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US 10,494,992 B2Granted
Temperature control for HHO injection gas
AssigneeHyTech Power, LLC
InventorsEvan Charles Johnson, William A. Woods
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Abstract
An HHO gas stream for use in an internal combustion engine is heated by heat exchange from with an exhaust gas stream from the internal combustion engine.
Claims16
A method for providing HHO gas to an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- i) controlling a delivery temperature of the HHO gas by exchanging heat between the HHO gas and an exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine;
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- ii) delivering the HHO gas at the delivery temperature to at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine,
- wherein the HHO gas is produced by an electrolysis unit, and at least a portion of the HHO gas is combusted with a hydrocarbon fuel in the at least one combustion chamber,
- wherein HHO gas is introduced to a first combustion chamber of the at least one combustion chamber only during a portion of an intake stroke of a first combustion cylinder, the first combustion cylinder comprising the first combustion chamber,
- wherein the portion of the intake stroke is less than 50% of the intake stroke.
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A method for providing HHO gas to an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- i) controlling a delivery temperature of the HHO gas by exchanging heat between the HHO gas and an exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine;
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- ii) delivering a first portion of the HHO gas at the delivery temperature to a first combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, a second portion of the HHO gas at the delivery temperature to a second combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and at least a third portion of the HHO gas at the delivery temperature to at least a third combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine,
- wherein the HHO gas is produced by an electrolysis unit, and the first portion of the HHO gas is combusted with a hydrocarbon fuel in the first combustion chamber,
- wherein HHO gas is introduced to the first combustion chamber only during a portion of an intake stroke of a first combustion cylinder, the first combustion cylinder comprising the first combustion chamber,
- wherein the portion of the intake stroke is less than 50% of the intake stroke.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.