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Methods for joule-thompson cooling and heating of combustion chamber events and associated systems and apparatus

  • US 9,404,443 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine including a combustion chamber and configured to perform at least a compression stroke and a power stroke, the method comprising:

  • injecting a substance into the combustion chamber during a compression stroke at a temperature that is greater than or equal to 100°

    C. and less than or equal to 1000°

    C. less than a temperature inside the combustion chamber, thereby reducing an amount of work otherwise required to perform the compression stroke, wherein the first substance is selected from the group consisting of natural gas, methane, ammonia, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.

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