Patent ID: 7806111

Claim:
An internal combustion engine having at least one piston cylinder comprising: a housing enclosing twin gas injectors and having two inlet openings for separate supply of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to a combustion chamber of the piston cylinder, and two inlet valves and associated nozzle needles, wherein the combustion chamber has an outlet opening for ejection of a combustion product; a thermolysis catalyst covering the combustion chamber, which thermolysis catalyst includes two hollow cylinders arranged at a distance from one another and concentrically and surrounding an intermediate space, wherein the walls of the hollow cylinders defining the intermediate space have a metal coating for release of the heat of combustion acting on the inner hollow cylinder; and wherein the outer hollow cylinder includes an inlet opening for the supply of water, an outlet opening for the release of oxyhydrogen gas, and a temperature sensor for control of water supply.