Internal combustion engine provided with a heating device in a combustion chamber and a control method for the heating device

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Abstract

An internal combustion engine (1) comprising at least one cylinder (2) provided with at least one glow plug (11) adapted to heat a variable volume combustion chamber (9) within the cylinder (2), and an electronic control unit (12) which in turn comprises an estimation module (13) adapted to estimate the temperature (T GS ) of the glow plug (11) within the combustion chamber (9) and a control module (15) which is adapted to drive the glow plug (11) as a function of the estimated temperature (T GS ).

Classe Tecnologica

F - Mechanical engineering, lighting, heating, weapons, blasting

Patent Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Numero Deposito

US7528346

Anno Deposito

2005

Anno Concessione

2006

Inventori Pugliesi

  • De Cesare Matteo

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  • Gabriele Serra
  • Matteo De Cesare

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  • Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.a.