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US 2024/0200502 A1Published application
Controller for hydrogen engine
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Nobuhiko SATAKE, Daiki SATO
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Abstract
A controller for a hydrogen engine is provided. Control circuitry performs, after a stop request for the hydrogen engine, a water reduction process that reduces a proportion of water vapor in exhaust gas. The control circuitry stops the hydrogen engine after operating the hydrogen engine with the water reduction process executed.
Claims5
A controller for a hydrogen engine, the controller comprising control circuitry configured to:
- perform, after a stop request for the hydrogen engine, a water reduction process that reduces a proportion of water vapor in exhaust gas;
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- stop the hydrogen engine after operating the hydrogen engine with the water reduction process executed, wherein
- the hydrogen engine includes a forced induction device, and
- the water reduction process sets a valve overlap amount of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of the hydrogen engine to be higher than the valve overlap amount obtained before the stop request.
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