Combustion engines
OwnerRoy A. Davisinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines in which the exhaust heat is used to thermally dissociate water to its constituent gases hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen so produced is introduced into the combustion chamber of the engine to at least partially replace the conventional fuel. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, water is dissociated into hydrogen and oxygen in a dissociation chamber in the form of a transition tube containing a spirally wound ribbon arranged to urge water in the transition tube outwardly into contact with walls of the transition tube, said walls being heated by exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.
Claims10
An internal combustion engine comprising inlet means, a combustion chamber and exhaust means, a dissociation chamber in heat communication with the exhaust means, inlet means for the dissociation chamber and outlet means for the dissociation chamber, means for introducing water to the dissociation chamber through the inlet means thereof, and means for introducing gases into the inlet means of the combustion chamber from the dissociation chamber from the outlet means thereof, wherein said dissociation chamber is in the form of a transition tube located at least in part within the exhaust means and said transition tube contains a spirally wound ribbon along at least part of its length located within the exhaust means, whereby in use, water in the transition tube is urged outwardly into contact with walls of the transition tube and hydrogen and oxygen so produced is introduced into the combustion chamber through the inlet means thereof.
An exhaust means for an internal combustion engine having a dissociation chamber in heat communication therewith, said dissociation chamber having water inlet means and gas outlet means, means for coupling the gas outlet means to an inlet means of an internal combustion engine and means for coupling the water inlet means to a supply of water, wherein the dissociation chamber is in the form of a transition tube located at least in part within the exhaust means and said transition tube contains a spirally wound ribbon along at least part of its length located within the exhaust means, whereby, in use, water in the transition tube is urged outwardly into contact with walls of the transition tube.
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