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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Junichi Kamio, Saitama, JP;
Yasuyuki Kubo, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Kamio, Saitama, JP;
Yasuyuki Kubo, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel separation device is configured to separate the first fuel from the mixed fuel to have a concentration of the high-octane fuel not more than a prescribed upper limit value. The prescribed upper limit is defined that a consumed amount of the high-octane fuel measured under a condition that the internal combustion engine is operated at an operation mode including a state in which a fuel injection amount from a first fuel injection valve for the first fuel is equal to a lower injection amount limit by using the first fuel and the second fuel separated by the fuel separation device is less than a consumed amount of the high-octane fuel measured under at the above operation mode by using the first fuel and the second fuel having the concentration of the high-octane fuel at 100% and 0%, respectively, by a prescribed amount or more.