Patent ID: 9201409
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B61C,B61L,F02D,F02M,G05B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: an engine that is capable of multiple operating modes, wherein the engine consumes different ratios of two or more different fuels when the engine operates in different modes of the multiple operating modes such that , when the engine operates in a first operating mode, the engine is configured to consume a first ratio of a first fuel to a second fuel and, when the engine operates in a different, second operating mode, the engine is configured to consume a different, second ratio of the first fuel to the second fuel; and a controller operable to change the engine between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, wherein the controller is operable to control the engine according to a first trip plan and the controller is configured to change at least one of the first ratio or the second ratio during movement of a vehicle that includes the engine by applying weighted coefficients to amounts of each of the first and second fuel types in the first ratio and in the second ratio.