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US 11,530,658 B1Granted
Systems and methods for vehicle fuel tank refueling
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAed Dudar, Chito Miranda Dancel
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for vehicle fuel tanks including multiple reservoirs. In one example, a method may include opening a canister purge valve of a fuel system responsive to a fuel level of a fuel tank transitioning above a first threshold fuel level, and closing the canister purge valve after flowing a pre-determined amount of fuel to the fuel tank while the canister purge valve is open.
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A method for a fuel system, comprising:
- during a refueling event:
- opening a canister purge valve fluidly coupling a fuel vapor canister to an intake of an engine responsive to a fuel level of a fuel tank transitioning above a first threshold fuel level;
- and
- closing the canister purge valve after flowing a pre-determined amount of fuel to the fuel tank while the canister purge valve is open, wherein the pre-determined amount of fuel is based on at least one of fuel tank temperature, fuel flow rate, or fuel volatility.
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A method for a fuel system, comprising:
- during a refueling event:
- opening a canister purge valve fluidly coupling a fuel vapor canister to an intake of an engine responsive to a fuel level of a fuel tank transitioning above a first threshold fuel level;
- and
- closing the canister purge valve after flowing a pre-determined amount of fuel to the fuel tank while the canister purge valve is open, wherein closing the canister purge valve includes decreasing a duty cycle of the canister purge valve based on a rate of overflow of fuel from a first reservoir of the fuel tank to a second reservoir of the fuel tank.
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A method for a fuel system, comprising:
- during a refueling event:
- flowing fuel to a first reservoir of a fuel tank while concurrently monitoring a fuel level of the first reservoir;
- overflowing fuel from the first reservoir to a second reservoir of the fuel tank while concurrently monitoring a fuel level of the second reservoir;
- and controlling an amount of opening of a canister purge valve based on the monitored fuel level of the first reservoir and/or the monitored fuel level of the second reservoir.
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A system, comprising:
- an engine;
- a fuel tank including a first reservoir and a second reservoir;
- a fuel vapor canister fluidly coupled to the fuel tank;
- a canister purge valve arranged along a fuel vapor flow path between the fuel vapor canister and the engine;
- and
- a controller with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory that when executed during an engine-off condition, cause the controller to:
- open the canister purge valve responsive to a fuel level of the first reservoir of the fuel tank transitioning above a first threshold fuel level during a refueling event;
- and
- close the canister purge valve responsive to an overflow of fuel from the first reservoir to the second reservoir being greater than a threshold overflow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.