Patents Assigned to Advance Engine Technology
  • Air-assisted fuel injection system for ignition quality determination
    Patent number: 5906190
    Abstract: An ignition quality tester includes an unit for repeatedly injecting a precise quantity of fuel under controlled conditions into a combustion chamber where monitored combustion can be carried out. The tester can be used in an in-line feedback arrangement to permit the continual adjustment of a refining process to maintain the cetane number at a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Advance Engine Technology
    Inventors: Norman J. Hole, Geoffrey A. Rotheram, Gary D. Webster