EP1251264B1 - Dispositif pour le traitement des carburants - Google Patents

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EP1251264B1
EP1251264B1 EP02002678A EP02002678A EP1251264B1 EP 1251264 B1 EP1251264 B1 EP 1251264B1 EP 02002678 A EP02002678 A EP 02002678A EP 02002678 A EP02002678 A EP 02002678A EP 1251264 B1 EP1251264 B1 EP 1251264B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G32/00—Refining of hydrocarbon oils by electric or magnetic means, by irradiation, or by using microorganisms
    • C10G32/02—Refining of hydrocarbon oils by electric or magnetic means, by irradiation, or by using microorganisms by electric or magnetic means
    • 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
    • F02M27/00—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like
    • F02M27/04—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by electric means, ionisation, polarisation or magnetism
    • F02M27/045—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by electric means, ionisation, polarisation or magnetism by permanent magnets
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a device for the treatment of fuels, preferably hydrocarbons, for internal combustion engines or furnaces with at least one magnet, a fuel line provided in the magnetic field and an intake and discharge of the fuel.
  • fuels preferably hydrocarbons
  • furnaces with at least one magnet, a fuel line provided in the magnetic field and an intake and discharge of the fuel.
  • impurities of the fuels play an important role in the treatment of the fuel by magnetic fields.
  • These foreign substances such as tar or bitumen, are always present, even in the fuels considered to be particularly pure. They reduce the viscosity of the fuel, cause caking on combustion chamber walls, valves and the walls of the supply lines and hinder the burning process.
  • By the action of magnetic fields to achieve a turbulence and dispersion of the foreign substances in the fuel with the result that these foreign substances do not settle on the walls.
  • the viscosity of the fuel is reduced, so that the flow resistance is reduced or the throughput is increased under otherwise identical conditions.
  • DE 299 14 247 A1 discloses a device in which the fuel is passed through a comparatively narrow gap of a ferromagnetic core.
  • the interaction duration between magnetic field and fuel is comparatively low. Due to the relatively low magnetization, the fuel savings and the reduction of the harmful exhaust gas components are not optimal.
  • small interaction times are also in the device according to WO 00/05499, in which the magnetization of the fuel by a parallel to the direction of flow of the fuel field of annular permanent magnet, and the device according to DE 197 32 834 A1 before, in which the fuel through the interior of one or more current-carrying coil is directed.
  • the invention has set itself the task of providing a device for the preparation of the fuel by means of magnetic fields, with which the magnetization of the fuel improves and thereby the fuel consumption and the emission of pollutants is further reduced, the device without costly conversion work can be integrated into any combustion system.
  • the proposed device has two tubes of different diameter, which are arranged concentrically to each other. Both tubes carry tube magnets with a pointing in the tube axis polarity, the magnets can be equally designed as permanent magnets or as electromagnets. Each two of the magnets provided on the outer and inner tubes form a pair whose partners are arranged in the same position with respect to the axis direction. The respective adjacent magnets in the axial direction and in the radial direction are polarized differently.
  • Both tubes include between them one or more gaps which receive the line for the supply of fuel, while the line for the discharge of the fuel is arranged inside the inner tube. It is essential to the invention that the line for the supply is performed several times in the axial direction through the device.
  • the selected arrangement of the magnets results in the formation of magnetic fields in the interspaces between the two tubes and in the interior of the inner tube, the contribution of the inner and outer magnets of a pair to the magnetic field in the interspaces being respectively rectified.
  • the line passes through for the supply of fuel Therefore, the arrangement several times in the axial direction and expands inside the inner tube to a larger diameter, the value of which preferably corresponds to that of the cross section of the inner tube.
  • Both measures can be achieved that the fuel is exposed to the magnetic field much longer than in known devices. In the former measure, the longer residence time due to the longer travel within the magnetic field, in the second mentioned decrease due to the delayed flow rate of the fuel within the magnetic field present in this area is achieved.
  • the cross section of the discharge line corresponds to (2xm) times the cross section of the supply line.
  • This specification of the cross sections causes the fuel in the discharge within the inner tube just as long as the present magnetic field is exposed as in the supply on its (2xm) -fold pass in the axial direction through the assembly.
  • the apparatus of the present invention may be used to advantage in any combustion system.
  • combustion engines such as 2-stroke, 4-stroke, gasoline or diesel engines, as well as jet engine or combustion plants.
  • jet engine or combustion plants for the installation of the proposed device in said combustion systems no costly conversion work on the systems themselves are required.
  • This embodiment is characterized by a particularly clear and compact structure.
  • Variants of the aforementioned embodiments are equipped with electromagnetic coils, each having a cylindrical bobbin.
  • the coil ends When operating the device in a motor vehicle, the coil ends are connected to the electrical poles of the vehicle battery, wherein the electrical polarity is selected so that the respective adjacent coils are respectively traversed in opposite directions by current.
  • the design of the tube magnets as electromagnets offers the advantage that the current intensity and thus the magnetic field strength generated within the coils can be varied within wide limits.
  • the magnetization of the fuel passed through the magnetic field can therefore also be variably predetermined. This flexibility is exploited with fluctuating fuel flow rate so that the amperage is selected in proportion to the flow rate so that the magnetization per unit volume of fuel remains constant.
  • An additional effect can be detected by measuring technology, if additional wires are provided perpendicular to the coil wires and thus in the direction of the magnetic field.
  • the application of constant or pulsed direct current of these wires is preferred.
  • the current flow through the coils can also be predetermined in the form of a clocked direct current. As practice has shown, this significantly increased fuel savings can be achieved.
  • one of the device according to the invention has tubes of square cross-section of different size, which are arranged concentrically to one another and rotated by 45 degrees about the tube axis against each other.
  • the cross sections are preferably chosen so that the diagonal of the cross section of the inner tube including the magnets applied to the tube is slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the outer tube.
  • the gaps between the two tubes then fill each space in the corner regions of the outer tube and each have a cross section of the shape of a triangle. In the area of the magnet pairs, these spaces are penetrated respectively in the same direction by the magnetic flux of the outer and inner coils.
  • the conduit for supplying the fuel is provided in the given tube geometry.
  • the conduit for supplying the fuel is provided in these spaces.
  • the line for feeding the fuel through each of the four spaces is looped, the supply line thus passes through the assembly four times in the axial direction.
  • the illustration is based on an embodiment with square tubes of different sizes, wherein the outer tube is designated by the reference numeral 1, the inner tube by the reference numeral 2. Both tubes are concentric with the axis 3 and rotated 45 degrees around the tube axis against each other. As a result of this design, the intermediate spaces 4, 5, 6, 7 located between the two tubes each have a cross-section of the shape of a triangle. The gaps 4 - 7 receive the line 8, 8 ', 8 ", 8"' for the supply of the fuel. The same number is intended to indicate that there are four sections of the same line, which passes through the present arrangement four times in the axial direction.
  • the tubes 1 and 2 are each provided with two coils 10 and 11 or 12 and 13, the coils 10 and 12 or 11 and 13 respectively located on the outer and inner tubes occupying the same position with respect to the axial direction.
  • the coil ends When operating the device in a motor vehicle, the coil ends are connected to the electrical poles of the vehicle battery.
  • the polarities, as indicated by the symbols (+), (-), are selected so that in each case adjacent coils are respectively traversed by current in opposite directions.
  • the contribution of the inner and outer magnets 10 and 12 or 11 and 13 of a pair to the magnetic field in the gaps 4-7 are respectively rectified.
  • the fuel is led from section 8 'of the supply line into section 8 "and from section 8" into section 8 "'
  • the connecting sections of the individual sections lie respectively at the front sides of the device, arrows 14-17
  • the dashed arrows 15 and 17 are an indication that the associated connectors are below the plane
  • the solid arrows 14 and 16 an indication that the corresponding connectors are above the plane of the drawing Due to this design of the supply line, the fuel passes through the magnetic field present in the intermediate spaces 4 -7 four times in the direction of the magnetic lines.
  • the proposed arrangement of magnet and fuel line causes the fuel to be exposed to the magnetic field much longer than in known devices.
  • the increase in the residence time is achieved by repeatedly looping through the supply lines and / or the discharge lines and / or delaying the flow rate of the fuel in the discharge line.
  • the magnetization of the fuel is improved thereby reducing the fuel consumption and the emission of pollutants.

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  1. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants, de préférence des hydrocarbures, pour les machines de combustion ou les installations de chauffage à l'aide d'au moins un aimant, d'une conduite de carburant prévue dans le champ magnétique, d'une amenée et d'une évacuation du carburant caractérisé par
    • la présence de 2x(n+1) aimants en forme de tube (10-13) avec une polarisation orientée en direction de l'axe du tube (3), sachant que n est donné par un nombre naturel,
    • dont à chaque fois (n+1) aimants (10, 11 ou 12, 13) sont disposés l'un à côté de l'autre en direction de l'axe sur un tube interne (2) et un tube externe (1) concentrique par rapport au tube interne,
    • sachant que les aimants (10-13) disposés sur le tube externe (1) et interne (2) prennent à chaque fois par couple la même position en direction de l'axe,
    • les aimants voisins étant à chaque fois polarisés de façon inversée, tant en direction de l'axe qu'en direction radiale,
    • l'alimentation du carburant dans l'espace intermédiaire (4 - 7) s'effectuant entre les deux tubes (1, 2),
    • et la conduite pour l'amenée (8 - 8''') traversant la direction de l'axe de préférence 2xm fois, sachant que m est donné par un nombre naturel,
    • l'évacuation du carburant s'effectuant à l'intérieur du tube interne (2),
    • sachant que le diamètre de la conduite pour l'évacuation (18) est plus grand que celui de l'amenée (8 - 8"), de préférence égal au diamètre du tube interne (2).
  2. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la section de la conduite pour l'évacuation (18) correspond à (2xm) fois la section de la conduite pour l'amenée (8 - 8").
  3. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que n = 1, et le nombre des aimants bruts (10 - 13) se monte ainsi à quatre.
  4. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon une des revendications 1 - 3, caractérisé par le fait que les aimants en forme de tube sont des bobines électromagnétiques (10 - 13) à corps de bobine cylindrique.
  5. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que des fils supplémentaires sont disposés de façon oblique par rapport à l'orientation des fils de la bobine.
  6. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon les revendications 4 ou 5 caractérisé par le fait qu'un courant continu et/ou synchronisé s'écoule à travers les bobines (10-13) et/ou les fils supplémentaires.
  7. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon une des revendications 1 - 6, caractérisé par le fait que les deux tubes (1, 2) présentent à chaque fois une section carrée et sont disposés avec une torsion de 45 degrés autour de l'axe du tube.
  8. Dispositif pour la préparation de carburants selon la revendication 7, caractérisé par le fait que m = 2, et qu'ainsi la conduite pour l'amenée (8 - 8"') parcours quatre fois la direction de l'axe.
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