Ducted fuel injection with ignition assist
| Patent Number: | 10,138,855 |
| Issued: | 11/27/2018 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Various technologies presented herein relate to enhancing mixing inside a combustion chamber to form one or more locally premixed mixtures comprising fuel and charge-gas to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and/or other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. An ignition assist component can be located downstream of the duct to facilitate ignition of the fuel/charge-gas mixture. |
| Filed: | 11/29/2016 |
| Application Number: | 15/364,002 |
| Related Opportunity: |
Next-Generation Automotive Ducted Fuel Injection for Soot Reduction |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |