INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

An internal combustion engine 10 has a cylinder head 11 slideably supporting one or more poppet valves 30 . At least a portion of one of the poppet valves 30 in each combustion chamber of the engine 10 forms in combination with one or more secondary electrodes 35, 133, 233, 333, 433 a number of elec...

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Main Authors CARROLL STEPHAN DAREN, KEES DON ANDREAS JOSEPHINE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.03.2008
Subjects
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FORINTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
WEAPONS
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Summary:An internal combustion engine 10 has a cylinder head 11 slideably supporting one or more poppet valves 30 . At least a portion of one of the poppet valves 30 in each combustion chamber of the engine 10 forms in combination with one or more secondary electrodes 35, 133, 233, 333, 433 a number of electrode pairs between each of which an electrical discharge is selectively caused to flow so as to initiate combustion in the respective combustion chamber. The electrode pairs may be formed at differing locations within each combustion chamber so as to improve combustion efficiency.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070839824