Chemical fuel conditioning and activation
AssigneeMcAlister Technologies, LLC
InventorRoy Edward McAlister
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for chemically activating a fuel for injection and ignition in a combustion engine. In one aspect, a method to initiate combustion includes transforming an interim fuel substance into constituents including radicals, the interim fuel substance formed by a chemical conversion using a fuel, in which the interim fuel substance has a lower ignition energy than that of the fuel, injecting the constituents into a combustion chamber of an engine, and providing a gaseous fluid including oxidants in the combustion chamber to react with the constituents in a combustion reaction, in which the combustion reaction of the constituents occurs at a reduced energy than that of a combustion reaction of the fuel substance.
Claims2
A method to initiate combustion, the method comprising:
- transforming an interim fuel substance into constituents including at least one of ions or radicals, the interim fuel substance formed by a chemical conversion using a fuel, and the interim fuel substance having a lower ignition energy than that of the fuel;
- injecting the constituents into a combustion chamber;
- and
- providing a gaseous fluid including oxidants in the combustion chamber to react with the constituents in a combustion reaction,
- wherein the combustion reaction of the constituents occurs at a reduced energy than that of a combustion reaction of the fuel substance.
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