Lithium conditioned engine with reduced carbon oxide emissions

摘要

This invention relates to an internal combustion engine combusting hydrocarbon fuel having a lithium conditioned combustion chamber for reduced carbon oxide engine emissions. The condition chamber is formed by combusting therein a hydrocarbon fuel containing a lithium salt.

主权项

1. A method of combusting a hydrocarbon fuel, said method comprising:
combusting a hydrocarbon fuel containing a 10-13 ppm lithium salt in a hydrocarbon powered engine to produce lithium conditioned combustion chamber in the engine; and subsequently combusting a lithium free hydrocarbon fuel in the conditioned combustion chamber so as to produce a low concentration effluent gas, said low concentration effluent gas having a lower concentration of carbon dioxide than an effluent gas from said same engine without a conditioned chamber combusting the same hydrocarbon fuel free of lithium.