Diesel engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11255300-B2
Application number	US-202117216058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2021
Priority date	Mar 21, 2017
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A diesel engine is provided with an EGR line G3 configured to recirculate a portion of exhaust gas, discharged from an engine body 11, to the engine body 11 as combustion gas, an EGR cooler 16 provided in the EGR line G3 and configured to cool exhaust gas by coolant, a coolant supply device configured to supply coolant to the EGR cooler 16, and a control device 30 configured to activate the coolant supply device when the engine body 11 is in operation and a temperature of the engine body 11 is lower or equal to a preset prescribed temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A diesel engine, comprising:
an EGR line configured to recirculate a portion of exhaust gas, discharged from an engine body, to the engine body as a combustion gas;
an EGR cooler provided in the EGR line and configured to cool exhaust gas by coolant;
a coolant supplier configured to supply coolant to the EGR cooler;
a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of coolant in a water jacket of the engine body; and
a controller configured to increase an amount of supply of coolant to the EGR cooler,
wherein the coolant supplier comprises:
an exhaust gas cooling line configured to supply coolant of the water jacket of the engine body to the EGR cooler;
a first coolant supply line connected to the exhaust gas cooling line via a first three-way selector valve;
a coolant tank provided in the first coolant supply line and configured to store coolant:
a second coolant supply line configured to supply coolant of the coolant tank to the EGR cooler via a second three-way selector valve; and
a coolant pump provided in the first coolant supply line, and the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to a prescribed temperature.

2. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein an EGR valve is provided in the EGR line, and the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when the EGR valve is open, when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

3. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein the is configured to activate the coolant pump when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

4. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when an operating time of the engine body exceeds a body is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

5. The diesel engine according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when an open time of the EGR valve exceeds a preset prescribed open time, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

6. The diesel engine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the EGR cooler reaches or exceeds a preset prescribed temperature, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

7. The diesel engine according to claim 2 , wherein the is configured to activate the coolant pump when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

8. The diesel engine according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when an operating time of the engine body exceeds a preset prescribed operating time, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

9. The diesel engine according to claim 3 , wherein the is configured to activate the coolant pump when an operating time of the engine body exceeds a preset prescribed operating time, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

10. The diesel engine according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the EGR cooler reaches or exceeds a preset prescribed temperature, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

11. The diesel engine according to claim 3 , wherein the is configured to activate the coolant pump when a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the EGR cooler reaches or exceeds a preset prescribed temperature, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

12. The diesel engine according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the coolant pump when a temperature of exhaust gas discharged from the EGR cooler reaches or exceeds a preset prescribed temperature, and when the engine body is in operation and the temperature of the coolant of the water jacket is lower or equal to the prescribed temperature.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Engine & Turbocharger Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F02M26/28 Primary

  with liquid-cooled heat exchangers · CPC title

• F02M26/32

  Liquid-cooled heat exchangers · CPC title

• F02M26/33 Primary

  controlling the temperature of the recirculated gases · CPC title

• F02M26/74

  Protection from damage, e.g. shielding means · CPC title

• F02M26/50

  Arrangements or methods for preventing or reducing deposits, corrosion or wear caused by impurities (arrangement or layout of EGR passages with means for cleaning or treating the recirculated gases F02M26/35; protection of EGR valves from damage F02M26/74) · CPC title