Products and processes for analyzing octane content
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsHoward W. Lutnick, Antonio Papageorgiou
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Abstract
Products and processes are provided herewith for analyzing octane content in a fuel sample that include the step or steps of receiving an octane measurement of a fuel sample from a octane analyzer, rounding the octane measurement to a nearest recognized octane rating, comparing the rounded octane measurement with a listed octane rating for the fuel sample, and communicating results of the comparison to a user of the octane analyzer. The octane analyzer may be incorporated into a fuel pump or a vehicle. The results of the comparison may also be used to adjust the vehicle operating parameters to account for the actual octane rating of the fuel dispensed into the vehicle.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- a fuel tank;
- an octane analyzer to detect and identify an octane rating of fuel;
- a receptacle having an inlet to allow the fuel to enter the receptacle as fuel is being pumped into the fuel tank and an outlet leading into the fuel tank to allow the fuel to exit the receptacle and enter the fuel tank;
- a valve mechanism to manage an amount of fuel flowing through the inlet as fuel is being pumped into the fuel tank, and manage the amount of fuel flowing through the outlet of the receptacle and back into the fuel tank, such that the amount of fuel in the receptacle enables the octane analyzer to identify the octane rating of the fuel;
- and
- at least one processor to adjust a parameter of the engine in accordance with the octane rating identified by the octane analyzer.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by at least one processor, and identify an octane rating of fuel in a receptacle, the receptacle having an inlet to allow the fuel to enter the receptacle, as fuel is being pumped into a fuel tank, and an outlet to allow the fuel to exit the receptacle into the fuel tank;
- determining, by the at least one processor, whether an amount of fuel in the receptacle at a given time meets a threshold amount;
- identifying, by the at least one processor, an octane rating of the fuel in the receptacle, when the amount of fuel meets the threshold amount;
- and
- adjusting, by the at least one processor, a parameter of an engine in accordance with the identified octane rating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.