FUEL SELECTION METHOD AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE ASSET
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1. A method for operating a mobile asset, comprising:
- supplying an engine with a first amount of a first fuel and a second amount of a second fuel, the first amount and the second amount being selected based on route information for a fixed route along which the mobile asset is operable to travel and fuel market information, and thereby to achieve a projected exhaustion of the first fuel that does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel.
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods and systems related to operating a mobile asset over a fixed route are provided. In one example, an engine system is provided. The example engine system includes a fuel controller configured to adjust a first amount of at least one of a first fuel of a plurality of fuels delivered to an engine and a second amount of a second fuel of the plurality of fuels responsive to at least one of fuel market information for the plurality of fuels or route information about a fixed route along which a mobile asset powered by the engine is operable to travel.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for operating a mobile asset, comprising:
supplying an engine with a first amount of a first fuel and a second amount of a second fuel, the first amount and the second amount being selected based on route information for a fixed route along which the mobile asset is operable to travel and fuel market information, and thereby to achieve a projected exhaustion of the first fuel that does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for operating a consist, the method comprising:
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receiving route information for a fixed route along which the consist is traveling or will travel; receiving fuel market information for a first fuel and a second fuel, the first fuel and the second fuel being combustible in an engine in a first mobile asset of the consist; and generating a motive power setting based upon the route information and the fuel market information so that a projected exhaustion of the first fuel does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An engine system, comprising:
a fuel controller configured to adjust a first amount of at least one of a first fuel of a plurality of fuels delivered to an engine and a second amount of a second fuel of the plurality of fuels responsive to at least one of fuel market information for the plurality of fuels or route information about a fixed route along which a mobile asset powered by the engine is operable to travel. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An engine system for a mobile asset, the engine system comprising:
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an engine including a cylinder and an exhaust fluidly coupled to the cylinder; and a fuel controller including memory holding instructions executable by a processor to; deliver an amount of one or more of a plurality of fuels to the exhaust, for emissions control of the mobile asset; and adjust the amount of the one or more of the plurality of fuels delivered to the exhaust responsive to at least one of fuel market information along a predefined path along which the mobile asset is operative to travel or route information about the predefined path.
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