Augmented Compression Engine (ACE)

A method of converting chemical energy to mechanical energy utilizing a closed combustion chamber type internal combustion engine via the specific mode comprising of:

• a. control of quantity of air intake,
• b. combining fuel with the air mixed at a predetermined (optimally stoichiometric) ratio,
• c. combining of said fuel-air mixture before compression reaches auto-ignition temperature of the fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber,
• d. compression of the gases in the combustion chamber,
• e. ignition of the gases by a method selected from the group consisting of more pressure and electromagnetic excitation of fuel or air molecules (exemplified by spark plugs) and matter injection and sonic pulse and physical introduction of very hot surfaces or catalysts that help initiate combustion,
• f. maintaining predetermined fuel-air mixture ratio under varying loads and quantities of said fuel-air mixture entered into the combustion chamber, via various methods selected from the group consisting of control of the intake pressure of the mixture admitted to the combustion chamber and the timing of the intake and the timing of the exhaust and a change in the ratio of fuel-air mixture ingredients that changes the auto-ignition temperature and a change in the ratio of fuel-air mixture ingredients that changes the power of the exothermic reaction and recycling of predetermined quantities of exhaust gases and modifying the temperature of the incoming mixture and adding matter to the fuel-air mixture and injecting matter directly into the combustion chamber (if combustible matter added, the predetermined fuel-air ratio should be modified to account for this) and a change in the combustion chamber volume and changing the timing of the ignition,
• whereby said design can vary how much predetermined (optimally stoichiometric) air-fuel mixture is admitted into the combustion chamber whilst accomplishing the ignition of said air-fuel mixture, providing the exothermic reaction that provides the mechanical power the augmented compression engine is useful for.