EP 0960272 A4 20000405 - FUEL LINE ENHANCER
Title (en)
FUEL LINE ENHANCER
Title (de)
VERSTÄRKER FÜR BRENNSTOFFLEITUNG
Title (fr)
ACTIVATEUR POUR CONDUITE DE CARBURANT
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9800116 W 19980106
- US 3500697 P 19970108
- US 84267697 A 19970415
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9832816A2] A device for pre-conditioning fuel before it enters either an internal conbustion chamber or a furnace employs appropiate arrangements of magnets and a heat exchanger. The in-line fuel conditioning apparatus comprises a cylindrical fuel impervious container and a temperature control flow line that passes through the cylinder. While passing through the container, the fuel contacts a magnetic field generated by a series of magnets (preferably an even number of pairs) arranged so that pole pieces having the same polarity (i.e., N or S) face each other, while adjacent pole pieces have opposite polarities. A gap separates the poles pieces of each pair and the fuel flows through this gap. Alternative embodiments are concerned with different configurations for bringing together the fuel, the magnets and the coolant during the transport of the fuel to the combustion region. For the pre-treatment of fuel for an internal combustion engine, a source of coolant is used to lower the temperature of the fuel contacting the magnetic field generated by the magnets. For the pre-treatment of heating oil being delivered to a furnace a greater efficiency of burning occurs when a temperature control flow line, such as a copper hot water tube wrapped around the container, is used to raise, rather than lower the temperature of the fuel.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
C10G 32/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/00 (2006.01); F02M 53/00 (2006.01); F02M 53/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
C10G 32/02 (2013.01); C10L 1/00 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] DE 4213583 A1 19921029 - TRABOLD HERMANN [DE]
- See references of WO 9832816A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9832816 A2 19980730; WO 9832816 A3 19981112; AU 5815098 A 19980818; AU 735379 B2 20010705; BR 9807105 A 20001003; EP 0960272 A2 19991201; EP 0960272 A4 20000405; IL 130828 A0 20010128; JP 2000517021 A 20001219; TR 199901562 T2 19990921
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9800116 W 19980106; AU 5815098 A 19980106; BR 9807105 A 19980106; EP 98901691 A 19980106; IL 13082898 A 19980106; JP 53199098 A 19980106; TR 9901562 T 19980106