Diesel fuel heater

Patent · Tue Dec 25 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5496064

Ray, D A

This patent describes a fuel heating attachment for heating fuel with engine coolant. It comprises an elongate annular section forming an annular side wall upon which transverse top and bottom covers are attached, an elongate coolant distributor within the annular section having coolant passageways therein and extending from the top cover to the bottom cover, a heat exchanger having top and bottom ends located inwardly from the coolant distributor and extending from the top cover to the bottom cover, the heat exchanger including fuel tubes which extend through a heat transfer chamber formed by the inner surface of the coolant distributor and the top and bottom ends of the heat exchanger, a fuel inlet on the fuel heater for directing fuel into the fuel heater, a fuel outlet for directing heated fuel from the fuel heater, a coolant inlet on the fuel heater for directing coolant into the fuel heater, a coolant outlet on the fuel heater for directing coolant from the fuel heater, a temperature sensing means for monitoring the temperature of the heated fuel and regulating the flow of coolant through the fuel heater.

• Assignee: Diesel Research and Development Co., Crookston, MN (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4979483
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-477589
• OSTI ID: 5496064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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