EP0424488A1 - Method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion

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EP0424488A1
EP0424488A1 EP90905523A EP90905523A EP0424488A1 EP 0424488 A1 EP0424488 A1 EP 0424488A1 EP 90905523 A EP90905523 A EP 90905523A EP 90905523 A EP90905523 A EP 90905523A EP 0424488 A1 EP0424488 A1 EP 0424488A1
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emulsion
water
fuel
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Armando Ulrich
Alfred Kessler
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"harrier" Gesellschaft fur Den Vertrieb Medizinischer und Technischer Gerate GmbH
Harrier GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M25/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
    • F02M25/022—Adding fuel and water emulsion, water or steam
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M25/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
    • F02M25/022—Adding fuel and water emulsion, water or steam
    • F02M25/0228—Adding fuel and water emulsion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
    • B01F23/41—Emulsifying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
    • B01F23/41—Emulsifying
    • B01F23/414—Emulsifying characterised by the internal structure of the emulsion
    • B01F23/4145—Emulsions of oils, e.g. fuel, and water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/10—Mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M25/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
    • F02M25/022—Adding fuel and water emulsion, water or steam
    • F02M25/0221—Details of the water supply system, e.g. pumps or arrangement of valves
    • F02M25/0225—Water atomisers or mixers, e.g. using ultrasonic waves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F2101/00—Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field
    • B01F2101/505—Mixing fuel and water or other fluids to obtain liquid fuel emulsions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/50—Circulation mixers, e.g. wherein at least part of the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B3/00—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
    • F02B3/06—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/87571—Multiple inlet with single outlet
    • Y10T137/87652—With means to promote mixing or combining of plural fluids
    • Y10T137/8766—With selectively operated flow control means

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  • the invention refers to a method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion, the apparatus comprising a rotationally symmetric vortex chamber with a tangential inlet and a tapering axial outlet. Further, the invention refers to a water-in-fuel emulsion produceable by the method.
  • the second vortex chamber tapers towards its axial outlet and ends there at the suction side of a pump wheel from which the liquid mixture is delivered to a compensation chamber surrounding the first vortex chamber and is fed back therefrom into the first vortex chamber through tangential intake openings at the transition of the first vortex chamber into the outlet of said vortex chamber.
  • This cycle is passed through by the liquid mixture at least ten times such that an emulsion with droplets suspended in the fuel and having an average size of 3 to 6 micron is created.
  • a corresponding emulsion portion is branched off from the cycle in the area of the biggest circumference of the second vortex chamber to the injection pump of the diesel motor and fresh premixed fuel and water are - as also the remaining emulsion not used up in the injection pump - introduced into the system at the suction side of the pump wheel .
  • the method for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion comprises introducing water and fuel, supplied in dosed quantities, into a flow vortex rotating about an axis and mixing the water and the fuel in said vortex to obtain a mixture thereof which is accelerated along said axis, whereafter the rotating mixture is suddenly decelerated and thereafter recirculated into the flow vortex.
  • the water and the fuel are seperately introduced into said flow vortex, the water being introduced into said vortex by high pressure at ⁇ mization, said mixture being compressed in a circulating pump after being decelerated and before being recirculated.
  • the emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion of water droplets dispersed in the fuel and produceable by the method, wherein ' the amount of water in the emulsion falls in the range of 5 to 35 Vol%, is characterized according to the invention by being a stable colloid with a water droplet seize of 1000 nm or less.
  • the apparatus of the invention having the construction as mentioned at the beginning of the present specification is characterized in that the axial end portion of the vortex chamber facing away from the outlet is surrounded by a ring channel running coaxially or spirally to the vortex chamber, the ring channel being connected to the vortex chamber via inlet slots which are at least approximately tangentially aligned to it and in which a fuel inlet channel tangentially ends, in that an electromagnetically controlled water injection nozzle leads into the ring channel or - preferably - into the end portion of the vortex chamber at the inlet side, in that the outlet of the vortex chamber opens via an enlargement into the suction chamber of a radial wheel which is arranged in a pump chamber having an outlet channel in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel to which a forward conduit leading to an consuming device or a storage, especially to the injection pump of a diesel engine, and a recirculation conduit leading to an emulsion inlet channel are connectable, said emulsion inlet channel
  • the fresh water is not premixed with the fuel but it is fed e. g. to the injection pump with a relatively high pressure of, for example, 5.5 to 6.5 bar and from there it is atomized into the ring channel or preferably directly into the vortex chamber.
  • the water is already fragmented into relatively small droplets which are further reduced in the rotating turbulent flow due to the expansion at the intake into the suction chamber and in the pump flow of the radial wheel and are distributed in the fuel.
  • the rotating turbulent flow is propelled due to the pressure of the fuel delivered with a fuel pump into the ring channel and of the emulsion portion repumped from the radial wheel into th ring channel, so that if the pump pressures are appropriately chosen a strong vortex with relatively small losses can be achieved.
  • the suction pressure being influenced by the design of the outlet of the vortex chamber, of the emulsion flowing out of the vortex chamber and thereby expanding is not disturbed, so that the radial wheel can be designed for a high pressure ratio between the exit pressure and the intake pressure for improving the generation of the emulsion.
  • the apparatus according to the invention it can be achieved in dependence on the layout of the drives and the structural layout of the flow cross sections that the average droplet size of the water in the emulsion is 1000 nm or even 100 to 200 nm, the emulsion having the state of a stable colloid, the colloidal particles showing a vigorous Brownian movement when observed with a ultramicroscope, and the colloidal state of the emulsion is further confirmed by the existance of a Tyndal phenomenon.
  • the water injection nozzle shall end at such a location of the ring channel or the vortex chamber that an atomization as fine as possible of the injected water is achieved. Due to the pressure conditions present in the whirling in the vortex chamber, it is therefore preferred to let the water injection nozzle end in the axis of the whirling, although it may also be suitable to arrange the water injection nozzle for an injection at an angle to the axis of the whirling.
  • the axis of the radial wheel can be positioned at an angle to the axis of the vortex in the vortex chamber.
  • the enlargement at the inlet in the suction chamber of the radial wheel is preferably of stepped design in order to achieve the strongest possible expansion and turbulence of the flow leaving the vortex chamber at this location.
  • the rotationally symmetric vortex chamber itself can be designed mainly in the shape of a hollow cylinder or in the shape of a hollow heart in the axial section. However, it is preferred to design the vortex chamber in the shape of a hollow pear. Further it is preferred to arrange the outlet channel of the pump chamber parallel to the axis of the radial wheel because the flow leaving the radial wheel is thereby subject to a rough change in its direction which can facilitate fineness of the generation of the emulsion.
  • the load condition of the motor determined by the actual position of the throttle pedal of the vehicle, or the position of the control rod of the injection pump, the barometric environmental pressure and/or the specific weight of the used fuel.
  • the barometric pressure is measured via a barometric cell which gives the command to the electronic control device to inject more water in case of a high barometric pressure and less water in case of a low barometric pressure. Thereby it is prevented that a decrease of performance occurs due to the water content in the fuel being too high if, for example, a pass is traversed.
  • the specific weight of the supplied fuel can be determined with a balance inserted into the fuel supply conduit. More water is injected in case of a fuel with a high specific weight as compared to a fuel with a low specific weight.
  • the water is delivered to the injection nozzle out of a separate water container preferably using a high pressure pump.
  • a water circulation cycle having a high flow rate of for instance 120 1/h to which the water injection nozzle is connected, can be provided.
  • the return flow into the water container is very high because even during the operation of the biggest motors not more than 40 1/h are used.
  • a heat exchanger which is heated by the cooling water of the motor is arranged in the return flow branch of the water circulation cycle.
  • the water fed back into the water container is heated. This heating of the water serves as an antifreezing measure as long as the vehicle is in operation.
  • Fig. 1 a section along the axis of the apparatus
  • Fig. 2 a cross section along the section line A-A in figure 1 in a slightly enlarged scale.
  • the apparatus is composed of a plurality of formed casing boxes bolted to each other.
  • the apparatus encloses a rotationally symmetric, hollow pear-shaped vortex chamber 1 having an exponentially tapering outlet 2 which leads via a stepped enlargement 3 to the suction chamber 4 of a radial pump wheel 5 which is driven by an electric motor 6.
  • the pear-shaped head of the vortex chamber 1 is surrounded by a ring channel 7 in which a fuel inlet channel 8 tangentially ends and which itself leads to the vortex chamber 1 via inlet slots 9 tangentially aligned to the vortex chamber 1.
  • a water injection nozzle 10 ends in the axis thereof which is controlled by an electromagnet 11 in such a manner that the supplied water is discontinuously atomized into the whirling in the vortex chamber 1.
  • the vortex chamber 1, the cylindrical suction chamber 4 and the radial wheel are coaxially aligned to each other.
  • the pump chamber 12 which houses the radial wheel 5 opens in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel 5 into an outlet channel 13 running parallel to its axis.
  • the outlet channel 13 angularly passes over to a connection bore 14 for the connection of a T-piece.
  • One stealch of the T-piece leads to the injection pump of a diesel motor and the other branch of the T-piece leads via a recirculation conduit to an emulsion inlet channel 15 which also opens tangentially into the ring channel 7.
  • the reverse conduit of the injection pump is connected to an intake channel 16 opening laterally into the suction.chamber 4.
  • the fuel is delivered by a ' fuel pump with, depending on the type of vehicle, 1.5 to 3.0 bar ⁇ through the fuel inlet channel 8 into the ring channel 7 from where the fuel is fed through the inlet slots 9 into the vortex chamber 1 and is imparted a circular spiral motion.
  • the water is supplied to the water injection nozzle 10 by a high pressure pump, particularly a gearwheel high pressure pump, which can electrically or mechanically be driven by the motor and generates, for example, a pressure of 10 bar being reduced by a pressure reducing valve to 5,5 to 6,5 bar depending on the motor and is atomized via the water injection nozzle 10 into the whirling generated in the vortex chamber 1.
  • the injection nozzle is operated electromechanically.
  • the jet needle is • pressed by a helical spring on its seat if the magnet winding of the electric magnet 11 is without current.
  • the jet needle is lifted from its seat, for instance by about 0.1 mm, by the current impulse for the magnet winding.
  • the water flows out of the water injection nozzle 10 through the created annular gap during, for example, 1 to 1.5 s.
  • the valve needle can be provided with a spray needle.
  • the rotating turbulent flow is accelerated in the tapering outlet 2 of the vortex chamber 1 which causes the pressure to drop correspondingly.
  • the flow conditions are preferably adjusted such that, at the exit out of the outlet 2 into the suction chamber 4, the steam pressure is not quite reached so that the cavitation state is approached as near as possible but without reaching it. Due to the stepped enlargement 3, the flow expands during the change-over to the suction chamber 4 and is then taken in by the radial wheel 5 and is expanded radially outwardly in it. Due to the coaxial arrangement of the radial wheel 5 to the vortex chamber 1 the propelling of the rotating turbul-snt flow in the vortex chamber 1 is promoted by the suction pressure of the radial wheel 5.
  • the radial wheel 5 is driven by the electric motor 5, preferably with a constant number of revolutions of, for example, 3000 r.p. .
  • the centrifugal pump formed with the radial wheel 5 has, for instance, a hourly performance of 240 1 at a suction height of 1,5 m.
  • the emulsion leaves the pump chamber 12 through the outlet channel 13 and the connection bore 14 and is divided thereafter by the T-piece.
  • One part is fed to the injection pump whereas the larger part is reintroduced into the ring channel 7 and therewith into the vortex chamber 1 via the recirculation conduit and the emulsion inlet channel 15.
  • the part of the emulsion not used up by the injection pump is resucked by the radial wheel 5 into the circulation circuit via the intake channel 16.
  • the formation of the emulsion mainly takes place in the rotating turbulent flow in the vortex chamber 1. It is essentially supported, however, by the injection and atomization of the water due to the water injection nozzle 10 and by the flow conditions in the radial wheel 5.
  • the emulsion according to the invention Due to the generation of the emulsion according to the invention it is not only achieved that the nitrogen monoxide portion and the soot portion in the exhaust gas of the diesel motor are considerably reduced but also a reduction of the particle size in the exhaust gas is achieved. Moreover the smell of the exhaust gas is substantially improved, which means that the smell of the gas is less objectionable to normal exhaust gases of diesel motors.

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Abstract

Method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion. The apparatus for generating a fuel water emulsion for the operation of an injection pump, particularly that of a diesel motor, comprising a rotationally symmetric vortex chamber (1) with a tangential inlet and a tapering axial outlet. In order to generate a fine homogeneous emulsion in colloidal state, having a size of the suspended water droplets of 1000 nm or less, the axial end portion of the vortex chamber (1) facing away from the outlet is surrounded by a ring channel (7) running coaxially to the vortex chamber (1), the ring channel (7) being connected to the vortex chamber (1) via inlet slots (9) which are tangentially aligned to it and in which a fuel inlet channel (8) tangentially ends. An electromagnetically controlled water injection nozzle (10) leads into the end portion of the vortex chamber (1) at the inlet side thereof. The outlet (2) of the vortex chamber (1) opens via an enlargement (3) into a suction chamber (4) of a radial wheel (5) which is arranged in a pump chamber (12) having an outlet channel (13) in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel (5) to which a forward conduit leading to the injection pump and a recirculation conduit leading to an emulsion inlet channel (15) are connectable which also ends tangentially into the ring channel (7). An intake channel (16), to which a return conduit coming from the injection pump is connectable, leads into the suction chamber (4) of the radial wheel (5).

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Method and Apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and e ulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion
The invention refers to a method and apparatus for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion, the apparatus comprising a rotationally symmetric vortex chamber with a tangential inlet and a tapering axial outlet. Further, the invention refers to a water-in-fuel emulsion produceable by the method.
It is known that by adding water to diesel fuel the operating temperature of the motor and the nitrogen monoxide portion and the soot portion in the exhaust gas can be reduced. A comparable conclusion is also valid for oil burners. However, to achieve this it is decisive that the diesel fuel and the water are transferred to the form of an emulsion in which smallest water droplets are suspended in the diesel fuel. For this reason it has already been proposed to introduce a premixed fuel water mixture tangentially into a rotationally symmetric vortex chamber tapering continuously towards its axial outlet with which a channel tapering in direction of the flow is connected via a stepped enlargement. The channel terminates in a second nearly pear-shaped vortex chamber whose axis is perpendicular to that of the first vortex chamber. Also the second vortex chamber tapers towards its axial outlet and ends there at the suction side of a pump wheel from which the liquid mixture is delivered to a compensation chamber surrounding the first vortex chamber and is fed back therefrom into the first vortex chamber through tangential intake openings at the transition of the first vortex chamber into the outlet of said vortex chamber. This cycle is passed through by the liquid mixture at least ten times such that an emulsion with droplets suspended in the fuel and having an average size of 3 to 6 micron is created. A corresponding emulsion portion is branched off from the cycle in the area of the biggest circumference of the second vortex chamber to the injection pump of the diesel motor and fresh premixed fuel and water are - as also the remaining emulsion not used up in the injection pump - introduced into the system at the suction side of the pump wheel .
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion and a water-in-fuel-emulsion produceable by said method and having very fine water droplets evenly distributed in the emulsion.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an apparatus of the present kind which is relatively simply designed and yet highly effective for the generation of the emulsion.
The method for producing a water-in-fuel-emulsion comprises introducing water and fuel, supplied in dosed quantities, into a flow vortex rotating about an axis and mixing the water and the fuel in said vortex to obtain a mixture thereof which is accelerated along said axis, whereafter the rotating mixture is suddenly decelerated and thereafter recirculated into the flow vortex. According to the invention, the water and the fuel are seperately introduced into said flow vortex, the water being introduced into said vortex by high pressure atσmization, said mixture being compressed in a circulating pump after being decelerated and before being recirculated.
The emulsifier-free water-in-fuel-emulsion of water droplets dispersed in the fuel and produceable by the method, wherein ' the amount of water in the emulsion falls in the range of 5 to 35 Vol%, is characterized according to the invention by being a stable colloid with a water droplet seize of 1000 nm or less.
Further, the apparatus of the invention, having the construction as mentioned at the beginning of the present specification is characterized in that the axial end portion of the vortex chamber facing away from the outlet is surrounded by a ring channel running coaxially or spirally to the vortex chamber, the ring channel being connected to the vortex chamber via inlet slots which are at least approximately tangentially aligned to it and in which a fuel inlet channel tangentially ends, in that an electromagnetically controlled water injection nozzle leads into the ring channel or - preferably - into the end portion of the vortex chamber at the inlet side, in that the outlet of the vortex chamber opens via an enlargement into the suction chamber of a radial wheel which is arranged in a pump chamber having an outlet channel in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel to which a forward conduit leading to an consuming device or a storage, especially to the injection pump of a diesel engine, and a recirculation conduit leading to an emulsion inlet channel are connectable, said emulsion inlet channel also opening tangentially into the ring channel, and in that an intake channel, to which a return' conduit coming from the consuming device or storage is connectable, leads into the suction chamber of the radial wheel.
Consequently, in the apparatus according to the invention, the fresh water is not premixed with the fuel but it is fed e. g. to the injection pump with a relatively high pressure of, for example, 5.5 to 6.5 bar and from there it is atomized into the ring channel or preferably directly into the vortex chamber. Thereby the water is already fragmented into relatively small droplets which are further reduced in the rotating turbulent flow due to the expansion at the intake into the suction chamber and in the pump flow of the radial wheel and are distributed in the fuel. The feedback of the major part of the mixture leaving the outlet channel of the pump chamber into the ring channel and from there into the vortex chamber serves for the homogenisation of the emulsion, whereas the emulsion portion not used up by the injection pump is resucked into the emulsion circuits via the suction chamber of the radial wheel.
The rotating turbulent flow is propelled due to the pressure of the fuel delivered with a fuel pump into the ring channel and of the emulsion portion repumped from the radial wheel into th ring channel, so that if the pump pressures are appropriately chosen a strong vortex with relatively small losses can be achieved. Further, due to the proposal according to the invention that the fresh fuel as well as the recirculated emulsion portion are fed not directly at the suction side of the radial wheel but into the vortex head in the vortex chamber, the suction pressure, being influenced by the design of the outlet of the vortex chamber, of the emulsion flowing out of the vortex chamber and thereby expanding is not disturbed, so that the radial wheel can be designed for a high pressure ratio between the exit pressure and the intake pressure for improving the generation of the emulsion.
With the apparatus according to the invention it can be achieved in dependence on the layout of the drives and the structural layout of the flow cross sections that the average droplet size of the water in the emulsion is 1000 nm or even 100 to 200 nm, the emulsion having the state of a stable colloid, the colloidal particles showing a vigorous Brownian movement when observed with a ultramicroscope, and the colloidal state of the emulsion is further confirmed by the existance of a Tyndal phenomenon.
The water injection nozzle shall end at such a location of the ring channel or the vortex chamber that an atomization as fine as possible of the injected water is achieved. Due to the pressure conditions present in the whirling in the vortex chamber, it is therefore preferred to let the water injection nozzle end in the axis of the whirling, although it may also be suitable to arrange the water injection nozzle for an injection at an angle to the axis of the whirling.
Also the axis of the radial wheel can be positioned at an angle to the axis of the vortex in the vortex chamber. Here, however, it is also preferred to arrange the radial wheel and its rotationally symmetric suction chamber coaxial to the vortex chamber in order to help to propel the whirling due to the motion of rotation of the radial wheel.
The enlargement at the inlet in the suction chamber of the radial wheel is preferably of stepped design in order to achieve the strongest possible expansion and turbulence of the flow leaving the vortex chamber at this location.
The rotationally symmetric vortex chamber itself can be designed mainly in the shape of a hollow cylinder or in the shape of a hollow heart in the axial section. However, it is preferred to design the vortex chamber in the shape of a hollow pear. Further it is preferred to arrange the outlet channel of the pump chamber parallel to the axis of the radial wheel because the flow leaving the radial wheel is thereby subject to a rough change in its direction which can facilitate fineness of the generation of the emulsion.
It is preferred to operate the water injection nozzle discontinuously. By this measure the fine atomization of the injected water and the mixing of the atomized water droplets is supported.
Due to the injection of the water into the fuel via an electromechanically controlled injection nozzle in accordance with the invention, the possibility arises to control the amount of injected water and thereby the quota of the water in the emulsion being fed to the injection pump of the motor in dependence on the operating state of the motor. It is true that a certain inertia arises up to the point where the control becomes effective due multiple circulation through the emulsifying cycle. However this control inertia can be kept small by the choice of a high pressure ratio between the inlet and the outlet of the vortex chamber which results in an accordingly small period of the recirculation cycle. Concerning the operation of the diesel motor with pure fuel without adding water, it is further possible to branch off the diesel fuel before its intake into the ring channel toward the injection pump of the motor by providing bypass conduits and controlled magnetic valves. Therewith the emulsion circulation is separated from the injection pump. If a discontinuous operation of the water injection nozzle is provided, such a control of the water content in the emulsion can be effected through the length and the distances of the opening intervals of the injection nozzle, whereby travel of the nozzle valve is kept constant. The number of revolutions of the motor is preferably applied as regulating variable. However it is preferred to use as additional regulating variable the load condition of the motor determined by the actual position of the throttle pedal of the vehicle, or the position of the control rod of the injection pump, the barometric environmental pressure and/or the specific weight of the used fuel. The barometric pressure is measured via a barometric cell which gives the command to the electronic control device to inject more water in case of a high barometric pressure and less water in case of a low barometric pressure. Thereby it is prevented that a decrease of performance occurs due to the water content in the fuel being too high if, for example, a pass is traversed. The specific weight of the supplied fuel can be determined with a balance inserted into the fuel supply conduit. More water is injected in case of a fuel with a high specific weight as compared to a fuel with a low specific weight.
The water is delivered to the injection nozzle out of a separate water container preferably using a high pressure pump. Thereby a water circulation cycle, having a high flow rate of for instance 120 1/h to which the water injection nozzle is connected, can be provided. The return flow into the water container is very high because even during the operation of the biggest motors not more than 40 1/h are used. Preferably this is in that a heat exchanger which is heated by the cooling water of the motor is arranged in the return flow branch of the water circulation cycle. Thereby the water fed back into the water container is heated. This heating of the water serves as an antifreezing measure as long as the vehicle is in operation.
In the following the invention is explained by means of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention which generates the fuel water emulsion. In the drawing shows:
Fig. 1 a section along the axis of the apparatus and
Fig. 2 a cross section along the section line A-A in figure 1 in a slightly enlarged scale.
The apparatus is composed of a plurality of formed casing boxes bolted to each other. The apparatus encloses a rotationally symmetric, hollow pear-shaped vortex chamber 1 having an exponentially tapering outlet 2 which leads via a stepped enlargement 3 to the suction chamber 4 of a radial pump wheel 5 which is driven by an electric motor 6. The pear-shaped head of the vortex chamber 1 is surrounded by a ring channel 7 in which a fuel inlet channel 8 tangentially ends and which itself leads to the vortex chamber 1 via inlet slots 9 tangentially aligned to the vortex chamber 1. At the crest of the hollow pear-shaped vortex chamber 1 a water injection nozzle 10 ends in the axis thereof which is controlled by an electromagnet 11 in such a manner that the supplied water is discontinuously atomized into the whirling in the vortex chamber 1.
The vortex chamber 1, the cylindrical suction chamber 4 and the radial wheel are coaxially aligned to each other. The pump chamber 12 which houses the radial wheel 5 opens in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel 5 into an outlet channel 13 running parallel to its axis. The outlet channel 13 angularly passes over to a connection bore 14 for the connection of a T-piece. One hranch of the T-piece leads to the injection pump of a diesel motor and the other branch of the T-piece leads via a recirculation conduit to an emulsion inlet channel 15 which also opens tangentially into the ring channel 7. The reverse conduit of the injection pump is connected to an intake channel 16 opening laterally into the suction.chamber 4.
In operation of the apparatus, the fuel is delivered by a'fuel pump with, depending on the type of vehicle, 1.5 to 3.0 bar δ through the fuel inlet channel 8 into the ring channel 7 from where the fuel is fed through the inlet slots 9 into the vortex chamber 1 and is imparted a circular spiral motion. The water is supplied to the water injection nozzle 10 by a high pressure pump, particularly a gearwheel high pressure pump, which can electrically or mechanically be driven by the motor and generates, for example, a pressure of 10 bar being reduced by a pressure reducing valve to 5,5 to 6,5 bar depending on the motor and is atomized via the water injection nozzle 10 into the whirling generated in the vortex chamber 1. The injection nozzle is operated electromechanically. The jet needle is • pressed by a helical spring on its seat if the magnet winding of the electric magnet 11 is without current. The jet needle is lifted from its seat, for instance by about 0.1 mm, by the current impulse for the magnet winding. The water flows out of the water injection nozzle 10 through the created annular gap during, for example, 1 to 1.5 s. For purposes of better atomization the valve needle can be provided with a spray needle.
The rotating turbulent flow is accelerated in the tapering outlet 2 of the vortex chamber 1 which causes the pressure to drop correspondingly. The flow conditions are preferably adjusted such that, at the exit out of the outlet 2 into the suction chamber 4, the steam pressure is not quite reached so that the cavitation state is approached as near as possible but without reaching it. Due to the stepped enlargement 3, the flow expands during the change-over to the suction chamber 4 and is then taken in by the radial wheel 5 and is expanded radially outwardly in it. Due to the coaxial arrangement of the radial wheel 5 to the vortex chamber 1 the propelling of the rotating turbul-snt flow in the vortex chamber 1 is promoted by the suction pressure of the radial wheel 5. The radial wheel 5 is driven by the electric motor 5, preferably with a constant number of revolutions of, for example, 3000 r.p. . The centrifugal pump formed with the radial wheel 5 has, for instance, a hourly performance of 240 1 at a suction height of 1,5 m. The emulsion leaves the pump chamber 12 through the outlet channel 13 and the connection bore 14 and is divided thereafter by the T-piece. One part is fed to the injection pump whereas the larger part is reintroduced into the ring channel 7 and therewith into the vortex chamber 1 via the recirculation conduit and the emulsion inlet channel 15. The part of the emulsion not used up by the injection pump is resucked by the radial wheel 5 into the circulation circuit via the intake channel 16.
The formation of the emulsion mainly takes place in the rotating turbulent flow in the vortex chamber 1. It is essentially supported, however, by the injection and atomization of the water due to the water injection nozzle 10 and by the flow conditions in the radial wheel 5.
Due to the generation of the emulsion according to the invention it is not only achieved that the nitrogen monoxide portion and the soot portion in the exhaust gas of the diesel motor are considerably reduced but also a reduction of the particle size in the exhaust gas is achieved. Moreover the smell of the exhaust gas is substantially improved, which means that the smell of the gas is less objectionable to normal exhaust gases of diesel motors.

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[received by the International Bureau on 16 August 1990 (16.08.90) ; original claim 3 am-ended; all other claims unchanged (1 page) ] that the outlet
( 2 ) of the vortex chamber ( 1 ) opens via an enlargement
( 3 ) into a suction chamber ( 4 ) of a radial wheel
( 5 ) which is arranged in a pump chamber ( 12 ) having an outlet channel ( 13 ) in the area of the circumference of the radial wheel ( 5 ) for connection of a recirculation line leading to an emulsion inlet channel ( 15 ) , said emulsion inlet channel ( 15 ) also opening tangentially into the ring channel ( 7 ) .
4. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the water injection nozzle (10) opens coaxially into the end portion of the vortex chamber (1) at the inlet side thereof.
5. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the radial wheel (5) and its rotationally symmetrically designed suction chamber (4) are arranged coaxially in respect to the vortex chamber (1) .
6. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the enlargement (3) at the intake into the suction chamber (4) of the radial wheel (5) is of stepped embodiment.
7. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the vortex chamber (1) has the shape of a hollow pear.
8. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the outlet channel (13) of the pump chamber (12) runs parallel to the axis of the radial wheel (5) .
9. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the water injection nozzle (10) is operated discontinuously.
10. Apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the opening intervals of the water injection nozzle (10), with
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