Low emission internal combustion engine

Title: Low emission internal combustion engine

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A low emission, internal combustion compression ignition engine having a cylinder, a piston movable in the cylinder and a pre-combustion chamber communicating with the cylinder near the top thereof and in which low emissions of NO.sub.x are achieved by constructing the pre-combustion chamber to have a volume of between 70% and 85% of the combined pre-chamber and main combustion chamber volume when the piston is at top dead center and by variably controlling the initiation of fuel injection into the pre-combustion chamber.

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Karaba, Albert M. ^[1]

(Muskegon, MI)

Issue Date:: 1979-01-01

OSTI Identifier:: 863295

Patent Number(s):: 4141324

Assignee:: United States of America (Washington, DC) OSTI

DOE Contract Number:: E(04-3)-1099

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: emission; internal; combustion; engine; compression; ignition; cylinder; piston; movable; pre-combustion; chamber; communicating; near; top; emissions; achieved; constructing; volume; 70; 85; combined; pre-chamber; main; dead; center; variably; controlling; initiation; fuel; injection; top dead; internal combustion; combustion chamber; combustion engine; fuel injection; main combustion; dead center; piston movable; compression ignition; chamber communicating; ignition engine; /123/

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