Licensable Technologies : Physics & Chemistry : Environment/Waste Management

Fuel Injector Utilizing Plasma Activation

Abstract
This invention is a device that employs electrical discharges/non-thermal plasmas in a gaseous medium to activate a fuel derived from a fuel injector to promote more effective and efficient combustion. This technology uses a silent-discharge/dielectric-barrier non-thermal plasma (NTP) reactor to generate highly reactive chemical species (such as free radicals) in a fuel that feeds internal combustion engines or other combustion devices employing fuel injectors.

Application(s)

• Combustion engines

Advantages
• Lightweight
• No catalysts necessary
• Dynamic fuel/concentration range
• Lower cost compared to thermal arcs or microwave radiation
• Feedback for transient emission/processing conditions
• Cylindrical and rectangular geometry potential

IP Status: Available both Exclusively and Non Exclusively

Commercialization Strategy: Available for non-exclusive and exclusive field of use license.

Reference Number: 668

S Number: DOE reference no.(s): 102,390; 112,886

Patents & Applications:
Application(s) Filed

Posted: 09-29-2005

Contact
John Mott
Technology Transfer Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MailStop C334
(505) 665-0883
jmott@lanl.gov