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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Esam Zaki Hamad, Dhahran, SA;
Wajdi Issam Al-sadat, Dhahran, SA;
Esam Zaki Hamad, Dhahran, SA;
Wajdi Issam Al-Sadat, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the oxy-combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine (ICE) used to power a vehicle converts the free energy available onboard the vehicle in the form of waste heat from the engine exhaust gas stream and coolant system into electrical and/or mechanical energy which energy is used to separate oxygen from air to eliminate or significantly reduce the volume of nitrogen entering the ICE's combustion chamber, and thereby reduce NOpollutants released into the atmosphere and increase the concentration of COin the engine exhaust stream for capture using an integrated system to compress and increase the density of the captured COfor temporary on-board storage until it is discharged at a recovery station, e.g., during vehicle refueling.