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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Thomas Lorenz, Cologne, DE;
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Jan Linsel, Cologne, DE;
Moritz Klaus Springer, Hagen, DE;
Florian Huth, Aachen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an engine system is provided. The method includes during a first operating condition, flowing oil from an oil sump to a heat exchanger attached to a reductant tank and transferring heat from oil flowing through the heat exchanger to reductant stored in the reductant tank. The method further includes during a second operating condition, flowing oil from the oil sump to the heat exchanger and transferring heat from the reductant stored in the reductant tank to oil flowing through the heat exchanger.