Individual cylinder fuel mass correction factor for high drivability index (HIDI) fuel
View Patent ↗A system includes a fuel detection module, a misfire detection module, and a fuel control module. The fuel detection module detects when a fuel supplied to an engine having C cylinders has a high drivability index (HIDI), where C is an integer greater than 1. The misfire detection module detects whether M of the C cylinders misfire when the fuel has the HIDI, where M is an integer, and 1≦M<C. The fuel control module injects a first amount of the fuel into the M of the C cylinders when M is less than or equal to D, where D is an integer less than C, and where the first amount is greater than a first predetermined amount.
1. A system comprising:
a fuel detection module that detects when a fuel supplied to an engine having C cylinders has a high drivability index (HIDI), where C is an integer greater than 1;
a misfire detection module that detects whether M of said C cylinders misfire when said fuel has said HIDI, where M is an integer, and 1≦M <C; and
a fuel control module that injects a first amount of said fuel into said M of said C cylinders when M is less than or equal to D, where D is an integer less than C, wherein said first amount is greater than a first predetermined amount.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein said fuel control module injects said first amount of said fuel into each one of said C cylinders when M is greater than D.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein said fuel control module increases said first amount until said first amount is equal to a second predetermined amount that is greater than said first predetermined amount.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein when said first amount is greater than or equal to said second predetermined amount, said fuel control module stops injecting said first amount of said fuel into said M of said C cylinders if at least one of said C cylinders misfire.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein said fuel detection module detects said HIDI fuel based on at least one of an engine speed and an engine torque of said engine.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein said fuel detection module detects said HIDI fuel when said engine is turned on.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein said fuel detection module detects said HIDI fuel for a predetermined period of time after said engine is turned on.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein said predetermined period of time is based on ambient conditions.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein said ambient conditions include at least one of ambient humidity and ambient temperature.
10. A method comprising:
detecting when a fuel supplied to an engine having C cylinders has a high drivability index (HIDI), where C is an integer greater than 1;
detecting whether M of said C cylinders misfire when said fuel has said HIDI, where M is an integer, and 1≦M<C; and
injecting a first amount of said fuel into said M of said C cylinders when M is less than or equal to D, where D is an integer less than C, wherein said first amount is greater than a first predetermined amount.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising injecting said first amount of said fuel into each one of said C cylinders when M is greater than D.
12. The method of claim 10 further comprising increasing said first amount until said first amount is equal to a second predetermined amount, where said second predetermined amount is greater than said first predetermined amount.
13. The method of claim 12 further comprising stopping injecting said first amount of said fuel into said M of said C cylinders when said first amount is greater than or equal to said second predetermined amount and when at least one of said C cylinders misfire.
14. The method of claim 10 further comprising detecting said HIDI fuel based on at least one of an engine speed and an engine torque of said engine.
15. The method of claim 10 further comprising detecting said HIDI fuel when said engine is turned on.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising detecting said HIDI fuel for a predetermined period of time after said engine is turned on.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising generating said predetermined period of time based on ambient conditions.
18. The method of claim 17 further comprising generating said predetermined period of time based on at least one of ambient humidity and ambient temperature.