Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bi-fuel engine with variable air fuel ratio
- Patent Title (中): 具有可变空燃比的双燃料发动机
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Application No.: US12795410Application Date: 2010-06-07
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Publication No.: US09140161B2Publication Date: 2015-09-22
- Inventor: Jose Ignacio Galindo , Klaus M. Schaffer , Daniel Leitner , Christof Hepp
- Applicant: Jose Ignacio Galindo , Klaus M. Schaffer , Daniel Leitner , Christof Hepp
- Applicant Address: LU Luxembourg
- Assignee: ALSET IP S A R.L.
- Current Assignee: ALSET IP S A R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: LU Luxembourg
- Agent Paul J. Sutton; Barry G. Magidoff
- Main IPC: F02B1/00
- IPC: F02B1/00 ; F02B13/00 ; F01N3/08 ; F02D19/06 ; F02D19/08 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D41/30 ; F02M21/02

Abstract:
A conventional gasoline engine is retrofitted to operate as a bi-fuel engine using Hydrogen gas as a primary fuel and gasoline as a secondary fuel at various acceptable air fuel ratios while avoiding forbidden air fuel ratios. The engine is preferably operated to burn Hydrogen fuel in a charged mode and lean mode at certain acceptable air fuel ratios where relatively little NOx emissions occur. When additional power or acceleration is requested, processor controlled fuel injectors are operated to inject relatively small amounts of gasoline into the engine resulting in a fuel mixture that prevents increases in NOx emissions as the processor operates at a stoichiometric air fuel ratio where a catalytic converter is best able to reduce harmful emissions. The injection of the liquid gasoline fuel to the gaseous Hydrogen fuel reduces the temperature of the fuels significantly and reduces or eliminates backfiring tendency of the engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110301826A1 BI-FUEL ENGINE WITH VARIABLE AIR FUEL RATIO Public/Granted day:2011-12-08
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