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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Qian Chen, Rochester, MI (US);
Tim Chang, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 17/00 (2006.01); F02B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of switching a combustion mode of a diesel engine may include determining a carbon dioxide concentration in an intake manifold of a diesel engine, operating the diesel engine in a first combustion mode, and operating the diesel engine in a second combustion mode when the determined carbon dioxide concentration is greater than a predetermined carbon dioxide concentration value.