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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Sai S. V. Rajagopalan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jason Meyer, Dayton, OH (US);
Shawn W. Midlam-mohler, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth P. Dudek, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Stephen Yurkovich, Columbus, OH (US);
Yann G. Guezennec, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Sai S. V. Rajagopalan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jason Meyer, Dayton, OH (US);
Shawn W. Midlam-Mohler, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth P. Dudek, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Stephen Yurkovich, Columbus, OH (US);
Yann G. Guezennec, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Abstract
A system includes a cylinder equivalence ratio (EQR) module, a location estimation module, a sensor module, and a fuel control module. The cylinder EQR module determines a first EQR corresponding to a first exhaust gas expelled from a first cylinder and determines a second EQR corresponding to a second exhaust gas expelled from a second cylinder. The location estimation module determines when the first and second exhaust gases mix in an exhaust manifold to form a third exhaust gas having a third EQR. The sensor module estimates an EQR of a fourth exhaust gas based on the third EQR. The fourth exhaust gas is located at an oxygen sensor in the exhaust manifold. The fuel control module controls an amount of fuel supplied to an engine based on a difference between the estimated EQR and an EQR corresponding to measurements from the oxygen sensor.