WO2008105721A1 - Fuel tank arrangement for a vehicle - Google Patents

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WO2008105721A1
WO2008105721A1 PCT/SE2008/050147 SE2008050147W WO2008105721A1 WO 2008105721 A1 WO2008105721 A1 WO 2008105721A1 SE 2008050147 W SE2008050147 W SE 2008050147W WO 2008105721 A1 WO2008105721 A1 WO 2008105721A1
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fuel
tank
compartment
fuel tank
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Johan Liljekvist
Donald Kristofersson
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Scania Cv Ab
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K15/077—Fuel tanks with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation
    • 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
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/0011—Constructional details; Manufacturing or assembly of elements of fuel systems; Materials therefor
    • F02M37/0017—Constructional details; Manufacturing or assembly of elements of fuel systems; Materials therefor related to fuel pipes or their connections, e.g. joints or sealings
    • 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
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/0076—Details of the fuel feeding system related to the fuel tank
    • F02M37/0088—Multiple separate fuel tanks or tanks being at least partially partitioned
    • F02M37/0094—Saddle tanks; Tanks having partition walls
    • 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
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/02—Feeding by means of suction apparatus, e.g. by air flow through carburettors
    • F02M37/025—Feeding by means of a liquid fuel-driven jet pump
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K2015/03105—Fuel tanks with supplementary interior tanks inside the fuel tank
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K2015/03111—Swirl pots
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K15/00—Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines or other fuel consuming energy converters, e.g. fuel cells; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks
    • B60K15/03—Fuel tanks
    • B60K2015/03118—Multiple tanks, i.e. two or more separate tanks
    • B60K2015/03138—Pumping means between the compartments
    • 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
    • F02M37/00—Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
    • F02M37/0047—Layout or arrangement of systems for feeding fuel
    • F02M37/0052—Details on the fuel return circuit; Arrangement of pressure regulators

Abstract

The invention relates to a fuel tank arrangement (10), in particular a heavy load vehicle, comprising at least one fuel tank (12, 14) and a fuel line assembly, wherein said fuel line assembly includes at least on fuel supply line (18) for conducting fuel out of said fuel tank and a fuel return line (26) for returning excessive fuel from a combustion engine to said fuel tank arrangement (10). In order to provide a fuel transfer via the supply line (18) into the fuel tank with low technical effort, said fuel supply line (18) and said fuel return line (19) are connected by a connecting device (24) including a nozzle, such that a fuel flow within said fuel return line (19) is used for drawing fuel out of said fuel tank via said fuel supply line (18).

Description

Fuel tank arrangement for a vehicle
The present invention relates to a fuel tank arrangement for a vehicle, in particular a heavy load vehicle, comprising at least one fuel tank and a fuel line assembly, wherein said fuel line assembly includes at least on fuel supply line for receiving fuel stored in said fuel tank and a fuel return line for returning excessive fuel from a combustion engine to said fuel tank arrangement.
Such fuel tank arrangements are already known in the art. On certain truck configurations, there are often two fuel tanks arranged on the chassis, i. e. one on each side in order to increase the fuel capacity. This is in particular the case for trucks operated for long-range transports. One of these fuel tanks is adapted to be a main tank having a pick-up unit for drawing fuel out of this tank and supplying this fuel to a combustion engine. The second tank usually is only provided as a further fuel storing capacity. It is connected with the main tank by means of a supply line, which is usually equipped with a motor-driven pump drawing fuel from the second tank and transferring it to the main tank.
The prior art document DE 36 12 194 Cl describes a fuel tank arrangement having a catch compartment wherein the returned excessive fuel is used for drawing fuel from a main tank compartment into a transfer line for supplying it to the catch compartment. The flow of the return fuel is used by means of a spray pump arranged within the main tank compartment. This can lead to an insufficient sucking effect for supplying fuel from the main tank compartment to the catch compartment.
US 6,273,131 Bl shows a similar arrangement, having a relative complicated structure at the bottom of a fuel tank.
EP 0 717 197 A2 describes a certain spray pump for a use in vehicle fuel tank arrangements.
WO 91/17355 describes a fuel system, wherein instead of a flow of excessive return fuel received from the combustion engine, a portion of the supply fuel flow supplied by means of a push pump from the tank to the combustion engine is returned and used for pumping fuel from a main tank compartment into a catch compartment.
This leads to a loss of pump power and requires the use of a more powerful pump in order to provide a sufficient supply of fuel to the combustion engine. It is an object of the present invention, to provide a fuel tank arrangement as described in the introductory part, wherein the fuel transfer via the supply line is simplified.
This object is solved by a fuel tank arrangement for a vehicle, in particular a heavy load vehicle, comprising at least one fuel tank and a fuel line assembly, wherein said fuel line assembly includes at least on fuel supply line for receiving fuel stored in said fuel tank and a fuel return line for returning excessive fuel from a combustion engine to said fuel tank arrangement. According to the invention, said fuel supply line and said fuel return line are connected by a connecting device including a nozzle, such that a fuel flow within said fuel return line is used for drawing fuel stored in said fuel tank via said fuel supply line.
Instead of providing an additional motor-driven pump in order to transfer the fuel via the supply line, the invention provides to use the fuel flow resulting from said excessive fuel returned from the combustion engine back to the fuel tank for generating a pump effect, which in term is used for drawing fuel via the supply line into the main fuel tank. Therefore, an additional motor-driven pump can be omitted and the whole arrangement can be simplified by using a compact connecting device including said pump.
According to one embodiment of the invention, said nozzle is formed by a Laval nozzle or a Venturi nozzle. Such nozzle types provide a simple structure and are easily available. The pumping effect provided by such nozzles is sufficient for drawing fuel through the supply line, as discussed above. Generally, each nozzle having a low-pressure side which can be used for drawing a fluidic medium into a present flow can be used to implement the invention. Particularly, said supply discharges into said nozzle on its low-pressure side.
The solution according to the invention is in particular applicable to a fuel tank arrangement, which includes two fuel tanks connected to one another by means of said fuel supply line, wherein said connecting device including said nozzle is arranged between said two fuel tanks within the supply line. In particular, with regard to this embodiment, it is provided that a first fuel tank is formed as a main tank including a fuel pick-up unit for picking up fuel to be pumped to said combustion engine, and that a second fuel tank is formed as a secondary (passive) tank being connected to said main tank by means of said supply line. In this embodiment the first fuel tank, also named main tank or active tank, is said fuel tank which is connected to the combustion engine by means of a fuel pump. The second fuel tank, which is also called secondary tank or passive tank, is merely provided to increase the fuel storing capacity. By using the connecting device with a corresponding nozzle according to the invention, fuel stored within said secondary (passive) fuel tank can be drawn by utilising the return fuel flow from the secondary tank into the main tank. Thus, it can be guaranteed with little technical effort, in particular without the requirement of an additional motor-driven pump, to provide a sufficient amount of fuel within the main tank. In other words, situations in which the main tank is nearly empty, whereas the secondary (passive) tank is substantially full with fuel, can be avoided.
According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, said fuel tank includes a main tank compartment and a catch compartment, wherein said main tank compartment is connected to the catch compartment by means of a transfer line. According to this embodiment, said main tank compartment can be separated from said catch compartment by a partitioning wall, wherein said partitioning wall provides an overflow from said catch compartment into said main tank compartment.
According to one aspect of this embodiment, said transfer line protrudes over said partitioning wall and leads fuel from said main tank compartment into said catch compartment, wherein said connecting device is arranged within said main tank compartment.
Alternatively, said supply line runs out of said fuel tank, wherein said connecting device is arranged outside said fuel tank and wherein said transfer line runs into said catch compartment for leading fuel from said connecting device into said catch compartment.
According to a further alternative of this embodiment, said supply line runs through said partitioning wall and leads fuel from said main tank compartment into said catch compartment, wherein said connecting device is arranged within said catch compartment.
In all these embodiments, the fuel return line always leads to the connection device.
Moreover, according to a further aspect of the invention, said supply line or said transfer line can be provided with a check valve in order to avoid a backflow of fuel through the supply line or transfer line. In the following embodiments of the invention are described in detail with regard to the figures, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a fuel tank arrangement according to the invention,
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a possible nozzle design,
Fig.3 shows a further embodiment of a fuel tank arrangement according to the invention,
Fig.4 shows a further embodiment of a fuel tank arrangement according to the invention and
Fig.5 shows another embodiment of the fuel tank arrangement according to the invention.
In fig. 1, a fuel tank arrangement 10 is depicted in a schematical drawing. The fuel tank arrangement 10 comprises a main tank 12 and a secondary (passive) tank 14. The two tanks 12, 14 are arranged on two opposite sides of a chassis of a vehicle, e. g. a heavy load vehicle.
The main tank 12 is connected via a suction line 16 to a combustion engine (not depicted) which includes a fuel pump for drawing fuel out of the fuel tank 12. The secondary (passive) fuel tank 14 is connected with the main fuel tank by means of a fuel supply line 18 and a transfer line 19. The fuel supply line 18 dips into the fuel contained within secondary tank 14 and the fuel transfer line 19 dips into the fuel contained within said main tank 12 by means of their free ends 20 and 22, respectively. Between the fuel supply line 18 and the transfer line 19, a connection device 24 is arranged. The connection device 24 is also fluidically connected to a fuel return line 26, which leads excessive fuel from the combustion engine back to the fuel tank arrangement 10. Within the fuel return line 26, the fuel flows in a more or less steady flow 40 during the operation of the combustion engine.
The connection device 24 includes a nozzle 28, as shown in fig. 2 in a schematical drawing. The nozzle 28 has a housing 30 forming a passage 32 therethrough. The passage 32 includes a tapering portion 36 and an extending portion 38, forming a Laval nozzle or a Venturi nozzle. A discharge opening 40 opens into the extending portion 38.
In the operation, the permanent flow 40 of excessive fuel returned from the combustion engine is flowing into the connection device 24. It enters the tapering portion 36 as shown in fig. 2. While flowing through the tapering portion 36, the pressure increases (high pressure side 48). When entering the extending portion 38, the pressure decreases again, whereby a vacuum is generated (low pressure side 50). This vacuum is used for drawing fuel via the discharge opening 41 from the fuel tank 14 and the supply line 18 into the extending portion 38. Thus, a combined fuel flow 44 composed from excessive fuel 40 returned from the combustion engine as well as fuel 42 drawn out of the secondary tank flows into the main tank 12 via said transfer line 19. From the main tank 12, a fuel flow 46 is leading to the fuel pump of the combustion engine.
Thus, according to the invention, it can be guaranteed with low technical effort that the fuel stored in the secondary tank 14 is permanently drawn into the main tank 12 by using the fuel flow 40 resulting from fuel returned from the combustion engine.
This principle according to the invention can also be used in embodiments having a fuel tank arrangement 110 with a main tank and a catch tank compartment. Fig.3 shows such an embodiment. The fuel tank arrangement 110 according to fig.3 includes a main tank compartment 112 and a catch tank compartment 114. The main tank compartment 112 and the catch tank compartment 114 are separated from one another by means of a partitioning wall 160. Excessive fuel is returned from the combustion engine via a fuel return line 126. The fuel return line 126 runs into the fuel tank arrangement 110 and is connected with a connecting device 124 at the bottom of the main tank compartment 112. A transfer line 119 runs from the connecting device 124 upwards and protrudes over the upper edge of the partitioning wall 160, which forms an overflow between the catch tank compartment 114 and the main tank compartment 112. The transfer line 119 leads fuel from the connecting device 124 into the catch tank compartment 114. From the bottom of the catch tank compartment 114, a suction line 116 leads to a suction pump associated to the combustion engine.
Fig.3 shows two different fuel levels 162 and 164. The fuel level 162 represents the fuel level within the main tank compartment 112, whereas the fuel level 164 represents the filing state within the catch tank compartment 114. As long as there is sufficient fuel within the fuel tank arrangement 110, the fuel level within the catch tank compartment 114 should be close to the upper edge of the partitioning wall 160, in order to guarantee a permanent fuel supply via the suction line 116 to the combustion engine.
Fig.3 also shows the fuel flows: The return fuel 140 flowing from the combustion engine into the main tank compartment 112 is supplied to the connecting device 124. Therein, via the non-depicted supply line, fuel is drawn from the main tank compartment 112 and a combined fuel flow 144 is supplied to the catch tank compartment 114 via the transfer line 119. This leads to a condition that the catch compartment 114 is constantly in a filling condition similar to filling condition shown in fig.3, i.e. in a filling condition having a fuel level 164 close to the upper edge of the partitioning wall 160. The fuel is sucked out from the catch compartment 114 through the suction line 116 as depicted with the fuel flow 146.
Fig.4 shows a similar further embodiment. The difference between the embodiments according to figs.3 and 4 is the arrangement of the connecting device 124. According to fig.4, the connecting device 124 is arranged outside the main tank compartment 112 at the outside of the fuel tank arrangement 110. Thus, the supply line 118 leads to the connecting device 124. Moreover the return line 126 leads to the connecting device 124. The transfer line 119 also runs partially outside the fuel tank and enters the fuel tank above the catch tank arrangement 114. It then runs down to the bottom of the catch tank compartment 114. In parallel to that vertical portion of the transfer line 119, the suction line 116 is arranged, as already shown in fig.3.
The function is the same as described with regard to fig.3. Fuel is sucked out from the main tank compartment 112 via the supply line 118 according to the fuel flow 142. The return fuel flow 140 within the return line 126 is used for generating a pump effect within the connecting device 124. A combined fuel flow 144 then flows via the transfer line 119 into the catch compartment 114 in order to maintain the fuel level 164 as long as possible close to the upper edge of the partitioning wall 160.
Fig.5 shows a further embodiment of the invention, wherein the connecting device 124 is arranged within the catch compartment 114. The supply line 118 leads through the lower part of the partitioning wall 160 from the main tank compartment 112 into the catch tank compartment 114 for leading a fuel flow 142 to the connecting device 124. The return line 126 runs from the combustion engine into the fuel tank arrangement 110 down to the connecting device 124 for guiding the return fuel flow 140. The transfer line 119 is very short and also arranged at the bottom region of the catch compartment 114. The suction line 116 is arranged as already described with regards to figs. 3 and 4.
Again, the function is the same as already described above. The fuel is drawn out from the main tank compartment 114 via the supply line 118 through the partitioning wall 160 as indicated by the fuel flow 142. The connecting device 124 uses the return fuel flow 140 for generating a pump effect, whereby a combined fuel 144 is led into the catch compartment 114 via the transfer line 119. Thereby, the fuel level 164 in the catch compartment 114 can be maintained on a high level, in particular close to the upper edge of the partitioning wall 160.
In the embodiments according to figs. 3 to 5, the supply line 118 or the transfer line 119 can be provided with check valves (not depicted) in order to avoid an unwanted back flow of fuel from the catch compartment into the main tank compartment.

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1. Fuel tank arrangement (10) for a vehicle, in particular a heavy load vehicle, comprising at least one fuel tank (12, 14) and a fuel line assembly, wherein said fuel line assembly includes at least on fuel supply line (18) for receiving fuel stored in said fuel tank and a fuel return line (26) for returning excessive fuel from a combustion engine to said fuel tank arrangement (10), characterized in that said fuel supply line (18) and said fuel return line (26) are connected by a connecting device (24) including a nozzle (28), such that a fuel flow (40) within said fuel return line (26) is used for drawing fuel stored in said fuel tank (14) via said fuel supply line (18).
2. Fuel tank arrangement (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that said supply line (18) discharges into said nozzle (28) on its low pressure side (50).
3. Fuel tank arrangement (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that said nozzle (28) is formed by a Laval nozzle or a Venturi nozzle.
4. Fuel tank arrangement (10) according one of said preceding claims, characterized by two separate fuel tanks (12, 14) connected to one another by means of said fuel supply line (18), wherein said connecting device (24) is arranged between said two fuel tanks (12, 14).
5. Fuel tank arrangement (10) according to claim 4, characterized in that a first fuel tank (12) is formed as a main tank including a fuel pick-up unit (16) for picking up fuel to be pumped to said combustion engine, and that a second fuel tank (14) is formed as a secondary tank being connected to said main tank (12) by means of said supply line (18).
6. Fuel tank arrangement (110) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said fuel tank includes a main tank compartment (112) and a catch compartment (114), wherein said main tank compartment (112) is connected to said catch compartment (114) by means of a transfer line (119).
7. Fuel tank arrangement (110) according to claim 6, characterized in that said main tank compartment (112) is separated from said catch compartment (114) by a partitioning wall (160), wherein said partitioning wall (160) provides an overflow from said catch compartment (114) into said main tank compartment (112).
8. Fuel tank arrangement (110) according to claim 7, characterized in that said transfer line (119) protrudes over said partitioning wall (160) and leads fuel from said main tank compartment (112) into said catch compartment (114), wherein said connecting device (124) is arranged within said main tank compartment (112).
9. Fuel tank arrangement (110) according to claim 7, characterized in that said supply line (118) runs out of said fuel tank, wherein said connecting device (124) is arranged outside said fuel tank and wherein said transfer line (119) runs into said catch compartment (114) for leading fuel from said connecting device (124) into said catch compartment (114).
10. Fuel tank arrangement (110) according to claim 7, characterized in that said supply line (118) runs through said partitioning wall (160) and leads fuel from said main tank compartment (112) into said catch compartment (114), wherein said connecting device (124) is arranged within said catch compartment (114).
11. Fuel tank arrangement (10; 110) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said supply line (18; 118) is provided with a check valve.
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