Internal combustion engine with broad fuel tolerance
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OSTI ID:5829653
An internal combustion engine is described including at least one cylinder, each cylinder being provided with an open combustion chamber connected by a channel with a separate combustion chamber call ignition chamber, each combustion chamber being provided with its own injector, each injector including a high pressure channel through which fuel penetrates into injector, a nozzle provided with a valve which opens and closes the delivery channel of the nozzle, the nozzle valve is actuated by the nozzle spring, the injector including also a drain, the ignition chamber, which is low cooled or insulated, being provided with a spark plug connected to a spark ignition system and with a glow plug connected to a source of electricity, the fuel charge of each combustion chamber being heated by means prior to its injection, the internal combustion engine including as injection pump connected to a fuel tank, the internal combustion engine is characterized by the capacity to operate with a broad variety of fuels, this capacity being achieved by connected the injector of the two combustion chambers to the injection pump, and by injection the fuel charge of the two combustion chamber at different moments of the engine cycle.
- Assignee:
- NOV; EDB-89-136721; NOV-89-071043
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4831982
- OSTI ID:
- 5829653
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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