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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
A fuel supply assembly is provided that may allow for use of vaporized fuel to power an engine and enhance fuel efficiency. The fuel supply assembly may include a vaporizing tank, a heating source, a temperature control and a monitoring and control system configured to control intermixing of ambient air and vaporized gasoline to maintain a desired hydrocarbon level in an exhaust.
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- The present application is a continuation of and claims priority to Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/578,693, entitled “Vapor Fueled Engine” filed on May 9, 2006, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Patent application Ser. No. 10/578,693 is the U.S. National Stage Entry of a PCT that claims priority to now issued U.S. Pat. No. 6,907,866, having a filing date of Nov. 11, 2003, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- This invention relates to the use of vaporized fuel to power an engine and, more particularly, to improvements that enhance fuel efficiency.
- It is known that under some conditions the use of vaporized fuel versus liquid fuel for gasoline powered vehicles can reduce the emission of hydrocarbons conveyed into the atmosphere, while also increasing fuel efficiency. The problem that has lingered is how to obtain and retain those benefits over the changing conditions in which such vehicles are typically driven.
- As known and as described in the commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/002,351, (incorporated herein by reference), fuel efficiency can be improved by heating a quantity of gasoline to cause vaporization, directing the vapor into a stream of ambient air, establishing a desired air-to-fuel mixture and directing the mixture into the intake manifold of an engine.
- Whereas the system as disclosed in the above application has resulted in significant improvement, it has not achieved the consistency of operation desired.
- It is known that there is an optimum fuel-to-air mixture that needs to be maintained. A fuel-to-air mixture of 1 to 20 is likely too rich resulting in an unacceptable percentage of hydrocarbons in the fuel that are not properly combusted and fuel efficiency is reduced. A 1 to 40 mixture is too lean with today's catalytic converters (CATs) and produces an emission of nitrogen oxide that is prohibited by the EPA emission standards. A fuel-to-air mixture of about 1 to 30 is about optimal for current gasoline engines used in vehicles and an objective of the invention is to control the fuel-to-air mixture to maintain the ratio in the range substantially at, e.g., 1 to 30.
- Consistent with the above objective, the mixture is monitored and adjusted throughout operation of the engine. This is accomplished automatically by the use of valves that control the flow of vapor fuel and/or ambient air that is mixed prior to entry of the vapor fuel into the engine's intake manifold. The valves are coupled to a control that is in turn coupled to a vehicle's 02 sensor which senses 02 emissions in a vehicle's exhaust (a standard feature on most modern vehicles.) It has been learned that the 02 emissions are directly related to hydrocarbon emissions which as explained is a reflection of the fuel-to-air mixture.
- In the preferred embodiment, an electrical output from the 02 sensor is transmitted to the mentioned control. It is known that the desired reading for the voltage output of the sensor as measured by the control is, e.g., 3 volts. At startup, the reading will typically be at, e.g., 4 volts, indicating a too rich mixture but desirable for startup and warming of the engine. After a time delay to accommodate warm up, any reading above or below, e.g., 3, will activate the control for opening and closing the valve or valves which control ambient air flow and vaporized fuel flow (more accurately an enriched mixture of air and fuel). For example, a 3.2 reading will produce an opening of the ambient air valve and/or a closing of the vaporized fuel flow. A 2.8 reading will produce the reverse.
- Whereas it would be presumed and has been assumed that an established fixed setting of fuel-to-air mixture would produce a stabilized mixture throughout the operation of the engine, such has been determined to be not the case. There are many variables that need to be controlled or accommodated. The liquid fuel temperature is known to have the greatest impact on hydrocarbon emissions and fuel efficiency, and that temperature will vary by small but very significant degrees of temperature due to environmental changes, i.e., temperature, elevation, humidity, and the like. Thus, in the preferred embodiment, a quantity of fuel to be vaporized is precisely temperature controlled to substantially eliminate the effect of such environmental variables.
- Regardless, there still remain significant changes that are not controlled simply by maintaining the liquid fuel temperature. These remaining variables are accordingly accommodated by monitoring the 02 sensors. To the extent that the fuel mixture strays from the desired reading from the 02 monitor, the mixture is corrected, i.e., by changing the setting of a valve or valves.
- Whereas the above improvements are considered the primary features for the preferred embodiment, the following is also considered to provide additional benefit.
- Again in the preferred embodiment, a quantity of liquid fuel, e.g., one gallon of fuel, is inserted into a vaporization tank. The fuel occupies, e.g., the lower half of the tank, and a heating element and temperature sensor is provided in the fuel-containing portion of the tank. The temperature is set and maintained at, e.g., 74 degrees, and that temperature causes vaporization of the fuel, the vapor rising from the liquid surface into the upper half of the tank. Within the tank, in the upper half, there is an ambient air inlet and a vaporized fuel outlet. A sequence of baffles directs air from the inlet and across the surface of the liquid fuel to the outlet which is connected to an outer first conduit. The ambient air temperature is stabilized by its movement over the liquid and in the process mixes with the rising fuel vapor. As expelled through the outlet and into the first conduit, such becomes the vaporized fuel heretofore alluded to and which is perhaps more correctly identified as an enriched fuel air mixture. A secondary source of ambient air is conducted through a second conduit and merges with the vaporized fuel of the first conduit. Prior to said joining of the air and vaporized fuel, at each or a selected one of the first and second conduits, control valves are provided which control the flow volume from the respective conduits to vary the amount of ambient air and vaporized fuel that is combined into a third conduit or continuing conduit (also referred to as a mixing chamber) which in turn conveys the mixture to the engine's intake manifold.
- A further problem for which a solution had to be derived was the discovery that the process as described, when vaporizing the common gasolines that are commercially available, generates a liquid residual that does not readily vaporize, e.g., at the temperature setting considered otherwise optimal. Over a period of time, this liquid residual becomes a greater and greater portion of the liquid content of the vaporization tank. Thus, a provision is made for a periodic purging of the liquid residual from the tank.
- Whereas it was determined that the residual liquid burned acceptably well in conventional engines, and particularly to the extent that the systems of the preferred embodiment are adaptable and applied as retrofits to such conventional engines, a first solution is the alternate running of the engine, i.e., on vaporized fuel as described above, and then, as desired, converting back to conventional liquid fuel operation wherein the residual liquid is used to fuel the engine. A recycling procedure may be established to (a) fill the tank with e.g., a gallon of liquid gasoline; (b) vaporizing 80% of the fuel and then switching to conventional engine operation to burn off the liquid residual; and (c) refill the tank and switch back to vaporized fuel. Other solutions are certainly contemplated. The residual can be simply extracted from the tank on a periodic basis, stored until refueling is required, and then disposed of or preferably transferred for use in a conventional engine use. It is theorized that the residual can also be eliminated by periodic higher temperature vaporization which may vaporize the residual at some but acceptable loss of efficiency.
- The invention will be more fully appreciated and understood by reference to the following detailed description and drawings referred to therein.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic overview of a preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is an operational diagram of the system utilized for the embodiment ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the vaporization tank ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIG. 4 is a further exploded view illustrating in particular the control valves of the system ofFIGS. 1 and 2 . - Reference is made to
FIG. 1 , which provides a schematic overview of the components of a system in accordance with the present invention. A gasoline-powered engine as labeled, includes anintake port 10 connected to the engine's throttle body. The engine, when operating, draws air and fuel throughport 10. The engine includes anexhaust pipe 12 that is equipped with an 02sensor 14. The engine,intake port 10 and 02detector 14 may be standard equipment provided for a conventional gasoline-driven vehicle, and the remainder of the components of the illustrated embodiment are incorporated into the system to achieve the objectives of the present invention. -
Item 16 represents an air box through which ambient air is drawn when operating the engine.Air conducting conduits air box 16 provide the desired airflow to the remainder of the system as will be described. -
Conduit 20 includes avalve 22 that controls the volume of air directed throughconduit 20 and which is conveyed to avapor producing tank 26 via the tank's top orcover 24. -
Conduit 18 includes avalve 28 which controls the volume of ambient air that is directed into a mixingchamber 30. - Returning to the vapor-producing
tank 26, the tank is provided with flow control apparatus, e.g., baffles, which will be later explained, but for this overview description it will be understood that air from conduit 20 (as controlled by valve 22) enters thetank 26 through the top 24,liquid fuel 28 is drawn from agas tank 32 viaconduit 34, hot water heating coils immersed in the liquid fuel via inlets andoutlets fuel 28 and generatevapors 40. The vapors are picked up by the airflow fromair conduit 20 and directed out throughconduit 42 to the mixingchamber 30 but controlled byvalve 44. The air vapor mixture ofconduit 42 is intermixed in mixingchamber 30 with ambient air fromconduit 18, and the mixture is directed through theintake port 10 and from there into the combustion tank of the engine. - Reference is now also directed to
FIG. 2 which illustrates an automatic control process for the air, vapor, and fuel flow rates referred to inFIG. 1 . Eachvalve stepper motors 22′ 28′ and 44′. - It has been determined that fuel efficiency can be measured by the hydrocarbons that are emitted from the vehicle exhaust. Unfortunately, the elimination of hydrocarbons from gasoline-produced engines currently available cannot be total as such produces an undesired and unpermitted emission of nitrogen oxides. Thus, one first determines the level of nitrogen oxide that is permitted and then the lowest level of hydrocarbons that will stay within the limits permitted for the restriction on nitrogen oxide.
- It has further been determined that 02 detectors for detecting a level of 02 in the vehicle's exhaust and which have been incorporated into the exhaust system of later model vehicles, are directly related to the level of hydrocarbons in that same exhaust. Thus, one can determine what 02 reading of the
detector 14 produces the optimum fuel efficiency. For example, a desired hydrocarbon level may be determined to exist when the 02 monitor produces a reading of 3 volts. - Returning to
FIG. 1 , it has been determined that fuel efficiency is achieved by controlling the ratio of fuel-to-air mixture achieved at the mixingchamber 30 from which the mixture enters the engine intake throttle body. It is known that the vapor-air-mixture directed into the mixingchamber 30 fromconduit 42 is too rich, e.g., 1 part fuel to 10 parts air, and of course the air only fromconduit 18 has zero parts fuel. The desired mixture may be that which achieves a 30 to 1 ratio, e.g., of 2 cubic feet of air, throughvalve 28 for each cubic foot of air/vapor throughvalve 44. - Whereas the
valves conduit 42. - Assuming a specific hydrocarbon emission is desired, a reading of the 02 detector will verify that this desired mixture has been achieved, as that reading also indicates the hydrocarbons in the exhaust. As explained, a fixed setting will not likely achieve the optimum ratio over any given period of time. Any temperature change, any elevational change and even differences in fuel make up will skew the vapor/fuel mixture flowing from the
tank 26 to the mixingchamber 30. - Accordingly, the
valves stepper motors 22′, 28′ and 44′ (illustrated in the flow chart ofFIG. 2 and in exploded perspective view inFIG. 4 ) which stepper motors are automatically operated by computer C. Computer C monitors the 02 and thus the hydrocarbon emissions inexhaust 12 and should those readings indicate too high or too low hydrocarbons, the stepper motors are activated by the computer to change the relative fluid volumes fromconduit 18 andconduit 42. Should the reading show a too high hydrocarbon level, the vapor/air flow ofconduit 44 needs to be lessened, e.g., thevalve 44 closed, or, e.g., thevalve 28 opened, or, e.g., both closing ofvalve 44 and opening ofvalve 28. - The adjustment may take place in stages, i.e., a 1° closing of
valve 44, a re-reading of the 02 detector followed by repeated partial closing ofvalve 44 or alternatively the partial opening ofvalve 18 or a combination of both.Valve 22 can also be a factor as restricting air flow intoconduit 20 will slow the flow of air to thetank 26, thus toconduit 40, while also diverting more airflow throughvalve 28. - The structure as described enables the designer to design a system that will theoretically provide the desired result in fuel-to-air mixture (e.g., 1 to 30) as deemed desirable, but then in recognition of the impact of small environmental changes that produce substantial deviations in efficiency, provide automatic adjustments that are responsive to real time readouts from an exhaust monitor, e.g., an 02 detector.
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FIG. 3 , which illustrates the components of the vaporizingtank 26. Thetank 26 consists of ametal box 48 having dimensions of about 4″×8″×12″. Fitted to the bottom of the tank is ahot water coil 50 that includes aninlet 52 andoutlet 54 which, when assembled to thebox 48, extends from the box viainlet 52′ andoutlet 54′. - Seated onto the box bottom and over the
coil 50 is abaffle grid 56. The plates of thebaffle grid 56 includeslots 58 which enable the seating of the grid over thecoil 50.Baffle grid 56 includesfastener tabs 60 and assembled to thefastener tabs 60 is alower baffle plate 62 having spacedcircular opening 64. Thebaffle plate 62 is seated below the upper edge of box 48 (defined by flange 84) and affixed to theflange 84 is anupper baffle plate 66. Extendingflanges 68 ofbaffle plate 66 protrude laterally from the box and provide the means to secure thebox 48 to the body of the vehicle.Upper flange 68 hasrectangular openings 70. - Secured to the
upper baffle plate 66 and in alignment with an air inlet to be described is a secondaryupper baffle plate 72, reduced in size and secured to theupper plate 66 so as to cover a substantial portion of theopening 70′. Provided in this secondary plate is a plurality of small holes, e.g., fiveholes 74 having a size of about a quarter inch in diameter.Baffle plate 72 provides an impediment to airflow fromair inlet 78 and diverts the air flow laterally and downwardly within thetank 26. - Completing the assembly is the top or cover 24 which has a complex shape which can be described as a distorted pyramid shape. The apex of the pyramid shape is positioned at one end whereat an
air inlet 78 is provided Avapor air outlet 80 is provided at the same end but along the side wall of the pyramid shape. Aflange 82 forming the peripheral edge of the top 24 includes bolt holes which line up with bolt holes inflange portion 76 ofbaffle plate 66 and with bolt holes in aflange 84 forming the peripheral edge ofbox 48. Bolts (not shown) are inserted through the aligned bolt holes to fasten the components together. Afloat 86 contained in thebox 48 determines the level of liquid gasoline contained in the box. The liquid gasoline enters the box throughconduit 34 and arecycling conduit 90 is provided to drain and/or circulate the gasoline in the vaporizingtank 26 as may be desired. - In operation liquid gasoline is filled to a level of about ¾ inch in the bottom of the
box 48 which is above the position of the heater coils 50 and below the top of thebaffle grid 56. Thebaffle grid 56 andbaffle plate 62 primarily prevent sloshing of the gasoline during driving of the vehicle. As the liquid gasoline vaporizes (induced by the heating coil 50) air frominlet 78 is dispersed across the liquid surface viabaffle plates FIG. 1 ) and is then directed throughoutlet 80 and to the mixingchamber 30 viaconduit 42 as previously discussed. - As gasoline is vaporized and drawn from the surface of the liquid gasoline, the gasoline level diminishes which is detected by the
float 86. As determined desirable by the system, the gasoline is replenished throughinlet 34. After some period of time, the gasoline starts to become contaminated (does not vaporize) and it is desirable to purge the tank. This can be done by converting the engine to gasoline use and drawing the residual gas of thetank 26 through the conventional gas injection system. It can also be simply drained into a holding tank and utilized for other power equipment, e.g., a powered law mower. - Whereas the above is considered a preferred embodiment, the reader will readily understand that numerous modifications and variations may be made without departing from the intended scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to the structures as described above but fully encompasses the definitions of the appended claims.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
an input block configured to receive a combustion exhaust data signal output by an exhaust sensor, the combustion exhaust data signal indicating a carbon level present in an amount of combustion exhaust; and
an output block configured to transmit a valve control signal to one or more of a plurality of valves, the valve control signal to control a mixture of an amount of vaporized fuel and an amount of air to maintain a desired fuel-to-air mixture based on the received combustion exhaust data signal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combustion exhaust data signal is a voltage output by the exhaust sensor.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the input block is further configured to receive liquid fuel temperature data output by a temperature sensor coupled to a vaporization tank; and
the output block is further configured to transmit a temperature control signal to a heating element, the temperature control signal to control a temperature of an amount of liquid fuel to generate the amount of vaporized fuel based on the received liquid fuel temperature data.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the temperature control signal causes the heating element to increase the temperature of the amount of liquid fuel.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the output block is further configured to transmit a signal to a heating element to enable the heating element to increase a temperature of the amount of vaporized fuel.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combustion exhaust data signal includes information relating to oxygen (“O2”) emissions, and the apparatus is configured to determine the presence of carbon content based on the O2 emissions.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the output block is further configured to transmit a fuel control signal to a fuel tank, the fuel control signal to selectively provide the amount of vaporized fuel or an amount of liquid fuel to a combustion chamber.
8. A method comprising:
inducting liquid fuel into a vaporization tank;
increasing a temperature of the liquid fuel in the vaporization tank to an increased temperature to vaporize a portion of the liquid fuel; and
controlling an amount of air to be mixed with the vaporized portion of the liquid fuel in response to exhaust conditions.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the controlling comprises controlling the amount of air to be mixed with the vaporized portion of the liquid fuel in response to a signal indicating a carbon level in an amount of combustion exhaust.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
recycling another portion of the quantity of liquid fuel, wherein the another portion of the quantity of liquid fuel does not vaporize at the increased temperature.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the recycling comprises switching engine operation to liquid fuel operation from vapor fuel operation.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the recycling comprises extracting the another portion of the quantity of liquid fuel from the vaporization tank.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the recycling occurs after vaporization of the portion of the liquid fuel.
14. A system comprising:
a vaporization tank including a fuel supply conduit to receive liquid fuel and a recycling conduit to recycle a residual portion of the liquid fuel;
a heating element, coupled to the vaporization tank, configured to controllably increase a temperature of the liquid fuel to generate vaporized fuel; and
a controller, coupled to the vaporization tank and the heating element, to controllably increase the temperature of the liquid fuel to generate the vaporized fuel and to control the recycling conduit to recycle a residual portion of the liquid fuel that does not vaporize.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the heating element is further configured to controllably increase a temperature of the vaporized fuel.
16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a combustion engine that is configured to combust the vaporized fuel or the recycled liquid fuel.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit signals to the combustion engine, the signals indicating whether the engine is to run on the vaporized fuel or the recycled residual portion of the liquid fuel.
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