Internal continuous combustion engine system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8490380
APP PUB NO 20090183491A1
SERIAL NO

12321163

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A continuous combustion system for an internal combustion engine includes a reaction vessel external to the engine cylinders. The reaction vessel contains a combustion chamber for sustaining continuous combustion of an air fuel mixture during the operation of the associated engine. The reaction vessel contains an incoming air chamber and an exhaust gas chamber that are each in communication with the combustion chamber. Injected fuel vapor is mixed with scavenged exhaust gas for pre-heating and with compressed air from each cylinder provided during the compression stroke of each piston. The compressed air and fuel vapor mixture sustains the ignited combustion continuously, while exhaust gas is fed to the cylinders to provide working fluid to the engine during the power stroke of each piston. A valve mechanism is provided to control the flow of air from and working fluid to the cylinders at the appropriate times in order to sustain operation of the engine.

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ADVANCED PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES INC53 SANTA FELICIA DRIVE GOLETA CA 93117

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Hofbauer, Peter West Bloomfield, US 100 1831

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