Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Combustible mixture ionization – ozonation – or electrolysis
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-07
2001-01-30
McMahon, Marguerite (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Combustible mixture ionization, ozonation, or electrolysis
Reexamination Certificate
active
06178955
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a fuel improving method and apparatus for improving fuel efficiency of a fuel such as gasoline, light oil, LPG, or the like, and reducing hazardous components in exhaust gases, by using a chemical element conversion substance including a kind of granite spontaneously radiating neutrons or gamma-rays, a so-called “Inoue ore” produced in the vicinity of Nango of Seta River at the southernmost part of the Lake Biwa, or a chemical element conversion substance including an ore spontaneously radiating neutrons or gamma-rays produced in other districts in the like manner.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
In these years, pollution by exhaust emission of automobiles has been becoming the social problems, and a variety of technology to compete with the problems with the pollution by exhaust emission is being developed in each industry sector. Examples of such technology include catalyst purification systems for exhaust gases, a new type diesel engine, direct blast gasoline engine, and so on. Virtually nothing, however, has been reviewed on measures to compete with exhaust emission from existing automobiles, and no measures have currently been taken against an explosive increase in the number of automobiles particularly in the developing countries.
On the other hand, Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. 8-218,956 proposes a unique technology about an intake apparatus of an internal combustion engine. This technology is designed to apply a substance containing an alpha-decaying radioactive isotope to an intake system for an internal combustion engine. This technology comprises converting nitrogen in air into oxygen and hydrogen by irradiating intake air with alpha-particles, so that it can raise the temperature of oxygen in a combustion chamber and utilize hydrogen as a portion of fuel, thereby achieving improvements in fuel economy and purification of exhaust emission.
The prior art technology utilizes a substance that spontaneously emits alpha-particles. There is none of naturally-occurring substances but very few that can spontaneously emit alpha-particles; however, the amount of emission of the alpha-particles is extremely small and a large majority of the substances can emit only one alpha-particle or less at the very most for one minute. Therefore, emission of alpha-particles in such a small amount could not be practically applied for improvements in fuel mileage and purification of exhaust emission, so that for that reason it has come to the conclusion that the above Japanese patent application was abandoned on Aug. 30, 1996.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
As a result of extensive studies, it has now been found that a particular ore produced in an area in the vicinity of Nango of Seta River at the southernmost part of the Lake Biwa can achieve extraordinary effects of improving fuel economy and purification of exhaust emission of an automobile. The present invention has been completed on the basis of this finding.
The particular ore is one kind of granite which is produced in an area mainly in the vicinity of Nango and Ishiyama of Seta River at the southernmost part of the Lake Biwa (in the southern district of Otsu city), and its composition (by dry weight) is: SiO
2
=56.8%; K
2
O=3.2%; MgO=0.12%; Al
2
O
3
=28.8%; Fe
2
O
3
=5.4%; and Ca and others=5.68%. This ore is so called “Inoue ore” after a Mr. Taro Inoue at 158, Hiratsu-machi, Otsu-shi, Shiga-ken, an owner of a mine in that area. As it can be speculated that among ores throughout the world there would be an ore substantially equal in composition to the Inoue ore, it can be noted herein that the present invention can use an ore other than the Inoue ore as long as it can radiate neutrons or gamma-rays in substantially the same manner as the Inoue ore.
It is confirmed by tests for measurement of the magnitude of radioactive rays by Frontier Science Research Laboratory of Osaka Prefectural University that the Inoue ore spontaneously radiates radioactive rays in a very minute magnitude that is somewhat lower than the acceptable magnitude that can be allowable from the viewpoint of human health. These tests were carried out over a period of time ranging from Sep. 30 to Oct. 2, 1996 by using a Ge (Li) semiconductor detector and a wave height analyzer as instrument devices in such a manner that 200 grams of a sample made from sand of the Inoue ore was tightly attached to the instrument devices. As a result of measurement, the sample was found to emit radioactive rays in magnitude as follows:
232
Th (
204
Tl) at the rate of 175±10 Bq/kg (alpha decay);
226
Ra (
227
Ac) at the rate of 184±11 Bq/kg (beta decay); and
226
Ra (
214
Bi) at the rate of 301±10 Bq/kg (beta decay);
where Th is thorium; Tl is thallium; Ra is radium; Ac is actinium; and Bi is bismuth.
The first result indicates the radioactive rays emitted by the alpha decay; and the second and third results indicate both the radioactive rays emitted by the beta decay. As neutrons are emitted by the beta decay in a large amount that cannot be comparable with the alpha decay, it is considered that the present invention utilizes these neutrons. Moreover, there are naturally-occurring substances that radiates gamma-rays, and it is also considered that the gamma-rays can exhibit a variety of effects together with the neutrons. It is also confirmed that the Inoue ore is radiating the gamma-rays in the amount larger by several times to several hundreds times than usual substances which occur naturally. It is stipulated that those gamma-rays are closely associated with the useful effects as will be described hereinafter because the tendency can be recognized that the larger the amount of the radiated gamma-rays is, the higher the effect is and vice versa.
Although it is reported by an American scientist in an article relating to reduction in exhaust emission and improvements in fuel economy by irradiation of fuel with X-rays, it is now noted, however, that it is almost impossible to continue irradiating fuel with X-rays all the time. If it would be possible, expenses required for commercialization should become extraordinarily high and prices of a resulting product should become higher by several hundreds times the actual price of fuel. For those reasons, tests have so far been conducted merely as experiments. Recent studies, however, have revealed that X-rays having the wavelength of 10
−13
cm are equal to the gamma-rays having the wavelength of 10
−10
cm to 10
−12
cm, so that the experiment has been carried out for an ore capable of emitting gamma-rays having the equal wavelength. As a result, the experiment has recorded an unbelievable figure that fuel efficiency has been improved higher by 43% at the most for a diesel engine having displacement of 2,000 cc. Following the experiment, a similar result has further been confirmed by tests (status of various roads and various carrying capacities) using an actual car on a public road. From the foregoing results, the present invention has been applied for patent. Further results have been gained in that black smoke discharged until then has been rapidly reduced and NOx and SOx have also been reduced to a great extent by installing a thing coated with a paint containing the Inoue ore in the vicinity of an air intake tube (an air cleaner portion). In this case, it is considered that nitrogen (N) in air is converted into carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) and the converted elements are caused to react with fuel thereby leading to complete combustion and as a result reducing the amounts of NOx and SOx to a great extent.
Although the chemical element conversion substance to be used for the present invention basically contains the Inoue ore as described above, it may also be used any other ore in combination with the Inoue ore or as a substitution for the Inoue ore, which can radiate neutrons or gamma-rays in substantially the same manner as the Inoue ore.
The fuel improving method according to the present invention comprises in
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