Device for the treatment of engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or from plants
AssigneeI.A.T. Technologies Limited
InventorsChristian Koch, Georg Gotzelmann, Jurgen Sterzik
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Abstract
The device is used for treating engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or plants. It has a heating device (3) for heating the liquid engine or heating fuel and a reactor (1) containing at least one reactor element (4) which consists at least partially of a tin alloy on the surface. This tin alloy contains 0.2 to 20 weight-% of copper as the alloy element with the greatest proportion by weight added to the tin. The reactor element consists of a plurality of loose or connected granules of a transverse dimension of at most 5 mm.
Claims28
A device for the treatment of engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or plants, comprising a heating device for heating the fuel, and a reactor through which a flow of fuel can pass, said reactor containing at least one reactor element having a tin alloy on its surface, said tin alloy on the surface of the reactor element containing primarily tin and containing from 0.2 to 20 weight-% of copper as the alloy element with the largest proportion by weight added to the tin, said reactor element comprising a plurality of granules which are loose or which are attached to each other and which have a diameter of at most 5 mm.
Apparatus for supplying fuel to a burner or an engine comprising a conduit for supplying fuel to a burner or an engine, and a device for treatment of fuel supplied through said conduit, said treatment device comprising a heating device for heating the fuel, and a reactor through which a flow of fuel can pass, said reactor containing at least one reactor element having a tin alloy on its surface, said tin alloy on the surface of the reactor element containing primarily tin and containing from 0.2 to 20 weight-% of copper as the alloy element with the largest proportion by weight added to the tin, said reactor element comprising a plurality of granules which are loose or attached to each other and which have a diameter of at most 5 mm.
A method of treating a liquid hydrocarbon fuel comprising heating the fuel to a temperature of at least 40.degree. C., and contacting the heated fuel with a plurality of granules which are loose or attached to one another and which have a diameter of at most 5 mm, said granules having a tin alloy on their surfaces, said tin alloy containing primarily tin and containing from 0.2 to 20 weight-% of copper as the alloy element with the largest proportion by weight added to the tin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.