Cyclone vortex system and process

A method of preparing a gas-phase fluid, comprising the steps of:

• (a) introducing a two-phase fluid into a plurality of flow paths, each of said flow paths including a flow pressure increasing duct;
• (b) spinning the fluid in said flow pressure increasing duct to create a spinning column of fluid containing aerosol particles;
• (c) subjecting said spinning column to rapid differentials in pressure and changes in velocity;
• (d) continuously delivering air tangentially to said spinning column to accelerate said spinning column and to create vortical turbulence interfaces with said spinning column thereby subjecting said aerosol particles to shear forces and internal particle pressures for converting the aerosol particles into a gas-phase fluid;
• and
• (e) withdrawing said gas-phase fluid thus created while retaining any remaining aerosol particles therein,
• wherein lighter aerosol particles are continuously converted to a gas-phase fluid while heavier aerosol particles are progressively diminished in size as the aerosol particles are subjected to said shear forces and differential particle pressures.

A method of preparing a gas-phase fuel-air mixture for an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of fuel-air mixture flow paths;
• selectively controlling the flow of fuel and air along said fuel-air mixture flow paths;
• vortically spinning said fuel in a flow pressure increasing portion of each of said fuel-air mixture flow paths for creating vortically spinning columns of fuel and air;
• continuously delivering air tangentially into each of said vortically spinning columns of fuel and air;
• turbulently and vortically commingling said air delivered into each of said vortically spinning columns of fuel and air for vortically shearing said fuel into a substantially vaporized fuel-air mixture;
• vortically homogenizing and mixing said fuel-air mixture and causing unvaporized fuel to impinge upon a separating surface;
• returning said liquid to the beginning of said flow pressure increasing portion of each of said fuel-air mixture flow paths for vaporizing said liquid;
• and
• exiting the vaporized fuel-air mixture as a gas-phase fuel-air mixture for use in an internal combustion engine,
• wherein the step of vortically spinning the fuel is carried out in a plurality of consecutive portions of each of said fuel vaporizing flow paths for creating a plurality of vortically spinning columns of fuel and air.

A cyclone vortex system for vaporizing a fluid into a gas-phase fluid, comprising:

• a fluid vaporizing cylindrical vortex configuration having at least one vortex unit with a chamber, an input to said chamber and an output from said chamber for allowing a fluid to flew between said input and said output,
• wherein said input includes a flow pressure increasing duct at one end of said vortex configuration, and said output includes a constricted opening located at another end of said vortex configuration,
• wherein said flow pressure increasing duct includes a first fluid delivery inlet positioned at an upstream end of said flow pressure increasing duct and at least one air inlet positioned on the periphery of said duct at the upstream end of said flow pressure increasing duct, and
• wherein said fluid vaporizing cylindrical vortex configuration has at least one aperture for inputting air tangentially to the flow of fluid between said input and said output for vaporizing said fluid into a gas-phase fluid-air mixture.

A cyclone vortex system for vaporizing a fluid into a gas-phase fluid, comprising:

• a plurality of fluid vaporizing cylindrical vortex configurations, each vortex configuration having at least one vortex unit with a chamber, an input to said chamber and an output from said chamber for allowing a fluid to flow between said input and said output,
• wherein each input includes a flow pressure increasing duct at one end of said vortex configuration, and each output includes a constricted opening located at another end of each vortex configuration,
• wherein each flow pressure increasing duct includes a first fluid delivery inlet positioned at an upstream end of said flow pressure increasing duct and at least one air inlet positioned on the periphery of said duct at the upstream end of said flow pressure increasing duct, and
• wherein each fluid vaporizing cylindrical vortex configuration has at least one aperture for inputting air tangentially to the flow of fluid between Said input and said output for vaporizing said fluid into a gas-phase fluid-air mixture.