Abstract: In order to reduce the soot content of a diesel engine's exhaust gas, a fluid containing a peroxide compound, preferably an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, is fed into the combustion chamber after the start of the injection and combustion of the fuel, preferably following the combustion phase. The diesel fuel is preferably injected in the range 10.degree..+-.5.degree. before top dead center and the fluid containing the peroxide compound is fed in the range 5.degree. to 30.degree. after top dead center. Use may be made for the alternate supply of diesel fuel and hydrogen peroxide of a shared injection nozzle (FIG. 1) which supplies one or other of the media depending on the pressure of the diesel fuel and hydrogen peroxide solution supplied.

Abstract: The invention concerns a drive arrangement (1) for the combustion of fuel, with an internal combustion engine (2), an intake air compressor (4) and an exhaust gas turbine (5) which drives the latter. An intake-air distributor (7) is provided between the compressor (4) and the internal combustion engine (2) and an exhaust gas chamber (8) is disposed between the internal combustion engine (2) and the exhaust gas turbine (5). Further provided are a container (12) and a nozzle (18) which is connected thereto via a first water-conveying pressure line (13), the nozzle injecting water into the scavenging air in front of the compressor (4). The internal combustion engine takes the form of a diesel engine (2), and the first pressure line (13) and the nozzle (18) are connected to the intake line (9) in front of a compressor (4) such that the atomizing water is injected into the compressor (4).

Abstract: Fuel injector apparatus is described, for use on internal combustion engines using slurry fuels, wherein a portion of the engine air mass is passed through an aspirator passage shortly prior to combustion and the slurry fuel is aspirated into this air portion. The thusly mixed air and fuel slurry is distributed throughout the engine combustion chamber via several exit channels from the aspirator. The fuel portion of the slurry is reduced to a very small size when the slurry is prepared, and fine atomization of the slurry during injection into the engine is not needed. Hence relatively low velocity slurry injection can be used and injector wear problems greatly reduced.

Abstract: A fuel emulsion blending system and method for operating the same is provided. The disclosed embodiments of the fuel emulsion blending system includes a plurality of fluid circuits, including a hydrocarbon circuit, a fuel emulsion additive circuit, a water circuit and an optional alcohol/methanol circuit. Each of the inlet circuits are adapted for receiving the identified ingredient from a suitable source which optionally may be included as part of the blending system. The disclosed blending system further includes a first blending station adapted to mix the hydrocarbon fuel and fuel emulsion additives and a second blending station adapted to mix the hydrocarbon fuel and additive mixture received from the first blending station together with the water received from the source of water. The disclosed blending system further includes an emulsification station downstream of the blending stations which is adapted to emulsify the mixture of hydrocarbon fuel, additives and water to yield a stable fuel emulsion.

Abstract: An injection device for a combined injection of a fuel and a supplementary liquid, into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. In this device, the fuel is injected by means of an injection valve controlled by an electromagnetic valve, and the injection valve additionally has a connection to a supplementary liquid pressure source that is provided with an intermittent-supply piston driven by a controlled pressure medium. For the pressure medium, pressure is drawn from a pressure reservoir; the pressure is supplied by a high-pressure feed pump provided for creating high pressure for fuel to be injected.

Abstract: Injection system for the intermittent introduction of a fuel-liquid mixture into the combustion spaces of an internal-combustion engine with a common-rail pressure reservoir. Lines (16, 30) lead to control spaces (15, 22) of control valves (1). Control space (15) is joined selectively with the common-rail pressure reservoir or a line (18) with a pressure p0 or a line with a pressure p1 for control of injection quantities of the fuel-liquid mixture. Control space (22) is joined selectively to the common-rail pressure reservoir or to a line with pressure p2 or to a line (33) with pressure p0 for control of the liquid fraction of the injection quantity.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle is described having on-board storage of free natural gas and natural gas combined with water to form a hydrate. The natural gas is preferably a mixture of methane and about 1% propane. It is provided with hollow metal plates. Cooling fluid can be circulated through the plates to form the hydrate and heating fluid can be circulated through the plates to decompose the hydrate. The pressure within the storage container is preferably between 450 and 850 psig. The free natural gas within the container can be used to start and warm the engine. The vehicle air conditioning system is used to cool the circulated fluid and the vehicle radiator and/or exhaust is used to heat the circulating fluid. The container is insulated with multiple layers of heat reflective material, e.g., aluminum foil, separated by glass fiber felt. Preferably, the layers are sealed and the space between the layers is maintained under a vacuum.

Abstract: A device for purifying fuel comprises arc-shaped conductive plates facing each other arranged on the outer periphery of a fuel communication synthetic resin pipe interposed in a fuel supply pipe between a fuel tank and an engine, a protective cover for covering the outer peripheries of the arc-shaped conductive plates and an AC signal generator means coupled to a battery for applying a low frequency, low voltage and low current AC signal between the arc-shaped conductive plates. As a result, it is possible to provide a device for purifying fuel which is safe, easily controllable, of low cost and reliable.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion. The apparatus for generating a fuel water emulsion for the operation of an injection pump, particularly that of a diesel motor, comprising a rotationally symmetric vortex chamber (1) with a tangential inlet and a tapering axial outlet. In order to generate a fine homogeneous emulsion in colloidal state, having a size of the suspended water droplets of 1000 nm or less, the axial end portion of the vortex chamber (1) facing away from the outlet is surrounded by a ring channel (7) running coaxially to the vortex chamber (1), the ring channel (7) being connected to the vortex chamber (1) via inlet slots (9) which are tangentially aligned to it and in which a fuel inlet channel (8) tangentially ends. An electromagnetically controlled water injection nozzle (10) leads into the end portion of the vortex chamber (1) at the inlet side thereof.

Abstract: The production of a water-in-oil emulsion proceeds by an exact dosing of the desired water-oil ratio in a dosing apparatus. The dosed mixture is fed into a mixing chamber for producing the emulsion proper. Thereafter, the emulsion is fed out of the chamber via a funnel-like narrowing outlet into a storage tank, within which the emulsion is kept in permanent motion. A partial quantity of the emulsion is drawn off this chamber and returned possibly together with newly made emulsion to the mixing chamber. A further partial quantity of the emulsion is drawn off the storage tank and fed to the consumer. The conveying of the mixture and maintaining of the circulation, resp. is achieved by a pump located ahead of the mixing chamber. The apparatus has specific application for the production of a water-in-oil emulsion for the operation of combustion engines or oil burners.

Abstract: A mehtod for mixing water and diesel fuel in a ratio between 5 and 20 Vol %, in which the liquid components are recirculated in a recirculation loop comprising an ellipsoidal vortex chamber (10) in which rotation around a longitudinal axis (9) is attained, the rotating fluid is expanded and tangentially injected in a baloon-like second vortex chamber (16) with an axis (17) normal to that of the first chamber, the open lower end of the second rotational chamber (16) is connected to fluid inlets and suction side of a recirculating pump. The outlet occurs from the equatorial plane of the second vortex chamber. The outflow rate should be at least ten times less than the flow in the recirculation loop. The mixture which have water droplets smaller than 200 nm has a consistency similar to that of fuel and can be used as fuel to diesel engines, whereby the amount of unwanted components in the exhaust gases will be reduced.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing device particularly suitable for automatically dispensing a lubricant to the combustion zones of an internal combustion engine. A sealed lubricant reservoir conjoins with an air and liquid blending chamber formed by a housing. The housing is sealed save for a minute air bleed aperture. An inlet to the chamber for the liquid is provided in an upper part of the housing and an outlet from the chamber provided in a lower part of the housing. The outlet is set up higher than a lower extremity of the chamber such that the outlet operates as a weir. The outlet conjoins with a turbulating device comprised of an axially adjustable pin having an external helical groove. The pin is mounted in a bore conjoining with a conduit to a required dispensing port, for example, in an inlet manifold of an engine. Inlet manifold vacuum draws lubricant from the reservoir via the air with lubricant blending chamber and the turbulating device.

Abstract: A vapor introduction system having an internal combustion engine which has an exhaust gas blow by hose connected to the intake of the engine. A fitting having a flexible hose is mounted on the cap of the windshield wiper fluid reservoir, with the hose extended to the bottom of the reservoir. A T-shaped coupling having an adjustable valve is connected with the hose to the fitting. The valve has a stem threaded into the coupling and a cone-shaped cap operable to adjust the size of the annular passage through which vapors and air flow from the windshield washer reservoir to the intake of the engine.

Abstract: The invention is related to the injection of water or other non-fuel materials into internal combustion engines, the amount of non-fuel material being injected and the time of injection being governed by such factors as mass of fuel induced, compression ratio of the engine, quality of the fuel and pre-selected peak temperature of combustion. By selection of these parameters the quantity of non-fuel material injected can be in excess of three times the quantity of fuel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for introduction of a fluid or liquid medium into working or operating chamber of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. For the purpose and object of reduction of nitric oxide emission as well as for an improvement of the efficiency there is proposed with a method and apparatus for introduction of the fluid or liquid medium into the working or operating chamber of an internal combustion engine operated with gaseous fuels to admix the fluid continuously or intermittently as to the gaseous fuel and subsequently to blow-in the fuel or power gas/fluid or liquid mixture into the working or operating chamber of the internal combustion engine under the pressure of the fuel or power gas. Hereby there can be utilized or employed advantageously besides the water also alcohol and alcohol/water mixtures, which means media with bound OH-groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to method of, and apparatus for, operating an internal combustion engine on low knock-rated fuels as the primary fuel system in which engine knock is anticipated and suppressed by simultaneously detecting actual engine load conditions that may induce such knock and knock condition that actually are occurring in at least one combustion chamber of the engine. In response to such simultaneous conditions, a small but effective amount of anti-knock fluid is supplied to the engine combustion chambers in an amount and for a time sufficient only to suppress knock to a satisfactory level. Such a system permits the use of more economic fuels, such as gasoline, having a substantially lower knock rating than those normally used in automotive equipment and only small but sufficient anti-knock fluid is added solely when the engine is knocking.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for introducing a catalyst into a fuel mixture. The method includes placing water in a container; passing air through the water to ionize at least a portion of the air molecules wherein at least a major portion of the air ions have a negative charge; and introducing the ionized air into a fuel mixture. In this manner, the efficiency of the combustion of the fuel mixture is increased. The apparatus includes a container for holding water, a manifold mechanism for passing air through the water in the container in a number of streams of small bubbles and means for removing substantially all mist from the ionized air before the ionized air is removed from the container. Means are provided for removing the ionized air from the container after the air has passed through the water and for then introducing the ionized air into a fuel mixture.

Abstract: When the operating condition of an engine is in a predetermined knock-development range, an antiknock agent is supplied to the engine. The ignition timing of the engine is advanced after a predetermined time has elapsed subsequent to the start of supplying the antiknock agent.

Abstract: A controlled amount of a fluid (steam or water or a solution of water plus additives) is injected into an internal combustion engine to improve combustion, efficiency, and to reduce emissions. The amount of the fluid injected is controlled in response to engine need. The steam is generated by the heat produced by the engine. Combustion gas temperature is used to control the amount of steam produced by varying the fluid flow through one or more fixed or variable orifice control valves. The steam is injected in a piston engine to cool peak temperatures, to prevent detonation and pre-ignition, to smooth out hot spots, to prevent auto-ignition or dieseling, and to use the vapor energy in the expansion cycle to increase low speed torque and acceleration. The steam is used to cause full retard of the vacuum spark advance during acceleration at full load from low speed, and a large amount of steam is injected at this point in the cycle to prevent pre-ignition and detonation.

Abstract: An auxiliary apparatus for injecting water into the intake manifold of an automotive internal combustion engine at an adjustable visible rate that is related to the number of cylinders of the engine to achieve increased mileage from the vehicle and power output from the engine, eliminate pinging and Dieseling, minimize build up of carbon around the valves of the engine, results in the engine operating at a lower temperature, and allows the use of low octane fuel without detrimental results.

Abstract: A charge air cooling assembly in which water pressurized by air at reduced pressure from the air brake system of a vehicle powered by a two or four cycle Diesel engine is discharged intermittently as a spray into the intake or discharge of a turbo-compressor, in response to the demand pressure on the intake manifold of an engine to lower the rate of fuel consumption of the latter and increase the torque and power output of the engine.

Abstract: The subject invention involves providing a novel fluid or liquid fuel for combustion engines.

Abstract: A method for improving efficiency of an internal combustion irrigation engine is provided by the present invention. In one embodied form, the method comprises the steps of: channelling an inlet air stream to the engine through a single pass air cooler at a flow rate of between about 200 cubic feet per minute and about 5000 cubic feet per minute, the air cooler being a counter current flow packed cooling tower utilizing irrigation water as cooling means; directly contacting the inlet air stream with irrigation water in the air cooler to bring the temperature of the air stream within a range of between about 55.degree. F. and about 75.degree. F. and a relative humidity within a range of between about 90% and 100%; admixing the cooled and humidified inlet air stream with fuel; and directing the resultant gaseous mixture to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion irrigation engine.

Abstract: An on-board motor vehicle fuel treatment system for a vehicle having primary and secondary fuel tanks, includes a discrete reservoir for liquid fuel supplement, an electrically powerable constant volumetric displacement pump, a transfer line having a suction line connecting the reservoir to the pump and a delivery line connecting the pump to the tanks, a check valve in each of the suction and delivery lines, a selector valve in the delivery line for normally connecting the pump to the primary tank and alternatively connecting the pump to the secondary tank, a normally open pump switch, an adjustable timer for maintaining the pump switch closed for a duration of time has a timer control for basing time duration on the basis of untreated volumetric units of fuel, and a switch for starting the timer and adjustable time duration for each volumetric unit on the timer control; the timer controlled pump switch is wired in series with the pump and a normally open selector valve switch is wired in series with the pump

Abstract: A fuel supply system is disclosed in which oil and water are mixed and delivered under pressure to a nozzle or other atomizing means at which combustion is to occur. The mixture of oil and water is delivered to the atomizing means along conduit means and those conduit means include means to produce agitation of the oil and water so that an intimate mixture of oil and water is delivered to the atomizing means. Complete emulsification occurs at the atomizing means to promote combustion.

Abstract: A controlled amount of a fluid (steam or water or a solution of water plus additives) is injected into an internal combustion engine to improve combustion, efficiency, and to reduce emissions. The amount of the fluid injected is controlled in response to engine need. The steam is generated by the heat produced by the engine. Combustion gas temperature is used to control the amount of steam produced by varying the fluid flow through one or more fixed or variable orifice control valves. The steam is injected in a piston engine to cool peak temperatures, to prevent detonation and pre-ignition, to smooth out hot spots, to prevent auto-ignition or dieseling, and to use the vapor energy in the expansion cycle to increase low speed torque and acceleration. The steam is used to cause full retard of the vacuum spark advance during acceleration at full load from low speed, and a large amount of steam is injected at this point in the cycle to prevent pre-ignition and detonation.

Abstract: A system for injecting fluid into an internal combustion engine, in which a carburetor supplies an air/fuel mixture to the engine in response to the demand on the engine, and a nozzle receives the fluid and a portion of the mixture and injects the fluid and the mixture into the carburetor at a rate proportional to the flow rate of the mixture. A supercharger receives the mixture from the carburetor and increases the pressure and flow rate of the mixture in response to a predetermined demand on the engine before the mixture is introduced to the engine.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for an internal combustion engine such as a spark-ignition engine in which an injection nozzle injects a finely divided spray of fluid, such as water or a water solution, into the engine in response to a flow of atomizing air. The nozzle is connected to a fluid supply reservoir and to the outlet line of an air compressor for supplying air to the nozzle to induce the flow of fluid through the nozzle. A pressure responsive flow control device is provided that is responsive to engine load, as manifested by the pressure in the intake manifold, for controlling the flow of air to the nozzle, and therefore the discharge of fluid from the nozzle. As a result, the flow of atomizing air to the nozzle, and therefore the rate of fluid injection, is varied in response to variations in engine load.

Abstract: A system for improving the combustion efficiency of an internal combustion engine having means for supply fuel and primary air for combustion in said engine and a valve for controlling the flow of at least the primary air into the engine, said system including means for introducing liquid in fine particle or vapour form into the primary air stream and means for drawing air treated by said liquid introducing means into the primary air stream at a position immediately down stream of the primary air controlling valve of the engine together with valve means for controlling the flow of said treated air in response to the level of vacuum produced by said engine whereby the valve means is closed when the engine is idling and is open when the engine is operating at a speed above the idling speed.

Abstract: The present moisturizer for air going into a combustion process has a venturi passageway through a liquid permeable, porous, open-ended, annular body surrounded by liquid such as water and a valve in the venturi passageway. The valve is spring-biased toward the air inlet end of the venturi passageway to provide a maximum flow restriction at low volume demand. The valve deflects air outward against the inside wall of the porous body which defines the venturi passageway for the purpose of enhancing the withdrawal of moisture from the porous body, particularly at low volume demands. At progressively higher volume demands, the valve is displaced by the air toward the air outlet end of the venturi passageway to enlarge the effective open area of the passageway around the valve. Preferably, the valve operates to keep the air velocity through the venturi passageway substantially constant at different air flow demands.

Abstract: A controlled amount of a fluid (steam or water or a solution of water plus additives) is injected into an internal combustion engine to improve combustion, efficiency, and to reduce emissions. The amount of the fluid injected is controlled in response to engine need. The steam is generated by the heat produced by the engine. Combustion gas temperature is used to control the amount of steam produced by varying the fluid flow through one or more fixed or variable orifice control valves. The steam is injected in a piston engine to cool peak temperatures, to prevent detonation and pre-ignition, to smooth out hot spots, to prevent auto-ignition or dieseling, and to use the vapor energy in the expansion cycle to increase low speed torque and acceleration. The steam is used to cause full retard of the vacuum spark advance during acceleration at full load from low speed, and a large amount of steam is injected at this point in the cycle to prevent pre-ignition and detonation.

Abstract: The invention provides an alternative fuel for internal combustion engines in which the exhaust heat is used to thermally dissociate water to its constituent gases hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen so produced is introduced into the combustion chamber of the engine to at least partially replace the conventional fuel. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, water is dissociated into hydrogen and oxygen in a dissociation chamber in the form of a transition tube containing a spirally wound ribbon arranged to urge water in the transition tube outwardly into contact with walls of the transition tube, said walls being heated by exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An arrangement for supplying an additive to a fuel-injected air compressing internal combustion engine. The arrangement includes a feeding device arranged at an inlet or intake of the internal combustion engine and a load and/or speed dependent metering device is provided which controls the supply of the additive to the feeding device.

Abstract: A water-augmented fuel and air supply system for an internal combustion engine which draws heated air into its intake manifold through two paths, one carrying the bulk of air, referred to as leaning air, drawn directly into the manifold, and the other providing a smaller stream of mixing air through a fuel and water vaporizer heated by engine exhaust. In the vaporizer, the heated mixing air flow acts upon a pool of liquid water and fuel to stimulate vaporization thereof. As engine temperature and engine exhaust temperature rise, the maximum vaporization stimulation effect of the impinging mixing air is no longer needed and is correspondingly reduced. The result is to permit cold starts and to provide a lean mixture of vaporous mixing air conducive to sustained economical engine operation, and increased power availability from the engine without incurring excessive rise in engine operating temperatures.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the method includes admixing air, gasoline vapor, and vaporous droplets of a water solution of calcium hydroxide in the form of a vaporous mixture which is thereafter heated to a temperature of from about 135 and 145 degrees Fahrenheit, and thereafter mixing the admixture with a gasoline-air fuel mixture to form a final combustion fuel mixture in a heated state, and thereafter burning it in the fuel chamber of an internal combustion engine, where the method is accomplished by the passing of air through a gasoline automobile tank and the bubbling of the mixture of the air and gas vapor by passing through a water solution of the metal hydroxide that also preferably includes a metal chlorate at about 35 to 45 grams per gallon of the water solution of hydroxide, and the heating is accomplished by manifold vacuum drawing the mixture in isolation within a tube of copper through manifold space of an engine prior to admixing it with the gasoline-air fuel mixture.

Abstract: A carburetor comprises an air passage containing a hollow toroid having nozzles therein from which fuel/water is injected into the air passage along the periphery thereof. Both the fuel and the water are fed from the pumps and needle valves and respectively control fuel and water flow to the toroid. The position of one fuel control needle valve is determined by the vacuum in the air passage and that of the other fuel control needle valve by the setting of the butterfly valve. An overflow line leads away excess fuel that cannot pass the fuel needle valves.

Abstract: A vaporizer cooperating with a recirculating water system humidifies air before it enters the carburetor of an automobile engine. The vaporizer is generally a hollow tube which includes an evaporating pad that distributes liquid such as water. As air moves through the vaporizer, vapor moves into the air stream. Excess liquid is collected at the bottom of a larger portion of the vaporizer, whose air outlet is elevated from that bottom to prevent liquid phase water from leaving the vaporizer. The recirculating system drains collected excess water.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for an internal combustion engine such as spark-ignition engine in which an injection nozzle injects a finely divided spray of fluid, such as water or a water solution, into the engine in response to a flow of atomizing air. The nozzle is connected to a fluid supply reservoir and to the outlet line of an air-injection pump that is connected to an electronic control circuit which includes an inductive pick-up coupled to the ignition system of the engine and a pressure responsive sensor that is coupled to the intake manifold. The electronic circuit thus operates the pump in response to engine speed by virtue of its connection to the ignition system through the inductive pick-up and in response to engine load by virtue of its connection to the intake manifold through the pressure responsive sensor. As a result, the flow of atomizing air to the nozzle and therefore the rate and magnitude of water injection is responsive to engine speed and engine load.

Abstract: A fluid injection system for an internal combustion engine such as a spark-ignition or compression-ignition engine in which an injection nozzle injects a finely divided spray of fluid, such as water or a water solution, into the engine in response to a flow of atomizing air. The nozzle is connected to a fluid supply reservoir and to the outlet line of an air-injection pump connected to and controlled by an electronic circuit that includes a pick-up coupled to the ignition system of the engine. The electronic circuit responds to spark plug firing rate, which is proportional to engine speed, and to the amplitude of the voltage across the spark plug gap, which is proportional to engine load, and varies, respectively, the pump stroke rate and the pump stroke length accordingly. As a result, the flow of atomizing air to the nozzle and therefore the rate and magnitude of water injection is responsive to engine speed and load.

Abstract: The system includes a fuel storage tank connected to a vacuum pump by a supply line, a fuel/water separator, a fuel lift pump, a fuel/water return line and a fuel injector pump or carburetor. The fuel/water separator includes a coalescer interposed between the fuel lift pump and the injector pump or carburetor to separate the water from the fuel. Water collects in the lowest portion of the separator housing, is removed through an orifice in the fuel/water return line, and is routed back to the fuel tank. With moderate levels of water contamination in the fuel tank the system prevents water from reaching the fuel injector pump or carburetor for an indefinite period of time. The separator housing is constantly drained since the separator is under pressure. The system has a suitable detector to detect the water level in the fuel storage tank. Water may be removed from the fuel storage tank by temporarily converting a part of the water/fuel return line to a water outlet pumping line through a three-way valve.

Abstract: A fuel additive injection device for injecting an additive into an automotive engine to slow down the burning rate of gasoline while the engine is under heavy load, thereby reducing knocking or pre-ignition while increasing engine output power and increasing fuel mileage. A vacuum chamber having a diaphragm therein is connected to the intake manifold of the engine so that the diaphragm moves back and forth as the pressure in the intake manifold changes. A connecting rod is coupled to the side of the diaphragm opposite to the interior of the chamber. A needle valve connected to the diaphragm through a control rod and a connecting rod and positioned through a valve seat in a flow control passage regulates the flow of additive into the intake manifold of the engine, preferably through the throat of the carburetor. When the pressure in the chamber increases corresponding to a heavy engine load, the needle valve opens increasing the flow of additive to the engine which in turn reduces the burning rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure shows a system for providing a continuous supply of at least partly distilled water to an internal combustion engine for inclusion in the air-fuel mixture passing through the carburetor, in order to increase the efficiency of the engine to decrease fuel consumption, to reduce emissions and to prevent knocking. The water may be mixed and emulsified with the liquid fuel before these components enter the carburetor, or the fuel may be introduced to the carburetor separately, or the water and the fuel may be introduced together without a preliminary mixing. The partially distilled water, that is free of solid ingredients, is produced continuously during engine operation by diverting a portion of the exhaust gas from the engine to an air cooled condenser to condense water therefrom and a controlled amount of water is passed to the engine. Means are provided for variably proportioning the quantity of water delivered to the quantity of liquid fuel passing to the carburetor.

Abstract: A fuel supply system comprises a supply tank with a main fuel conduit leading to a combustion zone, such as an internal combustion engine, and a secondary fuel conduit with flow restriction means is provided leading from the lowermost region of the tank to rejoin the main fuel conduit prior to the combustion zone so that any water accumulating in the tank is mixed with fuel to be burned at the combustion zone.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, each comprising a combustion chamber and an accumulation chamber which are interconnected to each other via an accumulation valve. The accumulation chambers are interconnected to each other via a common connecting passage. The opening operation of the accumulation valve is controlled so that the accumulation valve remains opened during the compression stroke. In the first half of the compression stroke, a jet of the combustible mixture is spouted out into the combustion chamber from the accumulation chamber to create a strong swirl motion in the combustion chamber. In the latter half of the compression stroke, the combustible mixture in the combustion chamber flows into the accumulation chamber to accumulate the combustible mixture under high pressure, which is spouted out into the combustion chamber at the next cycle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a computer controlled fuel system for an internal combustion engine including a low profile carburetor for permitting engine operation on very lean fuel/air ratios without sacrificing engine performance during critical engine operations such as start up, warm-up and acceleration. The low profile carburetor provides a single point source fuel dispersion and includes one or more throttle controlled, sliding plates for increasing fuel entrainment at low engine speeds by increasing the velocity of the airstream flow through the carburetor just before the dispersion point and by maximizing the lateral distance between the point of fuel dispersion and the carburetor airstream. The computer controlled system includes various threshold circuits for providing additional fuel and/or water injection into the carburetor airstream upon detection of predetermined engine conditions.

Abstract: There is disclosed a spark-ignited internal combustion engine wherein a blend of gasoline and alcohol is separated into its gasoline and alcohol phases, with the gasoline being atomized within an induction system, and the alcohol being dissociated into vapors which are mixed with the atomized gasoline in the induction system to provide the fuel for the engine.

Abstract: A fluid injection system and method for an internal combustion engine such as a spark-ignition or compression-ignition engine in which an injection nozzle injects a finely divided spray of fluid, such as water or a water solution, into the engine in response to a flow of atomizing air. The nozzle is connected to a fluid supply reservoir and to the outlet line of an air-injection pump that supplies pressurized air to the exhaust system of the engine. The air-injection pump provides the supply of atomizing air to the nozzle with the pressure of the air and therefore the fluid injection being responsive to both the engine speed and the exhaust gas pressure. The injected fluid advantageously functions as a cooling agent to suppress detonation and provide smoother engine operation and greater fuel efficiency.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided with air-charge or fuel-air-charge induction means which acts as a supercharger during one mode of operation and as a subcharger during another mode. The induction means is mechanically driven from the engine via a variable speed hydraulic transmission arrangement. Means are provided to appropriately change the hydraulic circuit at the moment when power flow through the hydraulic transmission changes direction. During the subcharging mode the air-charge or fuel-air-charge induction means acts as a throttle, but the energy lost in the resulting pressure drop is returned to the engine by way of the variable speed hydraulic transmission arrangement.

Abstract: Combustion efficiency in an oil burning furnace is increased by the catalization effect of consuming atmospheric air processed to increase its humidity. Atmospheric air is processed by either forcing air into a water container and bubbling it through water by a drawing, natural draft type of action through the container; or atomizing the air. Three embodiments of my invention are disclosed whereby the processed air is conveyed directly into the combustion zone, into an oil gun of an oil burning furnace or both directly into the combustion zone and the oil gun. A further increase in thermal efficiency is achieved by adding ozone to the processed air. By use of a proper nozzle, processed air is directed at the base of the flame within the furnace in substantially the same shape and direction as the flame when employed in the embodiment injecting said air directly into the combustion zone.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for adding finely dispersed water and water vapor to the air intake stream of a fuel-air combustion system. A solution of bubble-enhancing surfactant in water partly fills a container. A jet of air bubbles is blown into the solution below its free surface so that a quantity of aqueous bubbles forms on the free surface. A part of the air intake stream is then drawn from this quantity of aqueous bubbles.