Abstract:
Um den Wirkungsgrad eines Axialkolbenmotors mit einer Brennmittelzufuhr und einer Abgasabfuhr, die wärmeübertragend miteinander gekoppelt sind, zu verbessern wird ein Axialkolbenmotor mit wenigstens zwei Wärmeübertragern vorgeschlagen.
Abstract:
A fuel vaporizer including a mist vaporizer and a boiler, the boiler being integrated with the mist vaporizer, the mist vaporizer and the boiler including a housing, baffles joined to the housing, conduit extending through the baffles, fuel in a mist form adjacent the conduit and a pool of fuel contained between the housing and baffles.
Abstract:
A vaporized fuel injection system for a combustion engine includes a fuel vaporization chamber and a two-way valve. The fuel vaporization chamber has a chamber input and a chamber output, and is connected with a fuel source via the chamber input. The fuel vaporization chamber is for vaporizing fuel input to the chamber input and outputting vaporized fuel to the chamber output. The two-way valve has first and second valve inputs and a valve output. The first valve input is connected to the chamber output, and the second valve input is connected to the fuel source. The two-way valve is switchable to allow fuel to flow from only one of the first or second valve inputs to the valve output.
Abstract:
A fuel system includes an internal combustion engine, a fuel device and a heat exchanger. The internal combustion engine receives an air/fuel mixture and produces heated exhaust air. The fuel device receives fresh air and provides the air/fuel mixture that is received by the internal combustion engine. The heat exchanger receives the heated exhaust air from the internal combustion engine and fresh cool air, transfers heat energy from the heated exhaust air to the fresh cool air, and provides the fresh air to the fuel device. The provided fresh air is the fresh cool air that has received the heat energy.
Abstract:
A system for providing an air-fuel vapor mixture to an engine for improving completeness of combustion and also reducing emissions. The system includes a vaporizer (1) within which a series of baffles (74) are disposed such that air and fuel pass along a tortuous passageway defined within the vaporizer (1). Exhaust gases provide heat to the vaporizer (1), and as air and fuel pass along the passageway of the vaporizer (1), a homogeneous air-fuel vapor mixture is produced, with the homogeneous mixture exiting the vaporizer (1) being supplied to the engine by way of an adapter plate assembly (122). When used with a carburetor, the adapter plate (124) is disposed between the carburetor and the engine.
Abstract:
A cold start fuel control system is disclosed for use with an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber (32), a source of fuel (44) and a primary intake manifold (34) having an inlet (38) and an outlet (40) and fluidly connected between the fuel source and the combustion chamber (32). The system includes a cold start fuel injector assembly (52) having an inlet and an outlet with the inlet being fluidly connected to the fuel source (44). An auxiliary intake manifold (54) has an interior chamber (62) which is fluidly connected with each combustion chamber (32). The outlet from the cold start fuel injector is then fluidly connected to the auxiliary intake manifold (54) so that, upon activation of the cold start fuel injector assembly (52), a fuel/air is inducted from the cold start fuel injector, through the auxiliary intake manifold (54) and into the engine combustion chambers. Optionally, the cold start fuel injector assembly as well as the auxiliary intake manifold is heated to enhance the vaporization of the fuel prior to induction into the combustion chambers.
Abstract:
A fuel handler (100, 300, 400) for an internal combustion engine (10) adapted to heat a fuel-air mixture (42) prior to the fuel-air mixture (42) entering a combustion chamber (26a, 26b) of the engine. In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fuel handler (100, 300, 400) adapted to be mounted to the engine in such a way as to not unduly elevate the fuel delivery device (16) as would impact or project through the hood (13), while substantially retaining its original axial alignment with the intake manifold (18) so as to avoid extensive rework of the linkages and/or mounting brackets (32). In a further, second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fuel handler (100, 300, 400) that is more easily constructed by avoiding the need to bend the tube (150, 152, 320, 430, 432) along its length. In a yet further, third aspect of the present invention, thermally conductivity of the tubes (150, 152, 320, 430, 432) is enhanced by providing particularly formed heat masses (200a, 200b, 200c) extending from the tube sidewall.
Abstract:
A fuel handler (50) is formed as an intake manifold which may be substituted for the existing intake manifold (18), so as to provide the dual purpose of fuel distribution to the combustion chambers (26a, 26b) and heating of the fuel (42) prior to entry into the combustion chamber (26a, 26b).
Abstract:
The invention provides an internal combustion engine system (1) comprising - at least one combustor (3), - a compressor (4) arranged to compress air, - an air guide (5) arranged to guide compressed air from the compressor (4) to at least one of the at least one combustor (3), - an expander (6) arranged to expand exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor (3) and to extract energy from the expanded exhaust gases, and - an exhaust guide (9) arranged to guide exhaust gases from at least one of the at least one combustor (3) to the expander (6), - characterized in that the exhaust guide (9) is at least partly integrated with the air guide (5).