Saudi Arabian Oil Company

David Cleary

Yu Zhang

Andrew W Baur

Xin Yu

Anqi Zhang

Nayan Engineer

Praveen Kumar

Described is an engine with a camshaft having a single cam profile, a gas intake manifold, and an exhaust gas rebreather system for receiving an exhaust gas from the engine. The exhaust gas rebreather system includes a main exhaust gas outlet configured to receive the exhaust gas. An exhaust gas rebreather line of the exhaust gas rebreather system returns a portion of the exhaust gas in the main exhaust gas outlet to the gas intake manifold. A variable nozzle turbocharger having one or more variable nozzle vanes is in fluid connection with the main exhaust gas outlet. The exhaust rebreather system further includes an exhaust gas recirculation valve and a back pressure valve. The exhaust gas recirculation valve is disposed in the exhaust gas rebreather line and in fluid connection with the main exhaust gas outlet, and the back pressure valve downstream of the variable nozzle turbocharger.

Air-handling system for fuel-efficient low load thermal promotion and high load operation for heavy duty engines

A method of operating an engine includes operating the engine in first and second engine operating map regions by performing passive jet ignition combustion with a first stoichiometric fuel mixture and a first volume of residual gas. The engine is operated in a third engine operating map region by performing turbulent jet controlled compression ignition (TJCCI) with an ultra lean fuel mixture and a first volume of cooled exhaust gas recirculation, a fourth engine operating map region by performing passive jet ignition combustion with a third stoichiometric fuel mixture and a second volume of cooled exhaust gas recirculation, and a fifth engine operating map region, characterized by shutting off the engine. The engine is operated in a mode transition region between the second, third, and fourth engine operating map regions by performing passive jet ignition combustion with a second stoichiometric fuel mixture and a second volume of residual gas.

Turbulent jet controlled compression ignition (TJCCI) engine

A motor system includes an engine having one or more cylinders, an electronic control unit, an exhaust treatment system in fluid connection with and downstream of the one or more cylinders. The exhaust treatment system includes an exhaust line, a combustion zone downstream, a combustion ignition source in the combustion zone, a catalyst downstream of an in thermal communication with the combustion zone. A method of heating a catalyst during an engine cold start and a method of initiating regular operating conditions of an engine having one or more cylinders are also described.

Exhaust system combustion for rapid catalyst heating

The present disclosure is directed toward an engine system and a multi-mode combustion method for an internal combustion engine using hydrogen as a fuel. The engine system comprises a combustion system including a step-lipped piston bowl, a cover opposing the piston bowl, a hydrogen direct injector, and a radially asymmetrical pre-chamber partially opposite the lip of the piston bowl. The multi-mode combustion method includes injecting hydrogen and air a first time into the combustion system through the hydrogen direct injector, and jet igniting the fuel-air mixture in the combustion system. The injecting occurs during an intake stroke at low loads, and during a compression stroke at medium and high loads, Injecting hydrogen and air into the combustion system a second time via the hydrogen direct injector occurs either during or after jet-igniting, the hydrogen and air being at least partially ignited by compression.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

David Cleary