Fuel supply system
AssigneeDaimler Chrysler AG
InventorsEberhard Holder, Roland Kemmler, Martin Matt, Viktor Pfeffer, Carsten Plog, Thomas Stengel
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Abstract
In a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank, a fuel processing apparatus to which fuel from the tank is supplied and which separates the fuel into different fractions, the fuel and the fractions are mixed in a mixing chamber according to a performance graph stored in a control unit depending on the operating state of the engine and the mixture is then supplied to the engine in a controlled manner.
Claims11
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine including a fuel tank for receiving and storing liquid fuel, a fuel processing apparatus having a fuel input connected to said fuel tank for receiving fuel therefrom, and being capable of dividing said fuel from said fuel tank into at least two fractions having different properties, means for supplying at least one of said fractions to said engine including a fuel flow control device for supplying said fuel fractions and said fuel to said engine in proportions selected depending on the momentary operating state of said engine, said fuel processing apparatus including a mixing structure for mixing the fuel proportions received from said flow control device and forming a mixture for supply to said internal combustion engine.
4 A fuel supply system according to claim 3, wherein said fuel fraction supply lines include each a separate tank for storing a certain amount of said fuel fraction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.