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Auxiliary fuel supply device for alcohol engine

US4646691A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1985
Grant dateMar 3, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M13/06
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an alcohol engine using a alcohol and foreign fuel having combustibility higher than that of the alcohol as a fuel, an auxiliary fuel quantity adjusting means and control means are provided so that a ratio of a quantity of the foreign fuel to a quantity of the alcohol in the fuel to be supplied to the engine upon cold starting of the engine may be different from that upon warm-up of the engine.

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