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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Yasuo Hirata, Chita-gun, JP;
Yasuo Hirata, Chita-gun, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A requested injection time InjT necessary for a fuel injector to inject a fuel per one combustion cycle is computed in response to a position of an accelerator manipulated by a driver, an injectable time InjMax per one combustion cycle is computed on the basis of an engine speed, and whether or not the requested injection time InjT is larger than the injectable time InjMax is determined. Then, when it is positively determined that the requested injection time InjT is larger than the injectable time InjMax, it is estimated that an alternate fuel (for example an alcohol fuel) other than a regular fuel (for example gasoline) is blended with a fuel in a fuel tank.