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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2009
Applicants:

LI Jiang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Nestor H. Oliverio, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Anna G. Stefanopoulou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Hakan Yilmaz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Li Jiang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Nestor H. Oliverio, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Anna G. Stefanopoulou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Hakan Yilmaz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch LLC, Broadview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 45/00 (2006.01); G01M 15/08 (2006.01); F02M 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of operating an internal combustion engine. The method including monitoring a pressure in a combustion chamber of the engine during a compression stroke, determining whether a fuel composition has changed from a first composition to a second composition based at least in part on the monitored pressure, and triggering a fuel composition adaptation in response to a determination that the fuel composition has changed.


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