Patent ID: 6953024

Claim:
A method of controlling combustion in a compression ignition distributed reaction engine to a desired behavior, the method comprising: sensing at least one engine operating condition; predicting, based at least in part on the at least one sensed engine operating condition, a dynamic engine behavior; and setting at least one actuator to a desired set point based, at least in part, on the at least one of the predicted dynamic behavior and the chemical kinetics to obtain the desired engine behavior, sensing a resulting engine behavior and further predicting, based at least in part on the at least one sensed engine operating condition and the resulting engine behavior, at least one of the dynamic behavior of the at least one engine component or process, and chemical kinetics of an air/fuel charge; and determining whether a short response time or engine efficiency is a desired engine behavior to be achieved and wherein setting the at least one actuator comprises identifying at least one actuator that, when actuated, will yield the determined desired engine behavior.