Abstract:
A bi-fuel control system and assembly for modifying and operating a diesel engine to the extent that the engine is capable of running in either a full diesel fuel mode or a bi-fuel mode, where bi-fuel is defined as a mixture of a methane based gas and diesel fuel. The control system and assembly are designed to provide for either manual or automatic transfer between modes for continuous engine operation without interruption in output and at substantially equivalent efficiency levels. A gas control sub-system and sub-assembly are provided to control the amount of gas supplied to the diesel engine in the bi-fuel mode, and an electronic control sub-system and sub-assembly are provided to control the overall system and assembly based on engine load as determined from the intake manifold air pressure.
Abstract:
A fuel injection method for diesel internal combustion engines uses main injection of a gas main fuel and pilot injection of a liquid secondary fuel to initialize combustion of the main fuel. The liquid fuel is injected by an injector pump designed to enable the engine to achieve its maximum power with the liquid fuel only. The pilot injection comprises a mixture of water and liquid fuel.
Abstract:
A fuel injection structure for dual fueled combustion engines having access to the combustion chamber of a cylinder to automatically supplement a liquid fuel with a gaseous fuel, the structure being adapted to supply the gaseous fuel by a programmed electronic control circuit which regulates the operation of fuel injection to be in accord with certain sensed engine operation parameters to determine from said parameters a desired gaseous fuel flow rate and a signal responsive to said parameters actuating a valve to control said flow.
Abstract:
This is concerned with a method of operating a dual-fuel engine, meaning an engine that is supplied with a mixture of gaseous fuel and air which is ignited by an injection of a small amount of so-called pilot oil which is diesel fuel. Additionally the invention is concerned with a method of operation that injects an approximately constant amount of pilot oil regardless of speed variations so as to save fuel at the higher speeds and is specifically applicable or useful with over-the road dual fuel engines, meaning mobile units on trucks, tractors, etc.
Abstract:
An injector apparatus for an internal combustion engine and suitable for injecting two different fuels, namely a "pilot injection" liquid fuel and a "main injection" liquid or gaseous fuel comprising a low-pressure pump (1B) for pilot injection fuel feed, a high-pressure pump (1A) of the injection pump type, two fuel injectors, and a metering pump (30) selectively connecting the low-pressure pump, the high-pressure pump, and the two fuel injectors. The metering pump (30) includes a transfer piston (2) and two abutments (3, 4) which are independently adjustable so as to vary the relative importance of pilot injection and of main injection and also vary the extent to which the two injection stages overlap.
Abstract:
A gas-diesel dual fuel engine operative with both a gaseous fuel and a diesel fuel oil. The engine has an electronic governor circuit adapted to receive both a speed signal representing actual speed of engine and a set speed signal representing a predetermined command speed of the engine, electric actuators adapted to actuate a diesel fuel injection pump and a gaseous fuel regulating valve, respectively, in response to the signal from the electronic governor circuit, and a mode switching control circuit connected to the electronic governor circuit and adapted to switch the operation of the electric actuators between a diesel fuel operation mode and a gaseous fuel operation mode.
Abstract:
Various methods and systems are provided for engine startup. In one example, a method for an engine includes injecting a fuel mixture with a proportion of a first fuel to a second fuel to decrease carbon emissions, in response to detection of or request for the engine to start. The proportion of the first fuel to the second fuel in the injected fuel mixture is decreased in response to engine speed reaching an idling speed. The first fuel may be a non-hydrocarbon-based fuel and the second fuel may be a hydrocarbon-based fuel.
Abstract:
A generator system includes (i) an internal combustion engine, (ii) an exhaust gas outlet, connected to the internal combustion engine, for venting exhaust gasses, and (iii) a condenser, connected to the exhaust gas outlet, for condensing water from exhaust gasses.
Abstract:
Various methods and systems are provided for an intake manifold for an engine. In one example, an insert comprises an annular body having a top surface, bottom surface, inner surface, and outer surface. The insert further comprises a first groove for coupling an intake air port of an intake manifold to a cylinder head, a second groove for circulating gaseous fuel received from a gas runner of the intake manifold, and one or more openings to fluidically couple the second groove to an interior of the intake air port. The insert is configured to mix gaseous fuel and intake air at a coupling location between the intake manifold and the cylinder head.
Abstract:
A generator system includes (i) an internal combustion engine, (ii) an exhaust gas outlet, connected to the internal combustion engine, for venting exhaust gasses, and (iii) a condenser, connected to the exhaust gas outlet, for condensing water from exhaust gasses.