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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Robert J Nankee, II, Canton, MI (US);
Yi Cheng, Jackson, MI (US);
Shean Huff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mary Joyce, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jerry Kennie, Canton, MI (US);
Dennis A Krozek, Novi, MI (US);
Richard K Moote, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roland T Richardson, Detroit, MI (US);
Gary L Seitz, Chelsea, MI (US);
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a flexible fuel compensation system for controlling operating parameters of an internal combustion engine based on a learned value of the percent alcohol content of the fuel using an oxygen feedback system. The methodology determines a fuel composition multiplier based on the percent alcohol content and implements gasoline operating parameters for the internal combustion engine if the fuel composition multiplier is less than a first threshold value, mixed gasoline/alcohol operating parameters if the fuel composition multiplier is greater than the first threshold value, and high concentration alcohol operating parameters if the fuel composition multiplier is greater than a second threshold value for a number of comparison checks. After a predetermined period, the fuel composition multiplier is updated and re-compared to the first and second thresholds and the appropriate one of the aforementioned operating parameters is implemented. A third update of the fuel composition multiplier is made if the determined fuel composition multiplier is less than the actual percent alcohol content of the fuel by more than a given amount.