Lorentz Force Fuel Injection for Complete Combustion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fuel injection systems in engines face inefficiencies in combustion processes, particularly with diesel fuel, leading to nitrogen-based emissions and health issues due to incomplete combustion and inefficient energy use.
Innovation Solution
The use of Lorentz forces and Lorentz-assisted corona discharges to ionize and accelerate fuel and oxidant particles within the combustion chamber, initiating combustion through strategic ionization and electric field manipulation, allowing for faster and more complete combustion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional fuel injection systems are used to deliver metered fuel to combustion chambers, then fuel delivery function is achieved, but combustion efficiency is insufficient leading to nitrogen-based emissions and incomplete combustion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the conventional mechanical fuel injection system with an electromagnetic field-based system. Electromagnetic fields are used to ionize fuel particles and generate Lorentz forces for acceleration, substituting mechanical pressure-driven injection with field-based particle manipulation, thereby improving combustion efficiency and reducing harmful emissions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and properties of fuel particles through ionization. By applying electromagnetic fields to ionize fuel particles and alter their charge state, the system enables more complete combustion and better control over the combustion process, resolving the contradiction between combustion efficiency and emissions
2Use of energy by moving object
If diesel fuel is used for higher energy density and fuel efficiency, then energy utilization is improved, but harmful emissions including nitrogen-based compounds and particulates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical compression-ignition with electromagnetic field-based ionization and acceleration. By using electromagnetic fields to ionize diesel fuel particles and control their injection and combustion, the system maintains high energy utilization while achieving more complete combustion that reduces particulate and nitrogen-based emissions
3Productivity
If conventional orifice-based fuel dispersion is used to improve combustion efficiency, then fuel dispersion is achieved, but combustion completeness is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical orifice-based dispersion with electromagnetic field-based particle acceleration. Lorentz forces generated by intersecting electric and magnetic fields accelerate ionized fuel particles at controlled velocities, achieving superior dispersion and mixing that enables more complete combustion and reduces harmful emission products
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic control of fuel particle velocity and distribution through time-varying electromagnetic fields. By dynamically adjusting field strength and timing, the system optimizes particle acceleration and combustion timing, achieving both high combustion efficiency and completeness while minimizing harmful emissions
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enhances combustion efficiency, reduces emissions, and accelerates the combustion process, improving engine performance and reducing harmful emissions by ensuring more complete fuel oxidation.
Implementation Method 1
ionizing at least some of the fuel by generating an electric field between the electrodes to form a current of ionized fuel particles
Implementation Method 2
generating an ion current of ionized fuel particles by applying an electric field between the electrodes to ionize at least some of the fuel
Implementation Method 3
producing a Lorentz force to accelerate the ionized fuel particles into the combustion chamber
Implementation Method 4
Lorentz-assisted corona discharges to ionize and accelerate fuel and oxidant particles
Implementation Method 5
ionized fuel particles initiate combustion with oxidant compounds present in the combustion chamber
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for delivery a fluidic substance using Lorentz forces. In one aspect, a method to accelerate particles into a chamber includes distributing a fluidic substance between electrodes configured at a location proximate a chamber, in which electrodes include a low work function material, generating a current of ionized particles by applying an electric field between the electrodes to ionize at least some of the fluidic substance, and producing a Lorentz force to accelerate the ionized particles into the chamber. In some implementations, the method further includes applying an electric potential on an antenna electrode interfaced at the port to induce a corona discharge into the chamber, in which the corona discharge ignites the ionized particles within the chamber.