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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Travis E Barnes, Loveland, CO (US);
Michael S Lukich, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for controlling the amount of fuel delivered to an engine during operation at cold and warm temperatures using different sets of fuel rate maps designed to compensate fuel quantity signals to optimize engine performance. A switching mechanism based on engine coolant temperature is used to select which set of maps to use. When the engine coolant temperature is below a threshold level, a cold torque map provides a signal representing the duration limit of time that fuel is to be injected. A compensating factor derived from a cold temperature smoke map is used to adjust the cold torque map signal to limit the fuel amount to prevent excess smoke. When the engine coolant temperature is above the threshold, a fuel duration limit signal from a standard temperature torque map is compared to a fuel duration limit signal from a standard temperature smoke map, and the minimum between the two signals is selected for output to the fuel injectors.