Method for the in situ production of fuel/water mixtures in combustion engines

US8875666B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN · DE
• Fachhochschule Trier · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Strey · Dormagen, DE
• Lada Bemert · Mühldorf, DE
• Christof Simon · Trier, DE
• Heinrich Doerksen · Mertesdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for operating an internal combustion engine or a nozzle includes producing a fuel mixture in-situ. The fuel mixture consists of a polar component A, a nonpolar fuel component B, an amphiphilic component C, and an auxiliary component D. The fuel mixture is produced in a high-pressure region of an injection system of an internal combustion engine or of a nozzle within 10 seconds of an injection operation. The fuel mixture is injected into the internal combustion engine or the nozzle. A pressure is in a range of from 100 to 4,000 bar.