摘要:
An apparatus for providing a gas phase film lubrication between a reciprocal piston and a cylinder of an uncooled oilless internal combustion engine; the piston is effective to drive a rotary crankshaft in response to an expanding gas charge. The apparatus comprises: (a) means connecting the crankshaft to said piston for transferring reciprocal thrust into rotary thrust, such means aligning the piston concentrically within the cylinder wall to limit the imposition of side loads on said piston (i.e., less than 80 psi); (b) interfacing walls on the piston and cylinder (i) sized to provide a predetermined annular gap therebetween at ambient conditions that has a radial dimension in the range of 0.001.+-.0.0005 inches, (ii) consisting of matched materials that prevent closure of the gap due to thermal expansion under the maximum temperature differential to be experienced between the piston and cylinder wall, and (iii) are preshaped to anticipate any thermal growth of the interfacing walls for maintaining the annular gap substantially constant at elevated temperatures.
摘要:
An apparatus for providing a gas phase film lubrication between a reciprocal piston and a cylinder of an uncooled oilless internal combustion engine; the piston is effective to drive a rotary crankshaft in response to an expanding gas charge. The apparatus comprises: (a) means connecting the crankshaft to said piston for transferring reciprocal thrust into rotary thrust, such means aligning the piston concentrically within the cylinder wall to limit the imposition of side loads on said piston (i.e., less than 80 psi); (b) interfacing walls on the piston and cylinder (i) sized to provide a predetermined annular gap therebetween at ambient conditions that has a radial dimension in the range of 0.001.+-.0.0005 inches, (ii) consisting of matched materials that prevent closure of the gap due to thermal expansion under the maximum temperature differential to be experienced between the piston and cylinder wall, and (iii) are preshaped to anticipate any thermal growth of the interfacing walls for maintaining the annular gap substantially constant at elevated temperatures.
摘要:
An apparatus is disclosed for regenerating a filter trap used to collect particulates from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus comprises: (a) an assembly providing a flow of a heat transfer medium through the filter trap: (b) an assembly for heating the heat transfer medium to a temperature effective to incinerate the particulates in the filter trap: and (c) a flow mask stationed in the flow of heat transfer medium, upstream from said filter trap, effective to divert the heat transfer medium away from the radially inner zone of the filter trap while guiding the heat transfer medium to engage and ignite the particulates along a radially outer region of the filter trap. The mask is a circular disc and spaced upstream from the filter trap effective to mask a central core area of the flow of heat transfer medium.The assembly for heating comprises one or more electrically heated resistance elements arranged in a planar coil configuration extending transversely across the flow of heat transfer medium. A flow diffuser is stationed upstream from the mask and is comprised of a plurality of foraminous plates effective to diffuse and slow down the flow of heat transfer medium for increasing heat exchange. The flow diffuser has a radiation reflective coating to limit heat losses and a member is employed for depressing the temperature required to ignite the particulates.
摘要:
An oilless engine having a piston reciprocal within a cylinder and along an axis of such cylinder while providing an annular gap therebetween to receive combustion gases and a gas phase blow-by control system for such engine. The system comprises (a) an annular receptacle in at least one of said piston and cylinder; (b) an annular body of graphite carrying high temperature solid lubricant disposed in said annular receptacle, said body presenting a face projecting out of said receptacle: (c) an elastomer material retentive of elasticity at the maximum operating temperature to be experienced by said body, interposed between said body and receptacle to urge said body to close said gap under all operating conditions of said engine; and (d) axially directed grooves in said body face sized to substantially trap cylinders of combustion gases therein by viscosity under low pressure gradients and to limit the passage of a combustion gases through said grooves under high pressure gradients to one percent or less of the cylinder gas charge volume, the gas cylinders functioning as bearings to ride the piston during reciprocation.
摘要:
A filtration system operative to remove oxidizable particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine is disclosed. The system has a filter element to trap and collect particulates in the exhaust gas, ignition means supplied with energy for a period only sufficient to ignite a leading portion of the particulate collection, and means for conducting a flow of gas with excess oxygen through the filtration means immediately following ignition without addition of other energy, the flow of gas with excess oxygen being utilized to support the continued oxidation of the ignited particulate collection. The ignition means may comprise (a) apparatus for adding excess hydrocarbon fuel either to (i) the gas flow through the intake manifold of the engine, (ii) the exhaust gas exiting from the engine, or (iii) a separate supply of compressed air, and (b) a supplementary heated catalyst located between the exhaust manifold of the engine and the filter element for acting upon the hydrocarbon rich gas flow, the catalyst being effective to bring about ignition of the hydrocarbon rich gas and produce a heated exhaust gas high enough in temperature to ignite at least a portion of the particulates in the filter element.
摘要:
A filtration system operative to remove oxidizable particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine is disclosed. The system has a filter element to trap and collect particulates in the exhaust gas, ignition means supplied with energy for a period only sufficient to ignite a leading portion of the particulate collection, and means for conducting a flow of gas with excess oxygen thorough the filtration means immediately following ignition without addition of other energy, the flow of gas with excess oxygen being utilized to support the continued oxidation of the ignited particulate collection. The ignition means may comprise (a) apparatus for adding excess hydrocarbon fuel either to (i) the gas flow through the intake manifold of the engine, (ii) the exhaust gas exiting from the engine, or (iii) a separate supply of compressed air, and (b) a supplementary heated catalyst located between the exhaust manifold of the engine and the filter element for acting upon the hydrocarbon rich gas flow, the catalyst being effective to bring about ignition of the hydrocarbon rich gas and produce a heated exhaust gas high enough in temperature to ignite at least a portion of the particulates in the filter element.
摘要:
A dispensing apparatus is disclosed for adding a fluid agent to the fuel supply of an automotive engine, the agent is effective in depressing the ignition temperature of soot collected in an exhaust trap. The apparatus comprises: (a) a reservoir for containing a supply of the fluid agent such as copper octoate and hexane; (b) an electrically operated pulse pump for positively displacing a measured amount of the agent from the reservoir into the fuel supply; (c) register means for registering the amount of fuel replenished to the engine fuel supply and for transmitting an electrical signal proportional to the amount of fuel so added; and (d) control means responsive to the electrical signal to permit electrical operation of the pulse pump for a number of predetermined pulses to dispense a required amount of the agent for maintaining a desired uniform concentration of the agent throughout the fuel supply.
摘要:
A filtration system is disclosed which removes particulates from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. The system has (a) a filter element, (b) oxidation means for conducting a flow of heated gas through at least a portion of the filter element, the heated gas being effective to ignite the particulates in that portion, and (c) a flow control means. The flow control means has walls dividing the filter element into first and second portions, and a flow diverter effective to normally permit full exhaust gas flow through both of said filter portions, and effective to selectively permit exhaust glow through only one of the filter portions while permitting flow of heated gas of the oxidation means through the other of said filter portions.
摘要:
A plunger-type injection pump for use in automotive installations is provided not only with plunger rotating means to vary the quantity of fuel injected but also with a novel tappet assembly that includes hydraulically actuated facing nested parts that can be axially separated as well as angularly rotated relative one to the other to vary the height of the plunger from an initial setting in a continuously variable manner to thereby continuously vary the injection timing.
摘要:
An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system and construction is provided in which an EGR flow valve and an air flow valve are mounted on a common shaft or, alternatively, interconnected by stepper motors or electric motors to ensure equal response times for the flow of EGR gases and air flow into the engine combustion chamber. In one embodiment, a secondary EGR valve is provided in the EGR passage to bleed the exhaust back pressures to approximately atmospheric level to equal that of the air being inducted past a main air throttle valve. Finally, an EGR control system is provided for calculating the EGR flow rate as to be able to set the spark timing of the engine according to previously determined mapping data that provides values required for best fuel economy at any EGR rate.