Internal-combustion engines – Combined devices – Generating plants
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-16
2008-05-13
Solis, Erick (Department: 3747)
Internal-combustion engines
Combined devices
Generating plants
C123S576000, C123S179800
Reexamination Certificate
active
07370610
ABSTRACT:
A Fuel Fractionation System (FFS) and associated methods to generate and store a fuel for internal combustion engines is provided. FFS provides a distillation column assembly to distill liquid fuel to form a volatile light fraction secondary fuel. The distillation column assembly includes a vaporization module to vaporize a feed fuel in the distillation column and includes a condensation module to condense heavy fraction components of the vaporized feed fuel. FFS also provides a controller positioned to control the vaporization of feed fuel in the distillation column to thereby control the separation of the feed fuel into light fraction fuel and heavy fraction fuel components, and positioned to control the condensation of the heavy fraction components so that fuel exiting a light fraction output port in the distillation column is substantially light fraction fuel components by volume.
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Ashford Marcus
Matthews Ron
Solis Erick
The Board of Regents The University of Texas System
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