Fuel treatment system and method

摘要

The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods for treating a fuel prior to ignition in a combustion engine in order to improve efficiency. In one aspect of the invention a throttle valve system that entrains a flow of gas, which can include a fuel, into a structured flow pattern via the inclusion of topological on a surface of the valve body and/or the flow chamber. The topological features can be arranged in a pattern configured to produce movement and/or structured turbulence in a stream of gas that is introduced to the throttle valve. An excitation source that ionizes or cracks species in the gas stream can be optionally utilized.

主权项

1. A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber, comprising:
a flow chamber configured to direct a stream of mixture comprising gas and fuel to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine; and an ovoid-shaped valve body having a continuous circumferential groove disposed on the valve body's outer surface and wherein the opening of the groove is smaller than a maximum width of the groove, the valve body disposed within the flow chamber and axially translatable with respect to the flow chamber for controlling a flow volume of the stream of mixture, wherein the groove is configured to entrain the stream of mixture, to produce an axially-symmetric coherent downstream flow pattern.