METHOD FOR REDUCING EMISSION OF POLLUTANTS FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND FUEL EMULSION COMPRISING WATER AND A LIQUID HYDROCARBON

摘要

METHOD FOR REDUCING EMISSION OF POLLUTANTS FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, COMPRISING: INJECTING A FUEL EMULSION INTO THE AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION CHAMBER; IGNITING THE FUEL EMULSION IN THE AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN THE PRESENCE OF AIR; OPERATING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SO AS TO REDUCE PEAK COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE IN THE AT LEAST ONE COMBUSTION CHAMBER; WHEREIN THE FUEL EMULSION COMPRISES A LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL, WATER, AT LEAST ONE EMULSIFIER AND AT LEAST ONE OXYGEN-CONTAINING WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUND. THE USE THIS FUEL EMULSION ALLOWS TO OBTAIN A CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION OF PARTICULATE EMISSIONS WHILE MAINTAINING OR EVEN FURTHER REDUCING THE NOX LEVEL WHICH IS ALREADY REDUCED BY THE ENGINE ITSELF.