Detecting and mitigating abnormal combustion characteristics

    公开(公告)号:US10450970B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15568425

    申请日:2016-04-22

    发明人: Jian Huang Kevin Lee

    摘要: Premixed engines including dual fuel engines can experience abnormal combustion characteristics including misfire, pre-ignition and knock. A method for detecting and mitigating abnormal combustion in an engine comprises sensing frequency components of an acoustic signal associated with a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle, the frequency components representative of at least one of a normal and an abnormal combustion characteristic; determining an in-cylinder pressure signal as a function of the acoustic signal; calculating as functions of the in-cylinder pressure signal at least one of a knock index, a gross indicated mean effective pressure and a start of combustion timing; detecting the abnormal combustion characteristic is at least one of (a) a misfire event when the gross indicated mean effective pressure is less than a predetermined mean effective pressure value; (b) a pre-ignition event when the start of combustion timing is advanced of a start of ignition timing; and (c) an engine knock event when the knock index is greater than a predetermined knock value; and performing a mitigation strategy for the detected abnormal combustion characteristic.

    Fuel system diagnostics
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10519888B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US14775536

    申请日:2014-03-11

    摘要: A method and apparatus for in situ operating an internal combustion engine comprising determining at least one combustion characteristic for a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, comprising an actual heat release signal for the combustion chamber; and inputting the actual heat release signal into a diagnostic logic tree for diagnosing changes in combustion characteristics due to at least one of: a malfunctioning fuel injector, a start of combustion timing error; and a change in fuel quality; and performing a mitigation technique to compensate for the changes in combustion characteristics.