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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Epcos Ag, Munich, DE;
Relyon Plasma Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Georg Kügerl, Eibiswald, AT;
Markus Puff, Graz, AT;
Christoph Auer, Graz, AT;
Stefan Nettesheim, Regensburg, DE;
EPCOS AG, Munich, DE;
RELYON PLASMA GMBH, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for improving combustion are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a combustion chamber including at least one combustion chamber inlet for feeding in fuel or air or the fuel/air mixture, a reactor chamber connected upstream of the combustion chamber, the reactor chamber comprising a plasma generator, wherein the plasma generator is a piezoelectric transformer configured to operate with a low voltage and a control apparatus for the plasma generator, wherein the device is configured in such a way that even before a start of an actual combustion process at least one gaseous component in the reactor chamber is enriched with radicals and ions by the plasma generator.