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US5794601:
Fuel pretreater apparatus and method
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Pantone, Paul; Price, UT 84501
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-08-18
/ 1997-05-16
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| Application Number: |
US1997000858085
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
F01N 5/02;
F02M 31/18;
Core:
F01N 5/00;
F02M 31/02;
IPC-7:
F02M 31/18;
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| ECLA Code: |
F01N5/02; F02M31/18;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
123/538;
123/557;
123/575;
Original:
123/538;
123/557;
123/575;
123/568;
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| Field of Search: |
123/538,557,575,1 A,568
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-05-16 |
US1997000858085 |
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| Abstract: |
A novel fuel pretreater apparatus and method for pretreating an alternate fuel to render it usable as the fuel source for fuel burning equipment such as internal combustion engines, furnaces, boilers, and turbines, includes a volatilization chamber into which the alternate fuel is received. An exhaust plenum may enclose the volatilization chamber so that thermal energy supplied by exhaust from the fuel burning equipment can be used to help volatilize the alternate fuel. A bypass stream of exhaust may be diverted through the alternate fuel in the volatilization chamber to help in volatilizing the alternate fuel and help carry the volatilized fuel through a heated reactor prior to its being introduced into the fuel burning equipment. The reactor is preferably interposed in the exhaust conduit and is formed by a reactor tube having a reactor rod mounted coaxially therein in spaced relationship. The exhaust passing through the exhaust conduit provides thermal energy to the reactor to pretreat the alternate fuel.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Mallinckrodt & Mallinckrodt ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
McMahon, Marguerite;
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| Maintenance Status: |
R1 Reinstated
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A pretreater apparatus for pretreating fuel to provide a suitable fuel for combustion in fuel burning apparatus, the apparatus having a fuel intake system and an exhaust system, the improvement comprising:
- a volatilization chamber for volatilizating said fuel in said volatilization chamber;
- a heated reactor tube through which the volatilized fuel flows;
- a reactor rod mounted in the reactor tube around which the volatilized fuel flows as it flows through the reactor tube, the space between the reactor rod and the reactor tube through which the volatilized fuel flows forming a reaction zone; and
- inlet means for directing said reacted fuel into the intake system of the fuel burning apparatus.
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