Engine system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11359585-B2
Application number	US-202017101186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2020
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

An engine system may include: an engine including cylinders that generate a driving torque by combusting fuel; a first intake manifold connected to an intake line through which flows intake air into some of the plurality of cylinders; a second intake manifold supplying the intake air to the other cylinders of the plurality of cylinders through the first intake manifold; a first exhaust manifold connected to some cylinders that are connected to the first intake manifold; a second exhaust manifold connected to some other cylinders that are connected to the second intake manifold; a recirculation line branched from the second exhaust manifold to be coupled to the second intake manifold; a recirculation inlet valve disposed at a point at which the recirculation line and the second exhaust manifold are joined; and a manifold connection valve disposed on an intake line between the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine system, comprising:
an engine including a plurality of cylinders that generate a driving torque by combusting fuel;
a first intake manifold connected to an intake line through which flows intake air into some of the plurality of cylinders;
a second intake manifold connected to the first intake manifold in series and supplying the intake air to other cylinders of the plurality of cylinders through the first intake manifold;
a first exhaust manifold connected to some cylinders that are connected to the first intake manifold;
a second exhaust manifold connected to some other cylinders that are connected to the second intake manifold;
a recirculation line branched from the second exhaust manifold to be coupled to the second intake manifold;
a recirculation inlet valve disposed at a point at which the recirculation line and the second exhaust manifold are joined;
a manifold connection valve disposed on an intake line between the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold, and
a turbocharger including a turbine which is disposed on the first exhaust line and rotates by exhaust gas and a compressor which is disposed on the intake line at an upstream of the first intake manifold and rotates by interlocking to the turbine.

2. The engine system of claim 1 , further including:
an electric supercharger including a motor and an electric compressor operated by the motor to supply charge air to the cylinders.

3. The engine system of claim 2 , wherein
the intake line is provided with a bypass line that bypasses some of air supplied to the electric supercharger, and
the bypass line is provided with a bypass valve.

4. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein
the engine is a four-cylindered engine including four cylinders of a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a third cylinder, and a fourth cylinder that are sequentially disposed,
the first intake manifold is connected to the second cylinder and the third cylinder,
the second intake manifold is connected to the first cylinder and the fourth cylinder,
the first exhaust manifold is connected to the second cylinder and the third cylinder, and
the second exhaust manifold is connected to the first cylinder and the fourth cylinder.

5. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein
when the engine is operated normally,
the recirculation inlet valve is cut off to supply exhaust gas from the second exhaust manifold to an exhaust gas cleaning device, and
the manifold connection valve is open to supply intake air to the second intake manifold through the first intake manifold.

6. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein
when some cylinders are deactivated,
the recirculation inlet valve is open to supply the exhaust gas from the second exhaust manifold to the second intake manifold, and
the manifold connection valve is cut off not to supply the intake air to the second intake manifold through the first intake manifold.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Han Dong Hee
• Park Jong Il
• Lim Hyun Jun
• Hong Seungwoo
• Lee Joowon
• Choi Kwanhee
• Oh Heechang
• Park Yeongseop
• Chu Dong Ho
• Lee Hyungbok

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

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• F01N3/101

  Three-way catalysts · CPC title

• F02M35/10157

  Supercharged engines · CPC title

• F01N3/10

  by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust · CPC title

• F02M26/02

  EGR systems specially adapted for supercharged engines · CPC title