Methods and system for injecting water at different groups of cylinders of an engine
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02D-041/14
F02B-047/02
F02D-035/02
F02D-041/00
F02M-025/022
출원번호
US-0226615
(2016-08-02)
등록번호
US-9976502
(2018-05-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Hakeem, Mohannad
Surnilla, Gopichandra
House, Christopher
Shelby, Michael Howard
Ulrey, Joseph Norman
출원인 / 주소
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Voutyras, Julia
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초록▼
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an amount of water injected upstream of a group of cylinders based on a determined maldistribution of water among cylinders during a water injection event. In one example, a method may include injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an amount of water injected upstream of a group of cylinders based on a determined maldistribution of water among cylinders during a water injection event. In one example, a method may include injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group of cylinders and a different, second amount of water upstream of a second group of cylinders based on operating conditions of the respective cylinder groups. Further, the method may include adjusting water injection and engine operating parameters in response the evaporated and/or condensed portion of water.
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1. A method, comprising: injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group of cylinders and a different, second amount of water upstream of a second group of cylinders, the first amount determined based on operating conditions of the first group and the second amount determined based on op
1. A method, comprising: injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group of cylinders and a different, second amount of water upstream of a second group of cylinders, the first amount determined based on operating conditions of the first group and the second amount determined based on operating conditions of the second group. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a first portion of the first amount of water that vaporized based on a change in temperature upstream of the first group of cylinders following the injecting the first amount of water and determining a second portion of the first amount of water that remained liquid based on the injected first amount of water and the determined first portion of the first amount of water. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining a first portion of the second amount of water that vaporized based on a change in temperature upstream of the second group of cylinders following the injecting the second amount of water and determining a second portion of the second amount of water that remained liquid based on the injected second amount of water and the determined first portion of the second amount of water. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising adjusting the determined first portion and second portion of the first amount of water based on the determined first portion and second portion of the second amount of water and adjusting the determined first portion and second portion of the second amount of water based on the determined first portion and second portion of the first amount of water. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising adjusting the first amount of water based on the adjusted first portion and second portion of the first amount of water and adjusting the second amount of water based on the adjusted first portion and second portion of the second amount and during a subsequent water injection event, injecting the adjusted first amount of water upstream of the first group of cylinders and injecting the adjusted second amount of water upstream of the second group of cylinders. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein injecting the first amount of water upstream of the first group of cylinders includes pulsing a first water injector disposed upstream of the first group of cylinders to deliver the first amount of water, where the pulsing is synchronized to an intake valve opening timing of each cylinder of the first group of cylinders. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein an initial amount of water delivered by and a timing of each pulse is based on an engine mapping of cylinders within the first cylinder group and further comprising adjusting the initial amount of water delivered by and timing of each pulse based on outputs of knock sensors coupled to each cylinder of the first cylinder group following the injecting. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating conditions of the first group includes one or more of mass air flow to the first group of cylinders, a pressure at the first group of cylinders, a fuel injection amount injected into the first group of cylinders, a temperature of the first group of cylinders, and a knock level indicated by a knock sensor coupled to each cylinder of the first group of cylinders. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating conditions of the second group includes one or more of mass air flow to the second group of cylinders, a pressure at the second group of cylinders, a fuel injection amount injected into the second group of cylinders, a temperature of the second group of cylinders, and a knock level indicated by a knock sensor coupled to each cylinder of the second group of cylinders. 10. A method, comprising: injecting a first amount of water upstream of a first group of cylinders and injecting a second amount of water upstream of a second group of cylinders, where the first amount is based on a first operating condition of the first group of cylinders and the second amount is based on a first operating condition of the second group of cylinders;adjusting the first amount based on a different, second operating condition of the second group of cylinders; andadjusting the second amount based on a different, second operating condition of the first group of cylinders. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first operating condition of the first group of cylinders includes one or more of mass air flow to the first group of cylinders, a pressure at the first group of cylinders, a fuel injection amount injected into the first group of cylinders, a temperature of the first group of cylinders, and a knock level indicated by a knock sensor coupled to each cylinder of the first group of cylinders and wherein the first operating condition of the second group of cylinders includes one or more of mass air flow to the second group of cylinders, a pressure at the second group of cylinders, a fuel injection amount injected into the second group of cylinders, a temperature of the second group of cylinders, and a knock level indicated by a knock sensor coupled to each cylinder of the second group of cylinders. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second operating condition of the first group of cylinders includes a determined first portion of the first amount of water that vaporized and a determined second portion of the first amount of water that remained liquid and wherein the second operating condition of the second group of cylinders includes a determined first portion of the second amount of water that vaporized and a determined second portion of the second amount of water that remained liquid. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising adjusting the first amount based on both the second operating condition of the first group and the second group of cylinders and adjusting the second amount based on both the second operating condition of the first group and the second group of cylinders. 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising adjusting an operating parameter of the first group of cylinders based on the determined first portion and second portion of the first amount of water and the determined first portion and second portion of the second amount of water, where the operating parameter is one or more of spark timing, a fuel injection amount, and an airflow level to the engine. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein adjusting the operating parameter further includes individually adjusting the operating parameter for each cylinder of the first group of cylinders based on a difference in output of knock sensors coupled to each cylinder of the first group of cylinders. 16. The method of claim 10, further comprising adjusting a pulse width and timing of injection of the first amount based on outputs of knock sensors coupled to each cylinder of the first group of cylinders and adjusting a pulse width and timing of injection of the second amount based on outputs of knock sensors coupled to each cylinder of the second group of cylinders. 17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first amount of water is different than the second amount of water. 18. A system, comprising: a first water injector coupled to a common intake manifold of a first group of cylinders;a second water injector coupled to a common intake manifold of a second group of cylinders; anda controller including non-transitory memory with computer readable instructions for: determining a first amount of water to inject via the first water injector based on a first operating condition of the first group of cylinders and a second amount of water to inject via the second water injector based on a second operating condition of the second group of cylinders. 19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a first plurality of knock sensors coupled to the first group of cylinders, where each cylinder of the first group has one knock sensor of the first plurality of knock sensors coupled thereto and wherein the computer readable instructions further include instructions for adjusting one or more of an injection amount and pulse timing of the first water injector in response to a difference between outputs of the first plurality of knock sensors. 20. The system of claim 18, wherein the computer readable instructions further include instructions for determining the first amount of water based on engine mapping of the first group of cylinders and the second amount of water based on engine mapping of the second group of cylinders, where the engine mapping of the first group and second group includes a known geometry of intake runners of the first group and second group relative to the first water injector and second water injector, respectively.
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