Abstract:
A system includes an internal combustion engine having an air intake, a fuel inlet, and exhaust outlet. The system further includes a NO x sensor operably coupled to the exhaust outlet and structured to provide an exhaust O 2 value, and a controller structured to functionally execute operations for determining a tank biofuel value. The controller includes an operation conditions module that interprets an intake O 2 value, the exhaust O 2 value, and a biofuel O 2 correlation, an O 2 fuel determination module that determines an O 2 biofuel value in response to the intake O 2 value, the exhaust O 2 value, and the biofuel O 2 correlation, and a fuel composition module that determines a tank biofuel value in response to the O 2 biofuel value. The controller further includes a biofuel reporting module that provides the tank biofuel value.
Abstract:
A method for treating a catalyst in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The method comprises detecting the efficiency of a catalyst; sending the catalyst efficiency to a threshold monitor; and heating the catalyst when the detected catalyst efficiency is below a predetermined percentage.
Abstract:
A diesel fuel composition is disclosed, as well as a method for reducing NOx and smoke emissions from a diesel engine at minimum fuel consumption which comprises adding to the diesel engine at least one diesel fuel or blending component for a diesel fuel which has a combination of a low T50 in the range of from 190°C to 28O°C, a high cetane number in the range of from 31 to 60, and optionally a high distillation curve slope in the range of from 58°C to 140°C, which combination is effective to afford a combination of the lowest NO x and smoke emissions at the lowest fuel consumption at independent engine control values for the diesel engine that are optimum to afford production of a combination of the lowest NOx and smoke emissions at the lowest fuel consumption, whereby the NOx and smoke emissions from the diesel engine are reduced by at least 10% and 15%, respectively.
Abstract:
A technique for engine control to account for fuel effects including prowling an internal combustion engine and a controller to regulate operation thereof, the engine being operable to combust a fuel to produce an exhaust gas; establishing a plurality of fuel property inputs (226); establishing a plurality of engine performance inputs (224); generating engine control information (230) as a function of the fuel property inputs and the engine performance inputs; and accessing the engine control information (244) with the controller to regulate at least one engine operating parameter (222).