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Method of operating a combustion engine provided with at least one flushed prechamber

US9644527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GE Jenbacher GmbH CO OG · AT

Inventors

Herbert Schaumberger · Matrei in Osttirol, AT
Hubert Winter · Graz, AT
Wolfgang Fimml · Hörbranz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2013
Grant date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of operating a combustion engine provided with at least one flushed prechamber, and the at least one prechamber is connected to a main combustion chamber of the combustion engine. During a compression phase immediately preceding the ignition in the main combustion chamber—after ignition has taken place in the prechamber, in a first transfer phase, gas transfers from the prechamber into the main combustion chamber. After the first transfer phase, an at least two-phase, incompressible medium—preferably water—is introduced into the prechamber.

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