Patent ID: 8844473
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: F02G

Abstract:
1. A split cycle reciprocating engine, comprising: an intake that receives an air-fuel mixture, the mixture comprising a mixture of air and a gas fuel; a compression chamber, coupled to the reciprocating engine that compresses the mixture in a reciprocating piston chamber, the compression chamber comprising a first outlet; an oxidation chamber that is configured to receive the mixture from the first outlet of the compression chamber via a first inlet and to maintain oxidation of the mixture at an internal temperature beneath a flameout temperature of the mixture and sufficient to oxidize the mixture without a catalyst, the oxidation chamber comprising a second outlet; an expansion chamber, that receives oxidation product gas from the second outlet of the oxidation chamber and expands the product gas within the expansion chamber via a reciprocating piston; a detection module that determines the internal temperature within the reaction chamber; and a correction module that outputs instructions to reduce the internal temperature within the reaction chamber when an adiabatic temperature within the reaction chamber exceeds the flameout temperature of the fuel.