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Multi-fuel plasma injector

  • US 8,757,129 B1
  • Filed: 07/24/2013
  • Issued: 06/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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