IP Library Granted Patent US 12,259,128
Granted Patent B2
US 12,259,128 · App. 17/758,247 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Multi-stage flame acceleration device and method for gas-fuel engine

Inventors: Lei Zhou (Tianjin, CN); Qiang Gao (Tianjin, CN); Haiqiao Wei (Tianjin, CN); Zongkuan Liu (Tianjin, CN); Jianxiong Hua (Tianjin, CN); Gequn Shu (Tianjin, CN)
Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
F23D14/70F02M21/0275F23D14/58F23D2207/00F23D2214/00
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Patent No.
US 12,259,128
App. No.
17/758,247
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-stage flame acceleration device and method for a gas-fuel engine are provided. The device includes a pressing piece, an upper chamber, a spark plug, a fuel ejector, a cooling device, and a flame acceleration nozzle. The spark plug and the fuel ejector are mounted in the upper chamber. The pressing piece is sleeved on an upper part of the upper chamber, and the device is wholly and fixedly connected to a cylinder head through a step groove of the upper chamber. A nozzle sealing ring, the flame acceleration nozzle, and a cylinder head sealing ring are mounted at a bottom of the upper chamber from top to bottom in sequence. Annular obstacles formed by annular plates are arranged in a chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle. In the method, a fuel is ejected in the chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle to obtain a homogeneous gas mixture.

Claims (13)

1. A multi-stage flame acceleration device for a gas-fuel engine, the multi-stage flame acceleration device comprising:

a pressing piece, an upper chamber, a spark plug, a fuel ejector, a cooling device, and a flame acceleration nozzle, wherein the spark plug and the fuel ejector are mounted in the upper chamber;

the pressing piece is sleeved on an upper part of the upper chamber, and the multi-stage flame acceleration device is wholly and fixedly connected to a cylinder head through a step groove of the upper chamber;

a nozzle sealing ring, the flame acceleration nozzle, and a cylinder head sealing ring are mounted at a bottom of the upper chamber;

annular obstacles formed by a plurality of annular plates are arranged in a chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle;

the nozzle sealing ring is configured for sealing the upper chamber and the flame acceleration nozzle;

the cylinder head sealing ring is configured for wholly sealing the multi-stage flame acceleration device and the cylinder head; and

wherein the flame acceleration nozzle is configured to eject a first fuel with high reactivity and high laminar flow flame velocity to ignite a second fuel with low reactivity and low laminar flow flame velocity in a main combustion chamber.

2. The multi-stage flame acceleration device for a gas-fuel engine according to claim 1 , wherein a channel for cooling liquid is formed inside the upper chamber; and the cooling liquid is capable of flowing in from an end of the upper chamber, and flowing out from an other end of the upper chamber.

3. A multi-stage flame acceleration method for a gas-fuel engine, the multi-stage flame acceleration method being carried out by the multi-stage flame acceleration device, the multi-stage flame acceleration device comprising; a pressing piece, an upper chamber, a spark plug, a fuel ejector, a cooling device, and a flame acceleration nozzle, wherein the spark plug and the fuel ejector are mounted in the upper chamber; the pressing piece is sleeved on an upper part of the upper chamber, and the multi-stage flame acceleration device is wholly and fixedly connected to a cylinder head through a step groove of the upper chamber; a nozzle sealing ring, the flame acceleration nozzle, and a cylinder head sealing ring are mounted at a bottom of the upper chamber; annular obstacles formed by a plurality of annular plates are arranged in a chamber of the flame acceleration nozzle; the nozzle sealing ring is configured for sealing the upper chamber and the flame acceleration nozzle; the cylinder head sealing ring is configured for wholly sealing the multi-stage flame acceleration device and the cylinder head; and wherein the flame acceleration nozzle is configured to eject a first fuel with high reactivity and high laminar flow flame velocity to ignite a second fuel with low reactivity and low laminar flow flame velocity in a main combustion chamber,

the multi-stage flame acceleration method comprising:

mixing a gas fuel and fresh air to form a fuel mixture through a jet valve of a gas inlet pipe, and opening a gas inlet valve to enable the fuel mixture to enter a main combustion chamber;

ejecting and igniting the gas fuel inside the upper chamber of the multi-stage flame acceleration device, and accelerating and ejecting a flame generated after the gas fuel is ignited through the annular obstacles in the flame acceleration nozzle and a jet hole to form a flame jet; and igniting the fuel mixture in the main combustion chamber by the flame jet, such that stable and quick combustion in the main combustion chamber is realized.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: ZHOU, LEI; GAO, QIANG; WEI, HAIQIAO; LIU, ZONGKUAN; HUA, JIANXIONG; SHU, GEQUN
To: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 060376/0112 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010936966.1 · Sep 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230027612A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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