WO2011090436A1 - Apparatus and method for producing an emulsion of a fuel and an emulsifiable component - Google Patents
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- WO2011090436A1 WO2011090436A1 PCT/SG2011/000026 SG2011000026W WO2011090436A1 WO 2011090436 A1 WO2011090436 A1 WO 2011090436A1 SG 2011000026 W SG2011000026 W SG 2011000026W WO 2011090436 A1 WO2011090436 A1 WO 2011090436A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23K—FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS
- F23K5/00—Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus
- F23K5/02—Liquid fuel
- F23K5/08—Preparation of fuel
- F23K5/10—Mixing with other fluids
- F23K5/12—Preparing emulsions
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
- B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
- B01F23/41—Emulsifying
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
- B01F25/10—Mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
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- 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
- F02M25/00—Engine-pertinent apparatus for adding non-fuel substances or small quantities of secondary fuel to combustion-air, main fuel or fuel-air mixture
- F02M25/022—Adding fuel and water emulsion, water or steam
- F02M25/0228—Adding fuel and water emulsion
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- 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
- Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies
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- This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing an emulsion of a fuel and an emulsifiable component.
- the invention has particular, but not exclusive, application in producing emulsions for marine diesel engines and power plants.
- emulsions such as water-fuel emulsions, although other emulsifiable components may also be used.
- Devices for producing an emulsion of fuel and water by cavitational treatment are already known. Cavitation is defined as the phenomenon of formation of vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure. Subsequently, when the bubbles flow into a high pressure zone, the bubbles shrink and collapse, causing a sharp increase in the localized temperature and pressure which gives rise to pressure waves.
- the diameter of the outlet from the first cavitation chamber is preferably in the range of 0.7 to 0.75 times the diameter of the first cavitation chamber to provide turbulent flow conditions in the apparatus as turbulence is preferred for cavitation to occur.
- either chamber may receive either the fuel or the emulsifiable component.
- the fuel may be heated up to a required temperature before it is introduced into any one of the first and second cavitation chambers.
- the temperature is dependent on the Theological properties of the fuel.
- the Theological properties of a fluid are properties like viscosity and elasticity which affect the flow characteristics of a fluid.
- the purpose of heating and the extent of heating the fuel is to bring the Theological properties of the fuel to a desired value, so as to facilitate a desired mixing of the fuel and an additive.
- the first chamber 10 has a base 6 having an outlet for discharging the first fluid from the first chamber 10.
- the outlet is a nozzle 8 having a tip 12 at the bottom of the nozzle, which is the farthest point from the base 6 of the first cavitation chamber 10.
- the nozzle may be cylindrical, conical or a laval nozzle.
- the second chamber 20 receives the first fluid from the first chamber 10 through the nozzle 8.
- the first chamber 10, the second chamber 20 and the nozzle 8 are arranged coaxially along axis X - X ' ; that is, the respective centre-lines of the first and second cavitation chambers 10, 20 and the nozzle 8 are arranged on a common axis.
- the advantage of having a coaxial arrangement is that the first fluid from the first cavitation chamber 10 is introduced into the centre of the second cavitation chamber 20, so that the first fluid may be distributed uniformly in the second fluid. Moreover, a coaxial positioning of the nozzle 8 with respect to the second cavitation chamber 20 prevents any disruption of the vortex of the second fluid that is generated in the second cavitation chamber 20.
- the direction of swirling flows in the first cavitation chamber 10 and the second cavitation chamber 20 may be the same or opposite.
- the motion of the first fluid in the first chamber 10 takes on a first direction and the motion of the second fluid in the second chamber 20 takes on a second direction.
- the first direction is counter-clockwise and the second direction is clockwise, leading to the first and second directions being opposite each other.
- Figure 3 illustrates another arrangement wherein the first direction is clockwise and the second direction is counter-clockwise. This arrangement also leads to the first and the second directions being opposite each other.
- the swirling flows may also be arranged so that the first fluid and the second fluid in the first chamber and second chamber respectively are in the same clockwise direction.
- the swirling flows can also be arranged so that the first fluid and the second fluid in the first chamber and second chamber respectively are in the same counter-clockwise direction. Having the first direction and the second direction of the swirling flow in opposite directions and in contact with each other enhances turbulent flows of the mixture, where the respective flows interrupt and interact with one another, leading to increased mixing of the first and second fluids. In other words, increased mixing leads to improved homogeneity of the emulsion.
- turbulent flow helps to assist cavitation in the fluids. Turbulent flows result in rapid pressure and velocity gradients in space and time.
- a second apparatus 200 as illustrated in Figure 6 can be arranged to have a plurality of tangential inlets in the first chamber 10 and a plurality of inlets in the second chamber 20.
- the first chamber 10 and the second chamber 20 are enclosed completely by a fluid reservoir along their sides to contain the first fluid and the second fluid before introducing them into the chambers through the inlets.
- the reservoirs act as manifolds, helping to improve uniformity of rate of flow of fluid into the respective cavitation chambers through each of the plurality of inlets.
- the first chamber 10 is completely enclosed by a fluid reservoir 14.
- the reservoir 14 is supplied with the first fluid by pipeline 16.
- a reservoir 18 enclosing the second chamber 20.
- the reservoir 18 is supplied with the second fluid by pipeline 22.
- Figure 7 illustrates an example where the first chamber 10 is provided with two tangential inlets 2. The space between the first chamber 10 and the reservoir 1 serves to contain the first fluid and simultaneously force the first fluid through the tangential inlets 2 to produce a swirling flow. The number of inlets need not be restricted to two, but can be greater than two, such as 4 or 6, or other suitable numbers.
- Figure 8 illustrates an example where the second chamber 20 is provided with two tangential inlets 4. The space between the second chamber 20 and the reservoir 18 serves to contain the second fluid and simultaneously force the second fluid through the tangential inlets 4 to produce a swirling flow.
- the number of inlets need not be restricted to two, but can be greater than two, such as 4 or 6, or other suitable numbers.
- Figure 7 illustrates that the inlets 2 in the first chamber 10 are positioned to produce a swirling flow in the clockwise direction.
- Figure 8 illustrates that the inlets 4 in the second chamber 20 are positioned to produce a swirling flow in the counter-clockwise direction.
- the direction of swirling flow or vortex in Figure 7 and Figure 8 are just an illustration, though the direction of swirling flow can be arranged as required. In other words, the direction of swirling flows in the first chamber 10 and the second chamber 10 may be in the opposite direction or in the same direction.
- the inlets in the second chamber may be arranged such that they are at different levels in the second chamber.
- the advantage of having the tangential inlets in the second chamber at different levels is to provide improved uniformity of pressure distribution in the second cavitation chamber. This is illustrated in Figure 10.
- the first chamber 10 and the second chamber 20, by virtue of their producing a swirling flow of the first fluid and the second fluid are vortex cavitational devices.
- the principle of working of a vortex cavitation device is by imposing rotational speed components on the vortex, the device produces pressure variations according to Bernoulli's principle. The pressure variations lead to alternate high and low pressure in the first and second fluids.
- the initial cavitation which occurs in the first chamber and the second chamber due to the above leads to cracking of the fluids. Cracking is the breakdown of the fluids on a molecular level which is a preferable step prior to intense cavitation and mixing of fluids. Higher molecular chains of hydrocarbons are disrupted. The process of cracking may be termed as activation of the fluids. This is advantageous especially when the fuel and the emulsifiable component are difficult to mix and emulsify owing to their physical and chemical properties under normal conditions.
- the pressure in the first chamber 10 is P1 and the pressure in the second chamber 20 is P2
- the pressure gradient ⁇ can be deduced as follows:
- the first fluid flowing from the first chamber 10 having pressure P1 to the second chamber 20 experiences a pressure drop which is equivalent to ⁇ .
- the pressure P2 is maintained lower than P1 to achieve the pressure drop.
- This pressure drop induces cavitation as cavitation inception occurs when the pressure of the flowing fluid goes below the vapour pressure of the flowing fluid. So if the pressure drop is higher, the greater is the intensity of cavitation which translates to a higher effectiveness of the system.
- a greater pressure drop induces a higher velocity of the flow of the first fluid from the first chamber 10 to the second chamber 20, the higher velocity translating into higher frequency of oscillation of pressure waves resulting from cavitation. Thereby, a higher value of ⁇ is desirable.
- ⁇ can be increased by either increasing P1 or decreasing P2.
- the first fluid from the first chamber 10 is introduced into the second chamber 20 through the nozzle 8.
- the nozzle 8 is situated downstream the inlet 4 of the second chamber 20.
- the tip 12 of nozzle 8 is situated downstream the plurality of inlets 4.
- Downstream of the inlet is defined as a position which is at a distance farther from the inlet in a direction from the first chamber to the second chamber.
- the distance of projection of the outlet into the second cavitation chamber 20 with respect to the base 6 of the first cavitation chamber 10 is determined with respect to a diameter of the second cavitation chamber.
- the distance above is the distance of projection of the tip 12 of nozzle 8 into the second cavitation chamber 20.
- the optimum distance is in the range of 0.1 to 0.15 times the diameter of the second cavitation chamber 20.
- the first apparatus 100 can have either of the nozzle arrangements described above or both of them.
- the second apparatus 200 can have either of the nozzle arrangements described above or both of them.
- di is an equivalent diameter of first inlet 2
- d 2 is an equivalent diameter of at second inlet 4
- R is the radius of second chamber 20
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EP11734942A EP2525901A1 (en) | 2010-01-20 | 2011-01-19 | Apparatus and method for producing an emulsion of a fuel and an emulsifiable component |
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