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Internal combustion engine control method

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1632491

A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders including a first cylinder and one or more remaining cylinders includes selecting a desired auto-ignition dwell for a first combustion cycle for the first cylinder of the plurality of cylinders. A first fuel mass is provided to the first cylinder which is combusted during the first combustion cycle. An actual auto-ignition dwell for the first combustion cycle which results from the first fuel mass is determined and a dwell error is calculated. The dwell error is used to determine a second fuel mass which provided to the first cylinder and which is combusted during the second combustion cycle.

Research Organization:
Delphi Technologies IP Ltd., St. Michael (Barbados)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0006839
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies IP Limited (BB)
Patent Number(s):
10,544,749
Application Number:
16/157,206
OSTI ID:
1632491
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Development of a Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition (GDCI) Engine journal April 2014