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Apparatus and method for enabling the calibration and/or monitoring of a combustion process in a combustion engine

  • US 6,330,877 B1
  • Filed: 04/24/2000
  • Issued: 12/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Arrangement for enabling calibration and/or monitoring of a combustion process in a combustion engine wherein the engine includes a combustion chamber, in the engine at least one injection device for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of the combustion engine, and a rotatable crankshaft,the arrangement comprising:

  • at least one noise-detecting sensor at the engine and adapted for detecting at least one parameter which derives from noise generated during the combustion process in the engine;

    a control unit adapted for receiving signal values representing the parameter from the at least one sensor and for receiving information on the rotation position of the crankshaft in the combustion engine, the control unit being adapted to determine the time for injection of fuel into the combustion chamber and to determine the crankshaft position at that time.

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