System and method of adding gaseous oxygen additive derived from an oxygen concentrator to diesel fuel to improve combustion
AssigneeH2Diesel, Inc.
InventorsJohn S. Petterson, John L. Haller
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Abstract
A system of enhancing fuel combustion in an engine which may be a diesel engine or a hydro-diesel engine, by: (a) providing a supply of liquid diesel fuel; (b) using an oxygen concentrator to produce a concentrated oxygen gas; (c) mixing the concentrated oxygen gas into the liquid diesel fuel; and then (d) passing the homogeneous mixture of liquid diesel fuel and concentrated oxygen gas into a combustion chamber of an engine; and optionally (e) providing a supply of hydrogen gas; and (f) mixing the hydrogen gas into the liquid diesel fuel as well.
Claims23
A method of enhancing fuel combustion in an engine, comprising:
- (a) providing a supply of liquid diesel fuel;
- (b) providing an oxygen concentrator, wherein the oxygen concentrator receives air therein and removes nitrogen from the air to produce a concentrated oxygen gas;
- (c) providing a first flow path for physically mixing the concentrated oxygen gas into the liquid diesel fuel in an infuser or mixer to form a homogeneous mixture of liquid diesel fuel and concentrated oxygen gas;
- (d) providing a second flow path for chemically mixing the concentrated oxygen into the liquid diesel fuel upstream of the infuser or mixer;
- and then
- (e) passing the homogeneous mixture of liquid diesel fuel and concentrated oxygen gas from the infuser or mixer into a combustion chamber of the engine.
A system for enhancing fuel combustion in an engine, comprising:
- (a) a diesel fuel tank;
- (b) an oxygen concentrator for providing concentrated oxygen gas;
- (c) an infuser or mixer for mixing liquid diesel fuel from the diesel fuel tank together with the concentrated oxygen gas from the oxygen concentrator to form a homogeneous mixture of liquid diesel fuel and concentrated oxygen gas;
- (d) a first flow path for physically mixing the concentrated oxygen gas into the liquid diesel fuel in the infuser or mixer;
- (e) a second flow path for chemically mixing the concentrated oxygen into the liquid diesel fuel upstream of the infuser or mixer;
- and
- (f) the engine having a combustion chamber for receiving the homogeneous mixture of liquid diesel fuel and concentrated oxygen gas therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.