Title:
APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING ENGINE OUTPUT AND COMPRESSION BALANCE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5653442
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a system for analyzing the performance of a reciprocating piston, internal combustion engine such as a diesel engine. Sensors are connected to the engine, which respond to various operating parameters, and signals representing the parameters are transmitted to computer processing equipment. A speed sensor responds to the movement of an engine part such as the teeth of the engine fly-wheel ring gear, and the processor calculates a function representing the change in the instantaneous engine kinetic energy. The kinetic energy change data are accumulated during an engine acceleration run and again during a deceleration run. The signals from an engine cycle event sensor are processed to indicate the firing intervals of the cylinders and thereby to correlate the engine acceleration and deceleration data. The changes in kinetic energy during the cylinder firing intervals are measured during engine acceleration, and the kinetic energy changes are again measured during deceleration, the two sets of measurements being at substantially the same engine speed. For each cylinder, the measurement on deceleration is subtracted from the related measurement on acceleration, to obtain the net work produced by each cylinder. A similar procedure may be followed to obtain the work done over segments of each firing interval, to thereby check the compression balance of the cylinders.
Inventors:
DEIBUITSUTO ERU REIDO
DENISU OO TEIRAA
DENISU OO TEIRAA
Application Number:
JP7959380A
Publication Date:
May 13, 1981
Filing Date:
June 11, 1980
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CUMMINS ENGINE CO INC
International Classes:
G01M15/04; G01M15/05; G01P3/488; G01P3/489; F02B3/06; (IPC1-7): F02B77/08; G01M15/00