Hybrid internal combustion reciprocating engine
First Claim
1. A hybrid type reciprocating internal combustion turbine fuel engine with combined spark ignition, torch-assisted to compression ignition modes comprising:
- a cylinder;
a cylinder head mounted on the cylinder having a substantially planar inner surface;
exhaust and inlet valves positioned in the head connected to corresponding exhaust and unthrottled inlet passages;
a piston reciprocally mounted within the cylinder having a top surface thereon which surface in the top dead center position of the piston is in close proximity with the inner surface of of the cylinder head;
a substantially spherical precombustion chamber located in the head;
a lineal passage tangentially joining the precombustion chamber with the inner surface of the cylinder head;
a pilot fuel injector means and an igniter means both located in the precombustion chamber which inject and ignite a precharge;
a main fuel injector means in the cylinder head;
a bowl-shaped recess comprising the main combustion chamber located in the top surface of the piston in close proximity with the main injector means in the top dead center position with said lineal passage tangentially aligned with the main combustion chamber, whereby the burning gases exiting the precombustion chamber are directed into the main combustion chamber causing ignition therein.
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Abstract
A low compression reciprocating internal combustion piston engine with a prechamber in the head connected to a main combustion chamber in the piston, the prechamber having an igniter, a pilot fuel injector and connecting lineal passage; the main chamber including a fuel injector for mixing the prechamber gases with the gases being compressed in the cylinder. The engine is a hybrid having transitional combustion modes from spark-ignited stratified charge mode at low power, to a spark-assisted compression ignition at higher power loads, and a strictly compression ignition mode at maximum power loads.
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1. A hybrid type reciprocating internal combustion turbine fuel engine with combined spark ignition, torch-assisted to compression ignition modes comprising:
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a cylinder; a cylinder head mounted on the cylinder having a substantially planar inner surface; exhaust and inlet valves positioned in the head connected to corresponding exhaust and unthrottled inlet passages; a piston reciprocally mounted within the cylinder having a top surface thereon which surface in the top dead center position of the piston is in close proximity with the inner surface of of the cylinder head; a substantially spherical precombustion chamber located in the head; a lineal passage tangentially joining the precombustion chamber with the inner surface of the cylinder head; a pilot fuel injector means and an igniter means both located in the precombustion chamber which inject and ignite a precharge; a main fuel injector means in the cylinder head; a bowl-shaped recess comprising the main combustion chamber located in the top surface of the piston in close proximity with the main injector means in the top dead center position with said lineal passage tangentially aligned with the main combustion chamber, whereby the burning gases exiting the precombustion chamber are directed into the main combustion chamber causing ignition therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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