Patent · US Expired

Process for drawing volatile components out of fuel in a tank

US5996562A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Dornier GmbH · DE

Inventors

Carsten Plog · Markdorf, DE
Renato Andorf · Meckenbeuren, DE
Thomas Stengel · Friedrichshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 1998
Grant date	Dec 7, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02M33/00
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process is provided for drawing low-boiling volatile components, such as 2-methylbutane, 2,3-dimethylbutane and pentane, out of fuel in a fuel tank of a passenger car or utility vehicle by applying a vacuum to the fuel tank by means of a diaphragm pump; suctioning off the low-boiling volatile components and condensing the low-boiling volatile components under a pressure that is greater than 1.0 bar. The low-boiling volatile components may be stored in a storage tank and used as engine fuel during cold start of the engine or used as a reducing agent for nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas from the engine.

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