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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Tokuji Kuronita, Kariya, JP;
Satoru Sasaki, Kariya, JP;
Tokuji Kuronita, Kariya, JP;
Satoru Sasaki, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A fuel distillation property determining apparatus for use in a multi-injection system for diesel engines. The apparatus acquires a physical quantity indicating a state of burning of fuel in the diesel engine, determines a physical quantity variation sensitivity defined by a ratio of a quantity variation that is a difference between a first value of the physical quantity, as acquired upon execution of a first one of a sequence of sub-injections, and a second value of the physical quantity, as acquired upon execution of a following one of the sub-injections, to a difference between a first quantity of fuel sprayed in the first sub-injection and a second quantity of fuel sprayed in the following sub-injection, and determine a cetane value of the fuel based on a predefined relation between the physical quantity variation sensitivity and the cetane value. This ensures the accuracy in determining the cetane value at low costs.