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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Minjae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hee Yong Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus of controlling an engine includes a controller determining an inflow fuel amount adsorbed on an inner wall of a cylinder, and introduced into an oil pan based on the density of a combustion chamber and a post injection fuel amount, determining a vaporization fuel amount vaporized in the inflow fuel amount based on an operating condition of an engine, determining a consumption fuel amount consumed in the vaporization fuel amount based on the operating condition of the engine, and determining a dilution rate of the engine oil based on the inflow fuel amount, the vaporization fuel amount, and the consumption fuel amount; and a display providing an alarm to a driver when the dilution rate of the engine oil is equal to or more than a reference value.