Abstract:
Provided is an ignition plug (15) that has an antenna (54) for emitting high-frequency EM waves to combustion chamber (20) of an internal combustion engine (10), wherein the propagation velocity of the flame is augmented using the high-frequency EM waves emitted from the antenna (54). The ignition plug (15) has an ignition plug body (30) and an antenna (54). The antenna (54) is located on the front-tip side surface of the cylindrical second conductive member (33) within the ignition plug body (30), which accommodates a rod-shaped first conductive member (31) and cylindrical insulation (32) surrounding the first conductive member (31).
Abstract:
Provided is a plasma apparatus using a cylinder head, which comprises a discharge device i nstalled with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber and installed in the cylinder head, an antenna installed to protrude from the cylinder head into the combustion chamber, a bulging portion bulging from the cylinder head to the combustion chamber so as to cover the antenna, made from insulator or dielectric, an electromagnetic wave transmission line i nstalled in the cylinder head and with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with insulator or dielectric, penetrating the cylinder head to extend to an outer wal l of the cylinder head, and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic wa ves to the electromagnetic wave transmission line. At compression stroke, discharge is gener ated with the electrode of the discharge device and the electromagnetic waves, fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line, are radi ated from the antenna.
Abstract:
A gas treatment device for processing a gas using plasma, wherein the gas treatment device is highly versatile and capable of rapidly processing a large quantity of gas that includes particularly an aromatic compound or other component that is difficult to process. The gas treatment device comprises a plasma equipment series comprising a plurality of gas processing units (20A, 20B) arranged in series on a gas flow channel; and a control section (10) for controlling the operation of each unit of plasma equipment (20A, 20B) of the plasma equipment series. Each of the units of plasma equipment (20A, 20B) comprises a cavity (22A, 22B) composed of an electrical conductor and communicated with the gas flow channel; a plasma generator (23A, 23B) for generating plasma within the cavity (22A, 22B); and microwave radiator (24A, 24B) for radiating microwaves to the plasma generated by the plasma starting section (23A, 23B). The control means (10) selects the number of units of plasma equipment (20A, 20B) to operate according to a component of the introduced gas.
Abstract:
To reduce a limitation in a heat method caused by an interference of an electromagnetic wave in an electromagnetic wave heating system that uses an electromagnetic wave generator by a semiconductor element. The electromagnetic wave heating system comprises a heat chamber having a first wall surface and a second wall surface different from the first wall surface, in which an object is placed to be heated, a first flat antenna arranged on the first wall surface of the heat chamber and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave so as to heat the object inside the heat chamber, a second flat antenna arranged on the second wall surface and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave so as to heat the object inside the heat chamber, an electromagnetic wave generator comprising a semiconductor element and configured to output the electromagnetic wave, a switcher configured to supply the electromagnetic wave outputted from the electromagnetic wave generator to any one of the first flat antenna or the second flat antenna so as to switch the first and second flat antennas to emit the electromagnetic wave, and a controller configured to control the electromagnetic wave generator and the switcher.
Abstract:
A spark plug adopting an electromagnetic-wave-resonation-structure, efficiently ignites fuel inside a combustion chamber. The spark plug comprises a center electrode configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave having a discharge electrode, the discharge electrode mounted on a distal end of the center electrode, a casing member surrounding a periphery of the center electrode and the discharge electrode and a tip end part thereof functioning as a ground electrode so as to become in pair with the discharge electrode, and a vent configured to allow for an aerial passage is provided at a tip end of the casing member. At that time, the vent can be formed in a slit manner or in a hole type.
Abstract:
To alleviate or eliminate a problem of unburned fuel discharged to the outside of a cylinder in a case in which an air fuel mixture is insufficiently combusted in a combustion chamber. During the expansion stroke in which a high voltage is applied to an ignition plug via an ignition coil, and a spark discharge is caused to occur at the ignition plug, thereby the air fuel mixture in the combustion chamber is ignited and combusted, in a case in which deterioration of combustion state is detected, a microwave electric field is created in the combustion chamber prior to an opening timing of an exhaust valve at an end stage of the expansion stroke, thereby plasma is generated and enlarged in the combustion chamber.