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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Yiran Hu, Shelby Township, MI (US);
David E. Edwards, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Min Sun, Troy, MI (US);
Michael J. Paratore, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Jun Chen, Novi, MI (US);
Eugene V. Gonze, Pinckney, MI (US);
Sergio Quelhas, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method includes: (a) determining an engine speed of an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine has an engine wall, and the engine wall has a wall temperature; (b) determining an engine load of the internal combustion engine; (c) determining a wall-reference temperature as a function of the engine load and the engine speed of the internal combustion engine; and (d) adjusting, using a cooling system, a volumetric flow rate of a coolant flowing through the internal combustion engine to maintain the wall temperature at the wall-reference temperature.