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 that combusts a fuel to produce power, 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 a valve body having a concavity that spans across a circumference of the valve body, 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 valve body has a shape and a surface topology configured to entrain the stream of mixture, to produce an axially-symmetric coherent downstream flow pattern, wherein the surface topology comprises a pattern of features selected from the group consisting of bumps, dimples, cavities, ridges, grooves, and wedges, wherein the features are large enough to be identifiable to naked eyes.