Engine control system
AssigneeJCB Research
InventorsDivyesh Patel, Anthony Jeffery
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Abstract
An engine start system for a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine, the system including a controller; at least one fuel ignition device in communication with the controller; and a hydrogen fuel delivery system in communication with the controller; The system is configured such that upon receipt of an engine start command, the controller is configured to instruct sparking of the fuel ignition device without instructing the supply of fuel to commence and is configured to monitor an output of the fuel ignition device for a signal indicative of the generation of a spark.
Claims25
An engine start system for a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine, the system comprising:
- a controller;
- at least one fuel ignition device in communication with the controller;
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- a hydrogen fuel delivery system in communication with the controller;
- characterized in that the system is configured such that upon receipt of an engine start command, the controller is configured to instruct sparking of the fuel ignition device without instructing the supply of fuel to commence and is configured to monitor an output of the fuel ignition device for a signal indicative of the generation of a spark.
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A method of starting a hydrogen fueled internal combustion engine comprising at least one fuel ignition device and a hydrogen fuel delivery system, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- a. upon receipt of an engine start command, instructing sparking of the fuel ignition device without instructing the supply of fuel to commence;
- and
- b. monitoring an output of the fuel ignition device for a signal indicative of the generation of a spark.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.