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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Dennis Brian Shea, Slippery Rock, AR (US);
Eric Richard Dillen, Edinboro, PA (US);
Vincent F. Dunsworth, Edinboro, PA (US);
Shawn Michael Gallagher, Erie, PA (US);
Dennis Brian Shea, Slippery Rock, AR (US);
Eric Richard Dillen, Edinboro, PA (US);
Vincent F. Dunsworth, Edinboro, PA (US);
Shawn Michael Gallagher, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is an apparatus and method for detecting and responding to a surge event in a locomotive engine system including a turbocharger and a diesel engine. A sensor detects an operating parameter of the turbocharged engine and generates a signal indicative of the detected operatng parameter. An engine control system is responsive to the signal representative of a sensed operating parameter, or a determined changed in a sensed parameter, for controlling a plurality of operational controls of the diesel engine system. The engine control system modifies one or more operational controls of the diesel engine system when the signal indicates a surge event.