An induction feed through system for treating a flow of material is disclosed, including a high voltage energy source energizing a low-turn coil wrapped about an outer wall of a reaction chamber. The flow of electricity through the low-turn coil in turn energizes a high-turn coil wrapped about an inner wall disposed within the outer wall of the reaction chamber. An electrode assembly disposed within the reaction chamber is electrically coupled to and energized by the high-turn coil, in turn generating plasma in the reaction chamber. The plasma is used to excite a flow of material through the induction feed through system. The electromagnetic properties of the plasma further provide direct feedback to the low-turn and high-turn coils.
Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for generating radicals in an air stream at the intake of an internal combustion engine, as well as increasing the thrust of such air streams into the engine. A plasma generator including plasma actuators, dielectric barrier discharge electrodes, or both is positioned in the intake stream. Plasma actuators are disposed on the interior surface of the plasma generator, exposed to the intake stream. Dielectric barrier discharge electrodes protrude into the intake air stream. Plasma, preferably DBD plasma, glow plasma, or filamentary plasma, is generated in the air intake stream, creating radicals in the stream, mixing the radicals in the stream, and reducing drag while increasing thrust of air in the intake stream. A concentric cylinder can be further disposed in the plasma generator, with further plasma actuators, dielectric barrier discharge electrodes, or both, on the interior and exterior surfaces of the cylinder.
F02M 27/04 - Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sonic waves, or the like by electric means or magnetism
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating and delivering a fuel to a combustion chamber of an engine in order to improve efficiency of the engine. In one aspect of the invention, a fuel injector that cooperates with an internal combustion engine to combust a first fuel to produce power is presented. The fuel injector includes a fuel inlet, a pre-conditioning vortex chamber, and an excitation chamber. The fuel injector includes a vortex chamber that conforms a pulsed amount of the first fuel to produce a vortex that includes a coherent dynamic pressure wave. The fuel injector also includes an excitation mechanism that at least partially ignites the fuel.
F02M 27/08 - Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sonic waves, or the like by sonic or ultrasonic waves
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COHERENT-STRUCTURE FUEL TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Fuel efficiency in a combustion engine is increased by treating the fuel in a reaction chamber prior to delivering the fuel into the combustion chamber of the engine. The method includes the step of entraining a stream of exhaust gas to travel upstream through the reactor chamber in a first flow pattern. The method also includes the step of entraining a stream of fuel to travel downstream through the reactor chamber in a second flow pattern, where at least one of the first and second flow patterns comprises a structured turbulent flow.
F02M 27/04 - Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sonic waves, or the like by electric means or magnetism
F02G 5/02 - Profiting from waste heat of exhaust gases
F02B 51/04 - Other methods of operating engines involving pre-treating of, or adding substances to, combustion air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture of the engines involving electricity or magnetism
F01N 5/02 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus combined or associated with devices profiting by exhaust energy the devices using heat
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating a fuel prior to ignition in a combustion engine in order to improve efficiency. In one aspect of the invention a throttle valve system that entrains a flow of gas, which can include a fuel, into a structured flow pattern via the inclusion of topological on a surface of the valve body and/or the flow chamber. The topological features can be arranged in a pattern configured to produce movement and/or structured turbulence in a stream of gas that is introduced to the throttle valve. An excitation source that ionizes or cracks species in the gas stream can be optionally utilized.
F02B 27/02 - Use of kinetic or wave energy of charge in induction systems, or of combustion residues in exhaust systems, for improving quantity of charge or for increasing removal of combustion residues the systems having variable, i.e. adjustable, cross-sectional areas, chambers of variable volume, or like variable means
F02M 9/12 - Carburettors having air or fuel-air mixture passage throttling valves other than of butterfly typeCarburettors having fuel-air mixing chambers of variable shape or position having other specific means for controlling the passage, or for varying cross-sectional area, of fuel-air mixing chambers
F02D 9/12 - Throttle valves specially adapted thereforArrangements of such valves in conduits having slidably-mounted valve-membersThrottle valves specially adapted thereforArrangements of such valves in conduits having valve-members movable longitudinally of conduit
F02B 29/02 - Other fluid-dynamic features of induction systems for improving quantity of charge
F02B 31/04 - Modifying induction systems for imparting a rotation to the charge in the cylinder by means within the induction channel, e.g. deflectors
F02M 29/06 - Apparatus for re-atomising condensed fuel or homogenising fuel-air mixture having screens, gratings, baffles or the like generating whirling motion of mixture
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