Charged air bypass for aftertreatment combustion air supply
View Patent ↗An engine system includes an engine, an intake fluid system, and an exhaust fluid system. Furthermore, the engine system includes a turbocharger device including a compressor member in operative communication with the intake fluid stream and an energy supply member in operative communication with the exhaust stream to be actuated thereby. The energy supply member transfers energy to the compressor member, and the compressor member supplies a compressed fluid stream to the engine. Moreover, the engine system includes an aftertreatment device in operative communication with the exhaust stream to treat the exhaust stream. The engine system additionally includes a bypass fluid system that bypasses the internal combustion engine. The bypass fluid system supplies the portion of the compressed fluid stream to the aftertreatment device.
1. An engine system for a vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine;
an intake fluid system that receives an intake fluid stream;
an exhaust fluid system that receives an exhaust stream from the engine;
a turbocharger device including a compressor member in operative communication with the intake fluid stream and an energy supply member in operative communication with the exhaust stream to be actuated thereby, the energy supply member transferring energy to the compressor member, the compressor member supplying a compressed fluid stream to the internal combustion engine;
a fluid cooler operatively coupled to the intake fluid system downstream of the compressor member to reduce a temperature of the compressed fluid stream;
a hydrocarbon injector in operative communication with the exhaust stream to treat the exhaust stream;
a controller; and
a bypass fluid system including an upstream end, a downstream end, and a bypass valve, the upstream end receiving a portion of the compressed fluid stream from the turbocharger device, the downstream end in fluid communication with the exhaust fluid system downstream from the energy supply member and upstream from the hydrocarbon injector, the bypass fluid system portion of the compressed fluid stream being mixed with the exhaust stream prior to entering the hydrocarbon injector, the controller changing a configuration of the bypass valve to selectively change flow through the bypass fluid system.
2. The engine system of claim 1 , further comprising an emissions sensor that detects an amount of an emission substance in the exhaust stream, and wherein the controller changes the configuration of the valve based on the amount of the emission substance detected by the emissions sensor.
3. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the configuration of the valve between a substantially closed position and an open position so that flow through the bypass fluid system is intermittent.
4. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the configuration of the valve between a partially closed position and an open position so that flow through the bypass fluid system is substantially continuous.