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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Steven Wooldridge, Saline, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jianwen James Yi, West Bloomfiled, MI (US);
Brad Alan Boyer, Canton, MI (US);
James Alfred Hilditch, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Howard Shelby, Plymouth, MI (US);
Benjamin Richard Petersen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for improving combustion stability, in particular during transient operations such as tip-out to lower load conditions, when EGR is being purged. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.