Anti-detonation fuel delivery system
OwnerGilles L. DeLisleinventor
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Abstract
A fuel processing device is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for engines of a given compression ratio. The device includes an adapter between a fuel injector and a port for the fuel injector, the adapter being generally of a hollow cylindrical configuration. A plurality of plates are disposed in the adapter, the plates provided with a central opening, with radially extending slots extending away from the central opening. Each slot has one edge configured with a vane that creates turbulence in the air/fuel mix passing through the adapter so that larger droplets are broken up into smaller droplets until an optimum droplet size is reached.
Claims6
A method for providing an air/fuel mixture for use in an internal combustion engine, said air/fuel mixture predominantly containing size-limited fuel droplets, the method comprising:
- a) providing a constrained flow path,
- b) providing at least one turbulence-inducing device in said constrained flow path wherein said turbulence-inducing device comprises a tube containing a plurality of plates each having at least a centrally located opening therein, with a plurality of slits radially extending from said centrally located opening and edges of said slits positioned to direct said flow of said gas and said droplets in a spiral through said tube,
- c) introducing a flow of gas into said constrained flow path,
- d) injecting a liquid fuel into said constrained flow path along with said flow of gas so that said liquid fuel is broken up by turbulence into fuel droplets of a predetermined size,
- e) inserting said flow of gas and fuel droplets of a predetermined size into an induction air flow for intake into combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.