Abstract:
The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising: a plurality of combustion chambers (41,42,43,44);an air induction system (45,45A,45B,46,47)for delivering air to each combustion chamber (41,42,43,44);a fuel system for delivering fuel to each combustion chamber (41,42,43,44); an exhaust system (48,50) for relaying combusted gases from the combustion chambers (41,42,43,44) to atmosphere; and an exhaust recirculation system (49,51) to relay combusted gases from the exhaust system (48,50) to at least one of the combustion chambers (42,43). The engine has a chamber deactivation operating mode in which at least one combustion chamber (41,44) is active and receives fuel and air which are combusted therein and at least one other combustion chamber (42,43) is deactivated and is supplied with no fuel by the fuel system. In the chamber deactivation operating mode the exhaust gas recirculation system (49,51) supplies combusted gas to the (or each) deactivated combustion chamber (42,43).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising: a plurality of combustion chambers (41,42,43,44);an air induction system (45,45A,45B,46,47)for delivering air to each combustion chamber (41,42,43,44);a fuel system for delivering fuel to each combustion chamber (41,42,43,44); an exhaust system (48,50) for relaying combusted gases from the combustion chambers (41,42,43,44) to atmosphere; and an exhaust recirculation system (49,51) to relay combusted gases from the exhaust system (48,50) to at least one of the combustion chambers (42,43). The engine has a chamber deactivation operating mode in which at least one combustion chamber (41,44) is active and receives fuel and air which are combusted therein and at least one other combustion chamber (42,43) is deactivated and is supplied with no fuel by the fuel system. In the chamber deactivation operating mode the exhaust gas recirculation system (49,51) supplies combusted gas to the (or each) deactivated combustion chamber (42,43).
Abstract:
The present invention provides an internal combustion engine which operates repeatedly a multi-stage combustion process. During a first stage of combustion (Figurel (a) - Figurel (c)) supply means (12) supplies fuel and air to a combustion chamber and the supplied fuel and air are combusted by a spark ignition Otto process or by a compression ignition Diesel process. Then (Figure 1 (d)) at least a majority of the combusted gases resulting from the first stage combustion are retained in the combustion chamber, additional air is supplied to the combustion chamber (Figure 1 (e)) and the resulting mixture is combusted in a second combustion stage (Figure 1 (e) and Figure l(f)) by homogeneous charge compression ignition. The mixture of fuel and air during the first stage combustion is a rich mixture and the mixture of fuel and air and combusted gases during the second stage of combustion is a week mixture .