Fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine.

摘要

A fuel supply system 10 for an internal combustion engine includes a housing 12 defining a chamber 14 and provided with an inlet opening 16 upstream of the chamber 14 and an outlet opening 18 downstream of the chamber 14 . The fuel injector 20 sprays a fuel mist into the chamber 14 . A heater 22 heats air flowing into the chamber 14 via inlet 16 to a temperature of between 110° C.-260° C. Pressure within the chamber 14 is also negative relative to ambient pressure. The fuel sprayed into the chamber 14 via the fuel injector 20 is thermally cracked so that a mixture of thermally cracked fuel and heated air flows out from the outlet 18 for combustion in combustion chambers of the engine.