Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
  • F02M27/00—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like
  • F02M27/04—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by electric means, ionisation, polarisation or magnetism
  • F02M27/045—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by electric means, ionisation, polarisation or magnetism by permanent magnets
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
  • F23K—FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS
  • F23K2300/00—Pretreatment and supply of liquid fuel
  • F23K2300/10—Pretreatment
  • F23K2300/101—Application of magnetism or electricity

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the general technical field of fuel treatment devices, used in particular in machines for fuel combustion to provide energy, particularly in vehicle engines.
• the present invention relates in particular to the technical field of fuel treatment devices, used in particular to reduce the emission of toxic particles and / or to improve the fuel efficiency of fuel combustion machines to provide fuel. energy, in particular vehicle engines.
• the present invention relates to a device for treating a fuel, said device being intended to be integrated in the fuel supply circuit of a machine ensuring fuel combustion to provide energy, and comprising a fuel pipe. feeding the machine with fuel and at least two magnets with axial magnetization disposed vis-a-vis and at the periphery of said duct.
• magnets are generally used to reduce the fuel consumption of the engines and / or to limit the emissions of toxic particles from these engines.
• the magnetic field created by magnets allows in particular to neutralize the electrostatic charge of the molecules, induced by friction, a fuel passing through the magnetic field, to improve its compatibility with oxygen and therefore its combustion.
• Emissions of toxic particles into the atmosphere including vehicle engines, boilers and all types of machinery, when burning a fuel, are one of the main causes of environmental pollution.
• the excessive emissions of toxic particles are to be associated mainly with a consumption in progression of fuels and with a low quality of the fuel combustion which leads to a low energetic efficiency of the combustion.
• the devices of the prior art provide a tube on which magnets are fixed and inside which circulates the fuel.
• a device is generally disposed in the motor supply circuit, preferably near the combustion chambers.
• the passage of the fuel inside this device keeps the fuel longer in contact with the magnetic field, thus increasing the efficiency of the treatment, including the desired changes in loads. It is also for this reason that the devices of the prior art provide to have several magnets along the length of the tube to increase the contact surface.
• the devices of the prior art do not allow a concentration of the magnetic field. On the contrary, these devices are already experiencing significant losses of magnetic flux.
• the object of the invention is therefore to remedy the various disadvantages listed above and to propose a new fuel treatment device comprising magnets and capable of reducing the fuel consumption of a machine in a simple and effective manner.
• Another object of the invention is to propose a new fuel treatment device that is simple to implement and effective in reducing the emissions of toxic particles during fuel combustion.
• Another object of the invention is to propose a new fuel treatment device that can be easily manufactured on a large scale.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a new fuel treatment device easy to implement in a machine using a fuel to produce energy.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a novel fuel treatment device made from readily available materials.
• Another object of the invention is to propose a new efficient fuel treatment device compatible with different types of fuel for vehicles or machines.
• a fuel treatment device said device being intended to be integrated in a fuel supply circuit of a machine ensuring combustion of the fuel to provide energy, and said device comprising:
• a supply duct of the machine with fuel at least a first and a second magnet disposed at the periphery of said duct, said first and second magnets being in opposite relation and one behind the other along said duct, characterized in that said first and second magnets are positioned so as to create a constraint of removal of said magnets, said magnets being held in position by a constraint means made of a conductive material of the magnetic field and not magnetizable.
• FIG. 1 illustrates, in a general perspective exploded view, a portion of a fuel treatment device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 2 illustrates, in a schematic perspective view, a portion of a fuel treatment device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 3 illustrates, in a schematic front view, a fuel treatment device according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 4 illustrates, in a schematic perspective view, a portion of a fuel treatment device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 5 illustrates, in a schematic perspective view, a fuel treatment device according to the invention.
• the fuel treatment device 1 according to the invention is intended to be integrated in a fuel supply circuit of a machine for fuel combustion to provide energy.
• the term “fuel” means a fuel that supplies an engine or a machine.
• the term “fuel” includes, according to the invention, not only fuels of fossil origin but also non-fossil fuels derived from biomass.
• fuel includes, according to the invention, not only fuels of fossil origin but also non-fossil fuels derived from biomass.
• gasoline and super-fuel but also gas oil.
• any other fuel of fossil origin preferably a gasoline with different octane levels, a LPG, a fuel oil, a kerosene, a CNG, an Iso-octane, an Iso-heptane or any other fuel.
• non-fossil origin preferably biofuels.
• the term "machine” any instrument capable of using the combustion of fuel to produce energy.
• the energy supplied by the machine can be of different nature; it is preferentially mechanical energy.
• the device 1 of the invention is intended for the treatment of the fuel used for a machine of the motor vehicle type.
• the fuel treatment device 1 consists of a supply duct 2 which represents the central part of said device 1.
• the supply duct 2 is positioned upstream of the combustion zone of the fuel, preferably near the fuel combustion zone in a vehicle engine.
• the supply duct 2 is of any section and size, preferably of circular section. Any other section, including a square section, rectangular, of complex geometry, can be advantageously contemplated without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• the fuel treatment device 1 also consists of at least a first and a second magnet 5.
• said at least first and second magnets 5 are disposed at the periphery of said duct 2 said first and second magnets being in facing relation and one behind the other along said supply conduit 2.
• said first and second magnets are arranged in a same direction parallel to the main extension axis of said duct 2.
• the magnets 5 are arranged at the periphery of the supply duct 2.
• the magnets 5 are arranged in at least two grooves 3 located at the periphery of the supply duct 2, said grooves extending for example longitudinally along the main extension axis of said duct 2 and making it possible to maintain the magnets 5 in a stable position on the supply duct 2.
• said at least two grooves 3 have a shape substantially adopting the shape of said magnets 5.
• said grooves 3 each have two sides 3A preferably forming a a kind of gutter in which the magnets 5 are inserted, as illustrated in Figure 1.
• the device comprises between 2 and 8 grooves, each containing at least two magnets 5.
• the magnets 5 at the periphery of the supply duct 2 by any means other than the grooves 3, without departing from the scope of the invention, and for example by means of point notches. arranged on the supply duct 2 at its periphery or with the aid of an adhesive material holding the magnets 5 fixed to the periphery of said duct 2.
• said at least first and second magnets 5 are positioned so as to create a distance constraint between said magnets 5.
• said first and second magnets 5 are preferably arranged so as to what they are moving away from each other.
• the magnets 5 undergo an opposition constraint preferentially at their ends 5B.
• said first and second magnets 5 are held in position by a constraint means 6.
• the constraint means 6 makes it possible to maintain at the periphery of the supply duct 2 said first and second magnets 5 which are magnetically strained.
• the constraint means 6 maintains in relative position two of said magnets 5 relative to each other.
• the general principle underlying the invention is therefore based on the idea of using a constraint means 6 to maintain at the periphery of a supply duct 2 at least a first and a second magnet 5, a stress of 'removal being exerted at their ends 5B.
• the constraining means 6 is made of a conductive material of the magnetic field and not magnetizable.
• a non-magnetizable material is a material which does not become a magnet in contact with a magnetic field.
• the device for treating a fuel of the invention comprises at least a third magnet disposed at the periphery of the supply duct. Said first, second and third magnets 74
• the magnets 5 are positioned along the duct 2 so as to undergo a distance constraint in a first direction substantially parallel to the main extension axis of the duct 2 but also in a second substantially perpendicular direction to the main extension axis of the duct 2.
• the constraint means 6 makes it possible to keep the magnets moving away in a direction substantially parallel to the main extension axis of the duct 2.
• the constraint means 6 is interposed freely between said magnets 5.
• the constraint means 6 is preferably a free element that is arranged between two magnets. 5 and which does not have or is not associated with specific fixing means.
• the constraint means 6 is an independent element of the supply duct 2 and magnets 5.
• the constraining means 6 is preferably pure iron or mu-metal (alloy of nickel and iron).
• the constraining means 6 may be any other material or alloy of conductive materials of a magnetic field and not magnetizable, without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the constraining means 6 is a plate 6A.
• the plate 6A is preferably a substantially flat piece of variable thickness, interposed between two magnets 5. Said plate 6A FR2008 / 001174
• Said plate 6A is preferably identical in shape to the section of the magnets 5 between which it is interposed.
• it can be rectangular, square or any other geometric shape.
• said plate 6A has the advantage of bringing the magnets 5 together while they are in magnetic opposition, while preserving the power and the magnetic properties of said magnets 5.
• the plate 6A has a thickness between substantially 0.2 mm and 1 mm, preferably between substantially 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm, preferably substantially equal to 0.4 mm.
• the magnets 5 preferably have a parallelepipedal shape and the ends 5B of the magnets held by the constraining means 6 have a substantially identical section to each other, and preferably identical to the shape of the plate 6A.
• the ends 5B of the two opposing magnets 5 are preferably arranged facing each other.
• the magnets 5 are inserted into at least first and second grooves 3 located at the periphery of the supply duct 2, said first and second grooves 3 being disposed opposite each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main axis of extension of said duct 2.
• Said magnets 5 of the invention preferentially contain neodymium, preferably a mixture of neodymium, iron and boron.
• neodymium is used to advantageously obtain permanent magnets of very high magnetic power, commonly called “neodymium magnets”.
• the intensity of the magnetic field produced by a magnet containing neodymium or a neodymium-iron-boron mixture is greater than that of a conventional magnet of the ferrite type, used in the treatment devices of a fuel of the prior art.
• the intensity of a magnetic field produced by the magnet containing the neodymium-iron-boron mixture is 1.3 Tesla (the unit derived from the magnetic induction of the international system) whereas it is of only 0.2 to 0.4 Tesla for the ferrite magnet.
• the force required to separate two magnets is a function of the intensity of their magnetic field expressed in Tesla. Thus, it is particularly difficult to separate two magnets containing neodymium, such as those used in the present invention.
• the magnets 5 are of parallelepipedal shape and are arranged in six grooves 3 at the periphery of the supply duct 2, each groove 3 containing at least two magnets 5 held together by means of stress 6 interposed between said at least two magnets 5.
• Said parallelepiped magnets 5 are preferably axially magnetized.
• the assembly formed by the supply duct 2, the grooves 3, the magnets 5 and the constraining means 6 can be held in position by means of the duct 8.
• the magnets 5 may be cylindrical and disposed at the periphery of the supply conduit 2.
• the magnets 5 are preferably cylindrical or R2008 / 001174
• the cylindrical magnets are preferably radially magnetized.
• the constraint means 6 is also interposed between two cylindrical magnets being subjected to an opposition constraint.
• the constraining means 6 takes the form of a substantially flat washer 6B interposed between said cylindrical magnets positioned in opposition, as shown in FIG. 4.
• the magnets positioned in opposition at their pole are connected two by two by a constraint means 6, said magnets thus forming a pair of magnets of substantially identical shape to the shape of a cylindrical magnet.
• the constraining means 6 is a plate 6C interposed freely between the two hemicylindrical magnets, at their opposing poles.
• a washer-shaped stressing means 6B is then disposed between two pairs of magnets in opposition, the assembly formed by the two pairs of magnets and the constraint means being arranged around the supply duct 2.
• the supply duct 2 is advantageously tubular in shape, preferably of cylindrical shape.
• the supply duct 2 is based on a non-conductive material of the magnetic field and not magnetizable, preferably based on a plastic material, preferably based on polypropylene or aluminum. These materials have the advantage of being perfectly compatible with a fuel, which is not the case of PVC, sometimes used in the prior art and tending to degrade in contact with the fuel.
• the fuel that passes through the feed pipe 2 undergoes a change in its load.
• metal particles contained in a fuel tend to preferentially attach themselves to the inner wall of the supply duct 2 during the circulation of the fuel through said duct. 2.
• the device for treating a fuel 1 according to the invention acts as a metal particle filter of the fuel, thus limiting certain negative effects of these particles in a motor using a fuel.
• the device for treating a fuel 1 preferably comprises at least one element 7 making it possible to confine the magnetic flux generated by the magnets 5 towards the inside of the device 1 and to increase the maintaining said magnets 5, said element 7 being made of a conductive material of the magnetic field, non-magnetizable, and said element 7 covering at least in part said at least one magnet or a group of magnets 5.
• said at least one element 7, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, advantageously makes it possible to prevent a part of the magnetic field created by said magnets 5 from escaping from the device for treating a fuel 1 8 00H74
• said at least one element 7 advantageously makes it possible to concentrate the magnetic flux towards the inside of the device for treating a fuel 1, in particular to make the treatment of the fuel more efficient.
• said at least one element 7 is made of pure iron or metal.
• said at least one element 7 may be based on any material or alloy of conductive material of the magnetic field and non-magnetizable.
• said at least one element 7 has the shape of a gutter, preferably a rail or a hood.
• the shape of said at least one element 7 allows it to be positioned on the magnets 5 disposed at the periphery of the supply duct 5, so as to cover them at least in part and hold them in place.
• said element 7 partially covers the magnets 5, the portion covered with the magnet 5 by the element 7 protruding from the groove 3.
• the device for treating a fuel 1 also preferentially comprises a second conduit 8 which holds the magnets 5 covered at least partly by at least one element 7 at the periphery of the supply duct 2.
• the second conduit 8 has for main objectives to keep the magnets 5 in position and to protect the device 1 according to the invention.
• the second duct 8 is made to 74
• base of a non-conductive material of the magnetic field and not magnetizable preferably based on plastic or aluminum, preferably based on polypropylene.
• the second duct 8 advantageously has any cross section, preferably slightly greater than that of the supply duct 2 so that the magnets 5 of said supply duct 2 are preferably abutting against said second duct 8.
• the second duct 8 is advantageously closed at both ends thereof by plugs 9. Said plugs 9 are based on a non-conductive material of the magnetic and non-magnetizable field, intended to keep the fuel treatment device 1 closed. The two plugs 9 closing the device are traversed by connecting pieces 10 for connecting the device to the fuel supply circuit, as shown in Figure 5.
• the device for treating a fuel 1 preferably ensures the filtration of a fuel, preferably gasoline and diesel fuel.
• a fuel preferably gasoline and diesel fuel.
• fuel is understood to mean a treatment of a fuel through a magnetic field, in particular with a view to modifying the electrostatic charge of the molecules, induced by friction, of a fuel passing through it and remove the metal particles.
• the device 1 of the present invention is positioned near the fuel combustion zone of the machine or engine in which it is installed, in order to optimize its operation.
• the operation of the processing device 1 is not optimized when the latter is remote from the combustion zone, particularly because of a possible new polarization of the fuel between the device 1 and the combustion zone.
• the characteristics of reducing the emissions of toxic particles and improving the energy efficiency of the machines equipped with the fuel treatment device 1 described in the present invention were tested during a test whose detail is exposed. below.
• ISUZU® brand vehicle model D-Max Crew Cab LS, has been tested. This vehicle has a mileage of 36,500 km, a diesel engine 3 L displacement and has not undergone any change compared to the original engine.
• the vehicle is placed on the power bench, type Bosch® FLA 203.
• the ambient temperature during the test is 16 ° C.
• a fuel treatment device equips the vehicle and is mounted on the fuel supply hose just before the engine injection pump of the vehicle under test. It includes magnets with axial magnetization of neodymium type.
• the initial power before the test and without a device for treating a fuel according to the invention is 130 hp.
• a new power measurement is taken after the installation of the device.
• Two exhaust gas opacity checks are also carried out by measuring the average absorption coefficient, according to standard NF R10- 0.25 (French standard for the measurement of the opacity of exhaust gases emitted by engines). with diesel compression ignition).
• the vehicle power measured with the use of the device according to the invention is 149 hp.
• the fuel treatment device of the invention has therefore increased 19 ch. about the engine power of the vehicle tested.
• the first and second gas opacity checks give 0.05 ppm and 0.05 ppm, respectively.
• the average absorption coefficient of 0.05 ppm is substantially 10 times less than an average absorption coefficient obtained on a motor vehicle equivalent not equipped with the fuel treatment device of the invention.
• the device for treating a fuel according to the invention therefore had the effect of reducing substantially by the amount of toxic particles emitted during the combustion of the fuel in a diesel powered vehicle.
• the power of the engine has been improved and the device has increased this power of substantially 19 hp.
• This test made it possible to highlight the characteristics of a device for treating a fuel containing a neodymium magnet filter.
• This new technology applied to vehicle engines has many advantages, including that of modifying the electrostatic charge induced by friction of a fuel passing through the filter to improve combustion. This new technology also improves the 01174
• this new fuel treatment device reduces the wear of moving parts and injectors. It also has the advantage of reducing the fuel consumption of the engine, and in particular through a gain in power.
• This fuel treatment device also allows to expand the range of devices on the market to reduce pollution and / or improve the fuel efficiency of vehicle engines.
• This new technology also has the advantage of being able to be used in all types of vehicle, diesel and petrol engines and on all machines using fuel to produce energy.
• this new filter can be installed in the fuel system quickly and easily without changing the manufacturer's specifications.
• the invention finds its industrial application in the design and manufacture of a device for the treatment of a fuel, in particular for the treatment of a fuel used in a vehicle engine.

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