Marine fuel supply system and a marine craft including same
AssigneeWater-D-Tech Global Limited
InventorsPaul McCarthy, Michael Folan
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Abstract
A marine fuel supply system is disclosed in which a salt water sensor is positioned between a fuel reservoir and a pump used to pump fuel from the reservoir to an internal combustion engine. The water sensor is located near to the bottom of a closed vessel forming part of a water separator so as to sense when salt water separated from the fuel has reached a pre-determined level. A signal is then sent to indicator means in the form of an electric lamp and buzzer to warn an operator of the marine craft of the need to drain off the collected salt water.
Claims27
A marine fuel supply system to supply liquid fuel to an internal combustion engine of a marine craft, the fuel supply system comprising a reservoir to store the liquid fuel, at least one fuel pump to pump fuel from the reservoir to the engine and at least one sensor located between the reservoir and the engine wherein the or each sensor is arranged to detect the presence of sea water in the fuel and provide an indication to an operator of the marine craft.
A fuel supply system as claimed in 9 in which the water separator comprises of a closed vessel having an upper wall, a lower wall, at least one side wall, an inlet to the closed vessel and an outlet from the closed vessel.
A fuel supply system as claimed in 10 in which the inlet to the closed vessel and the outlet from the closed vessel are connected to the upper wall of the closed vessel.
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A water separator for use in a marine fuel supply system to separate sea water from fuel comprising a closed vessel having an upper wall, a lower wall, at least one side wall, an inlet to the closed vessel and an outlet from the closed vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.