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US 2019/0284987 A1Published application
Liquid and Gaseous Multi-Fuel Compression Ignition Engines
AssigneeSturman Digital Systems, LLC
InventorOded Eddie Sturman
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Abstract
Methods of operation of liquid and gaseous multi-fuel compression ignition engines that may be operated on a gaseous fuel or a liquid fuel, or a combination of both a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel at the same time and in some embodiments, in the same combustion event. Various embodiments are disclosed.
Claims8
A method of operating an engine comprising:
- providing a camless, electronically controlled compression ignition engine having at least one combustion cylinder having a liquid fuel injector and a gaseous fuel injector for providing a gaseous fuel and liquid fuel to the combustion cylinder;
- the compression ignition engine having a sufficient effective compression ratio to self ignite the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel;
- whereby the compression ignition engine can be operated on the gaseous fuel, the liquid fuel, and a combination of both the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel in each combustion event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.