Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Heating of combustible mixture
Patent
1997-02-21
2000-04-04
McMahon, Marguerite
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Heating of combustible mixture
F02M 3100
Patent
active
060448253
ABSTRACT:
A fuel vaporizer and method of fuel vaporization are described for use with a fuel such as propane, that is know to tend to liquefy at low temperatures and to vaporize at high temperatures. The vaporizer and method described pertain to a series of internal walls and cavities which promote heat-exchange and transfers heat from a fluid engine coolant to the fuel. The transfer of heat and vaporization of fluid occurs by virtue of movement of the fuel through a series of countercurrent passages created by the walls and cavities, with increasing cross-sectional dimensions in the passages to accomodate the expansion of fuel from the liquid to the gaseous state. The heat is transferred by conduction across a metallic interface which forms part of the vaporizer and which separates the fuel from the coolant.
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Carter Steven A.
Khadim Neil M.
Knappers Michael
GFI Control Systems Inc.
McMahon Marguerite
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