System and method for managing the temperature of injected fuel in internal combustion engines from a mixture of air flow and fuel applicable to a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch Limitada
InventorsFernando Lepsch, Marcello Francisco Brunocilla
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for managing the temperature of fuel injected into internal combustion engines from a mixture of an air flow and fuel applicable to a vehicle that uses an injection system with high pressures.
Claims7
A fuel temperature management system for fuel injected into an internal combustion engine based on a mixture of air and fuel flow applicable to a vehicle, said engine being equipped with
- at least one line for transporting fuel (11) which carries a quantity of at least one fuel to be injected;
- at least one fuel heater device (13);
- at least one fuel heating control device (3) associated with at least one fuel heater device (13);
- at least one high pressure pump associated with the fuel transport line (11);
- and
- at least one fuel distribution device (12) associated with the fuel transport line (11);
- so that said system performs steps of
- performing a fuel heating action;
- and
- applying an amount of pressure to the fuel at an initial temperature which is carried by the fuel transport line (11);
- wherein the engine is configured such that the quantity of the at least one fuel to be injected flows from the fuel heater device (13) to the high pressure pump (2), and
- wherein the fuel heating action reaches a target injection temperature determined by the fuel heating control device (3) based on vehicle parameter processing associated with an amount of total thermal resistance downstream of the fuel heater device (13).
A method of managing a temperature of fuel injected into an internal combustion engine from a mixture of an air flow and fuel applicable to a vehicle, said engine having
- at least one line for transporting fuel (11) which carries a quantity of at least one fuel to be injected;
- at least one fuel heater device (13);
- at least one fuel heating control device (3) associated with at least one fuel heater device (13);
- and
- at least one high pressure pump associated with the fuel transport line (11);
- at least one fuel distribution device (12) associated with the fuel transport line (11);
- said method comprising
- determining an amount of energy required for the fuel to reach a target fuel injection temperature associated with an amount of total thermal resistance;
- performing a fuel heating action based on processing vehicle parameters;
- and
- applying an amount of pressure to the fuel at an initial temperature which is conveyed by the fuel transport line (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.