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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael David Gerstner, Peoria, IL (US);
Daniel Raymond Baldwin, Mossville, IL (US);
Robert Graumüller, Kiel, DE;
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 3/00 (2006.01); F02D 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 19/061 (2013.01); F02D 19/0634 (2013.01); F02D 19/0649 (2013.01); F02D 19/0665 (2013.01); F02D 19/0673 (2013.01); F02D 19/0684 (2013.01); F02D 19/0689 (2013.01); F02D 19/0694 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0611 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0614 (2013.01);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The internal combustion engine system uses one or more fuels that may be hydrophilic. The system uses a water measuring sensor to determine the concentration of water in the hydrophilic fuel. To meet power demands, the system uses the measured water concentration to modify data stored in a fuel map. The fuel map provides a controller the pump speeds and mixing ratio of the fuels for a given power level. The system receives that data and modifies it based on the measured concentration of water.