Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Heating of combustible mixture
Patent
1988-02-19
1989-11-21
Wolfe, Willis R.
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Heating of combustible mixture
165160, F02M 3112
Patent
active
048815080
ABSTRACT:
A heating device for fuel or other fluid, in particular to prevent solidification of paraffin constituents in diesel oil, comprises a housing (1) with an inlet (14) and an outlet (15) for the fuel, and a number of metal plates (3, 4) inside the housing. Tablets or heater elements (5) made of a ceramic material with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) are fastened on the metal plates so that heat and electricity is conducted. To improve the heat transfer one or more turbulators (6; 6a, 6b) are placed between two of the above-mentioned metal plates, (3, 4) provided with PTC tablets. Passages (16, 17) are present to make the infed fuel flow from the inlet (14) over the first metal plate, through a turbulator and over the second metal plate to the outlet (15).
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Bakker Jan
Van Den Elst Fredrik M. N.
Haug John A.
Macy M.
McAndrews James P.
Sharp Melvin
Texas Instruments Incorporated
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