INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

• Main Authors: ENJOJI NAOYUKI, TASHIRO MOTOMITSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.01.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; 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; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; 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

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable selection of fuel to be used in an internal combustion engine.SOLUTION: An internal combustion engine 2 includes: an injector 39 connected to a liquid fuel source 41 and injecting liquid fuel to an intake passage 23A; a gaseous fuel passage 48 with which a plurality of types of gaseous fuel sources 53, 56 are detachably connected; a first gaseous fuel supply port 45 connected to the gaseous fuel passage via a first solenoid valve 75 to supply the gaseous fuel to the intake passage; a second gaseous fuel supply port 46 connected to the gaseous fuel passage via a second solenoid valve 76 to supply the gaseous fuel to the intake passage; an input device 63 for outputting a signal corresponding the type of the fuel used through an operation performed by a user; a change-over valve 60 for switching the gaseous fuel source connected to the gaseous fuel passage through an operation performed by the user; and a control device 7 for controlling the injector, the first solenoid valve and the second solenoid valve on the basis of the signal from the input device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 内燃機関において、使用する燃料を選択可能にする。【解決手段】 内燃機関２は、液体燃料源４１に接続され、液体燃料を吸気通路２３Ａに噴射するインジェクタ３９と、複数種の気体燃料源５３、５６が着脱可能に接続される気体燃料通路４８と、気体燃料通路に第１電磁弁７５を介して接続され、気体燃料を吸気通路に供給する第１気体燃料供給口４５と、気体燃料通路に第２電磁弁７６を介して接続され、気体燃料を吸気通路に供給する第２気体燃料供給口４６と、使用者の操作によって、使用する燃料の種類に応じた信号を出力する入力装置６３と、使用者の操作によって、気体燃料通路に接続する気体燃料源を切り換える切換弁６０と、入力装置からの信号に基づいて、インジェクタ、第１電磁弁、及び第２電磁弁を制御する制御装置７を有する。【選択図】 図１