Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel

Greiner, Leonard

Title: Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel

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An alcohol fuel burner and decomposer in which one stream of fuel is preheated by passing it through an electrically heated conduit to vaporize the fuel, the fuel vapor is mixed with air, the air-fuel mixture is ignited and combusted, and the combustion gases are passed in heat exchange relationship with a conduit carrying a stream of fuel to decompose the fuel forming a fuel stream containing hydrogen gas for starting internal combustion engines, the mass flow of the combustion gas being increased as it flows in heat exchange relationship with the fuel carrying conduit, is disclosed.

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Greiner, Leonard ^[1]

2750-C Segerstrom, Santa Ana, CA 92704

Issue Date:: 1982-01-01

Research Org.:: UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA

OSTI Identifier:: 864341

Patent Number(s):: 4350133

Assignee:: Greiner, Leonard (2750-C Segerstrom, Santa Ana, CA 92704)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02N - STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02N - STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES
F02N19/04 - by heating of fluids used in engines

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
Y02T10/12 - Technologies for the improvement of indicated efficiency of a conventional ICE

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
F02M31/163 - {Preheating by burning an auxiliary mixture}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02B - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
F02B1/02 - with positive ignition

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
F02M1/16 - Other means for enriching fuel-air mixture during starting

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DOE Contract Number:: AC03-78CS51737

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: cold; start; characteristics; ethanol; automobile; fuel; alcohol; burner; decomposer; stream; preheated; passing; electrically; heated; conduit; vaporize; vapor; mixed; air; air-fuel; mixture; ignited; combusted; combustion; gases; passed; heat; exchange; relationship; carrying; decompose; forming; containing; hydrogen; gas; starting; internal; engines; mass; flow; increased; flows; disclosed; containing hydrogen; fuel burner; mass flow; fuel stream; hydrogen gas; internal combustion; heat exchange; combustion gases; combustion engine; stream containing; exchange relationship; combustion gas; fuel mixture; combustion engines; exchange relation; cold start; conduit carrying; electrically heated; /123/48/

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  abstractNote = {An alcohol fuel burner and decomposer in which one stream of fuel is preheated by passing it through an electrically heated conduit to vaporize the fuel, the fuel vapor is mixed with air, the air-fuel mixture is ignited and combusted, and the combustion gases are passed in heat exchange relationship with a conduit carrying a stream of fuel to decompose the fuel forming a fuel stream containing hydrogen gas for starting internal combustion engines, the mass flow of the combustion gas being increased as it flows in heat exchange relationship with the fuel carrying conduit, is disclosed.},

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