Engine system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11708784-B2
Application number	US-202117536369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2021
Priority date	Dec 1, 2020
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

An engine system of the present disclosure includes an engine configured to drive a plurality of pistons by burning a mixture of air and gas, an air supply pipe through which the air supplied to the engine flows, a supercharger configured to compress the air flowing through the air supply pipe, a gas supply pipe through which the gas supplied to the engine flows, and a mixer configured to mix the air that has passed through the supercharger and the gas. The mixer has a venturi tube shape in which a cross-sectional area of a flow path decreases and expands in a flow direction of the air that has passed through the supercharger, and the gas supply pipe is connected to a portion of the mixer where the cross-sectional area of the flow path in the mixer is decreased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine system, comprising:
an engine configured to drive a plurality of pistons by burning a mixture of air and gas;
an air supply pipe through which the air supplied to the engine flows;
a supercharger configured to compress the air flowing through the air supply pipe;
a gas supply pipe through which the gas supplied to the engine flows; and
a mixer configured to mix the air that has passed through the supercharger and the gas, wherein the mixer has a venturi tube shape in which a cross-sectional area of a flow path decreases and expands in a flow direction of the air that has passed through the supercharger, and the gas supply pipe is connected to a portion of the mixer where the cross-sectional area of the flow path in the mixer is decreased, wherein the mixer includes:
a housing forming therein the flow path through which air flows, the housing having the venturi tube shape in which the flow path area of the flow path is decreased and then increased; and
a gas supply unit disposed inside of the housing and configured to supply the gas flowing through the gas supply pipe to the flow path, wherein the gas supply unit includes:
an inner housing disposed inside of the housing and having an inner supply passage for supplying gas toward the flow path formed inside of the housing; and
a connection tube that extends from one side of the inner housing to outside of a first outer wall of the housing to be connected to the gas supply unit, and wherein the inner supply passage is spirally formed inside of the inner housing.

2. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the mixer forms a venturi pipe in a direction extending from the air supply pipe.

3. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the mixer includes:
a flow path reducing part, into which air is introduced, where the cross-sectional area of the flow path is reduced;
a flow path maintaining part, disposed at a downstream side of the flow path reducing part, where the reduced cross-sectional area of the flow path is maintained, the gas flowing through the gas supply pipe being introduced into the flow path maintaining part; and
a flow path expansion part, disposed at a downstream side of the flow path maintaining part, where the cross-sectional area of the flow path is expanded, and wherein the flow path maintaining part is formed to have a preset length in the flow direction of the air.

4. The engine system of claim 3 , wherein the flow path maintaining part has a length longer than a length of the flow path expansion part and shorter than a length of the flow path reducing part.

5. The engine system of claim 3 , wherein a cross-sectional area at an inlet end of the flow path maintaining part has a size of 0.5 to 0.6 times a cross-sectional area at an inlet end of the flow path reducing part.

6. The engine system of claim 3 , wherein the flow path maintaining part has a plurality of supply holes through which the gas flowing through the gas supply pipe is introduced therein.

7. The engine system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of supply holes is spaced apart from each other in a helical direction in the flow path maintaining part.

8. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the housing, having the venturi tube shape, includes the first inner wall defining the flow path, and a first outer wall spaced apart from the first inner wall radially outwardly and having a cylindrical shape, and wherein a space in which the gas supply unit is disposed is formed between the first inner wall and the first outer wall.

9. The engine system of claim 8 , wherein the first inner wall include:
a flow path reducing part where a cross-sectional area of the flow path is reduced;
a flow path maintaining part, disposed at a downstream side of the flow path reducing part, where the reduced cross-sectional area of the flow path is maintained; and
a flow path expansion part, disposed at a downstream side of the flow path maintaining part, where the cross-sectional area of the flow path that is expanded, and wherein the gas supply part is disposed on an outer periphery of the flow path maintaining part.

10. The engine system of claim 9 , wherein the inner housing is spaced apart from the an inlet end of the flow path maintaining part by a predetermined distance.

11. The engine system of claim 9 , wherein a distance between the inner housing and an inlet end of the flow path maintaining part is set to have a value of 0.2 to 0.3 times a length of a cross-sectional area of the flow path of the flow path maintaining part.

12. The engine system of claim 8 , wherein the inner housing includes a second outer wall having a cylindrical shape, and a second inner wall spaced apart from the second outer wall radially inwardly and disposed in contact with the first inner wall.

13. The engine system of claim 12 , wherein the second inner wall has a plurality of inner holes spaced apart from each other along the inner supply passage, the gas flowing through the gas supply pipe being supplied through the plurality of inner holes to the flow path formed inside of the housing.

14. The engine system of claim 13 , wherein the first inner wall has a plurality of supply holes formed at positions corresponding to positions of the plurality of inner holes.

15. The engine system of claim 12 , wherein the connection tube extends from one side of the second outer wall to outside of the first outer wall, and a gas passageway that connects the inner supply passage and the gas supply pipe is formed inside of the connecting tube.

16. The engine system of claim 1 , wherein the supercharger is configured to drive a turbine using an exhaust gas discharged from the engine to compress the flowing air.

17. The engine system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an exhaust gas recirculation pipe configured to supply a portion of the gas discharged from the engine to the engine, wherein the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is connected to the gas supply pipe and connected to the mixer.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jinwoo
• Jeong Hojong
• Jang Heejoong

Classifications

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title

• F01P2060/16

  Outlet manifold · CPC title

• F01P3/20

  Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine (F01P3/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01P3/12 Primary

  Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts · CPC title

• F02B37/12

  Control of the pumps · CPC title