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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Ing Ernst Scheid, Aachen, DE;
Inventor:
Ing Ernst Scheid, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Fev Motorentechnik GmbH, Aachen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining the fuel consumption of an internal combustion engine, more particularly when operated on a test rig, wherein fuel is supplied in a circuit to the internal combustion engine and discharged therefrom and wherein a quantity of fuel is supplied to the circuitvia a branch linefrom a fuel tankand measured in the branch line, wherein temperature-related changes in the volume of the fuel are determined in the circuitand wherein the consumed quantity {dot over (m)}S determined in the branch lineis corrected by a corrective quantity {dot over (m)}K corresponding to the temperature-related changes in volume in the circuit.