GB2185783A - Fuel treatment device - Google Patents
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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
- F02M31/00—Apparatus for thermally treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture
- F02M31/02—Apparatus for thermally treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture for heating
- F02M31/12—Apparatus for thermally treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture for heating electrically
- F02M31/125—Fuel
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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
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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
- F02M27/08—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by sonic or ultrasonic waves
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- 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
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Abstract
In a device (10) for treating fuel supplied to an I.C. engine fuel passes through a housing (11) from an inlet (15) to an outlet (16) during which time the molecules of the fuel are agitated so as to provide for more efficient combustion. In one embodiment the fuel passes through tubes (22) extending from an inlet manifold (19) to an outlet manifold (20) in the housing (11), each tube (22) having an infra red element (23) herein. Alternative embodiments (Figs. 3 and 4) use piezo-electric or microwave generating means. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Fuel saving device
This invention relates to fuel saving devices, and in particular to devices whose purpose is to enable the more efficient combustion of fuel in internal combustion engines to be achieved.
The invention provides a fuel saving device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet for fuel, and energising means located in said housing and operable to agitate the molecules of a fuel passing through said housing. Said energising means may comprise ultrasonic or electromagnetic wave generating means and in the latter case may comprise microwave or infra-red wave generating means.
Embodiments of fuel saving devices in accordance with the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure l is a partly cutaway elevation of one embodiment. Figure 2 is a section on line ll-ll of Fig. 1, Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of a second embodiment, and Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment.
Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown a fuel saving device 10 comprising a cylindrical housing 11. The ends of the housing 11 are closed by end plates 12 and a further end plate 13 at one end. The plates 12, 13 are maintained in position sealing the ends of housing 11 by means of bolts 14. An inlet 15 and outlet 16 are provided so that fuel may be passed into the housing 11 through inlet 1 5 and out of the housing 11 through outlet 16 to an internal combustion engine (not shown). A locator bar 17 extends between the end plates 12 along the axis of the housing 11, and mounted on the bar 17 are two discs 18. The discs 18 are spaced from the end plate 12 to provide an annular inlet manifold space 19 and an annular outlet manifold space 20 with which the inlet 15 and outlet 16 respectively communicate.Extending between aligned apertures 21 in discs 18 are a plurality of tubes 22, in each of which is an infra-red element 23. By this means fuel may enter the device 10 through inlet 15 into inlet manifold 19, through the tubes 22 to outlet manifold 20 and then out of outlet 16 to the engine. In the tubes 22 the fuel is subjected to infra-red radiation to agitate the molecules of the fuel and cause expansion of the fuel so that combustion thereof in the engine may be more efficient. By this means significant savings of fuel can be achieved, particularly in the case of diesel engines for which the device is particularly suited. To maintain the apparatus in a most efficient working condition a temperature probe 24 is located in a recess 25 provided in the further end plate 13.
Referring now to Fig. 3 there is shown a fuel saving device 30 comprising a housing 31 having an inlet 32 and an outlet 33. A piezoelectric ultrasonic generator 34 is secured to one side of the housing 31 with the diaphragm 35 thereof located in the wall of the housing 31 and an electrical supply is connected to the electrodes 36 of the generator 34. As fuel passes through the housing 31 from the inlet 32 to the outlet 33 it is subjected to ultrasonic vibrations which agitate the molecules of the fuel.
Referring now to Fig. 4 there is shown a fuel saving device 40 comprising a housing 41 having an inlet 42 and an outlet 43. Provided in opposed sidewalls of housing 41 are the capacitor plates 44 of a microwave generator 45 to which an electrical supply is connected.
As fuel passes through the housing 41 from the inlet 42 to the outlet 43 it is subjected to microwave radiation which agitate the molecule of the fuel.
In each case the agitation of the molecules of the fuel causes expansion thereof and enables combustion of the fuel in the engine to be effected more efficiently. The devices may be connected to the electrical circuit of a vehicle containing the engine so that effective operation of the device commences substantially immediately on switching on the vehicle's ignition circuit. In this way the engine does not have to become warmed up before the device is operating efficiently as occurs with known fuel pre-heaters which incorporate heat exchangers using the exhaust or engine cooling systems of the engine. This ensures that the present device is most effective at and soon after start-up when the engine would be running at its least efficient condition.
1. A fuel saving device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet for fuel, and energising means located in said housing and operable to agitate the molecules of a fuel passing through said housing.
2. A fuel saving device according to claim 1 wherein said energising device comprises ultrasonic generating means.
3. A fuel saving device according to claim 1 wherein said energising device comprises electromagnetic wave generating means.
4. A fuel saving device according to claim 3 wherein said energising device comprises microwave generating means.
5. A fuel saving device according to claim 3 wherein said energising device comprises infra red wave generating means.
6. A fuel saving device according to claim 5 wherein said housing is a cylinder whose opposed ends are closed by end plates.
7. A fuel saving device according to claim 6 wherein said end plates are retained in position by bolts extending through said cylinder and said end plates.
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Claims (18)
1. A fuel saving device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet for fuel, and energising means located in said housing and operable to agitate the molecules of a fuel passing through said housing.
2. A fuel saving device according to claim 1 wherein said energising device comprises ultrasonic generating means.
3. A fuel saving device according to claim 1 wherein said energising device comprises electromagnetic wave generating means.
4. A fuel saving device according to claim 3 wherein said energising device comprises microwave generating means.
5. A fuel saving device according to claim 3 wherein said energising device comprises infra red wave generating means.
6. A fuel saving device according to claim 5 wherein said housing is a cylinder whose opposed ends are closed by end plates.
7. A fuel saving device according to claim 6 wherein said end plates are retained in position by bolts extending through said cylinder and said end plates.
8. A fuel saving device according to claim 7 comprising a locator bar extending axially of said housing.
9. A fuel saving device according to claim 8 comprising a pair of discs mounted on said locator bar, each disc being spaced from an end plate to define a manifold therebetween.
10. A fuel saving device according to claim 9 wherein said inlet communicates with an inlet one of said manifolds and said outlet communicates with the other of said manifolds being an outlet manifold.
11. A fuel saving device according to claim 10 comprising a plurality of tubes extending between said inlet and said outlet manifolds.
12. A fuel saving device according to claim 11 comprising an infra red element located in each of said tubes.
13. A fuel saving device according to claim 12 comprising a temperature sensing probe located in a further end plate of said housing.
14. A fuel saving device according to claim 2 comprising a piezo-electric generator secured to a wall of said housing and having a diaphragm thereof located in said wall.
15. A fuel saving device according to claim 4 wherein said housing has opposed sidewalls in each of which is located a respective capacitor plate of a microwave generator.
16. A fuel saving device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 or Fig. 3 or Fig.
4 of the accompanying drawings.
17. A motor vehicle comprising a fuel saving device according to any one of claims 1 to 16.
18. A motor vehicle according to claim 17 having an electrical supply which is connected to said energising means.
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GB08602181A GB2185783A (en) | 1986-01-29 | 1986-01-29 | Fuel treatment device |
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GB08602181A GB2185783A (en) | 1986-01-29 | 1986-01-29 | Fuel treatment device |
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EP0661424A1 (en) * | 1993-12-28 | 1995-07-05 | Shigenobu Fujimoto | Hydrocarbon fuel treatment method |
FR2718370A1 (en) * | 1994-04-06 | 1995-10-13 | Aubert Bruno | Pretreatment of reactants prior to entry into reactor |
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