Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for secondary fluid injection control in an engine
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Application No.: US14539716Application Date: 2014-11-12
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Publication No.: US09840975B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Gopichandra Surnilla , Richard E. Soltis , Daniel A. Makled
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Main IPC: F02D19/06
- IPC: F02D19/06 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D19/12 ; F02D41/14

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting the amount of secondary fluid being injected into an engine. In one example, a method may include adjusting an amount of secondary fluid injected at an engine cylinder based on a secondary fluid injection amount estimated from outputs of an exhaust oxygen sensor. For example, the secondary fluid injection amount may be estimated based on a first change in pumping current of the exhaust oxygen sensor between a first and second reference voltage when only fuel is injected into the engine cylinder and a second change in pumping current of the exhaust oxygen sensor between the first and second reference voltage when fuel and the secondary fluid are injected into the engine cylinder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160131048A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY FLUID INJECTION CONTROL IN AN ENGINE Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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