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US 8,261,726 B2Granted
High shear process for air/fuel mixing
AssigneeH R D Corporation
InventorsAbbas Hassan, Rayford G. Anthony, Gregory Borsinger, Aziz Hassan, Ebrahim Bagherzadeh
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Abstract
Use of a high shear mechanical device in a process to produce aerated fuels for efficient combustion in an engine. In instances, the method comprises forming an emulsion of a gas and liquid fuel in a high shear device prior to introduction to an engine. A vehicular system for producing aerated fuels comprising a high shear device.
Claims16
A method for producing aerated fuels, comprising:
- providing a high shear device having at least one rotor/stator set configured for producing a tip speed of at least 5 m/s, wherein the high shear device is configured with a second rotor and a second stator disposed therein, and wherein each of the second rotor and the second stator have a toothed surface;
- introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into said high shear device;
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- forming an emulsion of the gas and the liquid fuel, wherein said gas comprises bubbles with an average diameter less than about 5 μm to form aerated fuel.
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A system for the production of aerated fuels, comprising;
- a pump positioned upstream of a high shear device, the pump in fluid connection with a high shear device inlet, wherein said high shear device comprises at least one generator comprising a rotor and a complementarily-shaped stator, and wherein the high shear device produces an emulsion of gas in fuel, the emulsion having an average bubble diameter of less than about 1.5 μm;
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- an engine configured for the combustion of the emulsion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.