Caterpillar Inc.

Brooke A Hart

Samuel Were

Anand Krishnamurthygopalan

James Ulstad

Laura Huhn

Blake Landon Smith

Aaron D Sollars

Andrew Anderson

Delon R Reyhart

A cylinder cutout system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The system may include a plurality of cylinders having a first pattern of cylinders and a second pattern of cylinders. Additionally, a fuel governor operatively coupled to a plurality of fuel injectors may regulate an amount of fuel received by the plurality of cylinders. The system may further include a plurality of sensors configured to collect a set of engine data and a controller communicably coupled with the plurality of fuel injectors, the fuel governor and the plurality of sensors. The controller may be programmed to detect a start-up condition of the engine and to execute a cylinder test cycle on at least a portion of the plurality of cylinders based on a positive detection of the start-up condition. The controller may activate one of the first or second patterns of cylinders based on the cylinder test cycle results.

Diesel engine cylinder cutout control system for reduction of white smoke production

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Beverly Hills, MI, United States of America

Brooke A Hart