Fuel system for internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Mar 26 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5346236

Housand, Sr, R W

This paper discusses an improved internal combustion engine. It comprises a carburetor having at least one fuel jet and an air inlet for supplying a mixture of fuel and air to a passage extending through the carburetor, the mixture being drawn through the carburetor by the vacuum created by the engine; an inlet to the passage through the carburetor having a vacuum applied thereto by the operation of the engine; a source of a mixture of vaporized fuel, air and combustion supporting particles connected to the inlet for supplying the mixture to the passage in the carburetor, the source comprising; a major chamber open to the atmosphere for containing a supply of liquid fuel; a device for controlling the level of liquid fuel in the major chamber; at least one transducer for applying energy to the fuel in the major chamber for causing a portion of the fuel to vaporize and mix with the air in the major chamber; an outlet from the major chamber connected to the inlet; a minor chamber open to the atmosphere and connected to the output of the major chamber for containing a mixture of combustion supporting particles and a liquid fuel; an air intake to the minor chamber for causing air to pass through the mixture of combustion supporting particles and liquid fuel to form a mixture of vaporized fuel, air and combustion supporting particles which is mixed with and dispersed throughout the vaporized fuel from the major chamber and supplied to the carburetor inlet; and a source of fuel for the carburetor and for the source of a mixture of vaporized fuel and combustion supporting particles.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-91-140189; NOV-91-021015
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5002033
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-470370
• OSTI ID: 5346236
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FUEL-AIR RATIO
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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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