Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel
Abstract
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.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Santa Clara, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864341
- Patent Number(s):
- 4350133
- Application Number:
- 06/151191
- Assignee:
- Greiner, Leonard, Santa Ana, CA (United States)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02B - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02M - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-78CS51737
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1980 May 19
- 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/
Citation Formats
Greiner, Leonard. Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel. United States: N. p., 1982.
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Greiner, Leonard. Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel. United States.
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"Cold start characteristics of ethanol as an automobile fuel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864341.
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author = {Greiner, Leonard},
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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place = {United States},
year = {1982},
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