(19)
(11) EP 0 812 615 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/51

(21) Application number: 97109520.3

(22) Date of filing: 12.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B01F 5/00, C10L 1/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 12.06.1996 JP 151238/96
01.08.1996 JP 203652/96
06.05.1997 JP 115827/97

(71) Applicants:
  • Ishida, Goro
    Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Tanaka, Toshiro
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Kitada, Toshio
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yoshimura, Yoji
    Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ishida, Goro
    Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Tanaka, Toshiro
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Kitada, Toshio
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Yoshimura, Yoji
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Dreiss, Uwe, Prof. Dr. jur. Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc. 
Patentanwälte Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker, Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart
70032 Stuttgart (DE)

   


(54) Emulsion fuel production method and apparatus, emulsion fuel combustion apparatus, and emulsion fuel production supply apparatus


(57) A rotating means rotates a first member so as to have a gap of a predetermined thickness with respect to a second member. If water, kerosene, surfactant, and air are supplied to a bottom of the gap through a supply means, these are mixed by the rotation of the first member to a mixed liquid thereof so that the mixed liquid is raised in the gap. If the mixed liquid reaches a cylindrical portion of the first member, it is agitated by a plurality of protrusions provided on the cylindrical portion to produce emulsion fuel. The emulsion fuel has a high kinetic energy due to rotation. The emulsion fuel is supplied to an emulsion fuel combustion apparatus by this kinetic energy through a pipe path.






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