Coal-water slurry fuel internal combustion engine and method for operating same
Abstract
An internal combustion engine fueled with a coal-water slurry is described. About 90 percent of the coal-water slurry charge utilized in the power cycle of the engine is directly injected into the main combustion chamber where it is ignited by a hot stream of combustion gases discharged from a pilot combustion chamber of a size less than about 10 percent of the total clearance volume of main combustion chamber with the piston at top dead center. The stream of hot combustion gases is provided by injecting less than about 10 percent of the total coal-water slurry charge into the pilot combustion chamber and using a portion of the air from the main combustion chamber that has been heated by the walls defining the pilot combustion chamber as the ignition source for the coal-water slurry injected into the pilot combustion chamber.
- Inventors:
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- Fairmont, WV
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868537
- Patent Number(s):
- 5163385
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02B - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02D - CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- coal-water; slurry; fuel; internal; combustion; engine; method; operating; fueled; described; 90; percent; charge; utilized; power; cycle; directly; injected; main; chamber; ignited; hot; stream; gases; discharged; pilot; size; 10; total; clearance; volume; piston; top; dead; center; provided; injecting; portion; air; heated; walls; defining; ignition; source; walls defining; top dead; water slurry; coal-water slurry; hot combustion; internal combustion; combustion chamber; combustion gases; combustion engine; slurry fuel; combustion gas; main combustion; dead center; power cycle; slurry charge; /123/
Citation Formats
McMillian, Michael H. Coal-water slurry fuel internal combustion engine and method for operating same. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
McMillian, Michael H. Coal-water slurry fuel internal combustion engine and method for operating same. United States.
McMillian, Michael H. Wed .
"Coal-water slurry fuel internal combustion engine and method for operating same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868537.
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title = {Coal-water slurry fuel internal combustion engine and method for operating same},
author = {McMillian, Michael H},
abstractNote = {An internal combustion engine fueled with a coal-water slurry is described. About 90 percent of the coal-water slurry charge utilized in the power cycle of the engine is directly injected into the main combustion chamber where it is ignited by a hot stream of combustion gases discharged from a pilot combustion chamber of a size less than about 10 percent of the total clearance volume of main combustion chamber with the piston at top dead center. The stream of hot combustion gases is provided by injecting less than about 10 percent of the total coal-water slurry charge into the pilot combustion chamber and using a portion of the air from the main combustion chamber that has been heated by the walls defining the pilot combustion chamber as the ignition source for the coal-water slurry injected into the pilot combustion chamber.},
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year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
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Works referenced in this record:
Coal-Fueled Diesels: Systems Development
journal, July 1989
- McMillian, M. H.; Webb, H. A.
- Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 111, Issue 3