Portable electric liquid fuel vaporizer
OwnerEric Champagneinventor
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Abstract
A portable vaporizer for heating a liquid-phase fuel. The vaporizer comprising a reservoir having a least one wall for containing a heat-conducting fluid within the reservoir. A heating tube extending into the reservoir such that the heating tube is in fluid contact with the heat-conducting fluid. The heating core has and inlet through which the liquid-phase fuel will flow and an outlet through which the vaporized liquid-phase fuel will flow. A heating core comprising an electric heating element placed within the reservoir to heat the heat-conducting fluid and vaporize the liquid-phase fuel passing through the heating tube.
Claims18
A vaporizer for heating a liquid-phase fuel, the vaporizer comprising:
- a reservoir having a least one wall for containing a heat-conducting fluid;
- a heating tube, the heating tube having an inlet end through which liquid-phase fuel will flow and an outlet end through which gaseous fuel will flow;
- the heating tube being thin-walled such that the exterior surface of the heating tube is in contact with the heat-conducting fluid and an interior surface of the heating tube is in contact with the liquid-phase fuel before being vaporized;
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- at least one electric heating element within the reservoir, the at least one electric heating element being in contact with the heat-conducting fluid to increase the temperature of the heat-conducting fluid to a predetermined temperature, the predetermined temperature being such that the liquid phase fuel entering the heating tube will at least partially vaporize before exiting the heating tube;
- wherein the heating tube concentrically surrounds at least a portion of the at least one electric heating element.
A vaporizer for heating a liquid-phase fuel, the vaporizer comprising:
- a reservoir having a least one wall for containing a heat-conducting fluid;
- a heating tube, the heating tube having an inlet end through which the liquid-phase fuel will flow and an outlet end through which gaseous fuel will flow, the heating tube being thin-walled such that the exterior surface of the heating tube is in contact with the heat-conducting fluid and an interior surface of the heating tube is in contact with the liquid-phase fuel before being vaporized;
- a flange removably connected to the reservoir;
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- at least one electric heating element within the reservoir, the at least one electric heating element being in contact with the heat-conducting fluid to increase the temperature of the heat-conducting fluid to a predetermined temperature, the predetermined temperature being such that the liquid phase fuel entering the heating tube will at least partially vaporize before exiting the heating tube,
- wherein the inlet end of the heating tube, the outlet end of the heating tube and the at least one electric heating element pass through the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.