Ignition system for water-cooled gas engines
AssigneeGas Research Institute
InventorMichael E. Crane
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AssigneeGas Research Institute
InventorMichael E. Crane
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A water-cooled, spark-ignited, natural gas burning engine that includes an improved ignition system having a pair of precombustion chambers located in series connected by an orifice from the first chamber into the combustion chamber of the engine whereby a relatively rich fuel/air mixture, ignited in the second prechamber, propagates a flame through an orifice into the first chamber wherein a leaner fuel/air mixture from the combustion chamber is plasma ignited which in turn creates a larger flame that is projected through an orifice into the main combustion chamber for plasma igniting a lean fuel/air mixture which could not otherwise be ignited by spark ignition. The invention also contemplates a kit providing the above for use in converting water-cooled, diesel burning, compression ignited engines into water-cooled, natural gas burning, spark-ignited engines.
An improved ignition system for a water-cooled, spark ignited gas engine having a combustion chamber formed by a cylinder wall, a head including a water jacket, and a piston located for reciprocation in said cylinder, said system comprising:
In a kit for converting an engine from water-cooled, diesel burning, compression ignition to water-cooled, gas burning spark ignition, said kit including a body located within a water jacket in said engine and having:
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