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Method to decrease black smoke of diesel

Assignee: Advanced Combustion Engineering Institute Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-01-22
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Granted: 1991-04-16
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Expires: 2010-01-22
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Abstract

Abstract The method by this invention is characterized in that a fuel injection nozzle to inject diesel fuel oil into cylinder and an auxiliary injection nozzle to inject the combustible gas or non-combustible gas into the cylinder are provided, and that said combustible gas or non-combustible gas is injected in the latter stage of the diesel fuel oil combustion. More concretely, a part of the fuel is reformed to combustion gases by a fuel reforming apparatus and the gases are injected, or the combustible gas or non-combustible gas is prepared in another gas cylinder, and this gas is injected in the latter stage of the combustion.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshiaki Kakegawa
  • 👤 Shoichi Furuhama

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 11:18
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B43/00; F02B43/02; F02B43/04; F02B7/00; F02D; F02D19/00; F02D19/06; F02D19/0639; F02D19/0642; F02D19/0644; F02D19/0663; F02D19/0668; F02D19/0671; F02D19/08; F02D19/081; F02D19/12; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; F02D19/0686; F02D19/0689; F02D19/0692; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/30; Y10; Y10S; Y10S123/00; Y10S123/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 73 words
A method for decreasing black smoke of an operating diesel engine, characterized in that a fuel injection nozzle to inject the fuel into a combustion chamber in a cylinder of the diesel engine and an auxiliary injection nozzle to inject combustible gas or non-combustible gas into the combustion chamber of the cylinder are provided, and that said combustible gas or non-combustible gas is injected into the cylinder in the latter stage of combustion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 73 words
A method for decreasing black smoke of an operating diesel engine, characterized in that a fuel injection nozzle to inject the fuel into a combustion chamber in a cylinder of the diesel engine and an auxiliary injection nozzle to inject combustible gas or non-combustible gas into the combustion chamber of the cylinder are provided, and that said combustible gas or non-combustible gas is injected into the cylinder in the latter stage of combustion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 48 words
A method for decreasing black smoke of diesel engine as set forth in claim 1, wherein a portion of the fuel is reformed by a fuel reforming apparatus to produce a reformed combustible gas and the reformed combustible gas is injected in the latter stage of the combustion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 33 words
A method for decreasing black smoke of diesel engine as set forth in claim 1, wherein said combustible gas is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 31 words
A method for decreasing black smoke of diesel engine as set forth in claim 1, wherein said non-combustible gas is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, helium, nitrogen and argon.

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