from the engine flow passage. The cooling system has a second operating configuration in which the EGR flow passage is configured to receive coolant flow from the feed flow passage instead of the engine flow passage.

Abstract: A charge air cooler includes a first, second, and third heat exchange sections. In the first heat exchange section, heat is transferred from a first flow of liquid coolant to a refrigerant in order to cool the first flow of liquid coolant from a first temperature to a second temperature. In the second heat exchange section, heat is transferred from a flow of charge air to a second flow of liquid coolant in order to cool the flow of charge air from a third temperature to a fourth temperature. In the third heat exchange section, heat is transferred from the flow of charge air to the first flow of liquid coolant in order to cool the flow of charge air from the fourth temperature to a fifth temperature, the fifth temperature being less than the first temperature.

Abstract: An engine system having an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus, the engine system including an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers that generates a driving power by combusting fuel, an intake line into which intake gas to be supplied into the combustion chamber flows, an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber flows, a turbocharger including a turbine provided in the exhaust line and rotated by exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber, and a compressor provided in the intake line and rotated in conjunction with the rotation of the turbine and compressing outside air, an EGR apparatus including an EGR line that branches off from the exhaust line at a rear end of the turbocharger and merges into the intake line, and an EGR cooler disposed in the EGR line for cooling exhaust gas flowing through the EGR line, a waste gate valve installed in an exhaust bypass line, which branches off from a front end of the turbine and merges into a rear end of the tu

Abstract: A heat recovery device comprises a coolant path segment and a thermal expansion bracket. The thermal expansion bracket has two end portions supported by the coolant path segment and a middle portion supported by an exhaust gas path segment that is spaced a distance away from the coolant path segment. The thermal expansion bracket is configured to deform in response to an increase in temperature to increase the distance and decrease heat transfer between the segments.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation system is provided in a motor vehicle to pass exhaust gas out of an exhaust tract into an intake tract of a motor vehicle, said system having a cooler device and a bypass duct, wherein the bypass duct is bounded by a double wall, which can be filled with a gas to thermally insulate the bypass duct and with a liquid to cool or heat the bypass duct. A method for controlling the temperature of a bypass duct of the exhaust gas recirculation system is furthermore provided.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler for a vehicle may include an intake pipe through which EGR gas flows; a core unit having an inlet connected to the intake pipe and may have a plurality of channels into which EGR gas flows through the intake pipe; a cooler housing that covers the core unit and through which cooling water flows to cool the cover unit; and a water jacket that covers the intake pipe, is connected to the cooler housing, and through which the cooling water flows to cool the intake pipe.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.

Abstract: A water-cooled EGR cooler is to be supplied with exhaust gas from an exhaust line and is to re-circulate the cooled exhaust gas to an intake line. A housing has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a coolant inlet, and a coolant outlet. A heat exchange member is disposed in the housing and includes exhaust gas passages from the exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet at a predetermined interval and also includes a coolant passage through which coolant can flow from the coolant inlet to the coolant outlet between the exhaust gas passages. A pipe member includes a bypass passage formed between an upper surface of the heat exchange member and an inside upper surface of the housing to allow the exhaust gas to bypass the heat exchange member and flow between the upper surface of the heat exchange member and the coolant outlet.

Abstract: An Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system for an engine system is provided. The EGR system includes an exhaust gas treatment module positioned upstream of an EGR cooler with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction. The exhaust gas treatment module is in selective fluid communication with an exhaust gas line of an engine. The EGR system also includes a bypass line in selective fluid communication with the exhaust gas line of the engine. The EGR system further includes a valve arrangement configured to route an exhaust gas flow through at least one of the exhaust gas treatment module and the bypass line.

Abstract: A system and methods for routing condensate collected in a heat exchanger reservoir to either an air intake system or a position in the engine exhaust based on the type of contaminate in the condensate and operating parameters of the engine or the catalyst are described. In one particular example, condensate is routed to a first position along the engine air intake system in a first mode of operation, and a second position upstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a second mode of operation, and a third position downstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a third mode of operation. When substantially no contaminates are detected, the condensate may be routed into the engine exhaust upstream of the catalyst in order to cool the catalyst.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for exhaust gas recirculation. In one example, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system includes an EGR passage coupling an engine exhaust system to an engine intake system, a first EGR cooler positioned in the EGR passage, the first EGR cooler configured to cool EGR with a first fluid, and a second EGR cooler positioned in the EGR passage downstream of the first EGR cooler, the second EGR cooler configured to cool EGR with a second fluid.

Abstract: A cooling system of a motor vehicle may include a coolant circuit including an exhaust-gas recirculation path and an exhaust-gas recirculation cooler arranged therein. A pressure detection device may be provided for detecting a coolant pressure in the coolant circuit. An actuating device may be connected communicatively to the pressure deduction device. A valve device may be connected communicatively to the actuating device and configured to control an exhaust-gas stream passing into the cooler. The actuating device may be configured to at least partially close the valve device and reduce the exhaust-gas stream flowing to the cooler in response to the pressure detection device detecting a predefined pressure drop.

Abstract: A cylinder cooling apparatus for an engine may include a plurality of intake ports disposed in a cylinder head and communicating with a corresponding plurality of cylinders, a water supply line extending inside from a side of the cylinder head and communicating with the intake ports, and a water pump supplying water to the intake ports through the water supply line.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for exhaust flow in an engine system including a split-exhaust manifold for expediting exhaust catalyst light-off and engine warm-up while reducing condensation in the engine system. In one example, a method may include, before exhaust catalyst light-off, flowing all or more exhaust gases, via a first exhaust valve and a first exhaust manifold, to an exhaust catalyst by passing a heat exchanger. Further, after light-off but before engine coolant warms up to a threshold temperature, all or more exhaust may be delivered to the heat exchanger, via a second exhaust valve and a second different manifold, prior to flowing to the exhaust catalyst; and exhaust gas recirculation may not be provided until the coolant reaches the threshold temperature to reduce condensation.

Abstract: A driving device for driving a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a feed line for feeding combustion air to the internal combustion engine, a discharge line for discharging exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine, a charge air cooler that is arranged in the feed line for cooling the combustion air, and a recirculation line branching off the discharge line for recirculating the exhaust gas from the discharge line into the feed line. The recirculation line includes a bypass line that the exhaust gas can be fed to the internal combustion engine through the charge air cooler and/or bypassing the charge air cooler.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a component in a gas-routing system of a supercharged combustion engine having an electrically operable compressor, the method including activating the electrically operable compressor after the combustion engine has been shut off, opening a flow path through the gas-routing system, measuring a state variable in the gas-routing system, and detecting a fault of the component as a function of the measured state variable.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for detecting and diagnosing a coolant leak of an engine may include diagnosing a coolant leak of the engine based on a low frequency pressure response of a measured engine coolant pressure. In another aspect, an engine system (e.g., for a vehicle) includes an engine and a coolant system operatively connected to the engine. The coolant system includes a coolant reserve and a coolant pump between the engine and the coolant reserve. The engine system also includes a coolant pressure sensor to measure coolant pressure, and a controller configured to measure an engine coolant pressure and diagnose a coolant leak of the coolant system based on a low frequency pressure response of the measured engine coolant pressure.

Abstract: A method of recovering waste heat includes pressurizing a flow of working fluid and transferring heat from a hot gas stream to the flow of working fluid in at least two successively arranged heat transfer sections. At least some of the working fluid is converted to a superheated vapor by the transfer of heat, and passes through an expander to recover useful work. A portion of the flow of working fluid is directed along a branch after having passed through at least one of the heat transfer sections, and bypasses the expander and at least one of the heat transfer sections before being recombined with the working fluid that has passed through the expander. The total flow rate of working fluid can be adjusted to regulate the temperature of the hot gas stream downstream of the heat transfer sections, and the amount of fluid that bypasses along the branch can be adjusted to regulate the temperature of the superheated vapor.

Abstract: A control method of a boosting apparatus includes: driving the boosting apparatus according to driving maps pre-input to a controller, judging driving conditions of an engine, selecting a driving map pre-input to the controller and reflecting the driving conditions in the selected driving map, correcting the driving maps of the boosting apparatus based on the selected driving map and driving the boosting apparatus based on the corrected driving maps, and confirming whether variations in operating amounts of the boosting apparatus are generated and, when the variations are confirmed, correcting the operating amounts of the boosting apparatus and reflecting the corrected operating amounts in the driving maps. In particular, the controller controls an EGR valve according to driving conditions through operation of the boosting apparatus and thus controls the amount of EGR gas supplied to the engine.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an engine with reforming cylinders which are fuel reforming devices capable of supplying a reformed fuel according to the outputs of outputting cylinders. The engine is provided with the outputting cylinders for burning the fuel and the reforming cylinders which are the fuel reforming devices for reforming the fuel through the reciprocating motions of pistons. The amount of reformed fuel supplied to all the outputting cylinders is changed according to the outputs of the outputting cylinders while maintaining the amount of supplied fuel and the amount of suctioned gas, which are supplied into one reforming cylinder.

Abstract: A cooling system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed which includes a coolant pump for circulating a coolant in a coolant circuit and a radiator disposed in the coolant circuit. A charged-air cooler is disposed in the coolant circuit downstream of the radiator, and a long-route exhaust-gas-recirculation cooler disposed in the coolant circuit downstream of the charged-air cooler and upstream of the radiator.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling the temperature and ratio of gases within a gas mixing tank reservoir and selectively charging/discharging gases from the reservoir to one or both of an intake system or an exhaust system. In one example, a method (or system) may include storing exhaust gas and/or compressed intake air into a gas mixing reservoir, and increasing or decreasing flow of coolant to the reservoir based on engine operating conditions. The stored gases may be discharged to an intake system and/or an exhaust system based on requests from a controller, and coolant flow to the reservoir may be adjusted based on the composition of the gases stored within the reservoir.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for estimating fresh intake air flow. In one example, a system comprises an engine having an intake manifold to receive fresh intake air and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system to supply EGR to the intake manifold, where flow of EGR through the EGR system is controlled by one or more exhaust valves. The system further includes a controller configured to adjust a position of the one or more exhaust valves based on an estimated fresh intake air flow rate, where during a first set of operating conditions, the fresh intake air flow rate is estimated based on a total gas flow rate into the engine and further based on a current position of the one or more exhaust valves, intake manifold pressure, air-fuel ratio, and fuel flow to one or more cylinders of the engine.

Abstract: A compressor intake mixer system for internal combustion gas engines having a compressed charge bypass system comprises a bypass charge and fuel pre-mixer connected in line with the charge bypass system to reduce pressure gradient between the high pressure bypass charge and the low pressure fuel. A single volume main mixer is connected to the compressor inlet downstream of the pre-mixer to mix the flow of premixed charge and air and provide a mixed gas to the compressor inlet. Thus a need for a separate volume for a fuel mixer and a bypass mixer is eliminated and a single volume is provided at the compressor inlet. The locational constraint of necessarily locating the volumes at the compressor inlet is also obviated by providing a pre-mixer.

Abstract: A dedicated exhaust gas recirculation (“D-EGR”) system of an internal combustion engine can include an exhaust recirculation passage, and a rotary valve. The recirculation passage can be coupled for fluid communication with an outlet of a D-EGR combustion chamber. The rotary valve can have a housing and a rotor. The housing can have a valve inlet coupled to the recirculation passage to receive exhaust gases from the recirculation passage, and a valve outlet coupled to an intake passage of the ICE to deliver exhaust gases from the rotary valve to the intake passage. The rotor can be disposed within the housing and rotatable relative to the housing. The rotor and housing can define a plurality of valve chambers.

Abstract: A control system is applied to an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes an electric compressor provided in an intake passage, a bypass passage which bypasses the electric compressor, a low pressure EGR passage which connects a section of the intake passage, which is positioned upstream more than the electric compressor, and an exhaust passage, and a low pressure EGR valve provided in the low pressure EGR passage. An ECU, when a predetermined pressure accumulation condition where a gas flow rate of a specific place of the intake passage has become equal to or less than a predetermined amount, is satisfied, first executes a pressure accumulation control where the bypass valve is closed and the electric compressor is activated, and then, when an opening condition is satisfied during an execution of the pressure accumulation control, opens the low pressure EGR valve and opens the bypass valve.

Abstract: A cooler having a first component made of at least one of steel, stainless steel, plastic and ceramic. A second component may be made of aluminum, wherein the two components may be connected to each other in a connecting area via a friction stir weld joint.

Abstract: A mixer valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has a drive device with a respective drive pinion and a control disc for driving two flaps. A single servomotor for driving the drive pinion is arranged in a corner region of an exhaust gas duct and of an intake duct.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining changes in a flow area of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for EGR flow estimates due to soot accumulation on the EGR valve. In one example, a method includes indicating soot accumulation on the EGR valve based on a difference in EGR flow estimated with an intake oxygen sensor and with a pressure sensor coupled across the EGR valve. The determination of the difference of the EGR flow estimates may occur when the engine is not boosted.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for exhaust gas heat recovery at a split exhaust gas heat exchanger. Exhaust gas may flow in both directions through an exhaust bypass passage and the heat exchanger coupled to the bypass passage. Warm or cold EGR may be delivered from the exhaust passage to the engine intake manifold and heat from the exhaust gas may be recovered at the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A plurality of upper fins and a plurality of lower fins are each provided in an EGR passage so as to be adjacent to each other across a predetermined space in a direction perpendicular to an exhaust-gas flow direction. The upper fins and the lower fins are gradually narrowed in width toward their respective projection directions, so that both sides thereof in their width direction have inclined surfaces. A tilt angle of the inclined surfaces of the lower fins is made larger than a tilt angle of the inclined surfaces of the upper fins.

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing EGR gas temperature for an engine that includes at least one dedicated EGR cylinder. The dedicated EGR cylinder may provide exhaust gas to engine cylinders and the exhaust gas does not include exhaust gases from cylinders other than the dedicated EGR cylinder. The dedicated EGR cylinder may allow the engine to operate at higher EGR dilution levels.