AU2010202653B1 - Assisted Propulsion System - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
-20 A fueling system for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine; said system including a first and second liquid fuel delivery line and a hydrogen gas supply line; characterized 5 in that supply of liquid fuel to said engine is switchable between said first liquid fuel delivery line and a combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply; said engine being operable on a conventional configuration of said liquid fuel supply only, 10 and wherein, when said engine is operated via said combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply, hydrogen is provided to an air intake manifold of said engine.
Description
P/00/009 Regulation 3.2 AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION Invention Title: ASSISTED PROPULSION SYSTEM The invention is described in the following statement together with the best method of performing it known to us: Our Ref: 102014 -2 ASSISTED PROPULSION SYSTEM The present invention relates to fuel systems for internal combustion engines and, more particularly, to the 5 provision of fuel additives. BACKGROUND The realisation that "peak oil" is imminent, or in the view of some experts, has already past, there is an urgent 10 need to replace the transport industry's reliance on fossil fuels with alternatives, but also to extend the efficiency of fossil fuel usage into the foreseeable future. Many fuel enhancing systems have been devised though few have lived up to the expectation or promises 15 accompanying their introduction, and there remains a need for a fossil fuel enhancement system which can stretch the fossil fuel reserves and deliver real cost saving to the industry. Although systems which promote the combination of 20 hydrogen gas with a conventional liquid fuels are known, they typically suffer from safety concerns as well as a lack of energy saving in real terms. This is especially true of the so-called "Brown's Gas" systems which produce a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen through water electrolysis 25 "on-board" the vehicle or as associated equipment in the case of stationary diesel power generating plants.
-3 It is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel enhancing system based on almost pure hydrogen. It is another object of the invention to provide a system in which a user may select to operate on either 5 liquid fuel only, or on a combination of liquid fuel and hydrogen. It is an object of the present invention to address or at least ameliorate some of the above disadvantages. 10 Notes 1. The term "comprising" (and grammatical variations thereof) is used in this specification in the inclusive sense of havingn" or "including", and not in the exclusive sense of "consisting only of". 15 2. The above discussion of the prior art in the Background of the invention, is not an admission that any information discussed therein is citable prior art or part of the common general knowledge of persons skilled in the art in any country. 20 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION Accordingly, in a first broad form of the invention, there is provided a fueling system for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine; said system including a first and second liquid fuel delivery line and a hydrogen gas supply line; -4 characterized in that supply of liquid fuel to said engine is switchable between said first liquid fuel delivery line and a combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply; said engine being operable on 5 a conventional configuration of said liquid fuel supply only, and wherein, when said engine is operated via said combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply, hydrogen is provided to an air intake manifold of said engine. 10 Preferably, said first liquid fuel delivery line comprises said conventional configuration of an existing fuel delivery line of a combustion engine powered vehicle; said fuel line connecting a standard liquid fuel tank of said vehicle with fuel injection equipment of said engine. 15 Preferably, said second fuel delivery line is an auxiliary fuel delivery line installed between said liquid fuel tank and said fuel injection equipment. Preferably, a hydrogen gas line conveys hydrogen gas from a hydrogen gas tank to said an air intake of said engine. 20 Preferably, each of said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines is provided with a fuel solenoid valve. Preferably, said second liquid fuel line is further provided with an adjustable fuel flow regulator, -5 Preferably, an electronic relay is connected between said fuel solenoid valves of said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines; said relay operable from a control switch provided on a control panel of said vehicle. 5 Preferably, said switch provides selection of liquid fuel flow from said liquid fuel tank through either said first or said second liquid fuel delivery line, Preferably, said adjustable fuel flow regulator restricts flow of said liquid fuel through said second liquid fuel 10 line to a percentage of fuel flow through said first liquid fuel line. Preferably, said percentage is approximately 50%. Preferably, wherein said hydrogen gas line extends between a hydrogen gas cylinder mounted in a rear portion of said 15 vehicle and an inlet manifold of said engine; said hydrogen gas line provided with a gas regulator valve. Preferably, said hydrogen gas line is further provided with a flame arrestor element mounted between said gas regulator valve and said inlet manifold. 20 Preferably, said liquid fuel is a hydrocarbon based fuel. Preferably,said liquid fuel is any one selected from petrol, Liquid Petroleum Gas, diesel or ethanol. In another broad form of the invention, there is provided a method of enhancing fuel economy of a fuel-injected internal -6 combustion engine powered vehicle; said method includes the steps of: (a) installing a second liquid fuel delivery line between a liquid fuel tank of said vehicle and fuel 5 injection equipment of said engine, (b) providing solenoid valves and an electronic relay to allow selection of liquid fuel flow through either a first liquid fuel delivery line or said second liquid fuel delivery line, 10 (c) providing a hydrogen gas supply system for delivery of hydrogen gas to said engine in conjunction with liquid fuel through said second liquid fuel delivery line, Preferably, liquid fuel flow through said second liquid fuel 15 delivery line is regulated to a percentage of liquid fuel flow through said first liquid fuel delivery line. In yet another broad form of the invention, there is provided a method of switching from a first fuel delivery system for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine to a 20 second economy enhancing fuel delivery system; said first fuel delivery systems comprising delivery of liquid fuel to said engine; said second delivery system comprising delivery of a combination of said liquid fuel and hydrogen gas; said method including the steps of: -7 (a) providing switching between liquid fuel flow through either of a first liquid fuel delivery line or a second liquid fuel delivery line; said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines extending between 5 a liquid fuel tank and said internal combustion engine, (b) regulating liquid fuel flow through said second liquid fuel delivery line to a percentage of liquid fuel flow through said first liquid fuel delivery 10 line, (c) switching from flow of said liquid fuel through said first liquid fuel delivery line to flow through said second liquid fuel delivery line, (d) simultaneously switching on a flow of hydrogen gas 15 to said internal combustion engine when liquid fuel flow is provided through said second liquid fuel delivery line, and wherein said gas is provided from a compressed hydrogen gas cylinder; said hydrogen gas provided to an air intake 20 manifold of a fuel-injected said internal combustion engine. Preferably, said percentage is approximately 50%. In another broad form of the invention, there is provided a method of switching from a supply of liquid fuel to a supply -7A of liquid fuel in combination with a hydrogen gas supply, to an a fuel-in-jected internal combustion engine; said method including the steps of; (a) activating a solenoid controlled regulator provided on 5 a liquid fuel supply line between a liquid fuel tank and liquid fuel injection equipment of said engine, (b) simultaneously activating said hydrogen gas supply, (c) wherein said solenoid controlled regulator reduces flow of said liquid fuel to a percentage of the flow through 10 said liquid fuel supply line when said regulator is in an deactivated state, , and wherein said gas is provided from a compressed hydrogen gas cylinder; said hydrogen gas provided to an air intake manifold of said internal combustion engine, 15 Preferably, said percentage is approximately 50%, - 8 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing wherein: 5 Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a fuel delivery system of the assisted propulsion system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 10 First Preferred Embodiment With reference to Figure 1, an internal combustion engine powered vehicle 10 is provided with a standard liquid fuel delivery system comprising a liquid fuel delivery line 12 (hereinafter the first liquid fuel 15 delivery line) extending between a conventional fuel tank 14 and the fuel injection equipment of the engine 16. The fuel delivered by this conventional system may be a hydrocarbon fossil fuel, petrol, Liquid Petroleum Gas or diesel, or may be ethanol or some other liquid bio-fuel. 20 The present invention provides for an auxiliary or second liquid fuel delivery line 18 also extending between the liquid fuel tank 14 and the fuel injection equipment of the engine 16. A fuel solenoid valve 20 is installed on the first liquid fuel delivery line 12 and a similar fuel 25 solenoid valve 22 is provided on the second liquid fuel delivery line 18 - 9 An electronic relay 24 is installed between the two fuel solenoid valves 20 and 20 and is operable by a switch (not shown) on the vehicle's control panel. By means of this relay 24 fuel flow through one of the two liquid fuel 5 delivery lines 12 or 18 may be cut off while simultaneously allowing fuel to flow through the other; that is, when solenoid valve 22 is open, solenoid valve 20 is closed and vice versa. Second liquid fuel delivery line 18 is further 10 provided with an adjustable fuel regulator valve 26 located between the liquid fuel tank 14 and the fuel solenoid valve 22. This adjustable regulator valve 26 restricts the liquid fuel flow through the second liquid fuel delivery line 18 to a percentage of that able to flow through the first 15 liquid fuel delivery line 12. Preferably, the percentage flow through the second liquid fuel delivery line 18 is approximately 50% of that through the first liquid fuel delivery line 12 at equivalent power demands, that is at equivalent accelerator 20 pedal positions. The system of the invention further provides for a hydrogen gas delivery system 28. This hydrogen gas delivery system comprises a compressed hydrogen gas cylinder 30 preferably mounted in the rear of the vehicle 10 as shown 25 in Figure 1. Supply of gas from cylinder 30, typically at up to 7 litres/minute depending on the application, is - 10 regulated by a gas regulator 32 mounted adjacent the cylinder 30. Suitable hosing or pipework 34, for example, low pressure stainless steel braided hosing or metal piping, connects the regulator's outlet to the air intake 5 manifold of the engine 16. A flame arrestor 36 is interposed between the engine air intake and the gas regulator 32 to stop a potential spark of flame in the engine flowing back to the hydrogen cylinder. In the case of an installation of the invention 10 in a passenger or similarly equipped road vehicle, gas regulator 32 includes a solenoid operated shut-off valve 38 which is electrically in communication with the airbag triggering system (not shown) of the vehicle. Thus in an accident sufficiently serious to cause a deployment of the 15 airbags of the vehicle, the gas supply is automatically shut off. A hydrogen flow control solenoid valve 40 mounted adjacent to the engine 14 is connected to the accelerator pedal linkages (not shown) of the engine. Depressing of the 20 accelerator pedal causes a proportional opening of the solenoid valve 40 and a corresponding increase in the flow of hydrogen flowing to the engine air intake. The arrangement is such that gas can only flow to the engine when there is at least some depression of the accelerator. 25 By this means, the engine 14 receives the required optimum mixture of liquid fuel and hydrogen gas when - 11 switched to the second liquid fuel delivery system of the invention. The hydrogen gas added to the conventional liquid, hydrocarbon fossil fuels becomes an active fuel enhancer, achieving up to 50% savings in current fuel costs 5 and up to 45% in greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen is highly soluble in hydrocarbon based fossil fuels and, when added to a liquid fuel such as petrol and diesel causes greater fragmentation within the combustion chamber, in effect producing a greater surface to volume ratio and 10 fuller burn. Second Preferred Embodiment In this further preferred embodiment of the invention, the restriction of liquid fuel flow to the internal combustion engine of a vehicle is effected by means of a 15 single, that is the pre-existing or standard, fuel line between the liquid fuel tank of the vehicle and the fuel injection equipment of the engine. In this arrangement, the existing liquid fuel line is provided only with a solenoid controlled adjustable regulator adapted to restrict the 20 flow of fuel to a percentage of normal flow when the regulator is activated by means of its solenoid control element. The activation of the regulator simultaneously brings into action the hydrogen gas supply system, arranged in the 25 same manner as described for the first embodiment above.
- 12 In Use The present system allows a vehicle (or other combustion engine powered device) equipped with the invention, to significantly enhance the fuel efficiency of 5 the vehicle or device and lower its operating cost. The production of pure hydrogen through the so-called "chemical path" method from hydrocarbon fossil fuels (such as natural gas) at large scale facilities can provide hydrogen at considerably lower cost and with smaller environmental 10 impact than can be provided by on-board electrolysis of water. Tests of the system of the present invention, have shown that fuel cost savings, taking into account the cost of the hydrogen used, can be up to 50% on average. In 15 addition to the savings in fuel costs, testing has shown the system of the invention also provides significant reductions in exhaust pipe emissions of total hydrocarbons (THC), including significant reductions in nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. 20 Because of the dual installation of the conventional liquid fuel delivery system on the one hand and the combined system of liquid fuel and hydrogen, the vehicle can be used in either mode. This is clearly advantageous in those situations in which a replacement supply of hydrogen 25 is not immediately to hand when the on-board cylinder becomes exhausted.
- 13 It will be clear from the above description that the fuel enhancing system of the invention, may be readily retrofitted to any conventionally fuelled internal combustion powered vehicle. It will also be understood 5 that, although the above description is focused on the application of the system to road vehicles, it may equally be applied to railway diesel engines, marine diesel engines as well as any sort of plant powered by an internal combustion engine. 10 The above describes only some embodiments of the present invention and modifications, obvious to those skilled in the art, can be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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1. A fueling system for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine; said system including a first and second liquid fuel delivery line and a hydrogen gas supply line; 5 characterized in that supply of liquid fuel to said engine is switchable between said first liquid fuel delivery line and a combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply; said engine being operable on a conventional configuration of said liquid fuel supply 10 only, and wherein, when said engine is operated via said combination of said second liquid fuel delivery line and said hydrogen gas supply, hydrogen is provided to an air intake manifold of said engine.
2. The fueling system of claim 1 wherein said first liquid 15 fuel delivery line comprises said conventional configuration of an existing fuel delivery line of a combustion engine powered vehicle; said fuel line connecting a standard liquid fuel tank of said vehicle with fuel injection equipment of said engine. 20
3. The fueling system of claim 1 or 2 wherein said second fuel delivery line is an auxiliary fuel delivery line installed between said liquid fuel tank and said fuel injection equipment. -15
4. The fueling system of any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein a hydrogen gas line conveys hydrogen gas from a hydrogen gas tank to said an air intake of said engine.
5. The fueling system of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein 5 each of said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines is provided with a fuel solenoid valve.
6. The fueling system of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein said second liquid fuel line is further provided with an adjustable fuel flow regulator, 10
7. The fueling system of claim 5 or G wherein an electronic relay is connected between said fuel solenoid valves of said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines; said relay operable from a control switch provided on a control panel of said vehicle, 15
8. The fueling system of claim 7 wherein said switch provides selection of liquid fuel flow from said liquid fuel tank through either said first or said second liquid fuel delivery line.
9. The fueling system of any one of claims 6 to 8 wherein 20 said adjustable fuel flow regulator restricts flow of said liquid fuel through said second liquid fuel line to a percentage of fuel flow through said first liquid fuel line.
10. The fueling system of claim 9 wherein said percentage is approximately 50%. -16
11, The fueling system of any one of claims 4 to 10 wherein said hydrogen gas line extends between a hydrogen gas cylinder mounted in a rear portion of said vehicle and an inlet manifold of said engine; said hydrogen gas line 5 provided with a gas regulator valve.
12, The fueling system of any one of claims 4 to 11 wherein said hydrogen gas line is further provided with a flame arrestor element mounted between said gas regulator valve and said inlet manifold. 10
13. The fueling system of any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein said liquid fuel is a hydrocarbon based fuel.
14, The fueling system of any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein said liquid fuel is any one selected from petrol, Liquid Petroleum Gas, diesel or ethanol.
15 15. A method of enhancing fuel economy of a fuel-injected internal combustion engine powered vehicle; said method includes the steps of: (a) installing a second liquid fuel delivery line between a liquid fuel tank of said vehicle and fuel 20 injection equipment of said engine, (b) providing solenoid valves and an electronic relay to allow selection of liquid fuel flow through either a first liquid fuel delivery line or said second liquid fuel delivery line, -17 (c) providing a hydrogen gas supply system for delivery of hydrogen gas to said engine in conjunction with liquid fuel through said second liquid fuel delivery line. 5
16. The method of claim 15 wherein liquid fuel flow through said second liquid fuel delivery line is regulated to a percentage of liquid fuel flow through said first liquid fuel delivery line,
17. A method of switching from a first fuel delivery system 10 for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine to a second economy enhancing fuel delivery system; said first fuel delivery systems comprising delivery of liquid fuel to said engine; said second delivery system comprising delivery of a combination of said liquid fuel and hydrogen gas; said 15 method including the steps of: (a) providing switching between liquid fuel flow through either of a first liquid fuel delivery line or a second liquid fuel delivery line; said first and second liquid fuel delivery lines extending between 20 a liquid fuel tank and said internal combustion engine, (b) regulating liquid fuel flow through said second liquid fuel delivery line to a percentage of liquid - 18 fuel flow through said first liquid fuel delivery line, (c) switching from flow of said liquid fuel through said first liquid fuel delivery line to flow through said 5 second liquid fuel delivery line, (d) simultaneously switching on a flow of hydrogen gas to said internal combustion engine when liquid fuel flow is provided through said second liquid fuel delivery line, and 10 wherein said gas is provided from a compressed hydrogen gas cylinder; said hydrogen gas provided to an air intake manifold of a fuel-injected said internal combustion engine.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein said percentage is 15 approximately 50%.
19. A method of switching from a supply of liquid fuel to a supply of liquid fuel in combination with a hydrogen gas supply, to a fuel-injected internal combustion engine; said method including the steps of; 20 (a) activating a solenoid controlled regulator provided on a liquid fuel supply line between a liquid fuel tank and liquid fuel injection equipment of said engine, (b) simultaneously activating said hydrogen gas supply, -19 (c) wherein said solenoid controlled regulator reduces flow of said liquid fuel to a percentage of the flow through said liquid fuel supply line when said regulator is in an deactivated state, , and 5 wherein said gas is provided from a compressed hydrogen gas cylinder; said hydrogen gas provided to an air intake manifold of said internal combustion engine.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein said percentage is approximately 50%. 10
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