Internal-combustion engines – Combined devices – Generating plants
Patent
1980-08-04
1982-12-21
Cox, Ronald B.
Internal-combustion engines
Combined devices
Generating plants
123 1A, 202 83, F02B 7512, F02B 4308
Patent
active
043643370
ABSTRACT:
A system for distilling alcohol from mash onboard a motor vehicle is provided. The system uses the waste heat normally exchanged to the atmosphere by a vehicle radiator to drive a two-stage distillation process and uses the velocity of the vehicle to provide moving air to condensors liquefying the alcohol.
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