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US3651641A
US3651641A US808073A US3651641DA US3651641A US 3651641 A US3651641 A US 3651641A US 808073 A US808073 A US 808073A US 3651641D A US3651641D A US 3651641DA US 3651641 A US3651641 A US 3651641A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B1/00—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
    • F02B1/02—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition
    • F02B1/04—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition with fuel-air mixture admission into cylinder
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F02B3/00—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
    • F02B3/06—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • ABSTRACT This invention combines ICE and ECE principles in a single engine which provides working fluid at pressures and temperatures which are nearly constant, after start-up, in which fuel is burned in response to a decrease in fluid pressure as fluid is withdrawn while at the same time resupplying air compressed adiabatically to provide ignition temperature.
  • water is supplied to absorb the entire heat of combustion becoming superheated steam to double the working fluid,
  • FIG. 7 COMBINED T-S DIAGRAM IAIRwATER CYCLE) BASED ON ONE POUND OF FUEL L IOOO '5 a: E E
  • FIG 8 M DIAGRAM FOR AIR CYCLE JAMES LYELL GINTER BY ATTORNEYS.
  • FIG. 9 H-S DIAGRAM IT-SI FOR AIR CYCLE.
  • the combustion chamber is designed to provide a conical burning zone surrounded by excess air for complete combustion.
  • the engine operates on a new cycle, in part as an external combustion engine supplied with superheated steam and in part as an internal combustion engine, compression and expansion strokes being in separate cylinders with the expansible fluid about double the fluid compressed. Engine cooling is not desired and the working fluid portions are actually insulated to prevent loss of thermal energy.
  • Working controls are variable but automatic when set.
  • PRIOR DEVICES Two general types of internal combustion engines are referred to as constant volume and constant pressure.
  • the Otto cycle engines operate by explosion of a volatile fuel in a volume of compressed air near top dead center while diesel cycle engines burn the fuel in a modified cycle, burning being approximately described as at constant pressure.
  • External combustion engines are exemplified by steam engines and turbines and some forms of gas turbines.
  • this invention which produces working fluid without air or liquid external cooling, using a portion of the working fluid itself to reduce combustion temperatures to containable limits, but using the coolant to double the volume of working fluid without mechanical compression, by converting heated excess gas temperature to steam pressure.
  • thermogenerator in which the fuel-air ratio is appropriately ployed approximates the weight of the combustion products
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic longitudinal section of one form of engine according to this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of one form of combustion and storage chamber useful in an engine according to FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a section taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the thermodynamic process
  • FIG. 6 is a P-V diagram for a binary fluid comprising air and water in two phases
  • FIG. 7 is a T-S diagram for the fluid as in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a P-V diagram for air alone entering into the diagram of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 9 is a T-S diagram for the air alone entering into the diagram of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 10 is a P-V diagram for water alone
  • FIG. 1 1 is a T-S diagram for water alone
  • FIG. 12 is a sectional elevation of a valve for fuel injection proportional to pressure drop and engine rpm, for alternative use in the system of FIG. 1 or the generator of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 12A illustrates a preferred form of control for fuel injection.
  • the relatively cold walls quench combustion in immediately adjacent layers and produce smog-forming products.
  • This invention provides a means for utilizing the advantages of internal combustion of fuel in a compressed gas while at the same time avoiding previously required cooling of the containing walls in order to bring the combustion products into the range of temperatures which they can safely withstand under pressure. This is accomplished by the injection of water into a special combustion chamber proportioned and arranged such that the combustion products do not touch an exterior wall until the temperature has been reduced to a safe value. Thus no wall needs to be cooled and all walls can be insulated.
  • Principles of gas flow in jet engines are incorporated into the design of the combustion chamber by bringing the compressed air in at one end through a combustion head in a simple fire tube which is supplied internally with about half of the input compressed air.
  • At least one additional tube surrounds the fire tube, referred to as the heat shield since this tube protects the outer walls of the combustion chamber against accidental irregularities in the flow of the combustion products prior to their cooling.
  • a second combustion cone tube surrounds the first fire tube within the heat shield and extends from the combustion head longitudinally of the chamber so that the terminations of the three tubes confine the flow of gases to a diverging cone longitudinally concentric with the combustion chamber.
  • the combustion gases Before the combustion gases can reach the heat shield they are cooled by water injected in an atomized spray from nozzles near the exit end of the combustion chamber. The amount of water employed is exactly sufficient to reduce the combustion product temperature to a design limit.
  • This may either be the working temperature of a steadily maintained pressure and temperature of compression of the input air, or may be at a higher value in order to supply a reserve of energy, or may be at a still higher temperature such that a higher degree of superheat is retained in the steam evolved. It will be appreciated that the higher this temperature during conditions of its use the higher is the theoretical thermodynamic efficiency of an engine which draws its working fluid from this chamber.
  • a crankshaft for the work engine comprising usually two, four, or six cylinders, may be continuous with the crankshaft which drives the compressor pistons, generally equal in number to half the number of work cylinders, or a separate crankshaft may drive the compressor coupled through suitable gear means with the crankshaft from which output work is derived as the work pistons operate.
  • FIG. 1 utilizing one compression cylinder and two work cylinders of like size, which arrangement is approximately ideal when the weight of water injected to cool the combustion gases is equal to the combined weight of the fuel and compressed air input.
  • This provides a doubled volume or a PV increased by a factor or approximately two to thus double the working fluid available for operating the work pistons over that which would be available from the combustion products.
  • This doubling of fluid at usable temperatures is made possible in large measure by the elimination of the wall cooling since this cooling is now used for the manufacture of the doubled volume of working fluid at some maximum temperature which can be readily tolerated by the walls of the working chambers.
  • this engine has an insulation preventing any loss of heat by radiation or convection. Practically, a loss must be tolerated, although it is reduced as much as possible by selection of a lightweight, high efficiency cellular material of several inches thickness or an equivalent insulation of other type.
  • the engine configuration may be arranged for minimum surface exposure to aid in retaining adiabatic temperature conditions resulting from compression of 12:1 or more, generally in the order of 16:1 so as to permit a considerable temperature loss in the storage chamber before self-ignition is lost. At start-up, or after long standing, temperature is restora ble by further compression of input air until a set value is reached permitting fuel injection to cause combustion.
  • the fuel employed may be any hydrocarbon, preferably in the liquid state for easy injection, and a minimum temperature setting somewhat above the continuous burning point is used. Injected fuel is instantly vaporized at the chamber temperature, or within the nozzle which quickly becomes heated to the chamber temperature. Airflow from the compressor is unidirectional for storage of successive charges by use of check valving, and compressed air is held in the chamber until exhausted (with or without combustion) to drive work pistons, which then drive the compressor to resupply the required air and temperature. A large percentage expansion occurs on burning the fuel to generate a working fluid of high specific energy, but produces a combustion temperature too high for storage or use without cooling. Water converted to steam at the compressed air temperature can exactly absorb the heat of combustion while a little more than doubling the PV of the fluid in the chamber.
  • a thermostatic control of water injection can be variously adjusted to leave a fluid temperature substantially the same as that developed by adiabatic compression of the input air. If the input air is at 60 F. and a 16:1 or higher ratio is selected a pressure develops in a fully insulated chamber approximating 235 p.s.i.a. During start-up the compression will be less than adiabatic since the walls of the compressor and storage chamber will be below the value ultimately reached on complete charging to the 235 p.s.i.a. value, and because the air forced into the chamber mixes with air already there at a lower temperature.
  • Air will at first be delivered over a considerable percentage of each compression stroke against the small back pressure in the chamber as air accumulates until the fuel firing limit (set by a first thermostat) is reached, at which time fuel can be injected.
  • Initial pump-up of ignition temperature may be accomplished by opening the working fluid valve to the work cylinders, manually or otherwise, as in a normal opening when power is desired. Compressed air then drives the work engine to compress further air which is then accumulated at progressively higher temperature until the ignition temperature is reached.
  • This firing limit will normally be set well below the temperature obtainable by compression to assure ignition under normal working conditions down to some limiting low temperature of input air, such as F. or 40 F., according to climate.
  • the starter motor is energized from a source adequate to pump up to 235 p.s.i.a. or more which will provide input air at least 650 F. from the compressor to the combustion chamber around the fuel nozzle.
  • This pump-up time may be shortened or lengthened depending upon the relative magnitudes of the steady and sudden power demands as the work engine is loaded in normal service, the higher ratios of sudden-to-steady power requiring larger storage capacity.
  • the combustion chamber When the combustion chamber reaches a temperature for fuel ignition, fuel is injected from a high pressure source coupled, for example, to the crankshaft, either to inject a fixed slug of fuel intermittently according to crank rotation or in proportion to crank speed. Therefore, the air supplied is in a fixed ratio to the fuel supplied and may be in the order of to 25 percent above that required for combustion of the fuel. Below ignition temperature no fuel is supplied, so no accumulation of unburned fuel can occur in the chamber, and the fuel-air ratio becomes constant very quickly after burning commences.
  • the pressure in the chamber reaches about 176 p.s.i.a. and the temperature for adiabatic compression from 60 air would be about 600 F.
  • the chamber reaches about 235 p.s.i.a. and 700 F. and at 20:1 the chamber reaches about 295 p.s.i.a. at a temperature of about 800 F. lfa higher temperature is set for opening the injected fuel value a higher stored compression ratio will be reached before ignition.
  • the temperature rises to about 3,000 to 3,800 F. in the flame area, and this temperature spreads down the fire chamber to the second thermostat which controls water injection in proportion to temperature in excess of the selected setting. If the first thermostat permits fuel injection at about 600 F., the second thermostat controls water injection to bring combustion products at 3,0003,800 F. down to a usable temperature such as l,000 F. while at the same time doubling the volume of working fluid.
  • a higher temperature of superheated steam and combustion products can be utilized during continuous operation of the machine without endangering the walls due to the dynamic flow conditions of the combustion chamber, later described.
  • a theoretical efficiency of 46 percent in output work relative to input energy as stored in the chamber corresponding to a chamber temperature of 1,600 F. at a pressure in the range of 300 to 400 p.s.i.a. may be achieved in a practical engine design.
  • An engine as thus constructed performs in succession the functions of intake and and compression, enthalpy or PV increase in a combustion chamber, a work-performing expansion, and exhaust in four steps generally corresponding to the steps of a diesel engine except that intake-compression, energization (combustion and steaming) and expansion-exhaust each occurs in a separate chamber under separate control as to pressure and temperature of operation, wide limits being permissible for each variable, which can be altered during a particular power run by changing a thermostat setting or a pressure-responsive control.
  • a manual power throttle may be coupled with the fuel injection control. it is preferably applied to control the rate or the duration of fluid supply to the work cylinders.
  • a rate control may govern the speed at a constant torque or a combination of torque and speed. If the duration of fluid flow to each cylinder is controlled the resulting fluid delivery to the cylinders is similarly controlled within the limits of resupply of compressed air. During variation of the engine rpm. the resupply of air is of course varied proportionally.
  • Fuel rate may also be varied within the aforesaid range of fuel cutoff or admission necessary to assure full combustion. Variation of water injection to control the working temperature is an alternative governing factor on the output power, it being of interest to note that increased power output controlled in that manner is accompanied by increased thermal efficiency as the working temperature rises within limits of the wall temperature.
  • a main control for the fuel injection is by linkage of the fuel control valve to a proportional pressure sensor in the after portion of the combustion chamber, preferably near the entrance to the distributor valve admitting fluid to the respective work cylinders according to crank rotation.
  • a two cylinder work engine, or any multiple thereof, may have a common sliding valve open to either of two cylinders oppositely disposed about the shaft.
  • a valve governs admission of fluid to a sliding valve chamber, being preferably coupled to the manual control or to a speed control mechanism arranged to decrease either the flow rate into the slide valve or the duration of the flow, generally being limited to withdraw no more consumed input air than is supplied by the compressor, regardless of its temperature or pressure, except for short periods or power spurts where stored air is utilized in excess of that currently pumped.
  • the fluid throttle opens whenever there is a need for power, here illustratively by a manual control lever and/or by a pressure decrease below a limit, furnishing fluid to the work cylinders and driving the compression piston to exactly make up the air exhausted.
  • pressure in the chamber may decrease to a set limit such as 220 p.s.i.a., (if 220-235 p.s.i.a. is selected as the normal working pressure range in the combustion chamber) the fuel throttle commences to open.
  • start-up fuel flow is inhibited by a sensed temperature below the first thermostat setting. When temperature is above this setting and pressure falls below 220 the fuel throttle opens progressively to full fuel flow at 200 p.s.i.a.
  • Each control may be made rapidly intermittent, or slow and variable to establish a smooth and steady flow both of fuel and water for steady engine operation.
  • fuel injection is proportioned to the amount of pressure drop or the frequency of detected pressure drops if fixed fuel slugs are repeatedly injected into the chamber to restore the temperature and pressure of the operating fluid, all needed intake air being supplied in fixed amounts according to engine rotation.
  • Lesser fuel injection rates result in lesser heating of the combustion products and lesser injection of water. Water injected is thus in nearly exact relationship to fuel injected, although the ratio varies according to the upper temperature limit selected, in predictable relation to the input temperature of the compressed air.
  • controlof fuel injected according to decrease in a stored gas pressure and the control of water injected according to the rise in temperature of the chamber provide the only essential variants in this engine cycle, and with these controls a new work cycle is achieved, conditioned upon the compression of input air proportioned to engine rotation.
  • Output torque is variable, as is storage temperature and pressure by changing proportioning linkages.
  • An engine operating as described operates on a stored working fluid after the starter is disconnected.
  • the engine is instantly restartable from the working fluid stored.
  • This fluid is stored at a temperature well above the working temperature required for self-ignition of the fuel but will then slowly cool down.
  • Storage is at a pressure here assumed to be 235 p.s.i.a., but could be adjusted to store at a value such as 500 p.s.i.a. after start-up.
  • Recycling to increase temperature can occur with a decrease of overall pressure when only the temperature in the vicinity of the fuel injector is considered rather than the overall temperature-pressure of the chamber, because more gas is removed than is restored, until fuel is burned.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown schematically an engine according to the present invention in simplified form, exhaust valving, for example, being omitted for clarity of showing, wherein base 1 is any support on which the engine is mounted.
  • Supports 2 extend from base 1 to the engine housing shown at 3, which comprises a closure for the working portions of the engine adapted to retain therein pressure and temperature according to the operating conditions for the engine.
  • the casing 3 may be domed at the top and preferably is made without sharp corners which would provide stress points for excessive strain tending to damage the casing under conditions of use. In some configurations casing 3 may be in the form of an ellipsoid possibly modified for economy of space. Any number of cylinders may be enclosed, generally two work cylinders for one compressor cylinder, or cylinders of differing size may provide 60 to percent more work than compression displacement.
  • Dome 4 which is made sufiiciently large to accommodate those elements comprising a combustion chamber. Alternatively, this chamber may be as in FIG. 2. Dome 4 has first and second walls 5 and-a bottom closure 6 which may be either at the lower ends of the pistons, as later described, at the cylinder head level, or at the bottom of the engine.
  • dome 4 comprises a storage chamber of volume several times greater than the displacement of the work cylinders in one revolution of the crankshaft. It is insulated for a temperature which is elevated some 1,000 F. or more with respect to atmospheric temperature and at a pressure likewise elevated to 235 p.s.i.a., for example.
  • casing 3 is held at an elevated pressure and temperature, preferably including the cylinder heads, cylinders, and crankcase, insulation shown at 8 surrounds the entire casing 3 and pan 7'.
  • This insulation is preferably of high quality and low density suitable for use at temperatures up to l,800 F. and is made sufficiently thick to maintain heat heat storage in dome 4 above 600 F. when the engine is not resupplying compressed air or heated by combustion.
  • crankshaft 10 End walls of casing 3 are pierced to provide access for crankshaft 10 in bearings 11 in a configuration adapted for dynamic balance of the work pistons and the compression pistons.
  • power cranks 12 are illustratively at 180 separation on crankshaft 10 while compressor crank 13 is at an intermediate angle, although it could be at any desired fixed orientation relative to power cranks 12.
  • crankshaft 10 is continuously powered, as where three or four power pistons are operating, different crank orientations about the shaft 10 may be at or 90 separation.
  • Pistons l4 and 15 are power pistons while piston 16 is a compressor piston, preferably of similar size and configuration, although either the work pistons 14 and 15 or the compressor piston 16 may be made double-acting by suitable porting and end closure of the cylinders.
  • Connecting rods 17, 18 and 19 connect pistons 14, 15 and 16, respectively, to cranks 12 and 13 for reciprocation in cylinders 20, 21 and 22.
  • Port 25 at the top of the compressor cylinder 22 has a check valve 26 suitably spring urged into engagement so that when the piston 16 rises to complete the compression stroke check valve 26 opens to pass compressed air from cylinder 22 by way of air passage 27 to an air chamber header 28 in the upper portion of the casing forming one end of dome 4.
  • a similar check valve oppositely operable admits intake air to cylinder 22.
  • FIG. 1 illustration of the invention a combustion chamber is disposed within dome 4 across the top of the engine comprising cylinders 20-22.
  • this combustion chamber may be a cylinder as in FIGS. 2 and 3 or may be formed as one of the four cylinders of a conventional four, six or eight cylinder engine block, with changes in closures and fittings, by eliminating one piston therefrom and providing air and fuel inlet at one end and water injection at the other end, in which case it will usually be desirable to supply an auxiliary air pressure chamber for storage of operating pressure during protracted periods of non-use of the engine.
  • a combustion chamber 30 is provided with a perforated head separating the body of the chamber 30 from the air header 28, with perforations therein proportioned to provide a distributed flow of compressed air into and along the axial dimension of the combustion chamber.
  • a relatively long chamber 30 terminates at header 29 for the admission of compressed air from cylinder 22 and header space 28.
  • Header 29 preferably has a fire tube 31 extending therethrough from space 28, tube 31 being a relatively small tube in both diameter and length in relation to chamber 30 and is preferably supplied with parallel-flowing air from perforations 32 through header 29 and with internal longitudinally flowing air from perforations 33 into fire tube 31 which communicates directly with header space 28.
  • a further tube 34 extends from header 29 longitudinally of chamber 30 and has perforations 35 therearound for receiving air from space 28.
  • tube 31 partly radially and partly axially to provide mixing, and a smaller portion from areas around the fire tube by way of perforations 32 and a still smaller portion around tube 34 from perforations 35
  • a further tube shield 31' may surround tube 31 within tube 34, extending a distance down the length of the chamber 30 beyond tube 31 less than the length of tube 34.
  • air will be distributed from perforations 32 both inside and outside of this additional tube. This air distribution is appropriately in the proportions one-half, onequarter, one-eighth and one-eighth.
  • Apparatus comprising pistoned cylinder 22, check valve 26, air space 28 and fire chamber 30 within the pressure dome 4 comprises means for supplying compressed air at a pressure taken normally at 235 p.s.i.a. and 700 F. This temperature is a result of compression, heat losses and absorption being neglected, and burning of fuel not considered. Fuel burned of course further elevates both pressure and temperature. Clearance above piston 16 may be made substantially zero by appropriate shaping of the cylinder head to permit escape of compressed air through port 25. If it is assumed that the piston has a 4-inch stroke it will be seen that piston 16 provides a compression ratio of 16:1 when it reaches a position onequarter inch from the cylinder head, and would accordingly provide a l6:l compression of intake air for about one-quarter inch of stroke. When the starting pressure in space 28 is less than 16 atmospheres air delivery from cylinder 22 is of course over a proportionately higher fraction of the compression stroke.
  • crank 13 One means for operating crank 13 to initially supply about a I6:l adiabatic compression is by use of a conventional starter arrangement connected to the crankshaft at either end of casing 3.
  • This starter is not shown in FIG. 1 inasmuch as it is a conventional arrangement operated, for example, by an electric starter motor having sufficient capacity to provide of the order of I revolutions of crankshaft 10. It will be appreciated that the space in pressure dome 4 will be filled with compressed air and that this air will be heated nearly adiabatically except for initial losses of heat due to the warming up of the metallic portions comprising confining walls of the dome.
  • Suitable connection between the starting motor and a temperature limit control for feeding fuel for self-ignition may include a conventional holding circuit keeping the starter motor in operation until a temperature is detected in the vicinity of the fire tube 31 adequate for commencing combustion of the selected fuel.
  • a pressure of 235 p.s.i.a. may be built up without ignition temperature being reached.
  • manual opening of the fluid throttle permits exhaust of portions of pumped air.
  • Fuel is supplied for this engine by way of an injector 36 connected with a line 37 through wall to a suitable throttle 38 which is mechanically linked or electrically connected for response to pressure and temperature conditions within dome 4 such that operation of crankshaft 10 will cause fuel injection proportioned to air input whenever the temperature in the fire chamber is adequate for combustion.
  • the maximum rate of fuel injection may be controlled by way of a needle valve 39 in series with the throttle 38, or may otherwise be controlled proportionally to a power demand signal or as in a diesel engine in which crankshaft operation injects a small fixed quantity of fuel through nozzle 36 in response to rotation except when inhibited herein by an overriding thermostatic control to prevent the injection of fuel when the temperature is insufficient for combustion.
  • Conditions for either steady or intermittent burning of fuel in the fire tube 31 are established, by providing means for establishing air pressure at a self-ignition temperature for a particular fuel selected and means for supplying fuel at a higher pressure through nozzle 36.
  • a very much higher pressure is used to thoroughly atomize the fuel spray.
  • Typical combustion temperatures for liquid hydrocarbon fuels are about 3,000 to 3,800 F. where normally a small excess of air is supplied. Larger quantities of excess air would of course reduce the resulting temperature but would not greatly affect the actual temperature of burning or the ignition temperature.
  • a main feature of this invention is avoidance of chamber-wallcooling of the products of combustion, it being the objective to convert as large as possible a percentage of this hot combustion product into a useful work fluid.
  • Water proportioned precisely to the quantity of fuel burned is injected by way of nozzles 40 into combustion chamber 30 preferably near the outlet end thereof within dome 4.
  • a water line 41 supplies nozzles 40 by way of a water throttle 42 and a rate control needle valve 43, preferably supplied by a pump 44 attached to crankshaft 10.
  • a pressure equalizing dome 45 receives water from pump 44 and water line sections 46 convey this water to throttle 42 which then controls the timing and duration of water injection. This injection is made just sufficient to neutralize any degree of excess temperature in the chamber 30 which is selected as appropriate to the structural materials employed in tube 34, pistons 14, 15, cylinders 20, 21 and casing 3. Upon entry into chamber 30 water is instantly vaporized and converted to superheated steam.
  • a positive displacement pump such as the gear pump shown at 44 permits development of a sufficient pressure in water lines 46 to overcome the pressure in dome 4 during start-up by the starter motor and to atomize water ejected from nozzles 40.
  • a fuel pump 48 may operate from crankshaft 10 to receive fuel by lines 49 and pressure equalizing chamber 50 to needle valve 39, which controls the rate of injection of fuel according to this illustrated means for injecting fuel.
  • Work pistons 14 and 15 are powered whenever steam and the products of combustion mingled in dome 4 are admitted to cylinders 20 and 21 by way of ports 23 and 24.
  • Various valve arrangements can be employed for reciprocating pistons 14 and 15, as by a slide valve illustrated at 51 as a moving ported tube dimensioned to cover one or the other of ports 23 or 24 in accordance with the position of crankshaft 10, linked by way of bell crank 52, push rod 53 and cam 55 through stuffing box 54in order to control the position of valve 51 with respect to the dead center positions of the work pistons.
  • dome 4 communicates with the region surrounding cylinders 20-22 shown at 56 to provide a compact dome of considerable volume with respect to the displacement of each piston.
  • a suitable ratio is in range of 30:1 or :1, the higher ratio providing a larger reserve of standby power for getting the engine into operation from standby, but requiring a longer operation of the starter for initial pumping up of air pressure to a self-igniting temperature.
  • space 56 lying between cylinders 20 and 21 connects to and is supplied with the same pressure as dome 4, and is accordingly a suitable location for a pressure sensor or control device.
  • Sensor 57 is mounted to respond to a decreased static pressure, being for example an air filled bellows linked to arm 58 on support 59 for moving slide valve 60 attached to slide valve 51 to admit working fluid to the distributing slide valve 51, being illustratively a tube in which the slide 60 is a fitting surrounding a ported tube portion of 51, being sufficiently movable to provide access to the interior of slide valve 51 whenever the pressure in space 56 decreases below a specified minimum. This minimum is adjustably set at the pressure sensing device 57.
  • Device 57 may be of conventional type and may be mounted in any convenient location so as to control entry of high pressure working fluid into cylinders 20 and 21 by way of distributing slide valve 51. Furthermore, valve 51 is manually settable in a manner to override the automatic pressure control by use of a lever 58' on pivot 59' which moves the base of sensor 57 so as to wholly or variably open valve 60.
  • This mechanism is a schematic main control for the engine and establishes operation for power production as well as a recycling standby operation of the crankshaft whenever the pressure stored in dome 4 falls below a suitably adjusted lower limit. It is adjustable to provide intermittent operation of the engine to resupply compressed air during standby, or continuous operation when output work is desired. Numerous pressure sensitive devices operable at typical engine working temperatures are available, for mounting as illustrated, or otherwise responsive to pressure decreases in dome 4. Separate manual throttle opening means may be utilized.
  • crankshaft is operated by admission of working fluid to valve 51 and port 23 or 24 compressor piston 16 operates in an exactly proportional manner. This may be by direct connection to the same crankshaft or by a geared connection, not shown.
  • An essential feature is that any operation of pistons 14 and 15 causes a similar operation of piston 16, proportioned to supply additional compressed air equal in volume to the volume withdrawn to the work cylinders during a power run, but of increased relative volume in a recycling operation when steam is not generated. It may be observed that under the assumed conditions of 700 F. and 235 p.s.i.a. in dome 4 an injection of fuel will elevate this temperature as well as the pressure over the period of duration of fuel injection as controlled by valve 38. Since temperature would then build up to destructive values a runaway control is required for continued operation.
  • Thermal runaway is avoided by a proportional injection of water through nozzles 40, arranged for spraying a fine mist of water transversely of the fire chamber 30 forward of the exit end of the chamber so as to cool the combustion products prior to their reaching thermostat 61, which then controls the duration and rate of water injection by proportionally adjusting valve 42 within the limit established by needle valve 43.
  • Thermostat 62 is preferably located near the air header 29, within tube 34 so as to respond to the input air temperature at the inlet end of fire chamber 30 and is connected in a manner to prevent fuel injection when this temperature is too low.
  • thermostat 62 will be appreciated in that a sudden firing with a large excess of fuel in tube 34, in the event fuel is permitted to be injected without burning, would result in an excessive and rapid rise of temperature counteracted only by the injection of water. Water injection of course greatly increases the volume of working fluid, being about 2 to 1 when the operating temperature in dome 4 is about 700 to l,000 F.
  • Thermostat 62 thus provides a safety feature preventing overpressures due to accumulated fuel or fuel flooding and may be set, for example, at 600 F.
  • valve 42 controls the flow of water and can be adjusted to continue the injection of water until the temperature is brought down to some value, such as 700 to l,000 F., at which time water injection terminates and the pressure in dome 4 remains static until a demand signal is applied to open valve 60 and admit working fluid to slide valve 51 for entry into work cylinders by way of ports 23 or 24.
  • Valve 42 may conveniently be operated by a solenoid, a differentially controlled common rail injection system or other electrical motor device in proportion to need for a duration which depends upon the duration of a closed circuit of thermostat 61.
  • This might be provided in a bimetallic contact element, to energize coil 63 by leads 64 through a suitable power supply illustratively shown as a battery.
  • throttle 38 may control fuel injection from a pressurized source at 50 under suitable electrical control similar to 63 being connected to normally open thermostatic contacts 62 in series with a coil 65 having leads 66 to a power supply and a mechanical linkage responsive to rotation of crankshaft 10.
  • This linkage illustratively includes cam 72, which may be of centrifugal or electronic type to promptly close a slow-opening switch 73, which is also in series with a power supply, coil 65 and thermostat 62, for operation of valve 38.
  • Air input to cylinder 22 above piston 16 may be accomplished in a conventional manner as by inlet 67 through casing 3 and insulator 8 to a space separated from dome 4. Air may enter 22 by biased valve 68 during a downstroke of piston 16. Inlet air may be confined to a region about port 68' by a barrier 69 across the upper portion of the inlet space. Equivalently, a tube might connect inlet 67 and valve 68, suitably insulated at 69 from the high temperature area 28 so that the input air to the compressor will not be externally heated to cause an undue expenditure of work in compressing a fixed volume of input air or a corresponding decrease in air mass input.
  • the fuel tank 70 is illustrated as feeding fuel line 49. Output shaft 71 is shown suitably connected to crankshaft 10 for providing output power.
  • FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 an alternative form of the combustion chamber or thermogenerator is shown generally at 75, having an elongated metallic body 76 with domed inlet end 77 and domed outlet end 78.
  • a fuel burning arrangement of jet style is shown generally at 79 corresponding to the burner of FIG. 1.
  • Generator 75 is surrounded by insulation 80E of suitable quality and thickness to retain the heat of compression over a considerable standby period wherein air is admitted by air inlet 81 from a suitable compressor delivering pressures of 12 to 30 atmospheres.
  • a fuel inlet 82 and a water inlet 83 are shown generally as in FIG. 1, wherein a proportioning valve 91' governs the rate of fuel delivery and a cutoff valve 85 prevents inflow of fuel when thermostat 62 indicates insufficient temperature.
  • Water inlet nozzles 87 are preferably arranged near the aft end of the generator directed inwardly toward the center or axis thereof at suitable rotations such as 45 with respect to each other.
  • Thermostat 62 is mounted preferably by a replaceable screwin fitting 88 and may have a mechanical linkage to valve 85, although this linkage is illustratively by leads 89' to an electrical operating device 65 such as the solenoid 65 of FIG. 1.
  • the generator 75 has an output for generated working fluid at 90 controlled as by manual valve 91 leading to work cylinders by way of a suitable distributing valve such as 51 of FIG. 1.
  • Thermostat 61' may be mounted by a screw-in connection 112 and has electrical or mechanical linkage to valve 86.
  • a pop-off valve 1 l3 and a rupture disc 1 14 are provided for the thermogenerator main chamber.
  • Proportional valve 100 may be hydraulic, mechanical, or electrical and operates to provide fuel inlet according to pressure decrease below a specified limit which may be anywhere in the range of useful compressed fluid supplies for an engine, such as 100 p.s.i.a. to 500 p.s.i.a.
  • a sensor and proportional controller can similarly operate on temperature, rather than pressure, inasmuch as a decreasing temperature can be sensed and this decreasing temperature utilized to turn on fuel whenever it is desired to reheat chamber 75 as when new air is brought in by way of inlet 81.
  • a proportioning gas valve at 91 may be manually controlled by a settable fitting having an overriding control so linked at 111 to a pressurestat 115 that a drop in pressure in generator 75 causes opening of the gas valve sufficiently to add additional compressed air by way of inlet 81.
  • One form of control may be a linkage to the sensor which controls the valve from a fixed base point established by a hand control, which, in one position, governs the recycling of the compressor when in standby condition to resupply compressed air as required, and in the opposite setting, provides an output power opening for the gas valve, intermediate settings for the control being adjustable according to power requirements.
  • thermogenerator governed as illustrated in FIG. 2 provides means for burning fuel at constant pressure under conditions also approximating constant temperature burning. Both the temperature and the pressure are controllable at will, and are accordingly made suitable to a particular engine design with which the generator is associated. Compressed air input to the thermogenerator, after start-up, is of a constant pressure, determined by controls associated with the thermogenerator. Burning occurs in the chamber immediately following injection of fuel under high pressure and provides idealized burning conditions for efficiency and avoidance of air contaminants in which the fuel mixture may at first be richer than the mixture for complete combustion, additional air being added as burning continues, this air being added circumferentially around the burning fuel and in an amount which ultimately exceeds that necessary for complete combustion of the fuel components.
  • a cylindrical structure having a fire tube, an air tube, and a heat shield, all within the chamber and coaxially arranged with respect to the fuel injection nozzle.
  • a satisfactory burning condition approaching the ideal, is achieved by the use of a tire tube having both diameter and length related to the diameter and length of the air tube and the heat shield tube, approximately according to the ratio 1:l-l/2:2.
  • the fire tube has a diameter of 2 inches
  • the air tube has a diameter of 3 inches
  • the heat shield a diameter of 4 inches, each having similar length proportions, although the length may be increased.
  • the air inlet is controlled by perforations in the air header so that about 50 percent of the air enters the chamber through the fire tube, being mixed and pushed along axially thereof.
  • the air tube has an additional 25 percent air entering from the header and the heat shield approximately 12 percent or 13 percent entering through the header outside of the air tube, the remainder entering through the header exterior to the heat shield, entrance thereinto being by way of perforations along the length of the heat shield. Water is supplied according to temperature rise during combustion by way of nozzles 87.
  • thermodynamic advantages are obtained. These will best be understood by reference to the relationship between an engine cycle, according to this invention, and prior cycles, as graphically illustrated in FIGS.
  • This cycle is a combination of a compressed air work cycle and a steam cycle since both air and steam are present as a working fluid wherein each makes up a portion of the total pressure developed in the thermogenerator.
  • air is intended to include fuel as combusted by the inlet compressed air together with any excess of air which may be present, and thus includes all of the products of combustion
  • steam refers to water which is injected in the liquid state to become superheated steam, but is used in a work cycle step with also a change of state in which a part of the steam becomes liquid water.
  • the new cycle or process of burning fuel to do work makes use of the combined steam and air, with the exception of the compression process in which air only is involved.
  • FIG. 5 Two heat exchange processes and two work processes are involved in a complete engine diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 5.
  • the pressure-volume, or PV, and entropy relationships are illustrated in the FIGS. 6 through 11. It may be noted that these diagrams differ from the conventional diagrams for either a steam cycle or a hot gas (air) cycle. Separate diagrams for the several constituents of the combustion products are not shown since these are all closely related to the diagrams for air as illustrated.
  • Point la designates the inlet to the air compressor while 1s represents the inlet to a water pump; 20 indicates inlet to the thermogenerator for the air and 2s indicates inlet to the thermogenerator for the water; 3 indicates combined inlet for the expansion portion of the process, i.e., to the expander, 3a representing the inlet for air and 3:, the inlet for steam derived from the heat absorption occurring in the thermogenerator as the heat of combustion is removed down to a point of steady containment; and 4 represents combined inlet to the condenser, 4a beingthe air portion and 45 being the steam portion, assuming that a condenser is employed for purposes of illustration of the complete cycle.
  • temperature is represented as T
  • pressure P
  • volume V
  • enthalpy H
  • entropy S
  • FIG. 6 shows a P-V diagram for the combined air and water components, assuming a volume corresponding to the burning of 1 pound of a particular fuel.
  • progressing from 1c to 2c represents an equal entropy change referred to as isentropic compression during which the working substance or fluid is compressed from the condition at intake to the con dition within the thermogenerator as it operates.
  • This diagram carries the pressure rise only to 230 p.s.i.a. although a range up to 4,000 p.s.i.a. may actually be employed.
  • From 20 to 30 there is shown a constant pressure process which, in the alternative, can be made a constant temperature process.
  • thermogenerator differs from prior devices in a fundamental aspect since the thermogenerator provides a means for increasing a working fluid either at constant pressure or at constant temperature, the latter being effected by a control of water injection in accordance with a rise in temperature above that limit determined upon as the control limit. It is thus possible for the temperature to be controlled from a level as low as the saturation temperature of water at the thermogenerator pressure to as high as the adiabatic flame temperature of the particular fuel being burned. The practical limit of the discharge temperature from the generator is in turn governed by the material strength of the containing walls at the discharge temperature.
  • This discharge temperature is controlled between suitable limits by variation in the injection of high pressure water which then flashes to steam, the heat of the vaporization and superheat being equated to the heat of combustion of the fuel being burned.
  • the quantity of injected water is thus determined by the desired operating temperature, being less for high superheats, but actually maintaining a fixed operating temperature.
  • the third process in FIG. 6 is from BC to 40 and relates to the combined substance, being an isentropic expansion to the exhaust pressure determined by the exhaust pressure wanted for the expansion engine, and determined by a pressure sensor and fuel injection actuator.
  • FIG. 7 is a temperature-entropy (T-S) diagram for the combined working substance.
  • the state points on this diagram correspond to the state points on the P-V diagram of FIG. 6.
  • the cycle shown in the diagram of FIG. 7 shows the combined working substance following a Carnot cycle, made possible if a constant temperature is maintained in the thermogenerator, a new feature provided by apparatus according to this invention.
  • the discharge temperature from the thermogenerator can be not only held constant, but can be adjustably varied over wide limits by the selection of a water injection temperature which establishes the output temperature limit.
  • FIG. 8 is a P-V diagram for the air portion of the working fluid in FIG. 7 and has a process between la and 2a which is isentropic compression. Between 2a and 3a is an isothermal heat addition with, in this particular case, a corresponding pressure reduction and volume expansion.
  • the process 3a to 4a is affected by the presence of steam as in other processes in which there are two differing fluids present. In this case, there is an entropy increase in the air equal to the energy given up by the steam during the steam expansion process. There is, as a result of the expansion and interchange, a corresponding decrease in entropy of the steam.
  • FIG. 9 shows the T-S diagram for the air cycle component of the process included in diagram of FIG. 7.
  • an isentropic compression which is adiabatic and reversible between the ambient conditions and the operating pressure of the thermogenerator wherein the rise in T is sufficient to cause detonation when fuel is injected.
  • a heat addition process which may result in either: (a) rise in T with a decrease in P while increasing V; (b) a constant T with a decrease in P and an increase in V (as in the Carnot cycle); (c) a decrease in T with an increase in P and an increase in V.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 are the corresponding P-V and T-S diagrams for the water cycle. They illustrate water in the liquid, liquid-vapor, and vapor regions since a phase change occurs in the thermogenerator and a second phase change occurs on expansion toward zero pressure in the work engine.
  • FIG. 11 also shows that the water portion of the composite cycle follows the Rankine cycle, except that a small deviation from the Rankine cycle occurs in the expansion process in that there is a small decrease in entropy associated with the expansion 3: to 4s. Energy removal associated with this decrease is equal to the energy added to the air during process 30 to 4a, resulting in the above-mentioned small increase in entropy of the air.
  • thermogenerator as shown in FIG. 2, when supplied with compressed air at an ignition temperature for the fuel, therein burned upon injection, being further supplied with a temperature-proportioned water injection settable at a desired limit, and with pressure sensing means operating a fuel valve proportionally responsive to temperature and/or pressure deviations, on the downward side of a preset limit, there results a fuel burning process supplying a working fluid which may be withdrawn at constant temperature and pressure but in which this temperature and this pressure may be varied at the control of an operator over wide limits.
  • This cycle may be designated a Variable Air-water Cycle. In essence, it is a two-fluid process in which at least one fluid changes between two phases.
  • the two fluids may be characterized as a separated fluid or substance, namely, the products of combustion plus excess air, and water, each having its own partial pressure in the total pressure detected or measured for proportional control of thermogenerator fuel input.
  • This separated substance is isentropically compressed in its two parts and combined, to which heat is then added to the total fluid in a constant pressure of total fluid process, followed by adiabatic expansion of the composite fluid to produce useful work, and a final heat rejection process for the combined fluid occurring at constant total pressure.
  • the first fluid portion which is compressed air is introduced at a pressure regulated according to a pressurestat or other regulating device for controlling resupply of working fluid according to that decrease in pressure which may occur either in standby coast-down or upon use of the engine.
  • the second portion of the working fluid is the water compressed and added to the after end of the chamber during or after the burning, but which may be considered as an independent addition of a fluid.
  • the combined air and water has heat added according to fuel burned, the addition being proportioned to input of the air portion and the water being added in proportion to the addition of heat such that the result of the heat addition is the heating of the combined fluid.
  • the fluids are compressed and injected isentropically and the heat is added under conditions to keep the total pressure constant, even though the water and air proportions may vary as may be necessary to keep temperatures constant for differing rates of fluid withdrawn, or standby heat loss.
  • the work engine withdraws this fluid for adiabatic expansion to perform the desired work without substantial confining wall cooling inasmuch as the walls may be at the mean temperature between work cylinder inlet fluid and outlet fluid.
  • the composite fluid is discarded at constant pressure, which may be either atmospheric pressure or a reduced pressure if condensing means are applied to reduce that pressure on the pistons as by condensing the steam.
  • a heat shield surrounds the burning space throughout the burning area, which shield is insulated and heated to the ignition temperature prior to injection of any fuel since it is surrounded with hot input air.
  • a hot wall combustion preferably above 2,000 F., is possible in an engine in which the burning is carried on outside the actual work cylinders, this combustion chamber being held at a steady high temperature by the fuel burning within an air shield therein.
  • a hydrocarbon fuel should be burned at a mixture with air a little richer than that required to supply oxygen enough to burn the fuel, i.e., the stoichiometric proportions. This would result in excess CO and more complex products of incomplete combustion. Dilution with further air is necessary, but should be done as a secondary process after some time lag.
  • This invention provides for this progressive supply of air, first in the fire tube, and then in the air tube and heat shield, each separately supplied with unmixed air, which add the air progressively down the chamber length to provide dwell time in a rich mixture and then in a leaner and cooler mixture.
  • This procedure appears to be compatible with complete and efficient fuel burning to eliminate incomplete combustion products and reduce other products such as nitrogen oxides.
  • the products of combustion and excess air are then cooled to the engine working temperature, which may be in the range of l,000 to l,800 F., or may be as low as 700 to 800 F. as established by the water injection process limits set by thermostat. Selection of a temperature in a range about 750 F. minimizes both CO and the nitrogen oxides, if time is provided for reaching an equilibrium condition.
  • Air flow is progressive down the chamber and large temperature differentials are found to exist continuously for continuous firing, the resultant pressure being derived by phase changes at each end of the chamber, flow being progressive and relatively slow as indicated by a transit time between input of air and outflow which may be several seconds.
  • a burning as described provides a method of reducing some smog-forming elements while eliminating others, at the same time, providing a complete conversion of fuel energy to fluid energy.
  • thermogenerator as in FIGS. 1 and 2 requires a proportional control.
  • FIG. 12 is illustrated a suitable fuel injector control which is proportional to engine revolutions whenever the compressor is delivering air proportional to engine revolutions and also proportional to work output when the machine is in normal operation.
  • Thermogenerator 75 generally as in FIG. 2, has an elongated body 76 supplied with fuel via line 82 and an injector fitment through domed end 77 from a high pressure fuel pump in which pump pressure above a desired minimum relates to engine r.p.m. Fuel is led into the generator via a fuel jet housing 79 having therein a nozzle as in FIG. 1.
  • the thermogenerator has air inlet tube 81, fuel and pressurized water lines 82 and 83 and a pressurized gas line 84 to valve 85, which controls operation of a positive fuel shut-off.
  • a water shut-off valve 86 is in line 83 to nozzles 87.
  • a fuel positive shut-off valve is provided being under control of a first thermostat mounted at 88 having leads 89 to an actuator such as 65.
  • Working fluid generated for operating an engine fills chamber 28 and this is connected to gas pressure line 84 extending by way of a conventional gas pressure reducing valve 91 to inlet 92 into a chamber 93 of the fuel injector according to pressure reduction and positive cutoff by a device shown generally at 100, including a proportioning valve.
  • Valve 85 is a conventional three-way valve having a rotor element connecting an inlet and an outlet alternatively to a pressure line 94 extending to inlet 95 for a second chamber 96 of the proportioning valve. This valve accomplishes the function of response to reducing pressure in the chamber 28 whereby the fuel valve is opened if the crankshaft is in operation to operate the pump.
  • a needle valve 97 has a seat 97' within fuel line 82 and connecting to fuel line 882' which extends back to the fuel tank. Seat 97 cooperates with a tapered valve stem portion of the needle valve type shown at 98 which is effective to progressively close the valve, shutting off bypass line 82' back to the fuel tank.
  • This arrangement permits the fuel pump to operate according to crankshaft rotation and permits bypassing of fuel through the bypass line 882' whenever it is desired to cut off fuel to the nozzle. This cutoff is progressive and gradual according to positioning of the tapered portion 98 of the valve stem 101.
  • a similar needle valve arrangement can also close the fuel nozzle within housing 79 by the provision of a cooperating valve seat and plunger 99 in housing 79.
  • valve 97 When valve 97 is closed the full pressure of the fuel pump is suppliedwia line 82 to the housing 79 and operates against a spring 104 urged against a shoulder 105 secured on the valve stem to operate the closure at point 99, the spring 104 being adjusted to hold valve 99 closed whenever the pressure within the line 82 is less than a desired minimum, above which valve 99 opens.
  • Fuel injector 100 has slip joints 102 for a stem 101. Packings 103 at either end of the injector housing prevent loss of gas pressure from the chambers 93 and 96 through the end portions and prevent fuel from being forced up through the lower end of the valve housing to chamber 96. A spring 104 and a shoulder 105 similar to spring and shoulder 104 and 105 of the injector nozzle housing 79 permit a spring loading of valve stem 101. Chambers 93 and 96 have therein shoulders 106 and 107, respectively, which may be oppositely acted upon by the pressures in these closed chambers. Pressure in 96 is governed by the pressure in the chamber 28 conducted by way of line 84, valve 85 and inlet 95 to chamber 96.
  • Pressure in chamber 93 is governed by the pressure reducing valve 91 feeding into inlet 92 to chamber 93 and is preferably adjusted at about 100 1b., gauge, for normal operation of the thermogenerator.
  • the pressure in chamber 96 varies directly in proportion to the pressure in chamber 28 except when valve 85 is operated to vent gas in chamber 96 by way of 95, 94, 85, and vent tube 108. It is therefore possible, when the thermostat operating actuator 65 is indicating too low a temperature for fuel injection, to cause the valve 97,98 to open whereby the fuel is bypassed from the pump back to the supply tank.
  • valve 97 When the thermostat is actuated to hold line 94 open to line 84 and line 92 to line 84 by way of reducing valve 91 it will be seen that the pressure in chamber 93 aids spring 104 in forcing the needle valve 97 to be closed. However, as pressure rises in chamber 28, and is communicated to chamber 96, valve 97 opens progressively according to the increasing pressure so that pressure in line 82 is varied. Valve 99 then serves as a fuel injector preventor so that fuel will not accidentally drip into the combustion chamber, while at the same time permitting a rate of injection which varies according to the pressure in line 82 when the fuel line pressure is adequate to open valve 99.
  • valve 85 may be placed in line 92 so that the thermostatically controlled actuator 65 operates to aid in closing valve 97 by applying pressure in chamber 93 or assure the opening of valve 97 by venting inlet 92 to the atmosphere.
  • valve 85 connects line 92 to line 84 by way of reducing valve 91' when actuator 61 operates, being shown in the fuel bypass position as when chamber 76 is below ignition temperature.
  • Chamber 93 is vented at 108 and pressure in chamber 96 is sufficient to open valve 97.
  • 61' operates to connect 84 to 93 for controlling valve 97
  • Various controls have been illustrated in diagrammatic form and may be varied in construction and in linkage to the temperature and pressure sensors without departing from the control concepts as here described, the illustrations being not intended as limitations, and the scope of protection being limited only in accordance with the following claims.
  • An internal combustion engine comprising a compressor for elevating the pressure of ambient air received at an intake therefor to a value in the range of 12 atmospheres and higher, the temperature being thereby elevated to the ignition temperature for a selected fuel, a closed combustion chamber discrete from said compressor and having a connection to said compressor by way of a check valve for preventing backflow,
  • pressure detector means in said chamber adjusted to generate a fuel control signal independently of air supply in response to pressure decrease below a minimum value
  • fuel injection means including a fuel source under pressure, a spray nozzle directed into said chamber, and metering means connected for response to said control signal, air flow control means for causing compressed air from the compressor to mix with said fuel progressively along one dimension of said chamber toward said exhaust valve means,
  • thermostat means in said chamber responsive to temperature therein above a set temperature maximum for generating a second control signal
  • water injection means including a water source under pressure
  • said work engine being supplied with a mixture comprising said compressed air and fuel combustion products and said water converted to steam at pressure above said minimum value and at temperature above said ignition temperature and below said maximum.
  • An engine according to claim 1 said compressor being a displacement device and said work engine comprising a plurality of cylinders having combined displacement exceeding the total displacement of the compressor, said work engine driving a crankshaft connected to drive said compressor.
  • said means for initial driving of said compressor including means preventing operation of said fuel injection means before reaching spontaneous ignition temperature.
  • An engine according to claim 1 including pressure signaling means responsive to pressure less than a second minimum value and means responsive thereto for preventing operation of said fuel injection means before reaching spontaneous igni tion temperature.
  • An engine according to claim I said compressor and work engine being coupled by common or interconnected crankshafts coupled to pistons in compressor and work engine cylinders.
  • a first cylinder having piston means for compressing air, sufficiently for autoignition
  • a combustion chamber connected through check valve means for accumulating successive charges of said air when compressed, said chamber means being insulated thermally to retain the heat of compression,
  • At least a second cylinder having second piston means for receiving gas from said chamber in driving relation to said second piston means
  • crank means coupling said first and second piston means for causing first piston operation to charge said chamber whenever said second piston means is operated independently of the pressure in said chamber
  • fuel injection means exiting into said chamber for continuously inserting fuel in response to said detected decrease in pressure
  • said first cylinder and piston means being gas intake and compression means
  • said second cylinder and piston means being work stroke and exhaust means
  • said combustion chamber comprising means for separating the combustion engine cycle functions into separate means for effecting intake-compression, combustioncooling, and work-exhaust, respectively.
  • a compression-ignition fluid fuel engine comprising a plurality of variable fluid chambers each enclosing a compression-expansion member connected to a rotative power shaft and in control of gas volume therein according to shaft rotation, said member of a first chamber being driven as a compressor and having a compression factor not less than sufficient to provide autoignition temperature and at least one second chamber member connected in driving relation to said shaft,
  • variable chambers a combustion chamber of fixed volume connected between said variable chambers including means detecting a decrease in pressure therein below a setting
  • outlet means connecting said combustion chamber to one or more other said chambers including variable valve means for controlling outlet of working fluid.
  • fuel injection means connected to said supply being regulated to supply fuel to the combustion chamber in proportion to a said decrease in pressure, independently of temperature therein,
  • temperature sensing means in said combustion chamber for detecting temperature increases above a set value, and injection means for injecting a liquid coolant into said combustion chamber in proportion to temperature increase above said set value, thereby to control temperature therein independently of fuel and air supplied thereto.
  • An engine according to claim 11 said temperature being controlled in the range of 500 to l,800 F.
  • An engine according to claim 11 said instant pressure being in the range of 200 to 800 pounds gauge.
  • An engine according to claim 11 including thermal insulation means surrounding said combustion chamber for maintaining stored heat during periods between engine use.
  • a compression-ignition engine comprising a plurality of pistoned combustion chambers associated together in a block
  • crankcase attached to said block
  • crank within said case having crank arms operatively connected to pistons in said cylinders
  • intake valve means for a first cylinder for admitting an air charge upon outstroke of the piston therein as said crankshaft rotates, said first cylinder being proportioned relative to the length of stroke of a piston therein for compression adiabatically to above a self-ignition temperature in said charge,
  • air outlet means for passing said charge to said combustion chamber including a unidirectional valve whereby repeated charges are accumulated in said chamber, pressure sensing means in said chamber,
  • a fuel supply including injection means for continuously supplying fuel to said charge
  • valved conduit means connecting said chamber to another said cylinder for controlling flow of working fluid thereto in response to a work requirement
  • a combustion engine comprising one or more positive displacement air compressor pistons and a number of positive displacement work pistons double the number of said compression pistons, each mounted for reciprocation in a confining cylinder means, crank shaft means connecting said pistons for simultaneous operation according to selected crank orientations,
  • combustion chamber means exterior to said cylinder means and connected to receive unidirectional air flow from the compressor cylinder means independently of the pressure in said combustion chamber and to supply working fluid to the cylinder means for said work pistons,
  • An engine comprising an external elongated combustion chamber for generating a working fluid for said engine means supplying compressed air at a fuel ignition temperature in one end of the chamber proportioned to fluid withdrawn,
  • first means admitting a first portion of said compressed air insufficient for complete combustion into said first means for confining the flame
  • second means confining flame to a second zone surrounding said first portion and extending therebeyond from said one end, second means admitting a second portion of said air to substantially complete fuel combustion in said second zone,
  • third means admitting a third portion of said air to said third zone sufficient to at least complete combustion in the third zone
  • said second and third flame confining means being generally cylindrical and concentric with said first confining means and each extending beyond the flame confining means therein so as to mix successively added portions of admitted air peripherally around the previously formed zones of combustion.
  • said means injecting water being spaced remotely from said one end to prevent cooling of said mixture until combustion is completed as the mixture passes through the chamber.
  • said means injecting water being located proximate to a second end of said chamber and remotely from said third zone such that the time after burning and before water cooling exceeds the time for burning in said three zones.
  • thermogenerator for supplying a heat engine comprising an elongated pressure chamber having air inlet means at one end and combustion product outlet means at the other end thereof,
  • check valve means in said inlet means operative to admit air when the pressure in said chamber is less than the pressure in said inlet means
  • power valve means comprising said outlet means to withdraw working fluid from said chamber in response to valve operation
  • air pump means connecting to said inlet means for supplying air compressed to a temperature sufficient for self-ignition of a fuel
  • air manifold header means extending substantially across said chamber proximate to the inlet end thereof
  • injection means for injecting fuel axially along said tube in response to outlet valve operation
  • perforations through said manifold header means admitting air in adjusted relative proportions respectively to said fire tube, between said fire tube and said second tube, between said second and said third tubes, and exteriorly of said third tube such that air flow into the chamber is predominantly about the injected fuel and distributed axially along the chamber, and
  • thermogenerator including temperature sensor means within said chamber for providing an indication of a rise in temperature above a predetermined limit
  • liquid injection means coupled to said sensor means having at least one outlet within said chamber for introducing coolant liquid in response to said indication of rise in temperature.
  • thermogenerator according to claim 27, and means operating the pump means during opening of the power valve means to cause continual air flow in said tubes.
  • thermogenerator according to claim 27 said liquid injection means being actuated in proportion to a sensed rise in temperature in said chamber.
  • a reciprocating engine of the character disclosed comprising in combination at least one compressor chamber having an outlet to a combustion and working fluid storage chamber, a plurality of expander chambers having controllable valved inlets from a working fluid storage chamber, and a combustion and fluid storage chamber connected to receive output from said compressor chamber outlet and an outlet connecting to said valved inlets, said storage chamber having volume at least exceeding the displacement volume of said expander chambers, said combustion chamber including connections for fuel and water supplied under pressure for injection thereinto at mutually remote locations, said expander chambers being operative to drive an output mechanism operatively coupled for supplying pressurized fuel and water, and said storage chamber including upper limiting temperature sensing means in control of water injected independently of chamber pressure and lower limiting pressure sensing means in control of fuel injected to separately maintain substantially constant temperature and pressure values of said stored working fluid.
  • shielding barrier means surrounding said fuel injecting means for separating burning injected fuel from outer walls of said chamber
  • said means for injecting water according to temperature and said means for injecting fuel according to pressure comprising controls for providing a volume of mixed working fluids at independently controllable constant temperature and pressure values.
  • said compressor and expander units being connected to supply combustion air to, and withdraw working fluid from, said chamber, respectively, and being proportioned to provide an adiabatic temperature rise sufficient for self-ignition of said fuel.

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