Systems and methods for utilizing alcohol fuels
AssigneeMcAlister Technologies, LLC
InventorRoy Edward McAlister
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for producing, storing and using alcohol fuels. In one aspect of the disclosed technology, a method to provide a fuel for an engine includes mixing an alcohol with water to produce a wet alcohol, adding a fuel constituent in the wet alcohol to form a liquid fuel, the fuel constituent being soluble in the wet alcohol, and converting, in a container having an interior formed of an armored material, the liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel substance using at least one of heat energy or electrical energy to pressurize the liquid fuel, the gaseous fuel substance exhibiting a higher pressure and lower density than that of the liquid fuel.
Claims24
A method to provide a fuel for an engine, comprising:
- mixing an alcohol feedstock with water to produce a wet alcohol;
- forming a liquid fuel by adding a fuel constituent in the wet alcohol, the fuel constituent selected to be soluble in the wet alcohol;
- and
- converting, in a container having an interior formed of an armored material, the liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel substance using at least one of heat energy or electrical energy to pressurize the liquid fuel, the gaseous fuel substance exhibiting a higher pressure and lower density than that of the liquid fuel.
A method to provide a fuel for an engine, comprising:
- mixing an alcohol feedstock with water to produce a wet alcohol;
- forming a liquid fuel by dissolving a fuel constituent selected to be soluble in the wet alcohol;
- and
- converting, in a container having an interior formed of an armored material, the liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel substance using at least one of heat energy or electrical energy to pressurize the liquid fuel, the gaseous fuel substance exhibiting a higher pressure and lower density than that of the liquid fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.