CAN Protocol for Engine Component Efficiency and Noise

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for optimizing fuel and fluid consumption, and noise reduction in internal combustion engines are complex and labor-intensive, requiring repeated technical measurements and training for each component combination, and do not account for system states, making them inefficient and difficult to implement.

Innovation Solution

A CAN communication protocol system that enables efficient communication between drive and output components, optimizing fuel, fluid, and noise performance by continuously exchanging data to determine the best efficiency point, allowing for immediate operation and prioritizing system protection, thereby reducing diesel consumption, noise emissions, and increasing overall availability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If complex technical measurements and training are performed for each component combination, then coordination precision is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoordination precisionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-characterization by automatically measuring and storing the efficiency characteristics of drive and output components during initial operation. The controller application autonomously determines the efficiency map of each component without requiring external technical measurements or manual training, enabling immediate optimal coordination when components are combined.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The efficiency characteristics of components are determined and stored in advance during initial system operation or component installation. This preliminary characterization data is then readily available for immediate use in optimization calculations, eliminating the need for repeated technical measurements when components are recombined.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If technical measurements and training are repeated for each new component combination, then coordination accuracy is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoordination accuracyVSAvoidtraining time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs efficiency measurements and stores characterization data without requiring manual intervention or repeated training procedures. When components are combined, the controller application immediately retrieves pre-stored efficiency maps and calculates optimal operating points, eliminating time-consuming repeated measurements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors actual system performance and compares it with predicted efficiency based on stored component characteristics. This feedback mechanism allows the system to verify coordination accuracy without requiring repeated technical measurements, maintaining precision while minimizing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Speed

If system optimization is performed without considering system states, then calculation speed is improved, but reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecalculation speedVSAvoidsystem reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The optimization system dynamically adapts calculations based on current system states including component temperatures, loads, and operational conditions. The controller application adjusts efficiency maps and optimization parameters in real-time according to actual system state, ensuring reliable operation across varying conditions while maintaining calculation speed through efficient algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Loss of energy

If protective functions are not prioritized, then consumption optimization is improved, but system availability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefuel consumptionVSAvoidsystem availability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system preemptively activates protective functions when component states indicate potential damage risks. By prioritizing component protection before damage occurs, the system maintains long-term availability while still achieving consumption optimization during normal operation. The controller application balances optimization calculations with protective constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentUS11424950B2Can communication protocol system for exchanging fuel and/or operating fluid consumption-optimizing and noise-optimizing messages between drive components and output components
Publication Date: 2022.08.23 DEUTZ AG
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AI summary

A CAN communication protocol system for exchanging fuel consumption-optimizing and/or operating fluid consumption-optimizing and noise-optimizing messages between drive components and output components, which also help to increase the overall availability of the system, and method. Described is also a CAN communication protocol system for an internal combustion engine for exchanging fuel consumption-optimizing and/or operating fluid consumption-optimizing and noise-optimizing messages between drive components and output components, which also help to increase the overall availability of the system.