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US 2010/0167221 A1Published application
Fuel preheating system
AssigneeYenbu Makine Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
InventorsArif CANACIK, Ahmet Donmez
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Abstract
The present invention provides fuel saving systems. Fuel consumption can be reduced by 5% to 40% or more by pre-combustion heating the fuels. The heat exhaust of a combustion chamber can be used to heat a heat transfer fluid, which exchanges heat with the incoming fuel stream.
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A system comprising:
- a heating chamber configured and arranged to heat a fuel;
- a combustion chamber fluidly connected to the heating chamber, wherein the combustion chamber is configured and arranged to receive the fuel heated in the heating chamber and to combust the fuel therein;
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- a heat exchange element, wherein the heat exchange element is configured to transfer exhaust heat generated by the combustion chamber to the heating chamber.
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A system comprising:
- (a) a heating chamber configured and arranged to heat a fuel, wherein the heating chamber comprises
- (i) an inlet for a heat transfer fluid;
- (ii) a pipe constructed and arranged to transport the heat transfer fluid;
- (iii) an outlet for the heat transfer fluid;
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- (iv) a fuel flow pipe constructed and arranged to allow heat exchange between the fuel and the heat transfer fluid, wherein the fuel flow pipe optionally comprises internal baffles;
- (b) a combustion chamber fluidly connected to the heating chamber, wherein the combustion chamber is configured and arranged to receive the fuel heated in the heating chamber and to combust the fuel therein;
- (c) a heat exchange element, wherein the heat exchange element is configured to transfer exhaust heat generated by the combustion chamber exhaust to the heating chamber using the heat transfer fluid;
- (d) a transfer apparatus to provide positive force to circulate the heat transfer fluid;
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- (e) optionally comprising a pool system constructed and arranged to reduce the flow of the heat transfer fluid to the heating chamber when the fuel supply decreases or when the temperature of the fuel entering the combustion chamber exceeds the desired level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.