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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2024
Prometheus Applied Technologies, Llc, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Luigi P Tozzi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Maria-Emmanuela Sotiropoulou, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Prometheus Applied Technologies, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments, devices such as Turbulence Inducers may be installed within the intake runner in the proximity of the intake ports of an internal combustion engine. Such Turbulence Inducer devices may efficiently convert the laminar flow kinetic energy upstream of the intake runner into turbulent flow kinetic energy and consequently may increase the mixing of fuels like Hydrogen and Methanol that are injected via an intake port or in-cylinder during the intake stroke of an internal combustion engine. In certain embodiments, CFD simulations and engine test results of the Turbulence Inducer with engines fueled by one or more of Hydrogen and Methanol indicate remarkable extension of the knock and LOP limits enabling combustion improvements resulting in a power output increase of approximately 5-20%. Certain embodiments may realize homogeneous mixture preparation with both, liquid as well as gaseous fuels.