WO2002040852A1

WO2002040852A1 - Device for activating a fuel

Info

Publication number: WO2002040852A1
Application number: PCT/KR2000/001335
Authority: WO
Inventors: Su-Bong Seo
Original assignee: Seo Su Bong
Priority date: 2000-11-20
Filing date: 2000-11-20
Publication date: 2002-05-23
Also published as: AU2001218973A1

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for activating fuel, comprising upper conical screws with flow guide paths positioned in an upper case, which cause fuel to downwardly flow through the flow guide path in whirls; upper cylindrical screws with flow guide paths positioned under upper conical screws, which cause fuel to downwardly flow in whirls to activate fuel; a radiation activating member emitting fat-infrared ray to fuel to activate fuel, positioned under upper cylindrical screws; lower cylindrical screws with flow guide paths positioned under the radiation activating member; lower conical screws with flow guide paths positioned under lower cylindrical screws; magnetic activating members activating fuel with the use of magnetic force, positioned inside of cylidrical screws; and magnetic auxiliary members activating fuel by use of the magnetic force from the magnetic activating member, positioned between upper/lower conical screws and upper/lower cylindrical screws, respectively.

Description

DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A FUEL

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates, in general, to a device for activating fuel and, in particular, to a device for activating fuel, in which fuel is fed from a fuel tank to a combustion chamber of an automobile's engine after the fuel is chemically activated by use of a magnetic force as well as physically activated by flowing the fuel in whirls, and bonding force of carbon and hydrogen in hydrocarbons constituting fuel is weakened by far-infrared radiation, thereby combustion efficiency of fuel is increased and the amount of noxious waste gas is reduced.

PRIOR ART

Theoretically, when a weight ratio of air and fuel inhaled into an engine is 14.7:1, perfect combustion is accomplished. However, in fact, combustion efficiency of the engine for automobiles does not reach 100 %, and so excess fuel is added into the engine to prevent a reduction in an engine starting ability or combustion efficiency. Fuel excessively added into the engine is wastefully burned or is released to the atmosphere in conjunction with waste gas to pollute the atmosphere. Therefore, fuel is excessively consumed and carbon oxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NO_x) are excessively produced during incomplete combustion of fuel.

To avoid the above disadvantages, another type of a device for activating fuel was proposed. With reference to Fig. 1, a fuel supply pipe 1 is provided with a plurality of permanent magnets 2 on the exterior surface thereof, and a magnetic force diffusion part 3 for uniformly diffusing the magnetic force into the fuel supply pipe is positioned between the fuel supply pipe 1 and the permanent magnet 2. Furthermore, the fuel supply pipe 1 comprises a plurality of functional plates 4, positioned at regular intervals and each forming a net-type circular plate. The functional plates 4 are coupled together by a supporter 5 positioned along the center of the functional plates 4. In addition, a magnetic force shielding part 6 is positioned outside the permanent magnets 2 so that the magnetic force of the permanent magnets 2 reaches only the fuel supply pipe 1.

As described above, fuel fed into the fuel supply pipe 1 is chemically activated by the magnetic force of the permanent magnets 2 to be easily burned, thereby the amount of sooty smoke is reduced. However, the above prior art device has disadvantages in that chemical activation efficiency of fuel is reduced because the magnetic force of the permanent magnets does not directly reach fuel, but indirectly reaches fuel through the fuel supply pipe, and combustion efficiency of fuel is reduced because only the permanent magnets are used to activate fuel.

Various efforts have been made to avoid above disadvantages. For example, reference may be made to the patents which have been made by the inventor of the present invention, Korean Pat. Laid-Open Publication No. 10-1999-73555 and Korean Utility Model

Laid-Open Publication No. 20-165204, the title ofeach ofwhich is 'device for activating fuel'.

Each of the two devices for activating fuel is positioned between a fuel tank and an engine's combustion chamber as shown in Fig. 2. The device comprises a physical activating member having a screw-shaped flow guide path positioned on the exterior surface thereof and causing fuel to flow in whirls through the flow guide path to increase moving speed of fuel to be activated; magnetic activating members installed in a case consisting of two parts 10 and 11 and used for ionizing the activated fuel by use of a repulsive and attractive force of the magnet to chemically activate fuel; a radiation activating member 16 set in the case 10 and 11 to emit far- infrared radiation into the activated fuel to increase vibration and rotational movement of fuel molecules; and baffles set in the case 10 and 11 and having fine penetrating holes and preventing fined fuel molecules from being recombined, thereby fuel is moved into a combustion chamber after fuel is physically and chemically activated. The physical activating member comprises first and second conical screws 21 and 22 in contact with an upper interior surface of the case 10 and 11, which are touched to each other; first and second cylindrical screws 25 and 26 positioned under the first and the second conical screw 21 and 22 while being spaced from the first and the second conical screws, which are vertically positioned in series; third and fourth conical screws 23 and 24 in contact with a lower interior surface of the case 10 and 11, which are touched to each other. The magnetic activating member comprises ring-shaped graphite magnets 14a emitting the magnetic force, which encompasses exterior surfaces of the first and second cylindrical screws 25 and 26; ring-shaped graphite ceramics 14b diffusing the magnetic force of the graphite magnet 14a, which encompasses exterior surfaces of the first and second cylindrical screws 25 and 26; a sphere-shaped rare-earth cotton coil 14c spaced from the graphite magnet 14a and the graphite ceramic 14b; and ion ceramic particles 14d packed in a space between the graphite magnet 14a/graphite ceramic 14b and the rare-earth cotton coil 14c.

Therefore, combustion efficiency of fuel is improved, fuel is saved, and the sooty smoke is reduced by feeding fuel into the combustion chamber after fuel is activated by use of the physical activating member, magnetic activating member, and radiation activating member. However, the above prior art devices have a disadvantage in that activation efficiency of fuel is reduced because the magnetic activating members, i.e. the graphite magnet and the graphite ceramic, positioned in the flow guide path of fuel activate fuel by use of the magnetic force, but physically prevent fuel from flowing in whirls. Another disadvantage is that activation efficiency of fuel is reduced because fuel introduced into ionic ceramic particles is ionized and decomposed into fine particles having an improved oxygen affinity, but when fuel particles collide with ionic ceramic particles, kinetic energy of fuel particles is lost and ionic ceramic particles physically prevent fuel from flowing in whirls.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to avoid the above disadvantages, and to provide a device for activating fuel, comprising an upper case having a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the device, which is connected to a fuel tank; a lower case having a fuel outlet for feeding fuel into a combustion chamber, which is connected to the combustion chamber; upper conical screws forming multistage truncated cones in an upper part of the upper case, which have screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively, and cause fuel introduced through fuel inlet to downwardly flow through the flow guide path in whirls; upper cylindrical screws concentrically positioned under the upper conical screws while being spaced from the upper conical screws, which have screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively, and cause fuel flowed through the flow guide path to downwardly flow in whirls to activate fuel; a radiation activating member emitting far-infrared radiation to fuel to activate vibration and rotational movement of fuel molecules, which is positioned under the upper cylindrical screws while being spaced apart from the upper cylindrical screws; lower cylindrical screws concentrically positioned under the radiation activating member while being spaced from the radiation activating member, which have screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively; lower conical screws forming multistage truncated cones positioned under lower cylindrical screws in the lower case while being spaced from the lower cylindrical screws, which have screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively; magnetic activating members activating fuel with the use of attractive and repulsive force of a magnet, which are positioned in the upper and the lower cylindrical screws ; and magnetic auxiliary members activating fuel by use of the magnetic force transferred from the magnetic activating member to the magnetic auxiliary members, which are positioned between upper conical screws and upper cylindrical screws, and between lower cylindrical screws and lower conical screws.

The magnetic activating member comprises graphite magnets emitting a magnetic force, in contact with interior surfaces of innermost cylindrical screws; and magnetic ceramics uniformly transferring the magnetic force from the graphite magnet to fuel, said magnetic ceramics positioned between graphite magnets. The radiation activating member comprises far-infrared ceramic particles packed between the upper cylindrical screws and the lower cylindrical screws.

The upper and the lower case further comprise baffles having fine penetrating holes and preventing activated fine fuel particles from being recombined by passing the activated fuel particles through the baffle, and the magnetic auxiliary member forms a ring. Accordingly, the device for activating fuel of the present invention has advantages in that fuel is moved into a combustion chamber after fuel is flowed in whirls through the screw- shaped flow guide path to be increased in kinetic energy of fuel and be activated into fine ions without reduction of kinetic energy of fuel owing to the magnetic activating member and the radiation activating member, thereby combustion efficiency of fuel is improved, fuel is saved, and sooty smoke is reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional device for activating fuel;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of another type conventional device for activating fuel;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a device for activating fuel according to the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device for activating fuel according to the present invention;

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an upper conical screw;

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of an upper cylindrical screw; and Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion defined by the dotted line in Fig 4.

BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The present invention is characterized in that fuel is flowed in whirls through screw- shaped flow guide paths of upper/lower conical screws and upper/lower cylindrical screws to be increased in kinetic energy of fuel to be physically activated, and the same fuel is chemically activated and decomposed into fine ions by effects of a magnetic activating member and a radiation activating member, thereby combustion efficiency of fuel is improved.

The application of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is best understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used for like and corresponding parts, respectively.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a device for activating fuel according to the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device for activating fuel according to the present invention, Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an upper conical screw, Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of an upper cylindrical screw, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion defined by dotted line in Fig 4.

As described above, the device for activating fuel comprises upper and lower cases 100 and 110, upper conical screws 120, upper cylindrical screws 130, lower cylindrical screws 140, lower conical screws 150, magnetic activating members, a radiation activating member 170, magnetic auxiliary members 180, and baffles.

The upper case 100 is made of duralumin, and forms a cone. A fuel inlet 101, through which fuel is fed from a fuel tank to the device, is positioned at the central upper part of the upper case 100, and a projection 102 inwardly protruded and positioned at a lower part of the upper case 100 is in close contact with a groove part of a lower case 110. The lower case 110 is the same as the upper case 100 in shape and material, and provided with a fuel outlet 111, through which fuel is flowed into a combustion chamber, formed at the center of a lower part thereof.

Groove parts formed on the exterior surface of the lower case 110 is in close contact with projections 102 of the upper case 100, thereby the lower case 110 is integrated with the upper case 100 into a single structure.

A sealing ring seating part is formed on the exterior surface of an upper part of each groove part, and a sealing ring 113 is set in the sealing ring seating part, thereby the upper and lower cases prevent fuel from leaking out through the junction of them.

The housing of the fuel activating device formed by an integration of the two cases 100 and 110 has a symmetrical shape.

Upper conical screws consist of a first 121, second 122, third 123, and fourth screw

124, and flow guide paths 125 for guiding fuel are formed on exterior surfaces of screws 121 to

124, respectively. The upper conical screws are set in the upper case 100 while coming into contact with the upper interior surface of the upper case 100. The first screw 121 forms a truncated cone, and is set in the upper case 100 such that its exterior surface is in close contact with the upper interior surface of the upper case 100. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 is formed from an upper portion to a lower portion on the exterior surface of the first screw 121, and fuel introduced through the fuel inlet 101 of the upper case 100 is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path in whirls. The second screw 122 forming a truncated cone is inserted to the first screw 121, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the first screw 121. The second screw 122 inserted into the first screw 121 protrudes over the first screw 121. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 is formed from an upper portion to a lower portion on the exterior surface of the second screw 122, and fuel is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path in whirls.

The third screw 123 forming a truncated cone is inserted into the second screw 122, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the second screw 122. The third screw 123 inserted into the second screw 122 protrudes over the second screw 122. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 is formed from an upper portion to a lower portion on the exterior surface of the third screw 123, and fuel is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path in whirls.

The fourth screw 124 forming a truncated cone is inserted to the third screw 123, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the third screw 123. The fourth screw 124 inserted to the third screw 123 protrudes over the third screw 123. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 is formed from an upper portion to a lower portion on the exterior surface of the fourth screw 124, and fuel is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path in whirls. The first, second, third, and fourth screws form a multistage truncated cone.

Upper cylindrical screws 130 consist of first, second, third, and fourth cylindrical screws, and are positioned under the upper conical screws 120 while being spaced from the upper conical screws 120. A first baffle 191, which will be described later, is positioned between the upper conical screws 120 and the upper cylindrical screws 130.

The first cylindrical screw 131 forms a hollow cylinder, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the upper case 100. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 positioned on the exterior surface of the first cylindrical screw 131 causes fuel penetrated through the first baffle 191 to flow in whirls through the flow guide path 125 to increase the speed of the moving fuel.

The second cylindrical screw 132 forms a hollow cylinder, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the first cylindrical screw 131. The second cylindrical screw 132 is slightly shorter than the first and third cylindrical screws 131 and 133, and so a ring-shaped space is formed between the first baffle 191 and the second cylindrical screw 132. Ring-shaped magnetic auxiliary members 180 are positioned in the space between the first baffle 191 and the second cylindrical screw 132. In addition, the screw-shaped flow guide path 125 positioned on the exterior surface of the second cylindrical screw 132 causes fuel penetrated through the first baffle 191 to flow in whirls through the flow guide path 125 to increase the speed of the moving fuel.

The third cylindrical screw 133 forms a hollow cylinder, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the second cylindrical screw 132. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 positioned on the exterior surface of the third cylindrical screw 133 causes fuel penetrated through the first baffle 191 to flow in whirls through the flow guide path 125 to increase the speed of the moving fuel.

The fourth cylindrical screw 134 forms a hollow cylinder, and its exterior surface is in close contact with the interior surface of the third cylindrical screw 133. The screw-shaped flow guide path 125 positioned on the exterior surface of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 causes fuel penetrated through the first baffle 191 to flow in whirls through the flow guide path 125 to increase the speed of the moving fuel. Magnetic activating members, which will be described later, are positioned in the fourth cylindrical screw 134.

Lower cylindrical screws 140 are positioned in the lower case 110 in such a way that the lower cylindrical screws 140 and the upper cylindrical screws 130 are symmetrical with respect to a radiation activating member 170. The lower cylindrical screws 140 consist of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cylindrical screws 141, 142, 143, and 144.

The fifth cylindrical screw 141 forms the same shape as the first cylindrical screw 131 and the exterior surface of the fifth cylindrical screw 141 is in close contact with the interior surface of the lower case 110, and the sixth cylindrical screw 142 forms the same shape as the second cylindrical screw 132 and the exterior surface of the sixth cylindrical screw 142 is in close contact with the interior surface of the fifth cylindrical screw 141. In addition, the seventh cylindrical screw 143 forms the same shape as the third cylindrical screw 133 and the exterior surface of the seventh cylindrical screw 143 is in close contact with the interior surface of the sixth cylindrical screw 142, and the eighth cylindrical screw 144 forms a same shape as the fourth cylindrical screw 134 and the exterior surface of the eighth cylindrical screw 144 is in close contact with the interior surface of the seventh cylindrical screw 143. Also, the magnetic activating members are positioned inside the eighth cylindrical screw 144.

The sixth cylindrical screw 142 is slightly shorter than the fifth and seventh cylindrical screws 141 and 143, and a ring shaped-space is formed between the sixth cylindrical screw 142 and a second baffle 192. Ring-shaped magnetic auxiliary members 180 are positioned in the ring shaped-space. In addition, screw-shaped flow guide paths 125 positioned on the exterior surfaces of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth cylindrical screws causes fuel to flow in whirls through the flow guide path 125 to increase the speed of the moving fuel.

Lower conical screws 150 are positioned under the lower cylindrical screws 140 while being spaced from the lower cylindrical screws, and the second baffle 192 is positioned between the lower conical screws 150 and the lower cylindrical screws 140. The lower conical screws 150 consist of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth screws. The lower conical screws 150 are set in the lower case 110 such that they come into close contact with the lower interior surface of the lower case 110 in such a way that the lower cylindrical screws 140 and the upper conical screws 120 are symmetrical with respect to the radiation activating member 170.

The fifth screw 151 forms the same shape as the first screw 121 and the exterior surface of the fifth screw 151 is in close contact with the interior surface of the lower case 110, and the sixth screw 152 forms the same shape as the second screw 122 and the exterior surface of the sixth screw 152 is in close contact with the interior surface of the fifth screw 151. The sixth screw 152 is slightly protruded under the fifth screw 151.

The seventh screw 153 forms the same shape as the third screw 123 and the exterior surface of the seventh screw 153 is in close contact with the interior surface of the sixth screw 152, and the seventh screw 153 is slightly protruded under the sixth screw 152. The eighth screw 154 forms the same shape as the fourth screw 124 and the exterior surface of the eighth screw 154 is in close contact with the interior surface of the seventh screw 153. Also, the eighth screw 154 is slightly protruded under the seventh screw 153. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth screws form a multistage truncated cone.

In addition, screw-shaped flow guide paths 125 positioned on the exterior surfaces of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth screws cause the activated fuel passing through the lower cylindrical screws 150 to flow in whirls into the fuel outlet 111 of the lower case 110 through the flow guide path 125, thereby fuel is again activated and the speed of the moving fuel is increased.

Examples of the magnetic activating members include a graphite magnet 161 and a magnetic ceramic 162. The graphite magnet 161 forms a circle plate, in which an upper and a lower side are flat, and is in contact with interior surfaces of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 and the eighth cylindrical screw 144.

Graphite magnets 161 in the fourth cylindrical screw 134 are attracted to each other, and also graphite magnets 161 in the eighth cylindrical screw 144 are attracted to each other. But, the graphite magnets 161 in the fourth cylindrical screw 134 repulse those in the eighth cylindrical screw 144.

The magnetic ceramics 162 are the same as the graphite magnet 161 in shape and size, and are in contact with the interior surfaces of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 and the eighth cylindrical screw 144. The magnetic ceramics 162 consist of a paramagnetic material, which is magnetized by a magnetic force from the graphite magnet 161, and may be positioned between the graphite magnets 161 or at the ends of the graphite magnets 161 so that the magnetic force of the graphite magnet 161 is controlled/dispersed owing to magnetization of the magnetic ceramic 162.

The radiation activating member 170 comprises multiple balls with a predetermined size, which are encompassed with a lattice type net 193, and is positioned between the upper cylindrical screws 130 and the lower cylindrical screws 140. The radiation activating member

170 consists of a ceramic emitting far-infrared rays. That is to say, the radiation activating member 170 forms porous far-infrared ceramic balls made of a material selected from the group consisting of germanium, silica (SiO₂), alumina (Al₂O₃), zirconia (ZrO ), molybdenum (Mo₂O₂), and a mixture thereof. The radiation activating member 170 has multiple pores and a predetermined elasticity, so that it elastically endures external pressure. Therefore, fuel can freely move between the far-infrared ceramic balls and the pores.

The magnetic auxiliary members 180 are made of a ring-type ceramic, and positioned between the upper conical screws 120 and the second cylindrical screw 132, and between the sixth cylindrical screw 142 and the lower conical screws 150. The magnetic auxiliary members 180 consist of a paramagnetic material, and are magnetized by a magnetic force, and the magnetic force of the paramagnetic material is controlled/dispersed by the magnetic force of the graphite magnet to ionize fuel particles.

The baffles are composed of the first baffle 191 and the second baffle 192. The first baffle 191 forms a thin-film type circular plate, the exterior surface of which is in close contact with the interior surface of the upper case 100. An upper side and a lower side of the first baffle 191 are in contact with the upper conical screws 120 and the upper cylindrical screws 130, respectively. Fine penetration holes are formed in the first baffle 191, and so fuel can freely penetrate through the first baffle 191. The second baffle 192 forms the same shape as the first baffle 191, the exterior surface of which is in contact with the interior surface of the lower case 110. An upper side and a lower side of the second baffle 192 are in contact with the lower cylindrical screws 140 and the lower conical screws 150, respectively. Fine penetration holes are also formed in the second baffle 192, and so fuel can freely penetrate through the second baffle 192. At this time, activated fine fuel particles penetrate through the fine penetration holes formed in the baffles, so that fine fuel particles can be prevented from being again recombined.

A detailed description will be given of the operational effect of the above-mentioned device for activating fuel, below.

Fuel stored in a fuel tank is fed into the upper case 100 through the fuel inlet 101 formed in the upper portion of the upper case 100. A part of fuel is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path 125 formed on the exterior surface of the fourth screw 124, and so a stable flow owing to fixed pressure of a station pump is suddenly changed into an eddy flow to maximize the kinetic energy of fuel as well as increase fluidity of fuel, thereby fuel is activated. At this time, fuel is flowed in whirls. As water is most quickly drained when water is drained in whirls, fuel is most quickly flowed through a spiral flow guide path 125 than a straight flow f path.

A part of fuel overflowing the fourth screw 124 is flowed to the third, second, and first screws 123, 122, and 121. Fuel moved into the third screw 123 is downwardly flowed through the flow guide path 125 formed on the exterior surface of the third screw 123 to increase the flowing speed and the kinetic energy of fuel, thereby fuel is activated. Similarly, fuel moved into the second and first screws 122 and 121 is downwardly flowed through the flow guide paths 125 formed on the exterior surfaces of the second and first screws 122 and 121 to increase the flowing speed and the kinetic energy of fuel, thereby fuel is activated.

The activated fuel downwardly flowed through the flow guide paths 125 formed on the exterior surfaces of the first, second, third, and fourth screws is moved into the first baffle 191.

The activated fuel moved into the first baffle 191 is moved into the upper cylindrical screw 130 through the fine penetration holes formed in the first baffle 191. At this time, fuel particles are subdivided into fine fuel particles with an increased oxygen affinity by a magnetic force of magnetic auxiliary members 180 to be activated. A part of fuel moved into the upper cylindrical screws 130 is flowed into the inside of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 but the other portion of fuel is downwardly flowed through the flow guide paths 125 formed on the exterior surfaces of the first, second, third, and fourth cylindrical screws. The amount of fuel flowed into the inside of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 is very small, and fuel is mostly downwardly flowed through the flow guide paths 125 formed on the exterior surfaces of the upper cylindrical screws 130.

Fuel moved into the inside of the fourth cylindrical screw 134 is subdivided into fine fuel particles with an increased oxygen affinity by directly applying the magnetic force of the graphite magnet 161 and the magnetic ceramic 162 to fuel, thereby fuel is activated.

Fuel flowed through the screw-shaped flow guide paths 125 of upper cylindrical screws 130 is increased in its fluidity and kinetic energy to be mechanically activated, and is indirectly subjected to the magnetic force of the graphite magnet 161 and the magnetic ceramic 162 to be subdivided into fine fuel particles with an increased oxygen affinity, thereby fuel is sufficiently activated to be easily burned.

Activated fine fuel penetrating the upper cylindrical screws 130 is moved into the radiation activating member 170 in the net 193. Then, the activated fine fuel is downwardly flowed between the far-infrared ceramic balls, i.e. the radiation activating member 170, or through the pores formed on the ceramic ball, and is downwardly flowed through the flow guide paths 125 of the lower cylindrical screws 140 in the lower case 110 and through the interior surface of the eighth cylindrical screw 144 to be activated. While the activated fine fuel particles penetrate through the radiation activating member 170 in the net 193, molecules of fuel are resonated by far-infrared radiation emitted from the radiation activating member 170, and so vibration and rotational movement of fuel molecules are increased, thereby fuel is sufficiently activated to be easily vaporized. In other words, bonding structures of hydrocarbons constituting fuel, such as C-H, C-C, and C=C. absorb the far-infrared radiation to be sufficiently activated to combine with oxygen owing to resonance phenomenon and hydrocarbon molecules are increased in their effective volume, thereby fuel is sufficiently activated to be easily burned.

The magnetic force of the graphite magnet 161 positioned closest to the radiation activating member 170 in the upper case 100 is the same as in the lower case 110, and activated fuel positioned between the graphite magnets 161 of the upper case 100 and the lower case 110 is further fined and activated under repulsive force between the graphite magnets 161.

The activated fuel passing through the lower cylindrical screws 140 is moved into the second baffle 192, then penetrates the fine penetrating holes and is flowed through the flow guide paths 125 on the exterior surfaces of the lower conical screws 150 to be activated in the same process as fuel passing through the upper conical screws 120 does, and moved into a combustion chamber through the fuel outlet 111 of the lower case 110.

While fuel is activated, fuel is mostly flowed through flow guide paths 125 positioned at the exterior surfaces of the upper and lower cylindrical screws 130 and 140 and the upper and lower conical screws 120 and 150. Therefore, fuel is flowed in whirls under the magnetic activating members and the radiation activating member 170 without an obstacle to be activated, thereby activation efficiency of fuel is greatly improved.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As described above, a device for activating fuel according to the present invention has advantages in that, combustion efficiency of fuel is improved, fuel is saved, the sooty smoke is reduced because fuel is fed to a combustion chamber after fuel from a fuel tank is activated, and that the device can be environmentally friendily applied to any machine using fuel as well as an automobile, and engine efficiency is improved because the device allows almost complete burning of fuel and hardly releases harmful exhaust gases, such as carbon oxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NO_x) occurring in an incomplete combustion.

The present invention has been described in an illustrative manner, and it is to be understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of description rather than of limitation. Many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Therefore, it is to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.

Claims

1. A device for activating fuel, comprising : an upper case having a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the device, said upper case connected to a fuel tank; a lower case having a fuel outlet for introducing fuel into a combustion chamber, said lower case connected to the combustion chamber; a plurality of upper conical screws forming a multistage truncated cone in an upper part of the upper case, said upper conical screws having a screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively, and causing fuel introduced into the upper case through the fuel inlet to downwardly flow through the flow guide paths in whirls; a plurality of upper cylindrical screws concentrically positioned under the upper conical screws while being spaced from the upper conical screws, said upper cylindrical screws having a plurality of screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively, and causing fuel flowed thereto through the flow guide paths of said upper conical screws to downwardly flow in whirls to activate fuel; a radiation activating member emitting far-infrared radiation to fuel to activate vibration and rotational movement of fuel molecules, said radiation activating member positioned under the upper cylindrical screws while being spaced apart from the cylindrical screws; a plurality of lower cylindrical screws concentrically positioned under the radiation activating member while being spaced from the radiation activating member, said lower cylindrical screws having a plurality of screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively; a plurality of lower conical screws forming a multistage truncated cone and positioned under said lower cylindrical screws in the lower case while being spaced from the lower cylindrical screws, said lower conical screws having a plurality of screw-shaped flow guide paths formed on exterior surfaces thereof, respectively; a plurality of magnetic activating members activating fuel with the use of attractive and repulsive force of a magnet, said magnetic activating members respectively positioned in said upper and lower cylindrical screws ; and a plurality of magnetic auxiliary members activating fuel by the use of the magnetic force transferred from the magnetic activating members to the magnetic auxiliary members, said magnetic auxiliary members respectively positioned between the upper conical screws and the upper cylindrical screws, and between the lower cylindrical screws and the lower conical screws.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the magnetic activating members comprises: a plurality of graphite magnets emitting a magnetic force, in contact with an interior surface of an innermost one of the upper and lower cylindrical screws; and a plurality of magnetic ceramics uniformly transferring the magnetic force from the graphite magnets to fuel, said magnetic ceramics positioned between said graphite magnets.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the radiation activating member comprises far-infrared ceramic particles packed between the upper cylindrical screws and the lower cylindrical screws.

4. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the upper and lower cases further comprises a baffle having a plurality of fine penetrating holes and preventing activated fine fuel particles from being recombined with each other by allowing the activated fuel particles to pass through the baffle.

5. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said magnetic auxiliary members has a ring shape.