JP2010111839A - Aqueous fuel, and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-cost aqueous fuel which is prepared by mixing through emulsifying or dissolving water and a fuel oil in a stable state such as in a high water content ratio of 50% of water and 50% of the fuel oil, and which can provide a high combustion energy and has a high utility; and to provide a method for producing the same. <P>SOLUTION: Activated water prepared by activating water by resonance electromagnetic waves, dissolving homogeneously a thickener by adjusting pH of the water to adapt the viscosity to a viscosity of a base fuel oil, and activated base fuel oil obtained by adding a suitable amount of a lubricant to the fuel oil and activating the fuel oil by resonance electromagnetic waves, are mixed as a stable oil-water mixture in a high water content ratio to make the aqueous fuel in a low cost. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an aqueous fuel in which water and fuel oil are dissolved or emulsified and mixed, and a method for producing the same.

  In recent years, emulsion fuels in which water is mixed with fuel oil have been developed and developed as measures to prevent rapid warming of petroleum, which is a limited reserve, and global warming due to exhaust gas during fossil fuel combustion.

  Emulsified mixing of water and oil is roughly classified into water-in-oil type mixing and oil-in-water type mixing. Most conventional emulsion fuel oils are in oils containing 20% or less of moisture in the fuel oil. There is almost no emulsion fuel with water-type mixing, high water content and stable water-in-oil mixing or oil-in-water mixing.

  Originally, since water has a large specific heat and is inert, when water is mixed in the fuel oil, the combustion energy of the fuel oil is lost to the water, and combustion becomes unstable. However, when emulsified and mixed with water that has been stably and uniformly refined, when the water mixed with the base fuel reaches the boiling point or higher, a steam explosion occurs and combustion energy is higher than when only the base fuel is burned. It is a well-known fact that

  However, in order to obtain the effects as described above, it is indispensable to emulsify and mix as much water as possible as fine water droplets in the base fuel oil in a stable state for a long time.

  However, most emulsion fuels currently being developed use additives such as special emulsifiers and surfactants to stabilize water and base oil in an emulsified state. It has been a problem that due to oxidative deterioration and the use of a large amount of additives, fluidity is deteriorated and combustion energy cannot be obtained sufficiently. (Patent No. 3776188 and Patent No. 3103923).

  Recently, water is separated from the hydrogen bonds of water molecules by resonance electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic field energy, etc., and the water is made combustible by refining water clusters and promoting water vapor explosion. Although a method has been developed, water is activated and the surface activity is increased, so that it can be easily dissolved in oil.On the other hand, when the water content in a certain amount is exceeded, oil-water separation tends to be accelerated, which prevents water-oil separation. Therefore, there is a case where a large amount of sodium chloride or the like is added, but there is a concern about clogging of the liquid distribution pipe due to precipitation of the sodium chloride solution. (JP 2008-45022).

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by adding a small amount of a plant-derived thickener to water adjusted for PH, and increasing the viscosity of water, particularly active water, the viscosity is low and oil-water separation is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of stably emulsifying and mixing even a base fuel that is easily produced, and generating a water-based fuel composed of water and a base fuel.
Japanese Patent No. 3776188 Japanese Patent No. 3103923 JP2008-45022

  In order to solve such a problem, the present inventor uniformly dissolves a plant-derived thickener in water having a liquidity of PH 9 to 12, and stirs and mixes with mineral oil or vegetable oil fuel oil. The present inventors have found that water and base fuel oil can be stably emulsified and mixed by applying the fact that fine particles of fuel oil having a specific gravity difference from water are uniformly and stably suspended in water.

  That is, in order to solve the above problems, the method for producing aquatic fuel of the present invention adds a plant-derived thickener, such as carrageenan, at a rate of about 1000 ppm to water adjusted to a pH of 9-12, By increasing the viscosity, oil droplets are stably suspended and mixed in water, or water droplets are stably suspended and mixed in oil.

  By stirring and mixing water and base fuel oil with increased viscosity at a high shear rate by the above-mentioned method, the water and oil particles are made finer, for example, even when the amount of water is increased to the same amount as fuel oil. A time-stabilized aquatic fuel can be produced.

  In general emulsion fuel, water mixing in the emulsion is promoted by water-in-oil emulsion mixing by separating hydrogen bonds with resonant electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic fields, etc., and using activated water with small clusters. It is said that water becomes a combustible and high combustion heat can be obtained. On the other hand, since the oil-water separation of the oil-in-water emulsion mixing becomes faster because the water cluster becomes smaller and activated, there is a problem that water cannot be mixed at a larger rate as the oil-in-water emulsion fuel. According to the present invention, by adjusting the viscosity of the active water with a plant-derived thickener, the suspension of the aquatic fuel that is stable for a certain period of time even when the active water is increased to approximately the same amount as the base fuel oil. Can be generated.

  Furthermore, a general emulsion fuel has a low viscosity and is likely to cause engine seizure. However, according to the present invention, an aqueous fuel produced by adding a lubricating mineral oil to the fuel oil. It is characterized in that seizure of the engine can be prevented by appropriately increasing the viscosity of the engine.

  According to the method for producing a marine fuel according to the present invention, a marine fuel can be produced efficiently at low cost using a small apparatus. Further, by stably mixing water with a base fuel oil with a high water content as a combustible agent, it becomes possible to reduce the generation of greenhouse gases, which is a major cause of global warming. Furthermore, by producing aquatic fuel mixed with bioethylene, it becomes more effective in reducing greenhouse gases.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of an apparatus for producing aquatic fuel according to the present invention.

  Compressed air supplied from the air compressor 1 is flow-adjusted by the air flow rate adjusting valve 3 through the compressed air pipe 2, and passed through a resonance electromagnetic wave generator 5 filled with natural stone, ceramic or metal that generates resonance electromagnetic waves, By aeration of the raw material water of the aquatic fuel injected into the active water tank 9 from the diffuser tube 7, the hydrogen bonds of water molecules are cut off, and the water is made into active water with fine clusters and high dissolved oxygen content. .

  During the aeration process of water, from the thickener storage tank 12 storing the plant-derived thickener, the addition amount is adjusted via the flow rate adjusting valve 21 and the thickener is injected into the active water tank 9. And increase the viscosity of water as appropriate.

  In the above-described thickening step of active water, the thickener is uniformly dissolved in the active water by adjusting the pH of water to 9 to 12 in advance by electrolysis or a pH adjuster.

  The flow rate of the compressed air supplied from the air compressor 1 is adjusted by the air flow rate adjusting valve 4 through the compressed air pipe 2 and passed through a resonant electromagnetic wave generator 6 filled with natural stone, ceramic or metal that generates resonant electromagnetic waves. By aeration of the base fuel of raw material of the aquatic fuel injected into the base fuel oil tank 10 from the diffuser tube 8, the hydrocarbon bond of the base fuel is cut and the base fuel is activated.

  During the aeration process of the above-mentioned base fuel oil, the amount of addition is adjusted through the flow rate adjusting valve 26 from the lubricant oil storage tank 16 storing a lubricant such as a commercially available engine oil, and injected into the base fuel oil tank 10. Improve the lubricity of the synthetic fuel as appropriate.

  Active water aerated with compressed air that generates resonant electromagnetic waves is sucked from the active water tank 9 by the active water transfer pump 13, and base fuel oil that has been aerated with compressed air that generates resonant electromagnetic waves is extracted with the base fuel oil pump 14. Then, the active water and the base fuel oil are stirred and mixed by the two-liquid mixing static mixer 17 and injected into the aquatic fuel tank 11.

  The aquatic fuel injected into the aquatic fuel tank 11 is circulated through the static mixer 18 by the aquatic fuel pump transfer pump 15, and a uniform and stable aquatic fuel is generated by high-speed shearing.

  In this aquatic fuel generation method, flow rate adjustment valves 21 to 26 are arranged so that an optimum apparatus operating state can be obtained. Automatic operation is also possible by remotely operating this flow control valve.

  That is, according to the aqueous fuel generation method of the present embodiment, the water for generating the aqueous fuel and the base fuel oil are activated by irradiating resonance electromagnetic waves, and about 1000 ppm of the plant-derived thickener is added to the activated water. Add and increase viscosity, add lubricant such as engine oil to activated base fuel oil to improve lubricity, and active water and base fuel oil can be dissolved or emulsified stably, using a small device, Aquatic fuel can be produced efficiently at low cost.

  As an example of the present invention, about 20 L of active water treated with resonance electromagnetic waves added with about 2 g of plant-derived thickener and about 20 L of A heavy oil added with 2 g of engine oil are stirred and mixed to produce an aquatic oil production tank. After being transferred to, the aqua fuel produced by circulating and mixing with a gear pump and static mixer for 5 minutes is allowed to stand for 24 hours and then used as fuel for boilers and diesel engines. Was confirmed.

Industrial applicability

  According to the present invention, the viscosity of water activated by resonance electromagnetic waves is appropriately increased in accordance with the viscosity of the base fuel oil, and the base fuel oil to which a proper amount of lubricant is added is stably mixed with a high moisture content. The fuel can be generated, can be used as a substitute for the existing fuel oil, and the generation of carbon dioxide due to the combustion of fossil fuel can be greatly reduced.

These show the flowchart of the production method of the aquatic fuel based on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air compressor 2 Compressed air pipe 3 Air flow rate adjustment valve 4 Air flow rate adjustment valve 5 Resonance electromagnetic wave generator 6 Resonance electromagnetic wave generator 7 Air diffuser tube 8 Air diffuser tube 9 Active water tank 10 Base fuel oil tank 11 Aquatic fuel tank 12 Thickening Agent tank 13 Active water transfer pump 14 Base fuel oil transfer pump 15 Water fuel transfer pump 16 Lubricant tank 17 Two-component mixed static mixer 18 Static mixer 19 Active water supply pipe 20 Base fuel oil supply pipe 21-26 Flow rate adjustment valve

Claims (5)

  Pressurized air is injected from one end of a cylinder filled with ceramic, natural stone, or metal that generates resonant electromagnetic waves with an air blower or air compressor, and the air excited by the resonant electromagnetic waves discharged from the other is water and By aeration of the fuel oil for a certain period of time, the activated base fuel oil of mineral oil or vegetable oil having a broken hydrocarbon chain and hydrogen activated by cutting a hydrogen bond to become flammable water, An aqueous fuel in which both are stirred and mixed, and active water combusted in an activated base fuel oil is stably dissolved or emulsified and mixed, and a method for producing the same.   The water-based fuel according to claim 1, wherein a water-based fuel is produced by adding a plant-derived thickener to the water so that oil-water separation is less likely to occur. Generation method.   When producing the aquatic fuel according to claim 1 and claim 2, the pH of water is raised to a specified value by an appropriate method so that the plant-derived thickener is uniformly dissolved in water. Characterized aquatic fuel and its production method   In producing the aquatic fuel according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a mineral oil having lubricity is added to the fuel oil to prevent seizure of the internal combustion engine, thereby increasing the viscosity of the produced oil. Aquatic fuel and its production method.   The method for increasing PH of claim 3 wherein the PH is adjusted to 9 or more and 12 or less by the addition of a PH regulator such as electrolysis of water or calcined calcined water.

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