Mobile fuel extending system and method
OwnerVito L. Poveromoinventor
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Abstract
Mobile apparatus and a method for reprocessing waste crank case oil product and mixing this product with fuel oil in preselected proportions to render said product useful as a fuel. The apparatus is designed to be mounted on a vehicle so that processing is done in situ with the waste oil product being withdrawn, reprocessed, mixed, and discharged into the fuel oil tank taking place at the same time.
Claims9
A compact mobile system for reprocessing on a continuous basis a waste oil product for use as a fuel comprising means for withdrawing said waste oil product until exhausted or otherwise terminated from a first reservoir means in which said product is collected, means for filtering on stream said product to remove foreign particulate matter, means for simultaneously withdrawing fuel oil from a second reservoir means in which said oil is stored for use, means for mixing on stream the filtered product and said oil, means for filtering on stream the mixture to remove water and additional foreign particulate matter, means for simultaneously supplying said mixture to said second reservoir means while fuel oil is being withdrawn from said second reservoir, and manifold means which includes said means for withdrawing fuel oil from, and said means for supplying said mixture to, said second reservoir means as a unitary structure.
A method for the in situ reprocessing of waste oil product for use as a fuel comprising continuously and simultaneously carrying out the steps of withdrawing said waste oil product from a first reservoir means in which said product has been collected, filtering said product to remove foreign particulate matter, withdrawing fuel oil from a second reservoir means in which said oil is stored for use, mixing the filtered product and said oil, adjusting the volumetric ratio of said product to said oil to obtain a preselected mixture, filtering the mixture to remove water and other foreign particulate matter, and supplying said mixture to said second reservoir means.
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