Fuel pressure control method for an alternate-fuel engine
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a fuel pressure control mechanism in an alternate-fuel internal combustion engine where fuel is delivered to the engine for a duration that is scheduled to achieve a desired air/fuel ratio, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a calibrated base fuel pressure control value based on measured engine operating conditions;
dynamically adjusting said base fuel pressure control value based on a deviation of an actual air/fuel ratio from said desired air/fuel ratio to form a fuel pressure command; and
controlling said fuel pressure control mechanism in accordance with said fuel pressure command.
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Abstract
A fuel pressure control for an alternate-fuel engine utilizes adaptively learned corrections for fuel injection pulsewidth to dynamically adjust a base fuel pressure control signal. The resulting fuel pressure control can thus be characterized as open-loop with closed-loop correction based on air/fuel ratio error. The control dynamically adjusts the fuel pressure in a manner to optimize the air/fuel ratio control instead of controlling to a predetermined pressure, and fuel pressure measurement is not required.
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1. A method of controlling a fuel pressure control mechanism in an alternate-fuel internal combustion engine where fuel is delivered to the engine for a duration that is scheduled to achieve a desired air/fuel ratio, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving a calibrated base fuel pressure control value based on measured engine operating conditions;
dynamically adjusting said base fuel pressure control value based on a deviation of an actual air/fuel ratio from said desired air/fuel ratio to form a fuel pressure command; and
controlling said fuel pressure control mechanism in accordance with said fuel pressure command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
forming and updating a table of adaptive fuel delivery corrections for different engine operating conditions based on an integral of said deviation;
retrieving an adaptive fuel delivery correction from said table based on said measured engine operating conditions; and
adjusting said base fuel pressure control value in accordance with said retrieved adaptive fuel delivery correction to form said fuel pressure command.
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3. The method of claim 1, wherein said fuel pressure control mechanism is a fuel pump, and said fuel pressure command controls a speed of said fuel pump.
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4. The method of claim 1, wherein said fuel pressure control mechanism is a fuel pressure regulator, and said fuel pressure command controls a regulating pressure of said fuel pressure regulator.
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