ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,453, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Tianjin University (Tianjin, China).

"Ammonia-rich combustion coupled dual-mode prechamber ammonia-fueled engine control system" was invented by Lei Zhou (Tianjin, China), Zongkuan Liu (Tianjin, China), Lijia Zhong (Tianjin, China), Haiqiao Wei (Tianjin, China) and Gequn Shu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ammonia-rich combustion coupled dual-mode prechamber ammonia-fueled engine control system is provided, including an ammonia-fueled engine and an electronic control unit. The ammonia-fueled engine includes a combustion chamber, a dual-mode jet ignition device, and an ammonia ...