Engine system for emission reduction without aftertreatment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11293339-B2
Application number	US-202017078759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2020
Priority date	Feb 6, 2017
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

An engine system comprising an internal combustion engine and a turbocharger, where a diameter of the at least one intake valve is greater than a diameter of the at least one exhaust valve, the salient angle of the piston bowl is at least 10 degrees, the ratio between the piston bowl opening diameter and the piston bowl depth is approximately 0.5 to 2.0, the intake valve opens before top dead center on an exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine and closes before bottom dead center of an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine, and the turbocharger has a combined efficiency of more than 50%.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, the piston comprising:
a bowl machined into a top surf of the piston, the bowl comprising a flat bottom and a salient angle between the top surface of the piston and a side of the bowl, an opening diameter, and a depth;
wherein the salient angle of the bowl ranges approximately from 10 to 25 degrees and the ratio between the bowl opening diameter and the bowl depth ranges approximately from 0.5 to 2.0; and
wherein the piston is configured to form a portion of a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.

2. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the salient angle ranges approximately from 20 to 25 degrees.

3. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston is configured to accommodate intake air from a turbocharger having a compressor configured to provide compressed air to the combustion engine.

4. The internal combustion engine of claim 3 , wherein the piston is configured to accommodate intake air from a turbocharger that has a combined efficiency of more than 50%.

5. The internal combustion engine of claim 4 , wherein the combined efficiency of the turbocharger ranges approximately from 60 to 70%.

6. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston is configured to be positioned within a cylinder where a diameter of at least one intake valve of the cylinder is greater than a diameter of at least one exhaust valve of the cylinder.

7. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston is configured to be positioned within a cylinder and to receive intake air within the bowl before top dead center on an exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine and to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl before bottom dead center of an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

8. The piston of claim 7 , wherein the piston is configured to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl at least 10 degrees before bottom dead center of the intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

9. The piston of claim 8 , wherein the piston is configured to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl at least 45 degrees before bottom dead center of the intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

10. The piston of claim 1 , wherein the piston is configured to generate a high compression ratio in the cylinder ranging approximately from 12 to 18.

11. A cylinder block comprising:
at least one cylinder bore; and
a piston positioned within the at least one cylinder bore and having a bowl machined into a top surface of the piston, the bowl comprising a bottom, a salient angle between the top surface of the piston and a side of the bowl, an opening diameter, and a depth,
wherein the salient angle of the bowl ranges approximately from 10 to 25 degrees, the ratio between the bowl opening diameter and the bowl depth ranges approximately from 0.5 to 2.0, and the depth is constant between the opening diameter and the bottom of the bowl; and
wherein the piston is configured to form a portion of a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.

12. The cylinder block of claim 11 , wherein the piston is configured to accommodate intake air from a turbocharger having a compressor configured to provide compressed air to the combustion engine; wherein the piston is configured to generate a high compression ratio in the cylinder ranging approximately from 12 to 18; and wherein the combined efficiency of the turbocharger ranges approximately from 60 to 70%.

13. The cylinder block of claim 11 , wherein the piston is configured to be positioned within a cylinder and to receive intake air within the bowl before top dead center on an exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine and to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl before bottom dead center of an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

14. The cylinder block of claim 13 , wherein piston is configured to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl at least 45 degrees before bottom dead center of the intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

15. An internal combustion engine comprising:
a cylinder head including at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve;
a cylinder block positioned adjacent the cylinder head and comprising at least one cylinder bore;
a piston positioned within the at least one cylinder bore and having a bowl machined into a top surface of the piston, the bowl comprising a bottom, a salient angle between the top surface of the piston and a side of the bowl, an opening diameter, and a depth,
wherein the salient angle of the bowl ranges approximately from 10 to 25 degrees, the ratio between the bowl opening diameter and the bowl depth ranges approximately from 0.5 to 2.0, and the depth is constant between the opening diameter and the bottom of the bowl; and
wherein the piston is configured to form a portion of a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.

16. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein the piston is configured to accommodate intake air from a turbocharger having a compressor configured to provide compressed air to the combustion engine.

17. The internal combustion engine of claim 15 , wherein the piston is configured to generate a high compression ratio in the cylinder ranging approximately from 12 to 18, and wherein the combined efficiency of the turbocharger ranges approximately from 60 to 70%.

18. The cylinder block of claim 15 , wherein the piston is configured to be positioned within a cylinder and to receive intake air within the bowl before top dead center on an exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine and to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl before bottom dead center of an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

19. The cylinder block of claim 18 , wherein piston is configured to refrain from receiving intake air within the bowl at least 45 degrees before bottom dead center of the intake stroke of the internal combustion engine.

20. The piston of claim 15 , wherein the salient angle ranges approximately from 20 to 25 degrees.

Assignees

• Cummins Inc

Inventors

• Saad Philipe F
• Lapointe Leon A
• Sasidharan Premjee
• Watanabe Atsuhiko

Classifications

• F02D23/00

  Controlling engines characterised by their being supercharged · CPC title

• F02B37/00

  Engines characterised by provision of pumps driven at least for part of the time by exhaust · CPC title

• F02P3/00

  Other installations · CPC title

• F02B23/0633

  the combustion space being almost completely enclosed in the piston, i.e. having a small inlet in comparison to its volume · CPC title

• F02B19/12 Primary

  with positive ignition (engines with non-timed positive ignition, and with incandescent chambers F02B9/08) · CPC title