Abstract:
An observation plug 102 includes a spark plug body 50, an objective optical system 10, and a set of light conduction paths 16. The spark plug body 50 ignites gas in a combustion chamber by an electric discharge in a discharge gap 60, and has an observation hole 4 penetrating in an axial direction at a location dislocated from the discharge gap 60. The objective optical system 10, which is provided in the observation hole 4 to be exposed into the combustion chamber, bends a course of light received from an incident surface 10a facing toward the discharge gap included in an observation area, and forms an image of the observation area within the observation hole 4. The set of light conduction paths 16 is provided in the observation hole 4, and divides the image of the observation area into a plurality of portions to be transmitted therethrough.
Abstract:
To emit an electromagnetic wave at an appropriate timing from an electromagnetic wave emission device 30 attached to an engine 20 to a combustion chamber 10 of the engine 20 using an engine control device 13 that cannot output a control signal to the electromagnetic wave emission device 30. A signal processing device 40 is connected to the engine control device 13 that outputs an ignition signal for instructing an ignition device 12 of the engine 20 to ignite fuel air mixture in the combustion chamber 10 of the engine 20. The signal processing device 40, upon receiving the ignition signal, outputs to the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 an electromagnetic wave drive signal that determines based on the ignition signal an emission period, which is a period for the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 to emit an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber 10, so that an ignition operation is performed during the emission period of the electromagnetic wave.
Abstract:
A compression-ignition type internal combustion engine that burns a gaseous fuel, improves an ignition performance not only at a center part of the combustion chamber but also at an outer edge part. The compression-ignition engine comprises an electromagnetic wave generator configured to generate an electromagnetic wave, a controller configured to control the electromagnetic wave generator, and a plasma generator comprising a boosting circuit that constitutes a resonator configured to boost the electromagnetic wave, a first electrode configured to receive an output from the boosting circuit, and a second electrode provided to a vicinity of the first electrode, and the plasma generator is configured such that the first electrode is extruded and exposed toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a plurality of plasma generators are provided.
Abstract:
In the plasma generation device 30 that generates electromagnetic wave plasma by emitting electromagnetic waves in a target space 51, the electromagnetic wave plasma is generated in a plurality of locations with a simple configuration and relatively low electromagnetic wave energy. The plasma generation device 30 is provided with an antenna 36 that emits electromagnetic waves supplied from an electromagnetic wave generator 33 in the target space 51, a discharger 35 that forcibly discharges free electrons from gas molecules in the target space 51, and an electric field concentration member 40 that concentrates electric field of the electromagnetic wave emitted from the antenna 36. The electric field concentration member 40 is arranged in non-contact relationship with the antenna 36. The plasma generation device 30 causes the discharger 35 to discharge free electrons and the antenna 36 to emit electromagnetic waves, thereby generating electromagnetic wave plasma in the vicinity of the antenna 36 and in the vicinity of the electric field concentration member 40.
Abstract:
To provide a spark plug that can reduce power loss and prevent erosion of a tip end part of a central electrode, even in a configuration such that a discharge current and an electromagnetic wave are emitted from a terminal fitting part of the spark plug, and a plasma generation device using the spark plug. The spark plug is provided with a central electrode 2 including a terminal fitting part 2A and an electrode main body 2B electrically connected to the terminal fitting part 2A, an insulator 3 formed with an axial hole 30, which the central electrode 2 is fitted into, a main fitting 4 that surrounds the insulator 3, and a ground electrode 5 that extends from an end surface of the main fitting 4 and is adapted to form a discharge gap that causes a spark discharge between the central electrode 2 and the electrode main body 2B. The electrode main body 2B is constituted of a front electrode 25 including an electrode tip part 25a for causing the spark discharge with the ground electrode 5, a front dielectric cylinder 24 in a tube-like shape that covers the electrode tip part 25a, and a coupling conductive cylinder 23 in a tube-like shape that joins the front dielectric cylinder 24 and the terminal fitting part 2A.
Abstract:
A coat forming apparatus 100 includes a droplet supply unit 110 and an active species supply unit 120. The droplet supply unit 110 is adapted to spray or drop a droplet for coat forming toward an object 116. The active species supply unit 120 is adapted to supply an active species to be brought into contact with the droplet moving from the droplet supply unit 110 toward the object 116. The coating is formed on a surface of the object 116 by the droplet that has been brought into contact with the active species.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an internal combustion engine control device (30) which switches between a first operation of compression-igniting a premixed gas in a combustion chamber (10) and a second operation of forcibly igniting the premixed gas through a spark plug (15) in the combustion chamber (10). When switching between the first operation and the second operation, the control device (30) inserts a transitional operation between the first operation and the second operation for the purpose of reducing torque variations in an internal combustion engine (20). In the transitional operation, the spark plug (15) does not perform electric discharging, instead, the spark plug (15) emits an electromagnetic wave to increase the temperature of the premixed, and subsequently, the premixed gas is compression-ignited.