Fuel mixture system and assembly
A system and attendant structural assembly operative to establish a coordinated mixture of gaseous and distillate fuels for an engine including an electronic control unit (ECU) operative to monitor predetermined engine data determinative of engine fuel requirements and structured to regulate ratios of the gaseous and distillate fuel of an operative fuel mixture for the engine. The system and assembly includes at least one mixing assembly comprising an integrated throttle body and air gas mixer directly connected to one another, wherein the throttle body is disposed in fluid communication with a pressurized gaseous fuel supply and the air gas mixer is disposed in fluid communication with a flow of intake air to a combustion section of the engine. In use, the throttle body is structured to direct a variable gaseous fuel flow directly to the air gas mixer for dispensing into the intake air flow to the combustion section.
1. A control system for establishing gaseous fuel input for an engine operative on a variable mixture of gaseous and distillate fuels, said control system comprising:
a monitor, said monitor comprising a plurality of sensors disposed and structured to monitor operating parameters over variable load conditions of the engine,
said plurality of sensors further comprising at least one mass airflow (MAF) sensor, at least one temperature sensor, and at least one knock sensor,
an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to interpretively process data from said monitor associated with said operating parameters, and
said ECU operative to establish a concentration of the gaseous fuel in the variable fuel mixture to comply with any of said operating parameters being monitored.
2. The control system as recited in claim 1 wherein one of said operating parameters comprises a mass flow rate of intake air to a combustion section of the engine.
3. The control system as recited in claim 2 wherein one of said operating parameters comprises an exhaust gas temperature of the engine.
4. The control system as recited in claim 3 wherein one of said operating parameters comprises engine knock.