Ammonia-burning internal combustion engine

• Main Authors: MICHIKAWAUCHI RYO, IWATANI KAZUKI, ITO YASUSHI, TANNO SHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 30.01.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

The disclosed ammonia-burning internal combustion engine is able to supply ammonia and a highly combustible material, which is more combustible than ammonia, to a combustion chamber. When the amount of ammonia supplied to the combustion chamber (2) increases, or when the proportion of ammonia supplied to the combustion chamber in relation to the total amount of ammonia and highly combustible material increases, the operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are controlled in such a manner that the air-fuel mixture supplied to the combustion chamber combusts more easily. Thus, the decrease in combustibility of fuel supplemented with ammonia can be curbed.