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Diesel internal combustion engine

Assignee: Rolls Royce Solutions GmbH
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Filing: 1984-07-11
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Granted: 1986-02-25
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Expires: 2004-07-11
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Abstract

Abstract A diesel internal combustion engine in which during the starting and partial load operation, a number of the cylinders are operated as compressor cylinders and a number as engine cylinders. The supplied charging air of one compressor cylinder (26) is used as actuating medium for the valves (35 to 42) which are to be controlled corresponding to the operating condition of the internal combustion engine, in the connecting lines (27 to 34) between the compressor cylinders (19 to 26) and the engine cylinders (11 to 18) in the absence of a compressed air network. As a result thereof, auxiliary energy of the internal combustion engine (10) is needed only for the initiating control and a rapid shifting of the operating conditions is attained with minimum expenditures.

Inventors

  • 👤 Herbert Deutschmann
  • 👤 Erhard Schmidt
  • 👤 Gerd-Michael Wolters

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 17:58
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B37/00; F02B37/12; F02B37/14; F02D; F02D17/00; F02D17/02; F02D17/023; F02D17/026; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 103 words
An exhaust gas turbocharged diesel internal combustion engine having a relatively low compression ratio, comprising cylinder means, several of said cylinder means which operate as engine cylinders during the starting and in the partial load operation, being charged by at least an equal number of cylinder means operating as compressor cylinders by way of connecting lines operable to be closed off by valve means, and control means for actuating said valve means, said control means being operable to control the connecting lines by the supplied charging air of at least one compressor cylinder corresponding to the operating condition of the internal combustion engine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 103 words
An exhaust gas turbocharged diesel internal combustion engine having a relatively low compression ratio, comprising cylinder means, several of said cylinder means which operate as engine cylinders during the starting and in the partial load operation, being charged by at least an equal number of cylinder means operating as compressor cylinders by way of connecting lines operable to be closed off by valve means, and control means for actuating said valve means, said control means being operable to control the connecting lines by the supplied charging air of at least one compressor cylinder corresponding to the operating condition of the internal combustion engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 76 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein one of said valve means of one connecting line is actuated by an auxiliary energy of the internal combustion engine, said one connecting line being operatively connected by way of a check valve with all the valve means for the actuation thereof, the auxiliary energy acting on the one valve means of said one connecting line being again rendered ineffectual after the shifting of the valve means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 94 words
An exhaust gas turbocharged diesel internal combustion engine having a relatively low compression ratio, comprising cylinder means, several of said cylinder means which operate as engine cylinders during the starting and in the partial load operation, being charged by at least an equal number of cylinder means operating as compressor cylinders by way of connecting lines operable to be closed off by valve means, and control means for actuating said valve means, said control means being operable to open the valve means upon pressure in at least one compressor cylinder reaching a predetermined value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 94 words
An exhaust gas turbocharged diesel internal combustion engine having a relatively low compression ratio, comprising cylinder means, several of said cylinder means which operate as engine cylinders during the starting and in the partial load operation, being charged by at least an equal number of cylinder means operating as compressor cylinders by way of connecting lines operable to be closed off by valve means, and control means for actuating said valve means, said control means being operable to open the valve means upon pressure in at least one compressor cylinder reaching a predetermined value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 76 words
An internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein one of said valve means of one connecting line is actuated by an auxiliary energy of the internal combustion engine, said one connecting line being operatively connected by way of a check valve with all the valve means for the actuation thereof, the auxiliary energy acting one the one valve means of said one connecting line being again rendered ineffectual after the shifting of the valve means.

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