Multi-fuel plasma injector
First Claim
1. A fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power, comprising:
- a vortex chamber having a surface topology that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to a vortex comprising a coherent dynamic pressure wave, wherein the surface topology comprises a pattern of features including at least one of bumps, dimples, cavities, ridges, grooves, and wedges; and
an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel.
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Abstract
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating and delivering a fuel to a combustion chamber of an engine in order to improve efficiency of the engine. In one aspect of the invention, a fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power is presented. The fuel injector includes a fuel inlet, a pre-conditioning vortex chamber, and an excitation chamber. The fuel injector includes a vortex chamber that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to produce a vortex that includes a coherent dynamic pressure wave. The fuel injector also includes an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel.
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27 Claims
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1. A fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power, comprising:
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a vortex chamber having a surface topology that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to a vortex comprising a coherent dynamic pressure wave, wherein the surface topology comprises a pattern of features including at least one of bumps, dimples, cavities, ridges, grooves, and wedges; and an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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