Fuel tank arrangement for a dual fuel internal combustion engine
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorSigurd Sonderegger
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Abstract
A fuel tank arrangement for a dual fuel internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank arranged to supply liquid fuel to the dual fuel internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel tank arrangement includes a return conduit connected to the fuel tank and configured to supply leaked fuel from the dual fuel internal combustion engine to the fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank arrangement includes a first fuel separation arrangement positioned in fluid communication between the fuel tank and an outlet to an ambient environment thereof.
Claims12
A fuel tank arrangement for a dual fuel internal combustion engine, the fuel tank arrangement comprising a fuel tank arranged to supply liquid fuel to the dual fuel internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel tank arrangement comprises a return conduit connected to the fuel tank and configured to supply leaked fuel from the dual fuel internal combustion engine to the fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank arrangement comprises a first fuel separation arrangement positioned in fluid communication between the fuel tank and an outlet to an ambient environment thereof, wherein the first fuel separation arrangement comprising a cavity, at least one inlet through-hole between the cavity and the fuel tank, a return through-hole between the cavity and the fuel tank, and an outlet conduit in fluid communication with the outlet to the ambient environment, wherein a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet through-hole is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the cavity.
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