Internal-combustion engines – Charge forming device – Heating of combustible mixture
Patent
1997-06-10
1998-11-17
McMahon, Marguerite
Internal-combustion engines
Charge forming device
Heating of combustible mixture
F02M 3100
Patent
active
058362894
ABSTRACT:
A porous element fuel vaporizer to be used in conjunction with internal combustion engines. The vaporizer, comprising a fuel injector in conjunction with a porous element, wherein during cold operations the porous element heats and vaporizes the fuel exiting the fuel injector. Since during cold operations an engine consumes more fuel to compensate for liquid fuel precipitating inside, an important feature of this combination involves eliminating precipitate during cold starts to reduce fuel consumption and decrease engine emissions.
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Curfiss Robert C.
McMahon Marguerite
Southwest Research Institute
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