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