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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Gough, Lafayette, IN (US);
Nathan Atterberry, Washington, IL (US);
Jeff Howard, Lafayette, IN (US);
Brian Bell, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Hua Xu, Dunlap, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/40 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F02B 37/00 (2006.01); F02B 3/12 (2006.01); F02D 41/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0027 (2013.01); F02B 3/12 (2013.01); F02B 37/00 (2013.01); F02B 63/04 (2013.01); F02D 41/1446 (2013.01); F02D 41/401 (2013.01); F02D 2041/389 (2013.01); F02D 2200/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically calibrating an engine operating with a first fuel and a second fuel includes comparing each of a plurality of engine operating parameters with a corresponding limit, determining whether any of the plurality of engine operating parameters has exceeded its corresponding limit and, while none of the plurality of engine operating parameters has exceeded its corresponding limit, automatically and incrementally advance start of injection timing.