ENGINE FRICTION MONITOR

• Main Authors: TAMMEN, Michael Justin, JOHNSON, Randall J, JAYARAMAN, Venkatramanan, HYSLOP, James Ryan, SHOOK, Patrick J, GARIMELLA, Phanindra V, ANDERSON, Travis Alva, PATHAK, Pallav
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.12.2021
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; WEAPONS

An engine friction monitor uses commanded torque and measured torque to provide a prognostic feature to identify failure modes of an engine that causes the engine from delivering the commanded torque.