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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Laurent Forti, Cergy, FR;
Nicolas Jeuland, Paris, FR;
Bertrand Lecointe, Triel sur Seine, FR;
Xavier Montagne, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Laurent Forti, Cergy, FR;
Nicolas Jeuland, Paris, FR;
Bertrand Lecointe, Triel sur Seine, FR;
Xavier Montagne, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Institut Francais du Petrole, Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for controlling autoignition of a fuel mixture, notably for a diesel type internal-combustion engine, according to which a fuel mixture is made in at least one combustion chamber () of the engine with a fuel and at least one fluid in order to obtain a homogeneous type combustion by autoignition. The method includes defining a desired combustion progress by autoignition of the fuel mixture, and adjusting the cetane number of the fuel used for the mixture to that of the fuel providing the desired combustion progress is obtained.