Abstract: A pellet machine includes a hopper feeding a pair of inter-locking counter-rotating dies. Feeders convey material from the hopper to pre-compression rollers on the dies. A mat of the material is rotated on the dies into a nip between the pair of dies. Teeth on each die are in opposed facing relation to the teeth on the opposite die as the teeth rotate into the convergence area in the nip. Pellet forming chambers are inter-leaved between the teeth on both dies. The teeth are offset between the two dies so that the teeth act as plungers driving and compressing the material mat into and through the chambers as the teeth on each die drive into the opposed facing depression between the teeth on the opposite die. The material is driven through the chambers to extrude into the interiors of the dies.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine includes the steps of feeding a high-pressurize and super-heated mixture of fuel vapor and water vapor to an injection valve at a cylinder head of a combustion chamber. The mixture is pressurized to at least 350 atm and is super-heated to at least 840.degree. F. Under these conditions at least the fuel vapor is dissociated and is converted into a mixture of organic gases having compositions which differ from the analysis of the original liquid fuel. The advantages of the method are a better fuel economy and a reduction of exhaust emissions of smoke, CO, NO.sub.x. The method also enables combustion of a plurality of energy containing liquids and solid matter, especially synthetic materials. Due to the high pressure and temperature of the vapor mixture, a dissociation of the vapors into small organic basic modules, especially carburetted hydrogen gases, occurs.