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patent · US8166926

Internal combustion engine with ammonia fuel

1 May 2012

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Abstract

The invention provides methods of providing fuel to an internal combustion engine, fuel systems for an internal combustion engine and a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine. Ammonia may be heated and pressurized to a selected condition and may used as fuel which is supplemented with hydrogen to assist with ignition, flame propagation, and/or combustion speed.

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2009-05-12
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2012-05-01
Inventors
Shizuo Sasaki; Jayant Sarlashkar; Southwest Research Institute SwRI