Method and system for vehicle refueling

Surnilla, Gopichandra; Leone, Thomas G; Prasad, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh; Agarwal, Apoorv; Hinds, Brett Stanley

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Title: Method and system for vehicle refueling

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Methods and systems are provided for facilitating refueling operations in vehicles operating with multiple fuels. A vehicle operator may be assisted in refueling the multiple fuel tanks of the vehicle by being provided one or more refueling profiles that take into account the vehicle's future trip plans, the predicted environmental conditions along a planned route, and the operator's preferences.

Inventors:: Surnilla, Gopichandra; Leone, Thomas G; Prasad, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh; Agarwal, Apoorv; Hinds, Brett Stanley

Issue Date:: 2014-06-10

Research Org.:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1133823

Patent Number(s):: 8751140

Application Number:: 13/614,989

Assignee:: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
F02M37/0064 - {for engines being fed with multiple fuels or fuels having special properties, e.g. bio-fuels

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
G01C21/26 - specially adapted for navigation in a road network

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-07NT43276

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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                    Surnilla, Gopichandra, Leone, Thomas G, Prasad, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh, Agarwal, Apoorv, and Hinds, Brett Stanley. Method and system for vehicle refueling.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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