Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Feeding And Exhaust System For Internal Combustion Engine, Or Thermal Unit, And Respective Method Of Operation' Filed by Rhapis S. R. L.

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072110 A) filed by Rhapis S. R. L., Collazzone, Italy, on July 29, for 'feeding and exhaust system for internal combustion engine, or thermal unit, and respective method of operation.'

Inventor(s) include Rossi, Giulio.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Feeding system (1) for internal combustion engine (100), or thermal combustion unit, operating with fuel based on hydrocarbons or their derivatives and having at least one intake portion (101) for entering the fed gas into said combustion engine (100) or into said thermal combustion unit, and at least one exhaust portion (102) for exiting exhaust gas from said combustion engine (100) or from said thermal combustion unit, said system (1) comprising at least one sensor (3) for measuring the oxygen content of said exhaust gas coming out of said exhaust portion (102) and at least one exhaust line (2) fluidically connected to said exhaust portion (102) and being provided with a device (4) for cooling the exhaust gas and condensing the water vapor contained in said exhaust gas coming out of said exhaust portion and passing through said exhaust line (2), said system (1) being characterized by further comprising at least one recirculation pipeline (10) for fluidically connecting said exhaust line (2) to said inlet portion (101) of said combustion engine (100) or of said thermal combustion unit, and by comprising means (20) for injecting oxygen, or an oxygen mixture, into said recirculation pipeline (10) for transforming said exhaust gas at the outlet of said exhaust line into said fed gas, wherein the amount injected of oxygen is established depending on the oxygen content of said exhaust gas measured by said at least one sensor for measuring the oxygen content, said feeding and exhaust system further comprising purifying means for purifying said exhaust gas along said exhaust line (2) for eliminating further liquid and/or solid and/or gaseous combustion products contained in said exhaust gas."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 01, 2024, under International application No.PCT/IB2024/050921.

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