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Gas delivery system
Assignee: TransCom Gas Technologies Pty Ltd
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Filing: 1992-10-23
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Granted: 1996-09-17
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Expires: 2012-10-23
Abstract
Abstract A gas delivery system for gas fuelled internal combustion engines, comprising a gas fuel delivery means for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to a region adjacent a source of ignition. The gas fuel delivery means comprises first and second delivery means for delivering gaseous fuel to a pre-combustion zone and a combustion zone respectively. Gas control means control the relative proportions of gaseous fuel delivered by the first and second delivery means respectively so that combustion in the combustion zone can be achieved with minimum gaseous fuel by initiating ignition of gaseous fuel in the pre-combustion zone. Thus, the fuel/air ratio within the combustion zone can be minimized (lean burn regime) without the onset of engine misfire.
Inventors
- 👤 Barry R. Neumann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:19
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02B; F02B43/00; F02B43/02; F02B43/04; F02B19/00; F02B19/10; F02B19/1019; F02B19/1023; F02B19/108; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12; Y02T10/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
A gas delivery system for a gas fuelled internal combustion engine, the system comprising: gas fuel delivery means for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to a region adjacent a source of ignition, said region comprising a pre-combustion zone located in a separate pre-combustion chamber which is located in immediate proximity to said ignition source and which is in direct communication through an orifice with a combustion zone located in a cylinder of the engine, said gas fuel delivery means comprising: a single gas injector which is common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder of the engine; a first gas delivery line for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to said pre-combustion zone and a second gas delivery line for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to said combustion zone, both from said single gas injector common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder, and gas control means for controlling the relative proportions of gaseous fuel delivered by said first gas delivery line and said second gas delivery line from said single gas injector common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder, whereby, in use, combustion in said combustion zone can be achieved with minimum gaseous fuel by initiating ignition of gaseous fuel in said pre-combustion zone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
223 words
A gas delivery system for a gas fuelled internal combustion engine, the system comprising: gas fuel delivery means for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to a region adjacent a source of ignition, said region comprising a pre-combustion zone located in a separate pre-combustion chamber which is located in immediate proximity to said ignition source and which is in direct communication through an orifice with a combustion zone located in a cylinder of the engine, said gas fuel delivery means comprising: a single gas injector which is common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder of the engine; a first gas delivery line for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to said pre-combustion zone and a second gas delivery line for delivering a controlled amount of gaseous fuel to said combustion zone, both from said single gas injector common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder, and gas control means for controlling the relative proportions of gaseous fuel delivered by said first gas delivery line and said second gas delivery line from said single gas injector common to said pre-combustion zone and said combustion zone for said cylinder, whereby, in use, combustion in said combustion zone can be achieved with minimum gaseous fuel by initiating ignition of gaseous fuel in said pre-combustion zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gas control means comprises a gas flow valve for controlling the quantity of gaseous fuel delivered to said pre-combustion zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said gas flow valve is a one way valve for controlling the quantity of gaseous fuel delivered via said first gas delivery line to said pre-combustion zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the relative proportions of gaseous fuel delivered by said first gas delivery line and by said second gas delivery line is fixed for a particular engine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the relative proportion of gaseous fuel delivered by said first gas delivery line may be in the range of 1 to 10 percent of the total quantity of gaseous fuel delivered to said region by said gas fuel delivery means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said ignition source and one way valve are housed in a casing mounted above said cylinder in a cylinder head of the engine, and wherein said pre-combustion chamber is defined by the casing and is manufactured from a material having a thermal conductivity adapted to allow heat generated within the pre-combustion chamber to be conducted through a wall of the casing to cooling water in the cylinder head.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 3, wherein gaseous fuel only is delivered via said first gas delivery line to said pre-combustion zone, and wherein during a compression stroke some of an air-fuel mixture within said combustion zone communicates into said pre-combustion zone via said orifice so that ignition of gaseous fuel can be initiated within said pre-combustion zone by said ignition source.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gas control means comprises a gas flow valve for controlling the quantity of gaseous fuel delivered to said combustion zone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A gas delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said gas control means comprises a gas flow valve for controlling the quantity of gaseous fuel delivered to said pre-combustion zone and to said combustion zone.
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