Vehicle-mounted fuel separation system
AssigneesExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRandall D. Partridge, Kouseki Sugiyama
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Abstract
A vehicle-mounted fuel separation system 24 is provided with a fuel heating device 56 heating stock fuel and a separator 57 separating stock fuel heated by the fuel heating device into a plurality of types of fuel. Furthermore, a forced exhaust device 66 forcibly exhausting the fuel in the fuel heating device from the fuel heating device when the temperature of the fuel in the fuel heating device becomes a reference temperature or more or is expected to become a reference temperature or more is provided. Due to this, a fuel separation system where excessive heating of the fuel by the fuel heating device of the fuel separation system is prevented is provided.
Claims8
A vehicle-mounted fuel separation system comprising:
- a stock fuel tank that stores stock fuel;
- a fuel heating device heating the stock fuel;
- a first pipe that connects the stock fuel tank and the fuel heating device;
- a separator separating the stock fuel heated by said fuel heating device into a plurality of types fuel;
- a second pipe that connects the fuel heating device and the separator;
- a fuel pump that feeds the stock fuel from the stock fuel tank to the separator;
- a bypass pipe that connects the first pipe and the second pipe;
- an ejector that is disposed on the bypass pipe and is configured to supply the stock fuel from the stock fuel tank to the separator;
- a temperature sensor that detects temperature of the stock fuel in the fuel heating device;
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- wherein stock fuel is supplied from the stock fuel tank to the separator when the temperature of the stock fuel in the fuel heating device becomes a reference temperature or more or is expected to become said reference temperature or more.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.