EP1164284A3 - Device and method for ion current sensing - Google Patents

Device and method for ion current sensing Download PDF

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EP1164284A3
EP1164284A3 EP00124689A EP00124689A EP1164284A3 EP 1164284 A3 EP1164284 A3 EP 1164284A3 EP 00124689 A EP00124689 A EP 00124689A EP 00124689 A EP00124689 A EP 00124689A EP 1164284 A3 EP1164284 A3 EP 1164284A3
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current sensing
ion current
ion
ion sensing
supply voltage
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Jos Engel
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Delphi Technologies Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
    • F02P17/12—Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P19/00—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition
    • F02P19/02—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs
    • F02P19/028—Incandescent ignition, e.g. during starting of internal combustion engines; Combination of incandescent and spark ignition electric, e.g. layout of circuits of apparatus having glowing plugs the glow plug being combined with or used as a sensor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02P—IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
    • F02P17/00—Testing of ignition installations, e.g. in combination with adjusting; Testing of ignition timing in compression-ignition engines
    • F02P17/12—Testing characteristics of the spark, ignition voltage or current
    • F02P2017/125—Measuring ionisation of combustion gas, e.g. by using ignition circuits

Abstract

Ion current sensing device comprising an ion sensing means and a voltage source for generating an ion sensing supply voltage to be applied to said ion sensing means. According to the invention said ion sensing supply voltage is of negative polarity.
EP00124689A 1999-12-24 2000-11-11 Device and method for ion current sensing Withdrawn EP1164284A3 (en)

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US2564764A (en) * 1949-12-06 1951-08-21 Kovac John Device to indicate operation of ignition coil and defective spark plugs and wiring of an automobile engine
EP0895076A2 (en) * 1997-06-26 1999-02-03 Cooper Industries, Inc. Mass fraction burned and pressure estimation through spark plug ion sensing

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