Method for preparing an emulsified fuel and implementing device
US6589301B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F25/53
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process and apparatus for industrial-scale preparation of an emulsified fuel including a water phase in a continuous organic phase which contains less than 20% by volume of water, and at least one additive necessary for forming the emulsified fuel. The fuel is formed by mixing and homogenizing the organic phase and the additives, forming a volume V, inside an homogenization tank with internal circulation rate Qc, such that Qc/V≧100 h−1, circulating the homogenized fluid in a branch loop emerging from the tank at a rate Qcirc, and through at least one emulsifying system located on said loop, at a rate such that 0 h<V/Qcirc≦2 h, feeding the aqueous phase into the branch loop upstream of the emulsifying system, and maintaining the homogenization in the tank and the circulation of the liquid in the branch loop until the emulsion acquires a desired characteristic of storage stability.
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