Fuel system protection in a multi-fuel internal combustion engine

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PATENT NO 9624864
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14678694

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A method of protecting a direct injection fuel injector in a multi-fuel engine, the method includes selectively operating the multi-fuel engine with a directly injected fuel introduced through the direct injection fuel injector and a second fuel; when fuelling the multi-fuel engine with the second fuel, selectively commanding a fuel system protection technique when determining that the direct injection fuel injector requires cooling, an age of directly injected fuel is above a predetermined value, transmission status has changed, an engine shutdown event has occurred and a global positioning system signal indicates an engine shutdown event will occur; wherein the fuel system protection technique includes commanding that the directly injected fuel be a portion of total fuel consumed and reducing quantities of the second fuel that is injected so that total fuel consumed equals a desired amount of fuel measured on an energy basis.

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WESTPORT FUEL SYSTEMS CANADA INC1750 75TH AVE W SUITE 101 VANCOUVER V6P 6G2

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Bzymek, Raymond Northville, US 4 38
Dunn, Mark E Vancouver, CA 19 506
Karimi-Sharif, Hamed Vancouver, CA 1 8
Wu, Ning Vancouver, CA 123 2888
Zhang, Dehong Vancouver, CA 8 201

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