System and method for controlling exhaust emissions and specific fuel consumption of an engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9964056-B2
Application number	US-201514858523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Oct 19, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A method includes controlling an engine speed based on: intake manifold air temperature and/or intake manifold pressure one, or more, of the following data parameters: an engine load as a function of a fuel level, a fuel injecting timing, an intake oxygen concentration, a constituent concentration from the exhaust gas flow, an engine power, and an engine torque. The method also recirculates a portion of the exhaust gas flow to the combustion cylinders of the engine via a recirculation channel, as a function of intake manifold temperature and/or intake manifold pressure at which the engine is operated. An engine system, other methods, and a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program, to enable a processor-based control unit to control aspects of the engine are also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
controlling an engine speed based on:
at least one of: intake manifold air temperature and intake manifold pressure; and
at least one data parameter of: an engine load as a function of an engine notch, a fuel injecting timing, an intake oxygen concentration, a constituent concentration in at least a portion of an exhaust gas flow, an engine power, and an engine torque; and

recirculating at least a portion of the exhaust gas flow to a plurality of combustion cylinder of the engine via a recirculation channel, as a function of at least one of the intake manifold temperature and intake manifold pressure at which the engine is operated.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selectively bypassing a turbine feeding at least a portion of the exhaust gas flow via an exhaust channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a fuel level of the engine comprises a notch setting.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the constituent concentration comprises at least one of: NOR, an exhaust oxygen content, and soot content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data parameter is disposed in at least one map, and further comprising:
selecting a map from a plurality of maps based on at least one of: intake manifold air temperature, intake manifold air pressure, engine speed, engine load, ambient temperature, and altitude.

6. An engine system comprising:
an engine comprising a plurality of combustion cylinders;
a turbine coupled to the engine, and configured to expand a first portion of an exhaust gas generated from the plurality of combustion cylinders;
a recirculation channel for recirculating a third portion of the exhaust gas to the plurality of combustion cylinders, as a function of at least one of intake manifold temperature and intake manifold pressure at which the engine operates; and
a controller configured to control engine speed based on:
at least one of: intake manifold air temperature and intake manifold pressure; and
at least one data parameter of: an engine load as a function of an engine notch, a fuel injecting timing, an intake oxygen concentration, a constituent concentration in at least a portion of an exhaust gas flow, an engine power, and an engine torque.

7. The engine system of claim 6 , further comprising an exhaust channel for feeding a second portion of the exhaust gas bypassing the turbine.

8. The engine system of claim 6 , wherein a fuel level comprises a notch setting.

9. The engine system of claim 6 , wherein the engine system has no aftertreatment system.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Primus Roy James
• Akinyemi Omowoleola Chukwuemeka
• Lavertu Thomas Michael
• Mischler James Robert
• Gupta Venu Gummadavelli

Classifications

• F02D2200/0414

  Air temperature · CPC title

• F02M26/05

  High pressure loops, i.e. wherein recirculated exhaust gas is taken out from the exhaust system upstream of the turbine and reintroduced into the intake system downstream of the compressor · CPC title

• F02M26/08

  for engines having two or more intake charge compressors or exhaust gas turbines, e.g. a turbocharger combined with an additional compressor · CPC title

• F02D41/1454

  the characteristics being an oxygen content or concentration or the air-fuel ratio · CPC title

• F02B29/0437

  Liquid cooled heat exchangers · CPC title