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Fuel heating method and device for vehicles

US4519358A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1984
Grant dateMay 28, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method and device for heating fuel for internal combustion, especially diesel, motors, the fuel is heated in a heat exchanger as a result of heat exchange with the cooling water and the lubricating oil of the motor. The heat exchanger comprises three circuits combined in a bundle of parallel channels.

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