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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Borgwarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SA, Bascharage, LU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PHINIA JERSEY HOLDINGS LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F01M 11/10 (2006.01); G01M 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/22 (2013.01); F01M 11/10 (2013.01); G01M 15/042 (2013.01); F01M 2250/00 (2013.01); F02D 2200/023 (2013.01); F02D 2200/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining the total evaporation rate of fuel from an oil sump of an engine comprising: a) defining for said fuel, a plurality (n-1) of zones, each zone comprising a separate temperature range, and corresponding to a particular fuel constituent portion; b) determining or estimating the mass of said particular fuel constituent portion present in the sump for each zone; c) for each zone, determining an evaporation rate based on oil temperature; and the corresponding mass determined in step b); d) summing the evaporation rates for each zone from step c) to provide said total evaporation rate.