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Device and method for improving combustion

US10487784B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

EPCOS AG · DE
Relyon Plasma GmbH · DE

Inventors

Georg Kügerl · Eibiswald, AT
Markus Puff · Graz, AT
Christoph Auer · Graz, AT
Stefan Nettesheim · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 2015
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H1/2481
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device and a method for improving combustion are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a combustion chamber including at least one combustion chamber inlet for feeding in fuel or air or the fuel/air mixture, a reactor chamber connected upstream of the combustion chamber, the reactor chamber comprising a plasma generator, wherein the plasma generator is a piezoelectric transformer configured to operate with a low voltage and a control apparatus for the plasma generator, wherein the device is configured in such a way that even before a start of an actual combustion process at least one gaseous component in the reactor chamber is enriched with radicals and ions by the plasma generator.

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