Fuel system and vaporizer for internal combustion engines
US4112889A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 26, 1976 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fuel system for an internal combustion engine of the piston type vaporizes a liquid fuel and water and mixes the resulting gaseous fuel and water vapor with air in a metering valve which communicates with the internal combustion engine. A device operating at a very high temperature, for example 1800.degree. F. is used in the vaporization of the fuel. The high temperature gaseous state of the fuel represents molecules of the greatest degree of separation from each other providing the greatest opportunity for contact of the reacting species in the gaseous condition as chemical reactions occur only between particles at the atomic or molecular level and it is necessary for the reacting species to be in actual contact at the time of reaction. The fuel system therefore enables complete combustion and the elimination of the atmospheric pollutants common in the operation of internal combustion engines.
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