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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Hand, III, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Brewbaker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 33/44 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/24 (2006.01); F02B 37/18 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/24 (2013.01); F02B 37/183 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/0052 (2013.01); F02D 41/021 (2013.01); F02D 41/1402 (2013.01); F02D 41/1444 (2013.01); F02D 41/1448 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for pressure control in a boosted engine system. A variable geometry turbine (VGT) geometry, and/or wastegate (WG), and/or an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve opening is adjusted at least based on a difference between the exhaust pressure and an intake pressure in order to reduce the difference between exhaust and intake manifold pressures, thereby reducing pumping work losses.