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US20180038262A1
US20180038262A1 US15/670,947 US201715670947A US2018038262A1 US 20180038262 A1 US20180038262 A1 US 20180038262A1 US 201715670947 A US201715670947 A US 201715670947A US 2018038262 A1 US2018038262 A1 US 2018038262A1
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  • Combustion in a duct involves complex chemical, fluid-dynamic and thermal processes involving a fuel as well as an oxidizer in a confined geometry and a temperature that favors the ignition, flame propagation and stabilization of the reactive flow.
  • the combustion process also generates a certain pressure drop, generating discontinuities in the process. This is particularly evident in race cars, where flames as much as one foot in length coming out from the exhaust pipe can be observed at times. A resulting loss in power of the race car is correlated to this flame emerging from the exhaust pipe.
  • An internal combustion engine (ICE) is often compared to an air pump. Horsepower increases with the amount of flow of air circulated through the engine system. Conversely, any backpressure formed in the exhaust system requires horsepower to overcome it, eroding the performance of the engine itself. Particularly in racing cars, one can obtain an increase in the horsepower if efficient increase of intake of air and efficient purging of gas from the engine is achieved, minimizing the horsepower spent on reducing pumping losses through the exhaust pipe. For a given engine volume, the more air supplied to it means the more power is extracted, and its efficiency is increased. In addition, the more streamlined the exhaust gas flow is, the less power is expended on pushing the exhaust gas out, hence increasing the power available to the propulsion.
  • a high-performance racing car typically uses an ICE.
  • the mixture of the fuel and air is tuned to produce the maximum power at most times, but in less ideal conditions (e.g., turning curves, etc.), the stoichiometry is somewhat changed, and the chemistry, local wall temperatures, and residence time in the pipe are such that they favor ignition of the combustible mixture.
  • flames appear from the exhaust pipe. Flames are a signal of inefficiencies, i.e., the fuel is not being burned in the engine and excess fuel is leaving the cylinder and entering the exhaust system.
  • the flame observed is the fuel reigniting when the conditions are appropriate (stoichiometry, residence time, and temperature).
  • the loss of efficiency comes from the fuel burning in the wrong location.
  • a combustion or reacting flow occurs in a confined location such as a pipe, pressure losses occur and a disturbance of the flow is observed.
  • the upstream processes of the combustion or flame front are equally impacted, with a certain pressure loss of the flow resulting from this process.
  • the undesired presence of the flame inside the exhaust pipe means that the upstream conditions to and including the ICE are affected negatively, including the thermal stresses, the life of the components, and the thermodynamic efficiency of the system.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the exhaust flow of a conventional ICE 101 during the exhaust stroke of a piston 110 .
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a combustion chamber 120 , an exhaust valve 130 at its open state, an exhaust pipe 140 , and the exit port 150 of the exhaust pipe.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional ICE exhaust system.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the upper half of a fluidic amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an exhaust system with one embodiment of the present invention amplifier placed inside of an exhaust pipe.
  • Embodiments of the present invention include a modified Coanda ejector that is of non-round geometry and has a 3-D inlet section which contains a plurality of primary nozzles which introduce motive fluids as wall jets.
  • Augmentation and 3-D inlet designs are disclosed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application 62/213,465, entitled FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM AND THRUST AND LIFT GENERATOR FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, filed Sep. 2, 2015 (“the '465 Provisional Application”).
  • the '465 Provisional Application is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • the 3-D geometric features and other designs disclosed in '465 Provisional Application may be applied to embodiments of the present invention, such as a symmetric or non-symmetric ejector as described and adapted to an exhaust pipe of the system.
  • the motive fluid may be air supplied from a compressor of a turbocharger, an electric motor driven mini-compressor, or a small portion of the pressurized exhaust gas from an ICE, routed toward the said ejector.
  • Embodiments of the ejector may be of fixed- or variable-geometry, matching the systems conditions, and operating such that it optimizes the performance at all times.
  • One preferable embodiment has no moving parts, and may be round or non-round in nature, with its inlet and exhaust being essentially 3-D in nature (i.e., not 2-D). This 3-D feature can enable better entrainment of the incoming flow and its acceleration towards the exit of the exhaust pipe.
  • Embodiments of the present invention allow for rapid evacuation of exhaust gases from a confined pipe, thereby allowing for a rapid and constant (or pulsed) evacuation of the gases and streamlining the exhaust flow.
  • the upstream processes of the combustion zone inside the confined pipe are relieved of the reaction zone blockage, and flow is rapidly evacuated towards an exit, avoiding altogether combustion occurring inside the pipe.
  • a streamlined flow can exist and the residence time can stay at all times below a certain level.
  • the power used to evacuate the exhaust gas is inversely proportional to horsepower available at the flywheel.
  • Other optionally advantageous benefits include the reduction of fuel consumption and the increase in miles per gallon.
  • Embodiments of the present invention achieve this goal via a fluidic amplifier which may be positioned inside the exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe and/or muffler, driven by a source of high pressure such as belt driven air pump, air compressor or even exhaust gas at pressure from the cylinder.
  • Embodiments of the invention have the optionally advantageous feature of the removal of any reacting flow such as flames causing additional blockages inside the exhaust pipe.
  • An embodiment reduces the residence time and the local stoichiometry to prevent autoignition inside the exhaust system.
  • NASCAR teams will generally work with a fuel injected V-8 of 725HP without the restrictor plates in the intake and will feed into an exhaust header and short pipes.
  • a backfire at the outlet or in the pipe sends a disruptive (out-of-phase) pressure change back up the system, which interferes with cylinder scavenging and filling.
  • NASCAR engines need to handle the upstream impact.
  • the goal of a tuned header and exhaust system is to raise power output by optimally filling the cylinders at the intake end—i.e., pulling in more air/fuel mixture by exhausting more efficiently.
  • Embodiments of the present invention show improved entrainment by means of novel elements that rely on 3-D geometrical and fluid flow effects and utilization of separation avoidance techniques.
  • the entrainment ratios of these embodiments are between 3-15, preferably higher.
  • By entrainment ratio we refer to the ratio of the amount of mass flow rate entrained by the motive flow to the motive fluid flow rate.
  • embodiments of the device will receive the motive gas from a pressurized source such as a source of pressurized fluid, exhaust gas or air; a piston engine (for pulsed operations) exhaust discharge; or a compressor or supercharger.
  • Another optionally advantageous feature of the present invention is the ability to change the shape of the diffusor walls of the flat ejector utilized for entrainment by retracting and extending the surfaces to modify the geometry such that maximum performance is obtained at all points of the operation of the ICE.
  • a fluidic amplifier is placed at a location inside the exhaust pipe, preferably in the center and without touching the walls of the exhaust pipe.
  • a motive fluid supplied from the higher-pressure fluid source such as a supercharger or any region of the system providing higher pressure fluid, is then introduced via an inlet pipe towards a plenum.
  • Placing embodiments of the present invention inside the exhaust pipe and using a motive fluid at near-static pressure as compared to the flow inside the exhaust pipe can energize the local flow to a point where the pressure is dropped and the main reacting flow is quenched and accelerated out of the exhaust pipe.
  • the device can be non-circular and with several 3-D features that, upon the introduction of the higher-pressure fluid, increase the number of multiple high-speed wall jets that follow along the contour of the walls of the device.
  • the motive fluid thus moves the flow according to the internal walls of the device into an essentially axial direction.
  • the introduction of the motive fluid at very high velocities close to sonic velocity results in a local static pressure drop according to the Bernoulli principle.
  • a large area of lower pressure forms around the 3 D features of the inlet of the device, creating an effect of entrainment of the main exhaust gas flowing inside the exhaust pipe.
  • the result is an acceleration of the flow to local speeds higher than 100 m/sec, with variations depending on the geometry of the device and the quality of the motive fluid.
  • inventions of the present invention allow for a slow- or non-reacting flow to freely be pushed at higher velocity outside the exhaust pipe, quenching any flame that may exist, and in addition, allow the forced exhaust to freely exit the conduit. This in turn enhances the operation of the system by avoiding any downstream flame or reacting flow-pressure changes that may otherwise impact the upstream ICE operation.
  • the role of the Coanda ejector placed inside the exhaust pipe is to assure the lack of the presence of the flame via high speed local quenching and lowering the local static pressure according to the Bernoulli principle. This enhances the operation of the ICE such as those used in a racing car and operation without major disruptions related to a flame presence.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an ICE 201 according to an embodiment and similar in arrangement to that shown in FIG. 1 .
  • ICE 201 includes a fluidic amplifier, such as an ejector 243 , disposed downstream from an engine cylinder 220 and within a conduit, such as an exhaust pipe 240 , having an internal cross-sectional area.
  • ICE 201 further includes a fluid source 241 that delivers high-pressure air/motive fluid via a conduit 242 to the ejector 243 to produce a motive stream 244 .
  • Ejector 243 augments/accelerates the flow of exhaust gas 1 released from cylinder 220 via an exhaust valve 230 .
  • the introduction of the motive fluid into the ejector 243 can augment the flow of gas 1 by producing a significant reduction of the static pressure in front of the ejector, which allows more of the exhaust gas to be delivered from the cylinder 220 to the pipe 240 during the entire time motive fluid from source 241 is delivered to the ejector.
  • This augmentation of the flow of gas 1 to higher velocities reduces the residence time and the stoichiometry of the fuel-air mixture in cylinder 220 , which in turn reduces the likelihood of igniting the mixture before the exhaust gas leaves the exhaust port 250 of the pipe 240 .
  • ejector 243 occupies less than the internal cross-sectional area of the exhaust pipe 240 such that at least a portion of gas 1 can flow around the ejector within the exhaust pipe.
  • the source 241 may modulate the flow to create a pulsed operation of the ejector 243 such that the motive stream 244 flow is enhanced and/or produced only at the time that the valve 230 is open or other predetermined frequency. In other embodiments, the operation can be continuous and not pulsed.
  • the source 241 of compressed fluid/air may be a compressor, mechanically and/or electrically driven.
  • the source 241 may also be any other stored or generated high-pressure source within the system. The engine is fine-tuned by finding the appropriate operation of the ejector.
  • a plenum 311 is supplied with hotter-than-ambient air (i.e., a pressurized motive gas stream) from, for example, a combustion-based engine.
  • This pressurized motive gas stream denoted by arrow 600 , is introduced via at least one conduit, such as primary nozzles 303 , to the interior of the ejector 243 . More specifically, the primary nozzles 303 are configured to accelerate the motive fluid stream 600 to a variable predetermined desired velocity directly over a convex Coanda surface 304 as a wall jet.
  • Coanda surface 304 may have one or more recesses 504 formed therein. Additionally, primary nozzles 303 provide adjustable volumes of fluid stream 600 . This wall jet, in turn, serves to entrain through an intake structure 306 secondary fluid, such as exhaust gas, denoted by arrow 1 , from cylinder 220 that may be at rest or approaching the ejector 243 at non-zero speed from the direction indicated by arrow 1 . In various embodiments, the nozzles 303 may be arranged in an array and in a curved orientation, a spiraled orientation, and/or a zigzagged orientation.
  • the mix of the stream 600 and the gas 1 may be moving purely axially at a throat section 325 of the ejector 243 .
  • a diffusing structure such as diffuser 310
  • the mixing and smoothing out process continues so the profiles of temperature 800 and velocity 700 in the axial direction of ejector 243 no longer have the high and low values present at the throat section 325 , but become more uniform at the terminal end 100 of diffuser 310 .
  • the temperature and velocity profiles are almost uniform. In particular, the temperature of the mixture is low enough to prevent auto-ignition of any fuel remaining inside the exhaust pipe, and the velocity is high enough to reduce the residence time in the hot walls zone.
  • FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention ejector 243 placed inside of exhaust pipe 240 .
  • the local exit flow of stream 244 is at higher speed than the velocity of the incoming gas 1 absent the presence of ejector 243 . This is due to the majority of the gas 1 coming from the cylinder 220 being entrained into the ejector 243 at high velocity, as indicated by arrows 601 , due to the lowering of the local static pressure in front of the ejector 243 . As indicated by arrows 602 , a smaller portion of gas 1 bypasses and flows around the ejector 243 and over the mechanical supports 550 that position the ejector in the center of the pipe 240 .
  • the ejector 243 vigorously mixes a hotter motive stream provided by the air/gas source 241 (e.g., a compressor) with the incoming gas 1 stream at high entrainment rate.
  • the mixture is homogeneous enough to increase the temperature of the motive stream 600 of the ejector to a mixture temperature profile 700 that can quench any potential flame of the incoming flammable exhaust gas 1 .
  • the velocity profile of the efflux jet 800 leaving the ejector 243 is such that it reduces the residence time in the downstream portion of the exhaust pipe 240 , and further reduces the propensity of a flame, as well as streamlining the purging of the flow.

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