US 2016/0097348 A1 · VEHICLE

Abstract

A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (ICE) to provide motive power to the vehicle. The ICE includes a pressurizable tank defining a tank volume to contain a solution of a natural gas and a liquid fuel. The ICE has a refueling port in fluid communication with the tank volume to selectably interface with a refueling nozzle to receive the solution from the refueling nozzle. A fuel supply tube conveys the solution from the pressurizable tank to the ICE. A fuel injector is in fluid communication with the fuel supply tube and a combustion chamber of the ICE. In response to a level of the solution in the pressurizable tank, the fuel injector is to selectably inject a predetermined quantity of the solution or a predetermined quantity of a gaseous mixture into the ICE for combustion. The gaseous mixture includes a vapor and the natural gas evaporated from the solution.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle, comprising:

an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) to provide motive power to the vehicle;
a pressurizable tank defining a tank volume to contain a solution of a natural gas and a liquid fuel;
a refueling port in fluid communication with the tank volume to selectably interface with a refueling nozzle to receive the solution from the refueling nozzle;
a fuel supply tube to convey the solution from the tank to the ICE;
and
a fuel injector in fluid communication with the fuel supply tube and a combustion chamber of the ICE, in response to a level of the solution in the tank, to selectably inject a predetermined quantity of the solution or a predetermined quantity of a gaseous mixture of a vapor and the natural gas evaporated from the solution into the ICE for combustion therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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