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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Joseph Tennison, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Daniel William Kantrow, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Curtis Michael Bauer, Sr., Temperance, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); F02B 37/02 (2006.01); F02M 26/43 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/18 (2013.01); F01N 3/2006 (2013.01); F02B 37/025 (2013.01); F02D 41/005 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/0082 (2013.01); F02D 41/024 (2013.01); F02M 26/43 (2016.02); F02D 2200/0802 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/26 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an engine system is provided. The method includes during a first condition, flowing exhaust gas from a first exhaust gas conduit to a first turbine inlet of a turbine and flowing exhaust gas from a second exhaust gas conduit to a turbine bypass conduit and during a second condition, flowing exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas conduit to the first turbine inlet and exhaust gas from the second exhaust gas conduit to a second turbine inlet.