Internal combustion engine and method of operating same
AssigneeInnio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG
InventorsGunther Wall, Jakub Holecek, Susanne Chvatal
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine having an oil circuit, wherein the oil circuit is designed to supply at least one component of the internal combustion engine with lubricating oil, and at least one oil reservoir for providing the lubricating oil for the oil circuit, wherein there is provided at least one collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir, wherein lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component can be collected in the at least one collecting container, and there is provided at least one removal device, by means of which at least a part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container is removable from the at least one oil circuit.
Claims21
An internal combustion engines comprising:
- an oil circuit configured to supply at least one component of the internal combustion engine with lubricating oil;
- at least one oil reservoir configured to provide the lubricating oil for the oil circuit, wherein the at least one component includes at least one turbocharger and/or a blow-by filter;
- at least one collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir, wherein the at least one collecting container is configured to collect the lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component;
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- at least one oil remover configured to remove at least a first part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container from the at least one oil circuit during engine operation of the internal combustion engine, such that the first part of the lubricating oil does not return into the at least one oil reservoir.
A method of operating an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- flowing a lubricating oil in an oil circuit to lubricate and/or cool at least one component of the internal combustion engine, wherein the lubricating oil is provided for the oil circuit by at least one oil reservoir, wherein the at least one component includes at least one turbocharger and/or a blow-by filter;
- collecting the lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component in a collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir;
- and
- removing at least a first part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container by an oil remover during engine operation of the internal combustion engine, such that the first part of the lubricating oil does not return into the at least one oil reservoir.
A system, comprising:
- a controller configured to control an internal combustion engine to:
- flow a lubricating oil in an oil circuit to lubricate and/or cool at least one component of the internal combustion engine, wherein the lubricating oil is provided for the oil circuit by at least one oil reservoir, wherein the at least one component includes at least one turbocharger and/or a blow-by filter;
- collect the lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component in a collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir;
- and
- remove at least a first part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container by an oil remover during engine operation of the internal combustion engine, such that the first part of the lubricating oil does not return into the at least one oil reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.