Precombustion Nitric Oxide Exchange Chamber for Engine Intake
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for enhancing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions in automobiles are inadequate, as they do not effectively modify the ambient air stream to include increased volumes of nitric oxide and oxygen before combustion, leading to incomplete combustion and higher emissions.
Innovation Solution
A precombustion air intake apparatus with a series of spark plugs to generate nitric oxide and hydrocarbons, and GMX400 magnets to enhance oxygen levels in the air stream, ensuring a more complete combustion process by modifying the air stream upstream of fuel mixture and combustion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If traditional air intake is used without modification, then the engine operates with standard ambient air composition, but combustion is incomplete and emissions are higher
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by modifying the air stream composition before it enters the combustion chamber. Nitric oxide is generated in advance through spark plugs or corona discharge in the intake manifold, and oxygen is enriched through magnetic field application upstream of combustion. This pre-modification of the air stream ensures that the combustion process has access to enhanced oxidizing agents before ignition occurs, thereby reducing incomplete combustion and emissions while improving fuel efficiency.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the air stream is modified to include increased nitric oxide and oxygen, then combustion becomes more complete and emissions decrease, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs multi-functionality by integrating multiple functions into the air intake system. The same intake manifold serves both as the standard air intake pathway and as a chamber for generating nitric oxide via spark plugs or corona discharge. Additionally, the magnetic field generation system serves dual purposes of oxygen enrichment and potential flow control. This consolidation of functions into existing components minimizes the addition of separate devices, thereby reducing overall system complexity while achieving the goal of reduced carbon dioxide emissions.
3Quantity of substance
If spark plugs are used to generate nitric oxide, then the air stream becomes enriched with nitric oxide and hydrocarbons, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing the existing high-voltage ignition system parameters already present in the engine. The spark plugs used for nitric oxide generation leverage the same high-voltage pulses intended for combustion ignition, thereby utilizing existing energy parameters rather than introducing additional energy sources. The corona discharge option similarly utilizes high-voltage electrical parameters that can be integrated with the engine's existing electrical system, minimizing additional energy consumption while achieving the desired nitric oxide concentration in the air stream.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Results in a cleaner exhaust stream with at least 20% less carbon dioxide, improved fuel efficiency, and increased horsepower by ensuring more thorough combustion.
Implementation Method 1
a first stream modifier chamber having a plurality of spark plugs operative to generate nitric oxide and hydrocarbons when electrically energized
Implementation Method 2
the second stream modifier chamber including at least one magnet in magnetic communication with the air intake tube that causes additional oxygen atoms from the ambient air stream to combine with the hydrocarbons
Implementation Method 3
once the twice enhanced air stream travels downstream and is combined with fuel and combusted
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AI summary
An air intake apparatus for a combustion engine includes an air intake tube for receiving an unmodified ambient air stream from outside the engine. The apparatus includes a first stream modifier chamber for receiving the unmodified ambient air stream that includes a plurality of spark plugs operative to generate nitric oxide when electrically energized such that the unmodified ambient air stream is modified into a first modified air stream rich in nitric oxide. The apparatus includes a second stream modifier chamber positioned downstream from the first and including a GMX400 magnet in magnetic communication with the air intake tube that causes additional oxygen atoms from the first modified air stream to combine with the first modified air stream. The enhanced air stream travels downstream and is combined with fuel and combusted, an exhaust stream thereof having at least 20% less carbon dioxide than a traditional exhaust stream.