| 摘要 |
<p>A means and method for measuring and controlling smoke emissions from an internal combustion engine (11) using a luminosity probe (18 and 19) which measures the luminosity of soot in a combustion chamber (16) of the engine (11). The luminosity signals generated by the probe (18 and 19) are then used to measure smoke emissions based on an equation developed by the inventors which correlates the actual smoke being emitted from the exhaust with a predicted smoke emission value resulting from the luminosity signals. This smoke emission measurement can, in turn, be used in an engine control loop to control smoke emissions.</p> |
