General Electric Company

Dennis Brian Shea

Shawn Michael Gallagher

Eric Richard Dillen

Vincent F Dunsworth

David Wright

Larry Gene Anderson

Morse N Taxon

Sivanaga Venu Varma Dantuluri

David Marshall Wright

Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle including an engine and a fuel system. In one embodiment, a water drainage system for a fuel system comprises a fuel tank, a fuel-water separator in fluid communication with the fuel tank, and a purge tank in fluid communication with the fuel-water separator and the fuel tank, the purge tank separate from the fuel tank. The water drainage system further includes a fuel property sensor for detecting a presence of water and a purge line in fluid communication with the purge tank for removing fluid from the purge tank, a flow of the fluid from the purge tank controlled by a check valve.

Method and system for water drainage in fuel system

The invention is an apparatus and method for detecting and responding to a surge event in a locomotive engine system including a turbocharger and a diesel engine. A sensor detects an operating parameter of the turbocharged engine and generates a signal indicative of the detected operatng parameter. An engine control system is responsive to the signal representative of a sensed operating parameter, or a determined changed in a sensed parameter, for controlling a plurality of operational controls of the diesel engine system. The engine control system modifies one or more operational controls of the diesel engine system when the signal indicates a surge event.

Apparatus and method for automatic detection and avoidance of turbocharger surge on locomotive diesel engines

A crankcase ventilation system for a turbocharger internal combustion engine comprises an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and an exhaust stack, a turbocharger for providing a supply of pressurized air to the engine, eductor tubing connected between the crankcase and the exhaust stack for ventilating the crankcase, and a conduit connected between the turbocharger and eductor tubing.

Crankcase ventilation system

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Dennis Brian Shea