DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, PARTICULARLY A DIESEL ENGINE
First Claim
1. Method of starting without glowplugs a diesel engine including cylinders and pistons defining combustion chambers into which are admitted gases intended to participate in combustion, in which method a strategy is adopted whereby the gases present in the chambers are heated to a minimum temperature throughout the volume defined by the chambers when the pistons are in or near the maximum compression position.
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Abstract
A method and a device for starting a diesel engine with no heater plugs, comprising pistons and cylinders defining combustion chambers into which gases intended to participate in combustion are admitted, in which method a strategy is adopted whereby the gases present in the chambers are heated up in such a way as to raise them to a minimum temperature within the entire volume defined by the chambers when the pistons are in the position of maximum compression or close to that position. The gases are heated by compressing the air in the cylinders using an electrical machine, or using a heating system in the intake.
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- 1. Method of starting without glowplugs a diesel engine including cylinders and pistons defining combustion chambers into which are admitted gases intended to participate in combustion, in which method a strategy is adopted whereby the gases present in the chambers are heated to a minimum temperature throughout the volume defined by the chambers when the pistons are in or near the maximum compression position.
- 18. Device for starting without glowplugs a diesel engine including cylinders and pistons defining combustion chambers into which are admitted gases intended to participate in combustion, said device including means for heating the gases present in the chambers to a minimum temperature throughout the volume of the chambers when the pistons are in or near a position of maximum compression.
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