Air-fuel ratio regulation for internal combustion engines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPejman Kazempoor, Thomas Joseph Hurley, Nasr Eldine Alkadi, Mark Andrew Patterson
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Abstract
An air bypass system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes an air intake system defining a first air intake chamber and a second air intake chamber coupled in flow communication with the first air intake chamber. The air bypass system includes at least one bypass assembly controlling flow communication between the first air intake chamber and the second air intake chamber, said at least one bypass assembly facilitating air flow from the second air intake chamber into the first air intake chamber during an expansion stroke of the internal combustion engine.
Claims24
An air bypass system for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including an air intake system defining a first air intake chamber and a second air intake chamber coupled in flow communication with the first air intake chamber, said air bypass system comprising:
- at least one bypass assembly controlling flow communication between the first air intake chamber and the second air intake chamber, said at least one bypass assembly facilitating air flow from the second air intake chamber into the first air intake chamber during an expansion stroke of the internal combustion engine.
An internal combustion engine comprising:
- a frame at least partially defining a first air intake chamber and a second air intake chamber coupled in flow communication with said first air intake chamber;
- an intake valve assembly coupled between, and in flow communication with, said first air intake chamber and said second air intake chamber;
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- an air bypass system comprising:
- at least one bypass assembly controlling flow communication between said first air intake chamber and said second air intake chamber, said at least one bypass assembly facilitating air flow from said second air intake chamber into said first air intake chamber during an expansion stroke of said internal combustion engine.
A power system comprising:
- at least one compressor unit;
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- at least one internal combustion engine coupled to said at least one compressor unit, said at least one internal combustion engine comprising:
- a frame at least partially defining a first air intake chamber and a second air intake chamber coupled in flow communication with said first air intake chamber;
- an intake valve assembly coupled between, and in flow communication with, said first air intake chamber and said second air intake chamber;
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- an air bypass system comprising:
- at least one bypass assembly controlling flow communication between said first air intake chamber and said second air intake chamber, said at least one bypass assembly facilitating air flow from said second air intake chamber into said first air intake chamber during an expansion stroke of said at least one internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.