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US 2011/0253071 A1Published application
On-board fuel refining in motorized vehicles
OwnerJoseph L. Donnellyinventor
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for on-board refining of fuels within motorized vehicles. On board fuel refining is a finish-refining step that allows a fuel to be more precisely tailored to a particular vehicle and internal-combustion engine and to the current conditions under which the fuel is being used. In one embodiment, the fuel is subjected to fluid-shear forces and cavitation.
Claims3
A method that increases fuel efficiency in, and lowers pollutant-gas emission from, an internal combustion engine within a motorized vehicle, the method comprising:
- installing an on-board fuel-refining system within the motorized vehicle, on-board fuel-refining system then:
- drawing fuel from the fuel tank of the motorized vehicle, refining the fuel, and providing refined fuel to the internal-combustion engine;
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- monitoring the fuel efficiency of the internal-combustion engine and the output of various sensors in order to continuously adjust operational on-board-fuel-refining parameters in order to optimize fuel efficiency obtained by the internal combustion engine.
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