EP2745000B1 - Verbesserte vorrichtung zur verbesserung der verbrennung eines kraftstoffes - Google Patents

Verbesserte vorrichtung zur verbesserung der verbrennung eines kraftstoffes Download PDF

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EP2745000B1
EP2745000B1 EP12748431.9A EP12748431A EP2745000B1 EP 2745000 B1 EP2745000 B1 EP 2745000B1 EP 12748431 A EP12748431 A EP 12748431A EP 2745000 B1 EP2745000 B1 EP 2745000B1
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Anselmo BUONINSEGNI
Tonino MAGNINI
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/22—Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines, e.g. arrangements in the feeding system
    • F02M37/30—Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines, e.g. arrangements in the feeding system characterised by heating means

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  • the present patent application for industrial invention relates to an improved device for the treatment of fuel taken from a tank through a pump.
  • This device is aimed at being installed in the vicinity of a combustion chamber and determines an improvement of the combustion of the fuels, whether they are in the liquid phase or in the vapour phase, through a double physical action.
  • the fuel driven by a fuel circulating pump through the device is subjected to two physical influences: heat and an intense magnetic field caused by the effect of a powerful electromagnet.
  • the fuel has a greater fluidity, due to the breakdown of the molecules, such as to facilitate the combustion reaction in the combustion chambers with the effect of producing a greater engine efficiency and a reduction of the polluting emissions.
  • DE 197 42 651 describes a device for treating the fuel prior to combustion, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • FR 2,926,606 teaches to arrange a ferromagnetic core within a fuel tank.
  • WO 2007/090 218 teaches to arrange coils on the outer surface of a fuel tank.
  • the device according to the invention has been designed to greatly enhance the main effect that determines the improvement of the combustion. This effect is the magnetism and is obtained thanks to the installation in the fuel transit chamber of a core of ferromagnetic material.
  • This ferromagnetic core is constructed with a screw-shaped rod, in order to provide turbulence to the circulating fluid.
  • the ferromagnetic core produces a magnetic field of very high intensity, by far higher than the vacuum. In this way the core behaves as a true magnet, adding to the force of the electromagnet.
  • a ferromagnetic core which is subjected to a magnetic field generated by a coil through which passes a current (solenoid), which becomes an electromagnet (Hopkinson's law), behaves as a true "preferred flow channel".
  • the device according to the invention is mounted after a fuel filter, if present, however, as close as possible to the combustion chamber.
  • the device (100) comprises an outer container (1), closed at its ends by two caps (2a, 2b) provided with a central hole (20a, 20b).
  • a tank (3) comprises an inlet duct (3a) for the entry of the fuel into the tank and an outlet duct (3b) for the exit of the fuel from the tank.
  • the inlet and outlet ducts (3a, 3b) protrude from opposite sides of the tank (3).
  • These inlet and outlet ducts (3a, 3b) are of the type with a reduction, in that they have different diameters depending on the fuel supply pipe installed on the vehicles, usually from 8 mm for cars and vans, 10 mm for trucks.
  • the inlet and outlet ducts (3a, 3b) are inserted respectively in the two central holes (20a, 20b) of the two caps, so as to protrude outward from the closed container, to be able to be coupled to the respective fuel-supply tubes (4a, 4b).
  • the fuel is supplied by a pump of the vehicle or plant. In this way the fuel passes through the tank (3).
  • the tank (3) is centred within the outer container (1), thanks to the coupling of the two inlet and outlet ducts (3a, 3b) within the two central holes (20a, 20b) of the caps.
  • a ferromagnetic core (6) is located inside the tank (3) arranged in axial position.
  • the ferromagnetic core (6) has the form of a screw in order to make the flow of fuel turbulent.
  • the ferromagnetic core (6) is fixed in the tank, in an axial position, by means of two sealing rings (7) provided with holes that allow the fuel to freely flow.
  • the sealing rings (7) have a peripheral edge coupled to the tank and a central portion coupled to the ferromagnetic core (6) so as to maintain the ferromagnetic core (6) in axial position within the tank.
  • At least one coil (5) is glued to the outside of the tank (3).
  • Preferably several coils (5) are connected in parallel to each other and supplied with low-voltage current, such as for example a 12V or 24 V supply voltage, which is typical for the batteries of vehicles.
  • filters (8a, 8b) are arranged in the tank (3), near the inlet duct (3a) and the outlet duct (3b), respectively, of the tank.
  • Each filter (8a, 8b) comprises a metal mesh provided with small holes, which, when the fuel passes through them, cause a fuel spraying. This spraying, combined with a turbulence phenomenon generated by the screw-shaped configuration of the ferromagnetic core (6), places the passing fluid in the best conditions, favouring and enhancing the effects generated by the powerful magnetic field produced by the coils (5).
  • the ferromagnetic core (6) behaves like a true magnet, adding to its own magnetic field, also a magnetic field of an electromagnet. (Hopkinson's law).
  • the Joule effect of the device due to the heating caused by the voltage drop on the electrical windings (5), is recovered in order to heat the fuel within the tank.
  • the filters (8) are used either as sprayers or as thermal bridges between the coils (5) and the core (6), or as direct heat exchangers with the fuel.
  • a gap (9) which is filled by casting a two-component epoxy resin, of the type used to embed the electronic circuits.
  • the epoxy resin perfectly seals the components inside the container (1) and prevents the hum or vibration produced by the coils (5) when they are supplied with current.
  • the container (1) is preferably made of metal, in order to dissipate the heat produced by the coils (5).
  • the caps (2a, 2b) are made of aluminium.
  • the tank (3) is made of copper, but can also be made of aluminium
  • Ii is important to emphasize that depending on the type of application, which the device is intended for, the tank (3) and, hence, the outer container (1) with the closing caps (2a, 2b), the ferromagnetic core (6), the sealing rings (7), the filters (8a, 8b) and the coils (5) are to be dimensioned proportionally, since the tank (3) will need different diameters depending on the different flow rates of the fuel.

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  1. Vorrichtung (100) zum Behandeln von Kraftstoffen vor Verbrennung, die folgende Merkmale aufweist:
    - einen Behälter (1), der an seinen Enden durch zwei Deckel (2a, 2b) mit einem Mittelloch (20a, 20b) geschlossen ist, und
    - einen Tank (3) mit einem Einlasskanal (3a) und einem Auslasskanal (3b), die von gegenüberliegenden Seiten des Tanks vorstehen und in die Mittellöcher (20a, 20b) der Deckel greifen, um so den Tank (3) mittig entlang einer Mittelachse des Behälters zu halten; wobei der Einlass- und der Auslasskanal (3a, 3b) aus dem Behälter herausstehen, um Rohre (4a, 4b) zum Zuführen von Kraftstoff (4) in Eingriff zu nehmen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dieselbe folgende Merkmale aufweist:
    - einen ferromagnetischen Kern (6), der axial in dem Tank (3) angeordnet ist, und
    - zumindest eine Spule (5), die an der Außenoberfläche des Tanks (3) innerhalb des Behälters (1) angeordnet ist, um so ein Magnetfeld zu erzeugen, das den ferromagnetischen Kern (6) magnetisiert.
  2. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß Anspruch 1, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass zwischen der zumindest einen Spule (5) und dem Behälter (1) ein Zwischenraum (9) bleibt, der mit Epoxidharz gefüllt ist.
  3. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass sie zumindest zwei Spulen (5) aufweist, die parallel geschaltet sind.
  4. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die zumindest eine Spule (5) mit einer Niederspannung von 12 V oder 24 V versorgt wird, die von der Batterie eines Fahrzeugs stammt.
  5. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der ferromagnetische Kern (6) die Form einer Schraube aufweist, um so einen verwirbelten Kraftstofffluss zu erzeugen.
  6. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass sie zwei Abdichtringe (7) aufweist, die den ferromagnetischen Kern (6) in einer Axialposition innerhalb des Tanks tragen.
  7. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass sie zwei Filter (8a, 8b) aufweist, die innerhalb des Tanks angeordnet sind, nahe dem Einlasskanal (3a) bzw. zu dem Auslasskanal (3b).
  8. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß Anspruch 7, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die Filter (8a, 8b) ein Netz aufweisen, das mit kleinen Löchern versehen ist, die ein Kraftstoffzerstäuben bewirken.
  9. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß Anspruch 7 oder 8, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die Filter (8a, 8b) aus einem wärmeleitenden Metallmaterial hergestellt sind, um Wärmebrücken zwischen der zumindest einen Spule (5) und dem ferromagnetischen Kern (6) zu erzeugen.
  10. Vorrichtung (100) gemäß einem der vorherigen Ansprüche, die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der Behälter (1), die Deckel (2a, 2b) und der Tank (3) aus einem Metallmaterial hergestellt sind.
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