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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven C. Amendola, Ocean, NJ (US);
Phillip J. Petillo, Ocean, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Cell, L.L.P., Eatontown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/00 ; F01K 2/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 3/00 ; F01K 2/508 ;
Abstract
An engine cycle that is carried out in a reciprocating piston/cylinder engine consists of a working stroke in which exothermic decomposition of at least one liquid compound is caused to occur without combustion so as to produce a gaseous product of the decomposition that drives the piston along the cylinder in one direction and an exhaust stroke in which the products of the decomposition are exhausted from the cylinder upon return movement of the piston.