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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Jun-mo Kang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chen-fang Chang, Troy, MI (US);
Allen B. Rayl, Waterford, MI (US);
Vijay Ramappan, Novi, MI (US);
Peter Kafarnik, Eltville-Erbach, DE;
Jun-Mo Kang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chen-Fang Chang, Troy, MI (US);
Allen B. Rayl, Waterford, MI (US);
Vijay Ramappan, Novi, MI (US);
Peter Kafarnik, Eltville-Erbach, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of controllable engine actuators includes operating the engine in a first combustion mode using a first control scheme while simultaneously simulating operating the engine in a second combustion mode using a second control scheme and in accordance with simulated control settings for the plurality of controllable engine actuators, and transitioning operation of the engine to the second combustion mode using the second control scheme and initially in accordance with the simulated control settings for the plurality of controllable engine actuators.