Fuel conditioning process
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsWinfried Degen, Erwin Loeffler, Carsten Plog, Melanie Schnell, Thomas Stengel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel conditioning process for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. According to the present invention, on board a motor vehicle at a temperature of from 20° C. to 150° C. and at atmospheric pressure, nitrous gases essentially including nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, or dinitrogen monoxide, or gaseous mixtures thereof are passed through the liquid fuel of the motor vehicle, nitro compounds being formed in the fuel as a result of the passing through of the nitrous gases through the fuel.
Claims8
A fuel conditioning method for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, comprising:
- passing nitrous gases through liquid fuel of a motor vehicle at a temperature of from 20° C. to 150° C. and at atmospheric pressure, the nitrous gases consisting essentially of at least one of nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, dinitrogen monoxide, and gaseous mixtures thereof, nitro compounds being formed in the fuel as a result of the passing of the nitrous gases through the fuel.
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