WO2000014389A1 - Lubricant delivery to liquid gas fuelled two-stroke engine - Google Patents

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WO2000014389A1
WO2000014389A1 PCT/GB1999/002867 GB9902867W WO0014389A1 WO 2000014389 A1 WO2000014389 A1 WO 2000014389A1 GB 9902867 W GB9902867 W GB 9902867W WO 0014389 A1 WO0014389 A1 WO 0014389A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
    • F01M3/00—Lubrication specially adapted for engines with crankcase compression of fuel-air mixture or for other engines in which lubricant is contained in fuel, combustion air, or fuel-air mixture
    • 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
    • F02B43/00—Engines characterised by operating on gaseous fuels; Plants including such engines
    • 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
    • F02B75/00—Other engines
    • F02B75/02—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke
    • F02B2075/022—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle
    • F02B2075/025—Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke having less than six strokes per cycle two
    • 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
    • Y02T10/30—Use of alternative fuels, e.g. biofuels

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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering lubricant to a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel.
  • two-stroke engines are often considered more appropriate as a power unit for certain types of apparatus and vehicles than four-stroke engines.
  • two-stroke engines also require a different lubricating system.
  • lubrication is achieved by mixing the lubricating oil directly with the petrol.
  • Such mixture can be achieved as a pre-mix wherein the oil is added directly to the petrol in the fuel tank and in a ratio appropriate to the volume of petrol stored in the tank.
  • the oil can be mixed with the petrol as the petrol enters the engine and this is generally achieved by means of a mechanically driven pump mounted upon the engine .
  • Liquid gas fuels such as liquid propane gas, liquid natural gas or compressed natural gas are increasingly being used as fuels for internal combustion engines particularly so as to enhance performance and decrease emission levels and to limit costs in general.
  • an inherent problem arises in employing liquid gas fuels for two-stroke engines particularly since the common method of achieving lubrication mix with the fuel, i.e. introducing the lubricant directly into the fuel stored in the fuel tank, cannot be employed in view of the change in phase of liquid gas fuels from the liquid phase as stored in the fuel tank, to the gaseous phase as delivered to the engine after vaporisation .
  • the present invention therefore seeks to provide for a method and apparatus for delivering lubricant to a two- stroke engine and which does not suffer disadvantages with regards, for example, to performance, cost and emission levels.
  • a method of delivering lubricant to a two- stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel comprising pumping the said lubricant from a lubricant reservoir by means of a pump and driving the said pump by means of the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase as it travels from a fuel reservoir to the said engine .
  • the aforementioned method is particularly advantageous in that the amount of lubricant delivered for eventual mixing with the fuel can be metered directly by means of the flow rate of the liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase and which is directly proportional to the volume of vaporised gas eventually delivered to the two-stroke engine.
  • Such method is thus advantageously responsive to the performance of the engine, and in particular the volume of fuel actually delivered, so as to achieve an advantageously economic and high performance, non-polluting, mode of operation.
  • the pump comprises a positive displacement pump and also, the lubricating oil can be arranged to be pumped at a variable pressure.
  • the lubricating oil is advantageously arranged to be delivered to the engine at a location above the engine reed cage .
  • the method includes the step of monitoring the flow of lubricating oil and inhibiting operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring step.
  • lubricant delivery apparatus for a two- stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, comprising pump means for pumping the lubricant from a lubricant reservoir, the said pump means being arranged to be connected to a conduit for the liquid gas fuel and so as to be driven by the flow of the said liquid gas fuel in the said conduit in its liquid phase and as delivered to the engine .
  • the apparatus includes a return path for oil from the pump to the lubricant reservoir, and the return path may include a control valve which serves to control the pressure of the lubricant as delivered to the engine.
  • the apparatus includes a drive shaft operatively connected between the pump and a rotatable deflection means located in the said conduit and, in particular, the rotatable deflection means may comprise a paddle wheel.
  • the apparatus includes means for monitoring flow of the oil from the pump which serves to inhibit operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a liquid gas driven lubricating oil pump according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a cross-section along the line II-II of
  • FIG 1 there is illustrated a lubricating oil pump 10 embodying the present invention.
  • the pump 10 forms part of an operative connection between a liquid gas delivery pipe 12 in which a liquid gas fuel is delivered in the direction of arrows 12A, in its liquid phase, from the liquid gas fuel reservoir, i.e. fuel tank(not shown), to a vaporiser at which point it changes phase to its vapour phase for subsequent delivery to a reed cage associated with the two-stroke engine arranged to run on a liquid gas fuel.
  • the pump is likewise connected to a lubricating oil delivery pipe 14 and serves to draw, and deliver, lubricating oil in the direction of arrows 14A from an oil reservoir (not shown) and towards the engine at a location above the reed cage.
  • connection between the delivery pipes 12, 14 is achieved by means of a drive shaft (not shown) housed within a drive shaft housing 16.
  • the drive shaft is drivingly connected at one end to a gear type pump 18 which serves to pump the lubricating oil in the direction of arrows 14A as noted above, and at its other end to a paddle wheel type pump 20 in communication with the liquid gas flowing in the direction of arrows 12A as described above.
  • the gear type pump 18 includes an oil return valve 22 for allowing return of oil from the pump to the oil reservoir and which valve 22 is arranged to be adjustable so as to control the pressure at which the oil is delivered by the pump 18.
  • FIG 2 which is a cross-section along the lines II- II of Figure 1, clearly shows the construction of the paddle wheel type pump 20 employing a paddle wheel 24 mounted within the flow of the liquid gas as indicated by the arrows
  • the driving connection between the paddle wheel 23 and the gear type pump 18 serves to pump, in a proportionate manner, an appropriate volume of lubricating oil along the pipe 14 in the direction of arrows 14A and which volume of oil varies in accordance with the rate of flow of the liquid gas.
  • the lubricating oil is eventually delivered at a location above the reed cage.
  • a mixture of the liquid gas fuel (in its vapour phase) and air passes through the reed cage during its passage to the two-stroke engine. As it so passes through the reed cage, it effectively picks up lubricating oil which is then carried to all regions of the two-stroke engine requiring lubrication.
  • the gear type pump 18 is arranged to operate in a positive displacement mode which serves to draw the lubricating oil from its reservoir and subsequently ejects the lubricating oil out of the pump housing via a discharge pipe and into the engine at a location just above the reed cage as mentioned above.
  • the delivery pressure of the lubricating oil is advantageously controlled by means of the pressure control valve 22 sited in the lubricating oil return line between the gear pump 18 and the lubricating oil reservoir .
  • a safety device is fitted in the aforementioned oil return line to the lubricating oil reservoir and so as to dictate that the engine will not run if, for some reason, lubricating oil is not flowing. Since the flow of lubricating oil is responsive directly to the flow of liquid gas fuel, it will be appreciated that any problems relating to the depletion of the liquid gas fuel and/or the lubricating oil will likewise serve to inhibit operation of the engine and therefore prevent unwanted emissions from, and damage to, the engine.
  • the fuel in its liquid phase is at a pressure of approximately 9 bar and when arranged to run on liquid natural gas, the pressure of the liquid phase of this fuel is likewise reduced down to approximately 9 bar and this serves to ensure that safe operation of the pump arrangement, and its seals, can be achieved.
  • a method and apparatus embodying the present invention are particularly advantageous in that they allow a two- stroke engine to run on a vapour derived from a liquid gas fuel and in a manner which can ensure efficient lubrication of the engine .
  • a lubricating oil is caused to enter the engine in an undiluted form and it is therefore possible to reduce the quantity of oil required for lubrication by a value in the order of 40%.
  • the reduction in the volume of oil required in accordance with the present invention leads to an advantageous reduction in official smoke levels and emission levels.
  • levels of CO and NOX can be greatly reduced by approximately 80% through use of a two-stroke engine in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fuel costs are likewise reduced and the level of savings here can be in the region of 60%.
  • noise pollution arising from use of the engine is also advantageously reduced and the general life expectancy of the engine is also extended due to the superior lubrication regime that can be achieved in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract

The present invention provides for a method of delivering lubricant to a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, comprising pumping the said lubricant from a lubricant reservoir by means of a pump (18, 20) and driving the said pump (18, 20) by means of the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase to the said engine. The invention likewise also provides for a lubricant delivery apparatus for a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by liquid gas fuel, comprising pump means (18, 20) for pumping a lubricant from a lubricant reservoir, the said pump means being arranged to be connected to a conduit (12) for the liquid gas fuel and so as to be driven by the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase in the conduit and as delivered to the engine.

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LUBRICANT DELIVERY TO LIQUID GAS FUELLED TWO-STROKE ENC-TNE DESCRIPTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering lubricant to a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel.
Due to aspects of economy, dimensions and simplicity, two-stroke engines are often considered more appropriate as a power unit for certain types of apparatus and vehicles than four-stroke engines. In addition to the structural and mechanical differences between such engines, two-stroke engines also require a different lubricating system. For example, in petrol-driven two-stroke engines, lubrication is achieved by mixing the lubricating oil directly with the petrol. Such mixture can be achieved as a pre-mix wherein the oil is added directly to the petrol in the fuel tank and in a ratio appropriate to the volume of petrol stored in the tank. Alternatively, the oil can be mixed with the petrol as the petrol enters the engine and this is generally achieved by means of a mechanically driven pump mounted upon the engine .
Liquid gas fuels such as liquid propane gas, liquid natural gas or compressed natural gas are increasingly being used as fuels for internal combustion engines particularly so as to enhance performance and decrease emission levels and to limit costs in general. However, an inherent problem arises in employing liquid gas fuels for two-stroke engines particularly since the common method of achieving lubrication mix with the fuel, i.e. introducing the lubricant directly into the fuel stored in the fuel tank, cannot be employed in view of the change in phase of liquid gas fuels from the liquid phase as stored in the fuel tank, to the gaseous phase as delivered to the engine after vaporisation .
Thus, an alternative method needs to be employed for delivering the lubricant to the fuel.
The present invention therefore seeks to provide for a method and apparatus for delivering lubricant to a two- stroke engine and which does not suffer disadvantages with regards, for example, to performance, cost and emission levels.
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of delivering lubricant to a two- stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, comprising pumping the said lubricant from a lubricant reservoir by means of a pump and driving the said pump by means of the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase as it travels from a fuel reservoir to the said engine .
The aforementioned method is particularly advantageous in that the amount of lubricant delivered for eventual mixing with the fuel can be metered directly by means of the flow rate of the liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase and which is directly proportional to the volume of vaporised gas eventually delivered to the two-stroke engine. Such method is thus advantageously responsive to the performance of the engine, and in particular the volume of fuel actually delivered, so as to achieve an advantageously economic and high performance, non-polluting, mode of operation.
Preferably the pump comprises a positive displacement pump and also, the lubricating oil can be arranged to be pumped at a variable pressure.
In one embodiment the lubricating oil is advantageously arranged to be delivered to the engine at a location above the engine reed cage .
Advantageously, the method includes the step of monitoring the flow of lubricating oil and inhibiting operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring step.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided lubricant delivery apparatus for a two- stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, comprising pump means for pumping the lubricant from a lubricant reservoir, the said pump means being arranged to be connected to a conduit for the liquid gas fuel and so as to be driven by the flow of the said liquid gas fuel in the said conduit in its liquid phase and as delivered to the engine .
Preferably the apparatus includes a return path for oil from the pump to the lubricant reservoir, and the return path may include a control valve which serves to control the pressure of the lubricant as delivered to the engine.
Advantageously the apparatus includes a drive shaft operatively connected between the pump and a rotatable deflection means located in the said conduit and, in particular, the rotatable deflection means may comprise a paddle wheel.
In one particular embodiment, the apparatus includes means for monitoring flow of the oil from the pump which serves to inhibit operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring.
The invention is described further hereinafter, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a liquid gas driven lubricating oil pump according to an embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 2 is a cross-section along the line II-II of
Figure 1.
Turning now to Figure 1, there is illustrated a lubricating oil pump 10 embodying the present invention.
The pump 10 forms part of an operative connection between a liquid gas delivery pipe 12 in which a liquid gas fuel is delivered in the direction of arrows 12A, in its liquid phase, from the liquid gas fuel reservoir, i.e. fuel tank(not shown), to a vaporiser at which point it changes phase to its vapour phase for subsequent delivery to a reed cage associated with the two-stroke engine arranged to run on a liquid gas fuel. The pump is likewise connected to a lubricating oil delivery pipe 14 and serves to draw, and deliver, lubricating oil in the direction of arrows 14A from an oil reservoir (not shown) and towards the engine at a location above the reed cage. The connection between the delivery pipes 12, 14 is achieved by means of a drive shaft (not shown) housed within a drive shaft housing 16. The drive shaft is drivingly connected at one end to a gear type pump 18 which serves to pump the lubricating oil in the direction of arrows 14A as noted above, and at its other end to a paddle wheel type pump 20 in communication with the liquid gas flowing in the direction of arrows 12A as described above.
The gear type pump 18 includes an oil return valve 22 for allowing return of oil from the pump to the oil reservoir and which valve 22 is arranged to be adjustable so as to control the pressure at which the oil is delivered by the pump 18.
Figure 2, which is a cross-section along the lines II- II of Figure 1, clearly shows the construction of the paddle wheel type pump 20 employing a paddle wheel 24 mounted within the flow of the liquid gas as indicated by the arrows
12A.
As will be appreciated, as the liquid gas flows along the pipe 12 in the direction of arrows 12A in accordance with the delivery requirements of the engine, the driving connection between the paddle wheel 23 and the gear type pump 18 serves to pump, in a proportionate manner, an appropriate volume of lubricating oil along the pipe 14 in the direction of arrows 14A and which volume of oil varies in accordance with the rate of flow of the liquid gas.
The lubricating oil is eventually delivered at a location above the reed cage.
A mixture of the liquid gas fuel (in its vapour phase) and air passes through the reed cage during its passage to the two-stroke engine. As it so passes through the reed cage, it effectively picks up lubricating oil which is then carried to all regions of the two-stroke engine requiring lubrication.
In the illustrated embodiment, the gear type pump 18 is arranged to operate in a positive displacement mode which serves to draw the lubricating oil from its reservoir and subsequently ejects the lubricating oil out of the pump housing via a discharge pipe and into the engine at a location just above the reed cage as mentioned above.
Also as mentioned above, the delivery pressure of the lubricating oil is advantageously controlled by means of the pressure control valve 22 sited in the lubricating oil return line between the gear pump 18 and the lubricating oil reservoir .
In accordance with a particular advantageous embodiment of the present invention, a safety device is fitted in the aforementioned oil return line to the lubricating oil reservoir and so as to dictate that the engine will not run if, for some reason, lubricating oil is not flowing. Since the flow of lubricating oil is responsive directly to the flow of liquid gas fuel, it will be appreciated that any problems relating to the depletion of the liquid gas fuel and/or the lubricating oil will likewise serve to inhibit operation of the engine and therefore prevent unwanted emissions from, and damage to, the engine.
When the two-stroke engine is arranged to run on liquid propane gas, the fuel in its liquid phase is at a pressure of approximately 9 bar and when arranged to run on liquid natural gas, the pressure of the liquid phase of this fuel is likewise reduced down to approximately 9 bar and this serves to ensure that safe operation of the pump arrangement, and its seals, can be achieved.
A method and apparatus embodying the present invention are particularly advantageous in that they allow a two- stroke engine to run on a vapour derived from a liquid gas fuel and in a manner which can ensure efficient lubrication of the engine .
In accordance with the invention, a lubricating oil is caused to enter the engine in an undiluted form and it is therefore possible to reduce the quantity of oil required for lubrication by a value in the order of 40%.
Also, when a two- stroke engine which has been running on a petrol/oil mix is allowed to stand idle for a long period, all lubricating components evaporate and this leads to potentially damaging metal/metal contact during subsequent start-up of the engine.
The reduction in the volume of oil required in accordance with the present invention leads to an advantageous reduction in official smoke levels and emission levels. For example, levels of CO and NOX can be greatly reduced by approximately 80% through use of a two-stroke engine in accordance with the present invention. Fuel costs are likewise reduced and the level of savings here can be in the region of 60%.
Finally, noise pollution arising from use of the engine is also advantageously reduced and the general life expectancy of the engine is also extended due to the superior lubrication regime that can be achieved in accordance with the present invention.
The present invention is not restricted to the details of the foregoing embodiment. For example, it should be appreciated that any appropriate pump-drive arrangement operatively connecting the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase, and driving the delivery of lubricating oil, will advantageously assist in serving to achieve at least some of the advantages of the present invention as discussed above .

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1. A method of delivering lubricant to a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, comprising pumping the said lubricant from a lubricant reservoir by means of a pump and driving the said pump by means of the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase as it travels from a fuel resivoir to the said engine.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pump comprises a positive displacement pump.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the lubricating oil is arranged to be pumped at a variable pressure.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the lubricating oil is arranged to be delivered to the engine at a location above a reed cage of the engine.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 , and including the step of monitoring the flow of lubricating oil and inhibiting operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring step.
6. A lubricant delivery apparatus for a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by liquid gas fuel, comprising pump means for pumping a lubricant from a lubricant reservoir, the said pump means being arranged to be connected to a conduit for the liquid gas fuel and so as to be driven by the flow of liquid gas fuel in its liquid phase in the conduit and as delivered to the engine.
7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pump means comprises a positive displacement pump.
8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 or 7 and including a return path for oil from the pump to the lubricant reservoir.
9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the return path includes a control valve which serves to control the pressure of the lubricant as delivered to the engine.
10. An apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 6, 7, 8 or 9 , wherein the pump means comprises a gear pump.
11. An apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 6-10, and including a drive shaft operatively connected between the pump and a rotatable deflection means located in the said conduit .
12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rotatable deflection means comprises a paddle wheel.
13. An apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 6-12, and including means for monitoring flow of the oil from the pump and serving to inhibit operation of the engine responsive to the result of said monitoring.
14. A method of delivering lubricant to a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated in, Figures 1 and 2 of the application.
15. A lubricant delivery apparatus for a two-stroke engine arranged to be fuelled by a liquid gas fuel, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to, and as illustrated in, Figures 1 and 2 of the application.
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