System and method for operating a fuel supply pump of a vehicle

A system for operating a fuel supply pump of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a combustion engine system and a gearbox, the system comprises:

• means being arranged for determining one or more operational values of at least one operational parameter of the combustion engine system;
• means being arranged for determining a reduction of a fuel provision rate to the combustion engine system;
• means being arranged for determining whether a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, on the basis of the determined one or more operational values of the at least one operational parameter;
• and
• means being arranged for, in case a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, controlling operation of the fuel supply pump so as to maintain fuel supply pump speed.

A vehicle comprising a system for operating a fuel supply pump of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a combustion engine system and a gearbox, the system comprises:

• means being arranged for determining one or more operational values of at least one operational parameter of the combustion engine system;
• means being arranged for determining a reduction of a fuel provision rate to the combustion engine system;
• means being arranged for determining whether a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, on the basis of the determined one or more operational values of the at least one operational parameter;
• and
• means being arranged for, in case a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, controlling operation of the fuel supply pump so as to maintain fuel supply pump speed.

A non-transitory computer readable media comprising program instructions stored thereon for operating a fuel supply pump of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a combustion engine system and a gearbox, said computer program instructions configured to cause one or more computing devices to perform the following operations:

• determine one or more operational values of at least one operational parameter of the combustion engine system;
• determine a reduction of a fuel provision rate to the combustion engine system;
• determine whether a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, on the basis of the determined one or more operational values of the at least one operational parameter;
• and
• in case a gear step change of the gearbox is at hand, control operation of the fuel supply pump so as to maintain fuel supply pump speed.