Procedure to operate a fuel system of an internal combustion engine
First Claim
1. A method of operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine in which fuel is compressed by a fuel pump and flows through at least one fuel injection device into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the method comprising:
- actuating the fuel pump, at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, corresponding to an increased set point pressure; and
blocking an increase to the set point pressure if at least one blocking condition is met, wherein the blocking condition is met if a degree to which a catalytic converter assembly of the internal combustion engine is heated up at least achieves a threshold state.
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Abstract
In the operation of a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel is compressed by a fuel pump and travels by way of at least one fuel injection device into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. It is proposed that at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, the fuel pump is actuated corresponding to an increased set point pressure. An increase in the set point pressure, however, is blocked if at least one blocking condition is met.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine in which fuel is compressed by a fuel pump and flows through at least one fuel injection device into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the method comprising:
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actuating the fuel pump, at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, corresponding to an increased set point pressure; and blocking an increase to the set point pressure if at least one blocking condition is met, wherein the blocking condition is met if a degree to which a catalytic converter assembly of the internal combustion engine is heated up at least achieves a threshold state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage medium encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine in which fuel is compressed by a fuel pump and flows through at least one fuel injection device into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, said computer process comprising:
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actuating the fuel pump, at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, corresponding to an increased set point pressure; and blocking an increase to the set point pressure if at least one blocking condition is met, wherein the blocking condition is met if the set point pressure has already at least once been increased within an existing operating cycle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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10. An electrical storage medium for an open-loop or closed-loop control device of a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, the electrical storage medium including instructions for:
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actuating a fuel pump of the fuel system, at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, corresponding to an increased set point pressure; and blocking an increase to the set point pressure if at least one blocking condition is met, wherein the blocking condition is met if an actual temperature of the fuel system, including the fuel pump or of a fuel filter, achieves or exceeds a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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11. An open-loop and/or closed-loop control device for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the control device actuates the fuel pump, at least periodically during a phase immediately when starting or just after starting the internal combustion engine, corresponding to an increased set point pressure;
- and blocks an increase to the set point pressure if at least one blocking condition is met, wherein the increased set point pressure is a function of a set point output rate and an actual supply voltage of the fuel pump.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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