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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Michael Fisher, North East, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0027 (2013.01); F02D 41/0025 (2013.01); F02D 41/22 (2013.01); F02D 41/1446 (2013.01); F02D 41/1448 (2013.01); F02D 2011/102 (2013.01); F02D 2041/228 (2013.01); Y02T 10/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a multi-fuel capable engine. The system includes a liquid fuel system to deliver liquid fuel to an engine, a gaseous fuel system to deliver gaseous fuel to the engine, and a control system. The control system, during a gaseous fuel system test mode, controls the liquid fuel system and the gaseous fuel system to deliver the liquid fuel and the gaseous fuel to the engine over a range of engine operating points, and indicate degradation of the gaseous fuel system based on engine output at each of the engine operating points.