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
A method for producing aerated fuels that includes introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into a high shear device; and processing the gas and the liquid fuel in the high shear device at a shear rate of greater than about 20,000 s−1 to form an emulsion of aerated fuel comprising gas bubbles dispersed in the liquid fuel.
Claims19
A method for producing aerated fuels, comprising
- introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into a high shear device comprising at least two generators, each of the at least two generators comprising a rotor and a complementarily-shaped stator;
- and
- processing the gas and the liquid fuel in the high shear device at a shear rate of greater than 20,000 s−1 to form an emulsion of aerated fuel comprising gas bubbles dispersed in the liquid fuel.
A method for producing aerated fuels, comprising
- introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into a high shear device;
- and
- processing the gas and the liquid fuel in the high shear device at a shear rate of greater than about 20,000 s−1 to form an emulsion of aerated fuel comprising gas bubbles dispersed in the liquid fuel,
- wherein the high shear device comprises a rotor/stator set, and wherein the gas bubbles have an average diameter less than 5 μm, and
- 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.
A method for producing aerated fuels, comprising
- introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into a high shear device comprising at least two generators, each of the at least two generators comprising a rotor and a complementarily-shaped stator;
- processing the gas and the liquid fuel in the high shear device at a shear rate of greater than 20,000 s−1 to form an emulsion of aerated fuel comprising gas bubbles dispersed in the liquid fuel;
- injecting the aerated fuel into an internal combustion chamber;
- and
- combusting the aerated fuel to produce mechanical force.
A method for producing aerated fuels, comprising
- introducing a gas and a liquid fuel into a high shear device;
- processing the gas and the liquid fuel in the high shear device at a shear rate of greater than 20,000 s−1 to form an emulsion of aerated fuel comprising gas bubbles dispersed in the liquid fuel, wherein the high shear device comprises a rotor/stator set, and wherein the gas bubbles have an average diameter less than 5 μm;
- injecting the aerated fuel into an internal combustion chamber;
- and
- combusting the aerated fuel to produce mechanical force,
- 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.
A system for the production of aerated fuels, comprising:
- a high shear device configured to produce an emulsion of gas bubbles dispersed in liquid fuel, wherein the gas bubbles in the emulsion have an average bubble diameter of less than 5 μm, wherein the high shear device comprises at least two generators, each of the at least two generators comprising a rotor and a complementarily-shaped stator;
- and
- an internal combustion engine configured for the combustion of the emulsion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.