Combustion process for I.C. engine using a resonating air chamber in a reciprocating piston to induce closed organ pipe resonance in the combustion chamber
US4592331A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Closed organ pipe resonance is induced in the cylinder of a piston I.C. engine by using a resonating mass of gas in a chamber in the piston adjacent its working face, the chamber and cylinder volume being connected by a restricted orifice. The organ pipe resonance is induced during the expansion part of the combustion cycle to cause intimate mixing of the reacting fuel and air charge.
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