Abstract:
A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine of the type having an auxiliary combustion chamber associated with each main combustion chamber, and connected thereto by a torch opening, is provided with a manifold system in which the exhaust gases are used to heat a rich air-fuel mixture supplied to the auxiliary combustion chambers and is also used to heat the lean air-fuel mixture supplied by the primary carburetor barrel to the main combustion chambers, but the lean air-fuel mixture supplied by the secondary carburetor barrel is not heated. The secondary carburetor barrel comes into action only when the engine is operating under heavy load, so that the unheated additional lean mixture improves the volumetric efficiency and thereby improves the power output of the engine. Thin wall liners and heat transfer plates having low thermal capacity are provided for the exhaust passages in the engine, the interior of the exhaust manifold, and the heat exchange surfaces for heating the rich mixture and that portion of the lean mixture provided by the primary carburetor barrel.
Abstract:
An inlet pipe for use in a thermal reactor employed in an automotive vehicle engine or the like, which inlet pipe is provided with a flange portion having a plurality of cut-out portions or notches formed at regular intervals on the outer periphery of the flange portion for decreasing the area which conducts heat absorbed by the inlet pipe with a consequent reduction in heat loss of the inlet pipe due to thermal conduction, thus the temperature of the inlet pipe is rapidly raised to and maintained at a high level for efficient combustion of the exhaust gas introduced into the reaction chamber with improved purification efficiency of the thermal reactor.
Abstract:
An intake and exhaust system for an internal combustion engine of the type having an auxiliary combustion chamber associated with each main combustion chamber, and wherein the overall air-fuel charge to all combustion chambers is leaner than the stoichiometric ratio, so that excess air is present in the exhaust gases. The system includes integrated intake manifolds, one for connection with the main combustion chamber and the other for connection with the auxiliary combustion chamber, and an exhaust manifold for connection with the main combustion chambers. The exhaust manifold includes a stainless steel liner enveloped within and spaced from a metal casting in order to retain the heat of the exhaust gases so that the exhaust gas temperature remains at or above the temperature at which the unburned hydrocarbons in the exhaust gases will continue to burn. This temperature also promotes oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The intake manifold is in thermal association with the exhaust manifold to provide a transfer of heat from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold so that a rich mixture for the auxiliary combustion chambers and a lean mixture for the main combustion chambers are both heated in a controlled ratio. An integral heat riser member is positioned between the exhaust manifold and the intake manifold for transferring heat therebetween. The liner has a collection chamber with a baffle located therein to direct the flow of exhaust gases to insure proper heat transfer to the riser member. Another main feature of the system is to present a minimum heat capacity in association with the exhausting gases to allow the overall system to quickly achieve preferred operating conditions.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a reactor for afterburning of unburned constituents in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine, consisting of a jacketed heat-insulated reactor chamber into which at least one inlet pipe passing through the jacket and communicating with an outlet passage of the engine opens tangentially, being traversed by exhaust gases mixed with secondary air, and having an outlet pipe for escape of exhaust gases from the reactor chamber. The reactor chamber in cylindrical in shape and the inlet pipe opens into the reactor chamber tangentially and the outlet pipe is passed out of the reactor chamber tangentially from the inlet pipe in the direction offset of flow.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine is provided with a turbosupercharger including a vaned rotatable compressor wheel arranged in an inlet passage to compress inlet mixture for delivery to the engine combustion chamber, a vaned turbine wheel arranged in an exhaust passage to be driven by the flow of engine exhaust gases, a shaft interconnecting the turbine and compressor wheels for rotation together on a common axis, and vaporizable fluid heat transfer means in the form of a heat pipe extending through the shaft between the turbine and compressor wheels for transferring exhaust heat from the turbine wheel to the compressor wheel to heat the engine inlet mixture.
Abstract:
A method of programming exhaust gas constituents is disclosed which cooperates with a unique exhaust passage liner construction resulting in an improved self-cleaning technique for internal combustion engines. The liner comprises an apparatus which preferably subdivides the outer peripheral region of the exhaust so that the Reynolds number of the outer flow is below 2300 and therefore indicative of laminar or controlled turbulent flow. The laminar transient film between the passage wall and flow is enhanced by the transient film between subdividing walls and the flow, the composite acting to reduce the heat transfer coefficient between the total flow and wall of the exhaust passage.
Abstract:
Two differently composed exhaust gases, one rich in air and the other in unburned fuel and CO, are alternately supplied to a thermal reactor in dependence on the firing sequence of engine cylinders. The thermal reactor is made up of a cylindrical inner body directly connected to an exhaust manifold at its middle and provided with exhaust holes in both ends, and an outer body forming a space between the two bodies.
Abstract:
Supporting pins for an exhaust gas reactor which reactor comprises a reactor chamber mounted by the supporting pins inside an enclosing shell. The pins are anchored in the shell and fit slidably into the reactor chamber which chamber has freedom to slide along the pins.
Abstract:
An exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a secondary combustion chamber composed of a combustion cylinder enclosed by heat insulating material with an air gap therebetween, said insulating material being enclosed and supported by an outer casing. In manufacturing the exhaust gas purifying apparatus, the combustion cylinder is coated with easily combustible materials, to a predetermined thickness, and subsequently disposed within the outer casing with a predetermined gap or space therebetween. Heat-insulating material in a form of sludge is poured into said gap or space and solidified. Thereafter, the combustible material is burnt away and removed.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine is provided with recombustion means which comprise a recombustion chamber case communicating with exhaust ports of the engine and secured to the engine housing. An outer case surrounding the recombustion chamber case is structured so that part of the outer case is integral with the engine housing, said integral part being formed by a portion of the engine housing which extends therefrom in the area surrounding the exhaust ports. Secondary air supplied to each exhaust port of the engine is warmed in an air chamber formed in the engine housing and located in the vicinity of the recombustion means.