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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
James G. Davidson, Paris, TN (US);
James G. Davidson, Paris, TN (US);
World Air Energy Corporation, Nixon, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the emissions and improving the performance of an internal combustion engine (). An input air stream is separated into an oxygen-enriched air stream and a nitrogen-enriched air stream. The nitrogen-enriched air stream is received by a holding chamber (). The oxygen-enriched air and a combustible fuel are provided to a combustion chamber () of the internal combustion engine () and a combustion process is initiated. After a predefined time delay, a volume of nitrogen-enriched air is provided from the holding chamber () to the combustion chamber () to be used during the rest of the combustion process.