Granted Patent B2

US 12,448,928 · App. 18/583,662 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventors: Axel O. Zur Loye (Columbus, IN); Daniel J. Mohr (Scipio, IN); Andrew Guy Kitchen (Daventry, GB)

Assignee: Cummins Power Generation Inc.

F02D19/081F02D41/3094F02D2200/0602

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A control system for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine being structured to receive at least a first fuel, the control system comprising:

at least one sensor configured to sense a condition within at least one cylinder within the internal combustion engine; and

a controller operably connected to the at least one sensor, the controller configured to:

receive at least one fueling request corresponding to at least the first fuel;

send at least one fueling command to at least one injector within the internal combustion engine corresponding to the at least one fueling request;

receive at least one signal from the at least one sensor corresponding to the condition;

based on the at least one signal, estimate an actual fueling amount within the internal combustion engine; and

determine at least one compensation amount corresponding to the at least one injector based on the actual fueling amount.

2. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the internal combustion engine is a dual fuel engine configured to receive the first fuel and a second fuel differing from the first fuel.

3. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal indicates an internal pressure within the at least one cylinder.

4. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal indicates a gross indicated mean effective pressure.

5. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal includes a ratio of first pressure and a second pressure, the first pressure corresponding to an internal pressure within the at least one cylinder at a first crank angle and the second pressure corresponding to an internal pressure within the at least one cylinder at a second crank angle.

6. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to estimate the actual fueling amount based on test data corresponding to the internal combustion engine.

7. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to update at least one fueling data repository with the at least one compensation amount.

8. The control system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one fueling data repository is part of a cloud computing system.

9. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one compensation amount comprises a first amount and a second amount, the first amount corresponding to the first fuel and the second amount corresponding to the second fuel.

10. The control system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a mode of the internal combustion engine from a dual fuel mode to a single fuel mode prior to receiving the at least one fueling request.

11. The control system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the mode of the internal combustion engine from the single fuel mode to the dual fuel mode after determining the at least one compensation amount.

12. An internal combustion engine system, the internal combustion engine system comprising:

an internal combustion engine comprising:

a plurality of cylinders;

a first injector configured to inject a first fuel and a second injector configured to inject a second fuel into at least one cylinder of the plurality of cylinders; and

a control system configured to control the internal combustion engine, the control system comprising at least one controller configured to:

send at least one fueling command to at least one of the first injector or the second injector;

estimate an actual fueling amount within the internal combustion engine based on a signal received from the at least one cylinder of the plurality of cylinders;

estimate a fueling amount for the first fuel based on the actual fueling amount; and

estimate a fueling amount for the second fuel based on at least one of the actual fueling amount or the fueling amount for the first fuel.

13. The internal combustion engine of claim 12 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to estimate the actual fueling amount by calculating at least one of a cumulative apparent heat release amount, a gross indicated mean effective pressure, or a pressure ratio based on the signal from the at least one cylinder.

14. The internal combustion engine of claim 12 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to update at least one look-up table with the fueling amount for the second fuel.

15. The internal combustion engine of claim 13 , wherein the signal indicates an internal pressure within the at least one cylinder of the plurality of cylinders, and wherein the controller is configured to calculate the gross indicated mean effective pressure within the internal combustion engine.

16. A method of controlling an internal combustion engine, the method comprising:

receiving, by at least one controller, at least one fueling request;

wherein the at least one fueling request comprises a first fueling request and a second fueling request, the first fueling request corresponding to a first fuel and the second fueling request corresponding to a second fuel;

determining, by the at least one controller, a first fueling compensation amount for the first fuel;

determining, by the at least one controller, a second fueling compensation amount for the second fuel; and

determining, by the at least one controller, a first fueling command corresponding to the first fuel based on the first fueling compensation amount and a second fueling command corresponding to the second fuel based on the second fueling compensation amount,

wherein each of the first fueling compensation amount and the second compensation amount are based on at least one pressure within at least one cylinder of a plurality of cylinders within the internal combustion engine.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein determining the first fueling compensation amount for the first fuel comprises:

receiving, by the at least one controller, at least one signal corresponding to a sensed condition with the at least one cylinder;

based on the at least one signal, estimating an actual fueling amount within the internal combustion engine; and

determining the first fueling compensation amount based on the actual fueling amount.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein determining the second fueling compensation amount for the second fuel comprises:

estimating a first fueling amount for the first fuel based on the at least one fueling request;

estimating a second fueling amount for the second fuel based on the first fueling amount and the actual fueling amount; and

determining the second fueling compensation amount based on the second fueling amount.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising determining at least one first fueling command corresponding to the first fuel and at least one second fueling command corresponding to the second fuel, the at least one first fueling command being based on the first fuel compensation amount and the at least one second fueling command being based on the second fuel compensation amount.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising determining, by the at least one controller, at least one operating condition of the internal combustion engine; and

wherein the first fueling compensation amount and the second fueling compensation amount are based on the at least one operating condition.

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