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A method and apparatus is disclosed for increasing combustion efficiency in internal combustion engines and external combustors resulting in increased fuel economy and reduced exhaust pollutants. The same principles and apparatus of the invention are used in the exhaust stream to further reduce pollutants.

Methods for reducing and eliminating carbon dioxide from the emissions of solid fuel fired power plants, particularly coal fired power plants, and to sequester the carbon dioxide, typically by using existing equipment. In some embodiments, the methods involve pyrolyzing the solid fuel to remove volatile matter and using the volatile matter to produce hydrogen. Additionally, the methods may involve burning the solid fuel or pyrolized solid fuel at very fuel rich stoichiometric conditions. Sequestration may include the production of a carbon dioxide-containing solution and the pumping of the solution into the ground, particularly in areas high in limestone.

A method of operating a combustor (10), to provide intimately mixed hot combusted gas (44) for a gas turbine (46), includes feeding gaseous oxidant (12) and gaseous fuel (16) into the combustor (10) near a combustion flame (28) which has a tip end (39) and a root end (29), where corona discharge occurs through adjustment of an electric field (34), and where the corona discharge causes ionized particles (36) to form and also causes intimate turbulent mixing of the gases.

A control unit activates regeneration assist means, if a specific operating state involving incomplete combustion of particulates by NO2 continues for a predetermined period or more, as a first determination condition, and controls an exhaust gas temperature or a temperature of a catalyst to enhance the conversion efficiency of the catalyst into NO2, thereby continuously regenerating the particulates. The control unit activates forced regeneration means, if a deposited amount of particulates detected by deposited amount detecting means exceeds a predetermined value, as a second determination condition, and controls the exhaust gas temperature or a temperature of a filter to be higher than that of when the regeneration assist means is activated to forcibly regenerate the filter. The control unit activates either the forced regeneration means or the regeneration assist means in accordance with the temperature sensed by temperature sensing means, if the first and second determination conditions are simultaneously established.

The invention provides a catalyzed soot filter formed on a wall flow substrate having internal walls coated with catalyst compositions. The soot filter maintains a homogeneous flow of the exhaust gases through the internal walls of the substrate along the length of the filter due to the coating design. Both the efficiency and the durability of the catalytic function are increased over conventionally designed catalyzed soot filters. The catalyzed soot filter provides an integrated function for simultaneously treating the gaseous components of the exhaust (e.g., CO and HC) and the particulate matter deposited in the filter.

A device for injection of molecular hydrogen and oxygen into the combustion chambers of a gasoline engine, along with the fuel-air mixture, to improve fuel efficiency and to reduce and in some cases eliminate engine emissions. The hydrogen-oxygen / hydrocarbon fuel system includes: a water source; an electrolytic chamber, an anode and a cathode mounted into the chamber in closely spaced fashion from one another; two fluid lines to fluidingly connect the water source and the fuel tank to the chamber; and an electrical power source, for electrically charging the anode and cathode.

A method of operating an engine, comprising of performing homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion during a first operating condition, and performing spark ignition combustion during a second operating condition, where an amount of directly injected alcohol in at least one of said homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion and said spark ignition combustion is varied in response to at least an operating parameter.

An intake and exhaust system for a dual mode HCCI engine, which provides superior intake temperature control and homogeneity for engine operation in SI and HCCI modes, as well as during transition between SI and HCCI modes and vice-versa. The system includes adjusted intake cam movement event lengths for intake valve operation at specified modes of operation. The system further includes at least one cam profile switching device operatively connected to intake and exhaust valves in an engine for controlling event length, maximum lift, and valve opening / closing timings for the intake and exhaust valves. The system yet further includes a bifurcated intake system and camless valve actuators for controlling intake valves for facilitating operation in SI or HCCI modes, as well as transition between SI and HCCI modes and vice-versa.

A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air / fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pumping air only (i.e., without fuel injection). In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air / lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air / fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also changes to combusting in all cylinders under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.

The invention discloses an engine cooling system and a cooling method. The cooling system comprises a water pump, a double-valve temperature regulator, a machine oil cooler, a water jacket of a cylinder body, a water jacket of a cylinder cover, a water tank radiator and an EGR cooler. The cooling system adopts a water passage circulation as follows: when the engine is started, the water pump begins to work; cooling liquid firstly flows into the machine oil cooler and enters in the water jacket of the cylinder cover to cool the key area of the cylinder cover, and then enters in the water jacket of the cylinder body from a gasket circulating hole of the cylinder cover to cool the cylinder body and the EGR cooler. The cooling liquid in the cooling system firstly cools the cylinder cover to reduce the temperature of the cylinder cover by 10 DEG C to 15 DEG C, enhance aeration efficiency, enlarge air inlet quantity, promote complete combustion, reduce the formation of discharge objects andenhance output efficiency; After cooling the cylinder cover, the cooling liquid enters in the cylinder body for cooling the cylinder body; the higher temperature of the cylinder body can reduce friction, improve fuel efficiency, enhance the output efficiency and reduce peak value pressure and temperature in the cylinder.

The invention provides a fuel injection method for a dual-fuel engine, and belongs to the technical field of combustion of engines. According to the working conditions of the engine, all ignited fuel is injected through an air inlet side cylinder or directly injected through a cylinder cover; or part of the ignited fuel is injected from the air inlet side, and the other part of the ignited fuel is directly injected through the cylinder cover; or the ignited fuel is not injected. The ignited fuel injected from the air inlet side and air form thin premixed gas. The ignited fuel directly injected through the cylinder cover is injected after an exhaust valve is closed and before the fuel is compressed to the upper dead center, or is injected while the fuel is ignited, or is injected at the early stage of the expansion stroke. The ignited fuel and the premixed gas of the ignited fuel in an ignition cylinder are injected near the compression upper dead center. By controlling the ratio of the fuel injected from the air inlet side to the fuel directly injected through the cylinder cover and the injection phase, one of a premixing combustion mode, a premixing / diffusion mixing combustion, and a diffusion combustion mode is adopted by the engine according to different working conditions, and thus on the premise of guaranteeing the power performance, efficient and clean combustion under full working conditions is achieved.

The present invention is a radiator element composed of a metal foam for use within a radiant burner. The radiator element is comprised of a homogenous network about a plurality of inter-connected cells thereby forming a gas-permeable metal foam. The homogeneous network may be composed of a metal or metal alloy capable of withstanding combustion temperatures typical of fuel-air reactions and resisting damage produced by flashback. Inter-connected cells include irregular-shaped voids, circular-shaped voids, and combinations thereof.

A large-bore (at least 180 mm diameter) diesel engine cylinder configuration featuring a piston crown bowl having an acute re-entrant angle and, optionally, an anti-polish ring. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl involves a maximum radius of the crown bowl exceeding a minimum crown bowl radius, wherein the maximum crown bowl radius is located farther from the squish face than is the minimum crown bowl radius. The acute re-entrant angle crown bowl applied to large-bore, medium-speed diesel engines yields an improvement in performance and emissions characteristics. The anti-polish ring may be integrally formed with the cylinder liner and used in any internal combustion engine.