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Method of operating an internal combustion engine with solvent refined coal as a fuel

US3965870A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 3, 1975
Grant dateJun 29, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 3, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of using solvent refined coal as a fuel for an internal combustion engine is disclosed wherein the fuel is provided in finely divided form, the finely divided fuel being aspirated into the cylinder on a suction stroke and being heated by compression to a point at which the finely divided solid material liquefies into a fine spray which liquid spray is then ignited by a glow plug at a temperature of at least 1000.degree. F.

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