Fuel treatment device using a magnetic field
OwnerWout Lisseveldinventor
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Abstract
Magnetic fuel treatment devices are disclosed, the devices comprising, in part, a housing body, cover, and magnet, the combination of which forming an inner fuel channel through which fuel may flow for treatment therein. The fuel treatment device that uses a magnetic field to improve combustion and filterability of conventional petroleum-based hydrocarbon fuels utilizing an arcuate fuel path, in one embodiment having a “C” shaped radial cross-section positioned and dimensioned to optimize the treatment of fuel through a magnetic field.
Claims20
A fuel treatment device comprising:
- a housing, said housing further comprising a housing body, a housing cover, a fuel entry port, a fuel exit port and a generally arcuate fuel channel between the fuel entry port and the fuel exit port;
- an annular magnet positioned within the housing, the magnet forming at least a portion of the arcuate fuel channel, the annular magnet having a central axis;
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- wherein the arcuate fuel channel has a single “C” shaped radial cross-section with respect to a central axis of the magnet, the channel having a radially inward circumferential portion and a radially outward circumferential portion, where the cross-section lies in a plane perpendicular to the central axis, and where surfaces of the magnet form the entire radially inward circumferential portion of the “C” shaped arcuate fuel channel.
A fuel treatment device comprising:
- a housing, said housing further comprising a housing body, a housing cover, a fuel entry port, a fuel exit port and a generally arcuate fuel channel between the fuel entry port and the fuel exit port;
- an annular magnet positioned within the housing, the magnet obstructing fuel flow directly between the entry and the exit ports, the magnet forming the entire surface of a radially inward circumferential portion of the arcuate fuel channel, the annular magnet having a central axis;
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- wherein the maximum radial distance between the magnet and the housing forming the fuel channel is 30% of the thickness of the magnet.
A method for magnetically treating fuel comprising the steps of:
- providing fuel treatment device comprising:
- a housing, said housing further comprising a housing body, a housing cover, a fuel entry port, a fuel exit port and a generally arcuate fuel channel between the fuel entry port and the fuel exit port;
- an annular magnet positioned within the housing, the magnet obstructing fuel flow directly between the entry and exit ports, the magnet forming at least a portion of the arcuate fuel channel, the annular magnet having a central axis;
- and wherein the arcuate fuel channel has a “C” shaped radial cross-section with respect to the central axis of the magnet, the channel having a radially inward circumferential portion and a radially outward circumferential portion, where the cross-section lies in a plane perpendicular to the central axis, and where surfaces of the magnet form the entire radially inward circumferential portion of the “C” shaped arcuate fuel channel;
- attaching a fuel line to the fuel entry port and the fuel exit port of the fuel treatment device;
- forcing fuel in the fuel treatment device such that the fuel enters the fuel entry port and enters the arcuate fuel channel;
- subjecting the fuel to a magnetic field created by the magnet while the fuel is in the fuel channel;
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- allowing the treated fuel to exit the fuel treatment device through the fuel exit port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.