Method of Generating and Distributing a Second Fuel for an Internal Combustion Engine
AssigneeHyTech Power, LLC
InventorsEvan Charles Johnson, Adam Anthony Filkins, Herbert Daniel Deming, Henry White Dean, Phillip Edward Jennings
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed to produce HHO gas in a pressure-resistant container for use in an internal combustion engine to increase fuel efficiency and/or reduce emissions, for example by introducing the HHO gas to one or more air intake ports of the engine.
Claims20
A second fuel system for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- i) a pressure-resistant container comprising:
- a) an electrolysis cell configured to generate a second fuel from an electrolyte solution;
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- b) a storage volume to hold a volume of the second fuel at a pressure greater than 40 psia;
- ii) a multi-point gas distribution system comprising a plurality of control valves to distribute separate portions of the second fuel to multiple locations about the internal combustion engine;
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- iii) a multi-point gas distribution control system that controls the plurality of control valves to control the amount and timing of the delivery of the second fuel to the multiple locations about the internal combustion engine.
The system of claim 5, wherein the multi-point gas distribution control system is further configured to deliver at least a second portion of the second fuel in a timed sequence based on an intake stroke timing of the at least one air intake orifice of the at least second one of the at least one of the multiple locations.
An electrolysis cell, comprising:a pressure-resistant container comprising:
- i) a first defined space for holding an electrolyte solution;
- ii) a plurality of electrolysis plates retained within the first defined space;
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- iii) a second defined space configured to store an HHO gas at a pressure in the range of 45-50 psia in the absence of air, wherein the volume of the second defined space is in the range of 80-120% of the volume of the first defined space.
An apparatus for providing HHO gas for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- i) an electrolysis cell for generating the HHO gas;
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- ii) a flow regulator configured to start and stop a flow of the HHO gas from the electrolysis cell to a plurality of injectors.
A method for reducing emissions of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- i) controlling a temperature of an HHO gas by exchanging heat with an engine coolant;
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- ii) delivering an HHO gas at the controlled temperature to at least one intake port of the internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.