Fuel treatment device using heat and magnetic field
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02G-005/00
F02B-051/00
F02M-027/00
출원번호
US-0998109
(2009-09-14)
등록번호
US-8517000
(2013-08-27)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2009/005135
(2009-09-14)
§371/§102 date
20110512
(20110512)
국제공개번호
WO2010/033171
(2010-03-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Rowland, Wayne
출원인 / 주소
Rowland, Wayne
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13
초록▼
A fuel enhancer device provides a substantially higher miles per gallon gas saving of at least ten (10) miles per gallon for motor vehicles powered by fuel-injected, internal combustion engines. The device pre-heats the fuel, and subjects the fuel to a magnetic field, prior to the fuel's entry into
A fuel enhancer device provides a substantially higher miles per gallon gas saving of at least ten (10) miles per gallon for motor vehicles powered by fuel-injected, internal combustion engines. The device pre-heats the fuel, and subjects the fuel to a magnetic field, prior to the fuel's entry into the engine fuel injectors. The device is simple to install within a fuel line system next to an engine's bank of fuel injectors.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for increasing the combustion efficiency of fuel in a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine, said engine having a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from a fuel source to one or more fuel injectors of said engine, comprising the steps of: preheating the fuel at a first location inte
1. A method for increasing the combustion efficiency of fuel in a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine, said engine having a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from a fuel source to one or more fuel injectors of said engine, comprising the steps of: preheating the fuel at a first location intermediate said fuel source and said fuel injectors to a temperature within an optimal temperature range as experimentally determined for maximum efficiency of combustion of said fuel when said fuel is combusted according to said method, thereby producing preheated fuel;at a second location intermediate said fuel source and said fuel injectors, conducting said preheated fuel through a bidirectional, dual helical pathway disposed within a housing comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal, wherein said pathway includes a first tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about a helical axis from a top end to a bottom end thereof in a first rotational sense, said top end receiving fuel into said pathway; anda second tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about said helical axis from a bottom end to a top end thereof in said first rotational sense, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment;at said second location, at the same time that the preheated fuel is being conducted through said dual helical pathway, subjecting said preheated fuel to a magnetic field, wherein said magnetic field is created by first and second magnets spaced apart along said helical axis on opposite ends of said pathway and abutting opposite, interior surfaces of said housing;said dual helical pathway is coaxially disposed between said magnets,said first and second magnets have either their north poles or their south poles facing each other; andconducting the preheated, magnetic field treated fuel from the top end of the second tube segment to said one or more fuel injectors. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first magnet abuts the top end of the first tube segment and/or abuts the top end of the second tube segment, and the second magnet abuts the bottom end of the second tube segment and/or abuts the bottom end of the first tube segment. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second tube segment substantially surrounds the first tube segment. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tube segment substantially surrounds the second tube segment. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second locations are identical locations such that preheating the fuel, subjecting the heated fuel to said magnetic field, and conducting said heated, magnetic field treated fuel through a dual helical pathway all occur at the same location. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the fuel is gasoline or diesel fuel and the optimal temperature range is 82° C. (180° F.) to 104° C. (220° F.). 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first and second tube segments are comprised of steel. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the exterior surfaces of the first and second tube segments are electrolytically-coated with copper. 9. The method claim 8 wherein said engine has an engine cooling system that conducts coolant through the engine, whereby, when said engine is operating, said coolant is heated into the optimal temperature range, further comprising the step of conducting said coolant to said first location to heat said fuel to said temperature range. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein said engine is equipped with a fuel pump and an adjustable pressure regulator interposed between the fuel pump and the one or more fuel injectors, said regulator having an inlet port for receiving fuel from the fuel pump, an outlet port for sending fuel toward the one or more fuel injectors, a fuel return port for returning fuel toward the fuel source whenever said regulator senses that pressure in the fuel intake line exceeds an adjustable pressure threshold, and a fuel pressure adjusting screw for adjusting said pressure threshold up or down, further comprising the steps of: conducting fuel from the fuel pump to said inlet port;conducting fuel from said outlet port to the dual helical pathway; andconducting fuel from the fuel return port back to the fuel source whenever the pressure in the fuel intake line exceeds said threshold. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of adjusting said fuel pressure adjusting screw to make said pressure threshold as low as possible consistent with smooth and dependable operation of the engine. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the housing is square in transverse cross-section. 13. A device for treatment of fuel as it is supplied through a fuel intake line to a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine to increase the efficiency of combustion of the fuel, said engine having a fuel source and a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from the fuel source through a fuel pump to one or more engine fuel injectors, comprising: a housing comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal, wherein said housing encloses and defines a hollow chamber and has a fuel inlet opening and a fuel outlet opening;means attached to the housing at the fuel inlet opening for receiving fuel from the fuel intake line into said fuel inlet opening;means attached to the housing at the fuel outlet opening and adapted for conducting fuel from the fuel outlet opening toward the one or more fuel injectors;means attached to the housing for heating the fuel within an experimentally-determinable, optimal temperature range for maximum efficiency of combustion of said fuel, thereby producing heated fuel;a bidirectional, dual helical pathway disposed within the chamber, said pathway including a first tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about a helical axis in a first direction from a top end to a bottom end thereof in a first rotational sense, said top end being adapted to receive fuel through said fuel inlet opening into said pathway; anda second tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about said helical axis in a second, opposite direction from a bottom end to a top end thereof and in the said first rotational sense, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment;first and second magnets disposed along said helical axis within said chamber at opposite ends of said pathway and abutting opposite interior surfaces of said housing for subjecting fuel within said dual helical pathway to a magnetic field, wherein said magnets have their north poles or their south poles facing each other. 14. The device of claim 13, wherein the magnets are permanent magnets, and each magnet has 76,000 gauss or more flux density. 15. The device of claim 14, wherein the first magnet abuts the top end of the first tube segment and/or abuts the top end of the second tube segment, and the second magnet abuts the bottom end of the second tube segment and/or abuts the bottom end of the first tube segment. 16. The device of claim 15, wherein the engine has a cooling system that circulates a liquid coolant through the engine block during engine operation, thereby heating the coolant into the optimal temperature range, the housing has a coolant inlet opening and a coolant outlet opening that are in communication with the chamber, and the means for heating the fuel includes means attached to the housing at the coolant inlet opening for receiving coolant from the cooling system, andmeans attached to the housing at the coolant outlet opening for returning coolant back to the cooling system. 17. The device of claim 16, wherein said means for receiving coolant and said means for returning coolant each include a right-angled, hot water elbow attached to an exterior surface of the housing at the coolant inlet opening and the coolant outlet opening, respectively. 18. The device of claim 17, wherein the housing has a substantially square, tubular cross-section normal to the flow of coolant through the housing. 19. The device of claim 18, wherein the housing comprises steel, and the external and internal tube segments of said dual helical pathway comprise steel tubing electrolitically-coated with copper. 20. A device for treatment of fuel as it is supplied through a fuel intake line to a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine to increase the efficiency of combustion of the fuel, said engine having a fuel tank and a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from a fuel tank to one or more engine fuel injectors and a cooling system that circulates a liquid coolant through the engine block during engine operation, comprising: a housing, wherein said housing comprises a magnetically-susceptible metal and encloses and defines a hollow chamber, and said housing has a fuel inlet opening, a fuel outlet opening, and a coolant inlet opening and a coolant outlet opening that are in communication with the chamber,a first, right-angled, hot water elbow attached to an exterior surface of the housing at the coolant inlet opening for conducting coolant into the chamber;a second, right-angled, hot water elbow attached to an exterior surface of the housing at the coolant outlet opening for conducting coolant out of the chamber;means attached to the housing at the fuel inlet opening for receiving fuel from the fuel intake line into said fuel inlet opening;means attached to the housing at the fuel outlet opening for conducting fuel from the fuel outlet opening toward the one or more fuel injectors;a bidirectional, dual helical pathway comprised of a magnetically-susceptible metal and disposed within the chamber, said pathway including a first tube segment that extends helically about a helical axis from a top end to a bottom end thereof, said top end being adapted to receive fuel through said fuel inlet opening into said pathway; anda second tube segment that extends helically about said helical axis from a bottom end to a top end thereof, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment; andfirst and second permanent magnets disposed along said helical axis within said chamber at opposite ends of said pathway for subjecting fuel within said dual helical pathway to a magnetic field, wherein said magnets have their north poles or their south poles facing each other, and the magnets abut interior surfaces of the housing. 21. The device of claim 20, wherein the housing is comprised of steel;the dual helical pathway is comprised of steel that is electrolytically-coated with copper;the first magnet abuts a top end of the first tube segment and/or a top end of the second tube segment;the second magnet abuts a bottom end of the first tube segment and/or a bottom end of the second tube segment;the first tube segment extends helically about the helical axis from a top end to a bottom end thereof in a first, rotational sense, andthe second tube segment extends helically about said helical axis from a bottom end to a top end thereof also in said first, rotational sense. 22. The device of claim 21, wherein the first and second magnets each have flux density of 76,000 gauss or more. 23. The device of claim 21, wherein the first, rotational sense is a right-handed, rotational sense. 24. The dev ice of claim 21, wherein the first, rotational sense is a left-handed, rotational sense. 25. The device of claim 21, wherein the second tube segment substantially surrounds the first tube segment. 26. The device of claim 21, wherein the first tube segment substantially surrounds the second tube segment.
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