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US 8,006,653 B2Granted
Combustion method, system, and article
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBhaskar Tamma, Ke Liu
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Abstract
A method includes mixing air and converted fuel from an on-board fuel converter in a fuel mixer to form an air-converted fuel mixture, the air-converted fuel mixture includes a short chain hydrocarbon; mixing the air-converted fuel mixture with a high specific heat diluent to form an air-diluent-converted fuel mixture; mixing the air-diluent-converted fuel mixture with a first amount of fuel to form a homogenous mixture. A system and article are included.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- mixing air and converted fuel from an on-board fuel converter in a fuel mixer to form an air-converted fuel mixture, the converted fuel comprising a short chain hydrocarbon;
- mixing the air-converted fuel mixture with a high specific heat diluent obtained from an engine exhaust to form an air-diluent-converted fuel mixture;
- mixing the air-diluent-converted fuel mixture with a first amount of fuel to form an about homogenous mixture in an engine cylinder;
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- combusting the homogenous mixture with a second amount of fuel in the engine cylinder.
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