HEAT SOURCE SUPPLIED GLOW PLUG/PLASMA TORCH AND OPTIONAL SPARK PLASMA TORCH FOR ACCOMPLISHING MORE EFFICIENT PISTON COMBUSTION

摘要

An ignition cell for incorporation into a cylinder head containing a piston. A body is affixed to an upper end location of the cylinder head and includes an ignition source end for communicating a heat supply to the body. An interior defined pre-ignition chamber is configured both for admitting atomized fuel and expelling non-volatile fuel during a compression cycle associated with the cylinder head. The heat source is communicated to the pre-ignition chamber and causes combustion of the atomized fuels within the pre-ignition chamber at a point in time ranging from between 20% of a top dead center position associated with a compression stroke and an absolute top dead center position of the cylinder head relative to the cylinder. A plurality of ports are defined in an end of the body, opposite the ignition source, for communicating the combusted fuels as a plurality of flame outlets with a remaining volume of atomized fuel, within the combustion chamber during a power outlet stroke.