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Diesel engine and method for improving the performance thereof

US4002151A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 6, 1975
Grant dateJan 11, 1977
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Expiry dateMay 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B3/06
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A diesel engine characterized in that a part of fuel is reformed into a mixture containing decomposition and oxidation products in a system separate from that of a fuel injection in which a fuel is injected into a compressed air introduced into the cylinders under a high pressure and ignited, and said mixture is introduced into said cylinders during the suction stroke of the engine, and the method for improving the combustion efficiency thereof.

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