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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Shizuo Sasaki, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jayant Sarlashkar, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shizuo Sasaki, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jayant Sarlashkar, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 43/00 (2006.01); F02B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods of providing fuel to an internal combustion engine, fuel systems for an internal combustion engine and a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine. Ammonia may be heated and pressurized to a selected condition and may used as fuel which is supplemented with hydrogen to assist with ignition, flame propagation, and/or combustion speed.