MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547095900 A) filed by Phinia Jersey Holdings Llc, Wilmington, U.S.A., on Oct. 6, for 'ethanol detection with heated fuel injector in flexible fuel vehicles.'
Inventor(s) include Krenus, Roberto Gothardo.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method (100) of detecting a percentage of ethanol in fuel used by an engine (26) is provided. The method includes obtaining a heater temperature at a first time t1 at which a slope of the heater temperature as a function of time reaches a predetermined threshold value indicative of fuel boiling; obtaining the heater temperature at a subsequent time t2 at which the slope of the heater temperature approaches a value of the slope prior to the time t1 and which is greater than the predetermined threshold value; and determining the percentage of ethanol in the fuel as a function of the first time t1 and a calculated temperature difference ?T between the heater temperature at time t2 and the heater temperature at the first time t1. A fuel delivery system (20) that detects a percentage of ethanol in fuel by the method, and a flexible fuel vehicle including the fuel delivery system, are also provided."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 28, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/017659.
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