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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohannad Hakeem, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Christopher House, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael Howard Shelby, Plymouth, MI (US);
Joseph Norman Ulrey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an amount of water injected upstream of a group of cylinders based on a determined maldistribution of water among cylinders during a water injection event. In one example, a method may include injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group of cylinders and a different, second amount of water upstream of a second group of cylinders based on operating conditions of the respective cylinder groups. Further, the method may include adjusting water injection and engine operating parameters in response the evaporated and/or condensed portion of water.