Invention Application
- Patent Title: ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING ENGINE
- Patent Title (中): 发动机及其运行方法
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Application No.: US13194545Application Date: 2011-07-29
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Publication No.: US20130025573A1Publication Date: 2013-01-31
- Inventor: Adam Edgar Klingbeil , Roy James Primus , David James Walker
- Applicant: Adam Edgar Klingbeil , Roy James Primus , David James Walker
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Main IPC: F02M21/02
- IPC: F02M21/02

Abstract:
A method of operating an engine comprises introducing into a cylinder volume a non-compression-combustible fuel, such as natural gas, a compression-combustible fuel, such as diesel, and an oxidant and mixing the components for greater than about 275 microseconds, prior to compression combusting the compression-combustible fuel. The mixing may be done such that the two fuels are at least partially homogenized in the cylinder volume. By mixing, or premixing, the two fuels prior to combustion, the compression-combustible fuel is then simultaneously combusted via compression at multiple ignition points in the volume. The second, non-compression-combustible fuel is ignited in response to the combustion of the first fuel. An engine that enables the various methods is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US08794212B2 Engine and method of operating engine Public/Granted day:2014-08-05
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