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US 9,541,038 B2Granted
Module applying a hydrogen generating device for supporting combustion of an internal combustion engine
AssigneeChina New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorShou-Pin Yu
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Abstract
A module applying a hydrogen generating device for supporting combustion of an internal combustion engine is provided. A hydrogen generating device of the module primarily utilizes a plasma column to assist air and a hydrogen-containing substance to produce a plasma chemical reaction, such a hydrogen component is decomposed from the hydrogen-containing substance and transported into an internal combustion engine. Thus, combustion of the internal combustion engine can be promoted.
Claims3
A module applying a hydrogen generating device for supporting combustion of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a hydrogen generating device, comprising:
- a housing, comprising a first opening, a second opening disposed opposite the first opening, a cavity formed in the housing and being in communication with the first opening and the second opening and at least partially filled with air, and a plurality of third openings in communication with the cavity and an exterior to allow the air to enter the cavity;
- a plasma generating unit, located in the cavity, comprising a first electrode located closely to the first opening, a second electrode located closely to the second opening, a potential difference being present between the first electrode and the second electrode to produce a plasma;
- a feeding unit, located outside the cavity and closely to the first opening, for supplying a hydrogen-containing substance into the cavity via the first opening;
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- a gas exhausting unit, located outside the cavity and closely to the second opening, for causing the air in the cavity via the second opening to produce an airflow that flows from the first opening towards the second opening, such that the plasma between the first electrode and the second electrode is affected by the airflow to form a plasma column;
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- an internal combustion apparatus, connected to the gas exhausting unit, comprising an internal combustion engine that is in communication with the second opening via the gas exhausting unit;
- wherein the air and the hydrogen-containing substance are mixed between the first electrode and the second electrode to receive an effect of the plasma column between the first electrode and the second electrode, such that a hydrogen component is decomposed from the hydrogen-containing substance and transported into the internal combustion engine via the second opening;
- wherein the hydrogen-containing substance is in a liquid state;
- and the feeding unit comprises an accommodating chamber accommodating the hydrogen-containing substance, and an oscillator disposed in the accommodating chamber and being in contact with the hydrogen-containing substance.
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