JPH05255672A - Device for reforming fuel oil and combustion device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject device capable of stably providing reforming effects by equipping a fuel oil storage tank with a circulation path for recycling a fuel oil outside of the storage oil tank and a fuel supply path, installing devices or magnetizing the fuel oil in the middle of the circulation path and the fuel supply path and further inserting a fluid element of magnetic force into the fuel oil storage tank. CONSTITUTION:In a device of reforming a fuel oil in order to increase combustion efficiency by magnetizing treatment, a fuel oil storage tank 1 is equipped with a circulation path 10 for recycling the fuel oil in the fuel oil storage tank 1 outside the fuel oil storage 1 and a supply path 8 for consuming or furnishing the fuel oil and devices 5 and 12 for magnetizing the fuel oil are installed in the middle of the circulation path 10 and the supply path 8. Further a fluid element of magnetic force 2 made by laminating plural magnets 18a-18d through a spacer 19 composed of a non-magnetic material is inserted into the fuel storage tank 1 to stale provide sufficiently improved effects of fuel oil and to reduce fuel consumption ratio of the prepared fuel. The fuel oil supply path 8 attached to the fuel oil storage tank 1 is connected through the magnetizing device, a heater 5 and a filter 7 to a combustion device 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fuel oil reforming device for magnetically treating fuel oil to enhance combustion efficiency and a combustion device having the reforming device.

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2. Description of the Related Art Increasing the combustion efficiency of fuel oil not only reduces the cost but also saves resources, which is an important research subject for Japan, which has no petroleum resources.

Various attempts have been made to increase the combustion efficiency of fuel oil. As one of them, various fuel oils such as gasoline, kerosene, light oil, and heavy oil are magnetically treated. Experiments such as reducing the fuel consumption rate when burning the fuel with an engine, a boiler, etc. by magnetically treating these fuel oils, reducing exhaust black smoke in a diesel engine, or reducing the carbon monoxide concentration A report has been made.

Various views have been made as to why such a phenomenon occurs, but an experiment denying that view has also been reported, and a theoretical elucidation of why such a phenomenon has not yet been made. Is the current situation.

Various devices have been proposed for reforming fuel oil by magnetically treating it. For example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-96943, there is a fuel oil reforming device in which a large number of permanent magnets are arranged in a skewered shape so that the magnetic pole surfaces are vertical and are evenly arranged vertically and horizontally in an oil storage tank. Although proposed, it cannot be said that a sufficiently stable reforming effect of fuel oil can be obtained. Therefore, a fuel oil reforming apparatus that can obtain a sufficient fuel oil reforming effect has been desired.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel oil reforming apparatus and a combustion apparatus equipped with the reforming apparatus, which can stably obtain a sufficient fuel oil reforming effect.

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The above objects of the present invention are as follows: (1) The oil storage tank is provided with a circulation path for circulating the fuel oil in the oil storage tank outside the oil storage tank and a supply path for supplying the fuel to the fuel oil consumption area. A magnetic treatment device for magnetically treating fuel oil is provided in the middle of the circulation passage and the supply passage, and a magnetic fluid element formed by stacking a plurality of magnets via a spacer made of a non-magnetic material is provided in the oil storage tank. A fuel oil reformer characterized by being inserted. (2) A combustion apparatus, wherein a supply passage of the fuel oil reforming apparatus according to (1) above is connected to a combustion apparatus. (3) The combustion apparatus according to the above (2), wherein a magnetic treatment device is provided in the air supply path of the combustion device. Achieved by

The fuel oil that can be reformed by the fuel oil reforming apparatus of the present invention is not particularly limited, and various fuel oils can be reformed, such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel oil, heavy oil, etc. The mineral oil, vegetable oil, etc. can be mentioned.

The magnetic processing apparatus is a device in which a large number of magnets are arranged in a housing, and a substance to be processed flows across a line of magnetic force formed by the magnets. As these magnetic treatment devices, various types such as those that magnetically treat water and those that magnetically treat fuel oil are known,
In the present invention, these various magnetic processing devices can be used.

As a magnetic processing apparatus that can be used in the present invention, for example, the Japanese Patent Publication No.
A magnet laminate formed by alternately laminating magnetic pole pieces and disk-shaped magnets having through holes or notches in the periphery described in 2032 publication is arranged in a porous cylindrical body, and at both ends of the porous cylindrical body. A magnetic processing device in which an end plate having a through hole is provided, and an element body for preventing the flow of water is provided on the outer periphery of a porous cylindrical body is disposed in a housing, a disk described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-2033. -Shaped magnets arranged on both sides of the pole piece so that the N pole faces the pole piece, and disk-shaped magnets arranged on both sides of the pole piece so that the S pole faces the pole piece through a spacer. A magnetic processing device in which a plurality of laminated ones are arranged in a housing, a disk-shaped magnet is interposed via a spacer in a porous cylindrical body having a spiral structure on the outer periphery as described in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 3-20913. An example of the magnetic processing apparatus is a magnetic processing apparatus using a laminated magnet structure. Further, a magnet may be further arranged outside the housing of these magnetic processing devices. The magnet used in the magnetic processing apparatus preferably has a high magnetic flux density, and may be an electromagnet or a permanent magnet. For practical purposes, a ferrite magnet that is inexpensive and easily available is sufficient.

A magnetic fluid element formed by laminating a plurality of magnets via a spacer made of a non-magnetic material is, for example, a disk-shaped magnet and a non-magnetic material such as synthetic resin, ceramics, non-magnetic stainless steel or the like. An example of the spacer is a laminate made by using an adhesive or bolts and nuts. The external shape of the magnetic fluid element may be cylindrical or spherical, but it is preferable that the magnetic fluid element has a shape similar to a spherical shape because close packing can be performed. A magnet having a high magnetic flux density is preferable as the magnet used for the magnetic fluid element, but a ferrite magnet which is inexpensive and easily available is practically sufficient.

Examples of the combustion apparatus include internal combustion engines such as gasoline engines and diesel engines, burners used in boilers and the like.

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an oil storage tank, 2 is a magnetic fluid element, 3 is a filter, 4 is a pump, 5 is a magnetic treatment device, 6 is a heater, 7 is a filter, 9 is a combustion device, and 11
Is a pump, 12 is a magnetic processing device, 13 is a magnetic processing device,
Reference numeral 14 is an air filter, 15 is a fuel tank, 16 is a heater, and 17 is a pump. Further, 8 is a fuel supply path, 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a circulation path, the filter 3, the pump 4, the magnetic treatment device 5, the heater 6, and the filter 7 are provided in the fuel supply passage 8, and the pump 11, the magnetic treatment device 12 are provided in the circulation passage 1
It is set to 0.

In FIG. 1, the fuel oil in the fuel tank 15 is heated by the heater 16 and is put into the oil storage tank 1 by the pump 17 for temporary storage. A magnetic fluid element 2 is placed in the oil storage tank 1. The fuel temporarily stored in the oil storage tank 1 passes through the filter 3 provided in the fuel supply path 8 to remove foreign matters, is sent to the magnetic processing device 5 by the pump 4, is heated through the heater 6, and is heated by the filter 7 The foreign matters are again removed through the above-mentioned condition and supplied to the combustion device 9. The fuel in the oil storage tank 1 is circulated by the pump 11 through the circulation path 12. A magnetic treatment device 14 is arranged in the middle of the circulation path 12, and the fuel is magnetically treated here as well.

The fuel oil is a magnetic fluid element 2 in the oil storage tank 1, a circulation path 10 for circulating the fuel oil outside the oil storage tank 1, and a magnetic processing device 5 provided in the middle of a supply path 8 for supplying fuel to the combustion device 9. And 12 for magnetic treatment and modification.

Further, the air required for combustion is supplied to the combustion device 9 after being magnetically processed through the magnetic processing device 13 and the air filter 14.

An example of a magnetic fluid element suitable for use in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 and 3, 18a, 18b,
Reference numerals 18c and 18d denote circular flat plate-shaped ferrite magnets, which are laminated with a spacer 19 made of a non-magnetic material interposed therebetween. 20 is a magnet 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d
And bolts and nuts for stacking the spacers 19.

2 and 3, the magnets 18a, 1 are shown.
Although 8b, 18c, and 18d are laminated so that the N pole and N pole and the S pole and S pole face each other, they may be laminated so that the N pole and S pole face each other. However, the magnets 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d are
The modification effect is greater when the poles and the S poles are laminated so that the S poles face each other.

Next, an example of a magnetic processing apparatus suitable for use in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 21 denotes a housing, which is provided with an inlet / outlet port 22 for processing fuel oil or air.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a spiral structure, which is provided on the outer periphery of a perforated cylindrical body 24 made of non-magnetic punching metal, wire mesh or the like. Both ends of the porous tubular body 24 are closed by a lid 25, and a large number of magnets 27 are made of non-magnetic material, as shown in FIG. 5, inside the porous tubular body 24 and the lid 25. Bolts and nuts 2 through the spacer 28
6 is inserted integrally. The bolts and nuts 26 are magnets 27 and spacers 28.
It also serves to fix the laminated body consisting of the to the lid 25, which prevents the magnet 27 and the spacer 28 therein from moving.

In FIG. 5, the magnet 27 has N and N poles,
Although the S poles and the S poles are stacked so as to face each other, they may be stacked so that the N poles and the S poles face each other. However, the magnet 27 has a larger modification effect when stacked so that the N pole and the N pole face each other and the S pole and the S pole face each other.

In the above magnetic treatment apparatus, the fuel oil or air is guided by the spiral structure 23 through the area defined by the inner wall of the housing 21 and the outer wall of the porous cylindrical body 24 and flows into the porous cylindrical body 24. The porous cylindrical body 24 is repeatedly moved in and out through a plurality of through holes provided, and is magnetically processed by magnetic lines of force generated by the magnet 27 provided in the porous cylindrical body 24.

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According to the present invention, a sufficient fuel oil reforming effect can be stably obtained, and the fuel consumption rate of the obtained fuel can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an example of a magnetic fluid device used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the magnetic fluid device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a magnetic processing device used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a magnetic processing device used in the present invention.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An oil storage tank is provided with a circulation path for circulating fuel oil in the oil storage tank outside the oil storage tank and a supply path for supplying fuel to a fuel oil consumption area, and fuel oil is provided in the middle of the circulation path and the supply path. A magnetic treatment device for magnetically treating the above, and further, a magnetic fluid element formed by laminating a plurality of magnets via a spacer made of a non-magnetic material is inserted into the oil storage tank. Reformer. 2. A combustion apparatus, wherein a supply passage of the fuel oil reforming apparatus according to claim 1 is connected to a combustion apparatus. 3. The combustion device according to claim 2, wherein a magnetic treatment device is provided in an air supply path of the combustion device.