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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Morelli, Troy, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Thomas Kostrzewski, Brownstown, MI (US);
Jason Ronald Smith, Canton, MI (US);
Kyle Pohlkamp, Superior Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle system is described herein. The method includes indicating a variable geometry turbine degradation based on a comparison of a modeled set of turbine pressure values and a sensed set of turbine pressure values, each set of turbine pressure values including a pressure value upstream of the turbine and a pressure value downstream of the turbine and the variable geometry turbine positioned downstream of an engine cylinder.