The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting an over-enriched fuel and air mixture to the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, is characterised in that it comprises: a hydrocarbon liquid fuel spray nozzle, at least one supply of a gaseous carrier, a fuel mixing and evaporation chamber and an injector nozzle to the engine combustion chamber (C.C.), configured such that, during operation, liquid fuel is supplied and heated and compressed gaseous carrier are supplied to the fuel mixing and evaporation chamber of this injector through the spray nozzle, where they are mixed and evaporated as a result of elevated temperature, and the mixture of evaporated fuel with a hot gaseous carrier with low oxygen content thus formed reaches the combustion chamber (C.C.), through the outlet, wherein the gaseous carrier is air or, alternatively, flue gas, at elevated pressure and temperature and having a composition that prevents the initiation of flame combustion, and the gaseous carrier has oxygen content low enough to prevent the initiation of combustion, even under conditions of elevated pressure and temperature.

The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting an over-enriched fuel and air mixture to the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, is characterised in that it comprises: a hydrocarbon liquid fuel spray nozzle, at least one supply of a gaseous carrier, a fuel mixing and evaporation chamber and an injector nozzle to the engine combustion chamber (C.C.), configured such that, during operation, liquid fuel is supplied and heated and compressed gaseous carrier are supplied to the fuel mixing and evaporation chamber of this injector through the spray nozzle, where they are mixed and evaporated as a result of elevated temperature, and the mixture of evaporated fuel with a hot gaseous carrier with low oxygen content thus formed reaches the combustion chamber (C.C.), through the outlet, wherein the gaseous carrier is air or, alternatively, flue gas, at elevated pressure and temperature and having a composition that prevents the initiation of flame combustion, and the gaseous carrier has oxygen content low enough to prevent the initiation of combustion, even under conditions of elevated pressure and temperature.

A device, system, and method are provided for blending multiple fuels in multiple states and optimizing the blended fuel for parameters including cost, energy content, pressure, etc. In a primary fuel/supplemental fuel system, the present invention allows a user to consume as much primary fuel as possible even if the primary fuel is hampered by inconsistent pressure or quality issue, thus ensuring a downstream engine runs continuously.

On the basis of a decrease in a high-pressure detection value and a low-pressure detection value during fuel control using a CNG injector, an electronic control unit automatically switches the combustion control to combustion control using a gasoline injector even when the amount of CNG remaining is insufficient. When the first shutoff valve is forcibly switched to an closed state by inputting a forcible shutoff command of a first shutoff valve to a terminal and the combustion control using the CNG injector is performed, a switching process to the combustion control using the gasoline injector is inhibited regardless of the decrease in the high-pressure detection value and the low-pressure detection value.

In a method for controlling an internal combustion engine, during a standard operating mode a specified first fuel quantity is injected by actuating a first fuel injector during a first actuation period and by an accompanying opening of a first valve needle, and a specified second fuel quantity is injected by actuating a second fuel injector during a second actuation period and by an accompanying opening of a second valve needle, and (i) during a first calibration operating mode, a calibration actuation of the first fuel injector is performed while an actuation of the second fuel injector is carried out, or (ii) during a second calibration operating mode, a calibration actuation of the second fuel injector is carried out while an actuation of the first fuel injector is carried out.

A bi-fuel control system can include an electronic control module and a control unit that are in communication with each other. The system can include a first set of fuel injectors that are configured to deliver a primary fuel to an engine and can include a second set of fuel injectors that are configured to deliver a secondary fuel to the engine. The bi-fuel control system can operate in either a primary operational state in which the first set of injectors is used or a secondary operational state in which the second set of injectors is used. In either operational state, the electronic control module can control the respective set of injectors independently from the control unit.

A biodiesel conversion kit is provided for a diesel engine. The biodiesel conversion kit may include a plurality of soft fuel lines with a Teflon inner sleeve, the plurality of soft fuel lines configured to couple a fuel reservoir to a series of unitized fuel injection assemblies. The biodiesel conversion kit may also include a first hard fuel line comprising a first bend angle configured to couple to a first soft fuel line of the plurality of soft fuel lines, a second hard fuel line comprising a second bend angle configured to couple to a second soft fuel line of the plurality of soft fuel lines, and a third hard fuel line comprising a third bend angle configured to couple to a third soft fuel line of the plurality of soft fuel lines.