Patent ID: 9371732
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F01B,F01K,F01N,F02B,F02D,F02M,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a chamber; inlet valving operable to admit constituents of a combustible mixture into said chamber for combustion therein to provide a pressure increase in said chamber; first input valving operable to admit a liquid into said chamber; a control system arranged to control said first input valving such that said liquid is admitted to said chamber to compress at least one constituent of said combustible mixture; outlet valving operable to release an outflow of said liquid contained in said chamber from said chamber under an influence of said pressure increase as an energy output of said chamber; second input valving operable to selectively admit a heated aqueous fluid comprising a mist, steam or a combination thereof into a region of said chamber in which combustion of said combustible mixture occurs to promote a hydrogen separation process in said chamber to provide hydrogen that is combusted in said chamber; and a supply system operable to supply said heated aqueous fluid to said second input valving.