CATALYTIC LEAN BURN GASOLINE ENGINE

PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., PROPOSES TO EXPLORE CATALYTIC COATINGS ON THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WALLS OF SMALL UTILITY ENGINES IN A CONTINUING MODIFICATION OF SMALL GASOLINE ENGINES SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT TRULY LEAN FUEL/AIR RATIOS FAVORING LOW HC, CO, AND NOX EMISSIONS. THE CURRENT SIMPLICITY OF THESE ENGINES OFFERS SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS APPROACH TO SUCCEED. A SPINOFF BENEFIT WOULD LIKELY BE TECHNOLOGY TO SIMILARLY MODIFY THE MORE-COMPLEX AUTOMOTIVE OTTO-CYCLE ENGINE BY COMPILING RESEARCH DATA ON THE EFFECT OF CATALYTIC SURFACES ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS. IN PHASE I, SMALL ENGINE TESTING IN A WELL-INSTRUMENTED ENGINE TEST CELL WILL EXPLORE THIS CATALYTIC LEAN BURN CONCEPT ON A FOUR-STROKE ENGINE. IN PHASE II, THE CONCEPT WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD TO ENGINE OPTIMIZATION. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., PROPOSES TO EXPLORE CATALYTIC COATINGS ON THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WALLS OF SMALL UTILITY ENGINES IN A CONTINUING MODIFICATION OF SMALL GASOLINE ENGINES SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT TRULY LEAN FUEL/AIR RATIOS FAVORING LOW HC, CO, AND NOX EMISSIONS. THE CURRENT SIMPLICITY OF THESE ENGINES OFFERS SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS APPROACH TO SUCCEED. A SPINOFF BENEFIT WOULD LIKELY BE TECHNOLOGY TO SIMILARLY MODIFY THE MORE-COMPLEX AUTOMOTIVE OTTO-CYCLE ENGINE BY COMPILING RESEARCH DATA ON THE EFFECT OF CATALYTIC SURFACES ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS. IN PHASE I, SMALL ENGINE TESTING IN A WELL-INSTRUMENTED ENGINE TEST CELL WILL EXPLORE THIS CATALYTIC LEAN BURN CONCEPT ON A FOUR-STROKE ENGINE. IN PHASE II, THE CONCEPT WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD TO ENGINE OPTIMIZATION. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., PROPOSES TO EXPLORE CATALYTIC COATINGS ON THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WALLS OF SMALL UTILITY ENGINES IN A CONTINUING MODIFICATION OF SMALL GASOLINE ENGINES SO THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE AT TRULY LEAN FUEL/AIR RATIOS FAVORING LOW HC, CO, AND NOX EMISSIONS. THE CURRENT SIMPLICITY OF THESE ENGINES OFFERS SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS APPROACH TO SUCCEED. A SPINOFF BENEFIT WOULD LIKELY BE TECHNOLOGY TO SIMILARLY MODIFY THE MORE-COMPLEX AUTOMOTIVE OTTO-CYCLE ENGINE BY COMPILING RESEARCH DATA ON THE EFFECT OF CATALYTIC SURFACES ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS. IN PHASE I, SMALL ENGINE TESTING IN A WELL-INSTRUMENTED ENGINE TEST CELL WILL EXPLORE THIS CATALYTIC LEAN BURN CONCEPT ON A FOUR-STROKE ENGINE. IN PHASE II, THE CONCEPT WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD TO ENGINE OPTIMIZATION.