EARLIEST PRIORITY DATE

This Application claims priority from a Complete patent application filed in India having Patent Application No. 202241000844, filed on January 06, 2022, and titled “A FUEL ENERGIZING APPARATUS AND A METHOD TO OPERATE THE SAME”.

FIELD OF INVENTION

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of combustion processes and more particularly to a fuel energizing apparatus and a method to operate the same.

BACKGROUND

Fuel may be defined as a material capable of providing heat energy while undergoing a chemical reaction. With advancement in technology, heat engines came into picture. The heat engines are capable of converting the heat energy into mechanical energy. Efficiency of the heat engines may depend upon various factors such as, quality of the fuel, nature of combustion, compression ratio, gear ratio, nature of working fluid, ambient temperature, material of heat exchanger used and the like.

The quality of the fuel and the nature of combustion may be closely linked in such a way that the fuel with superior quality may undergo complete combustion and the fuel with inferior quality may undergo partial combustion respectively. The inferior quality of the fuel may be attributed to factors including moisture content in the fuel and presence of microorganisms. The partial combustion of the fuel may cause a plurality of problem. The plurality of problem may include, poor efficiency of the heat engine, emission of toxic gases, deposition of carbon in the heat engine, damages to spark plugs, production of sludge inside the heat engine and the like.

Hence, there is a need for an improved fuel energizing apparatus and a method to operate the same to address the aforementioned issue(s). BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a fuel energizing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes one or more conditioning units operatively coupled to a filter unit of a vehicle. The one or more conditioning units are interconnected by a U-shaped conduit. The one or more conditioning units includes one or more baffles located at mutually opposite sides of an inside periphery of the one or more conditioning units by an offset. The one or more baffles are adapted to generate vortices in the filtered fuel provided by the filter unit to condition and energize the filtered fuel.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for operating the fuel energizing apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving, by one or more conditioning units, filtered fuel from a filter unit of a vehicle. The method also includes generating, by one or more baffles, one or more vortices in the filtered fuel received by the one or more conditioning units. The method further includes conditioning, by the one or more conditioning units, the filtered fuel by the one or more vortices generated by the one or more baffles.

To further clarify the advantages and features of the present disclosure, a more particular description of the disclosure will follow by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended figures. It is to be appreciated that these figures depict only typical embodiments of the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting in scope. The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the appended figures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying figures in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a fuel energizing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of one embodiment of the apparatus of FIG. 1, depicting one or more conditioning units in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of another embodiment of the apparatus of FIG. 1, depicting exploded view of the one or more conditioning units in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method for operating the fuel energizing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and may not have necessarily been drawn to scale. Furthermore, in terms of the construction of the device, one or more components of the device may have been represented in the figures by conventional symbols, and the figures may show only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the figures with details that will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the description herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the figures and specific language will be used to describe them. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the disclosure as would normally occur to those skilled in the art are to be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process or method that comprises a list of steps does not include only those steps but may include other steps not expressly listed or inherent to such a process or method. Similarly, one or more devices or sub-systems or elements or structures or components preceded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices, sub-systems, elements, structures, components, additional devices, additional sub-systems, additional elements, additional structures, or additional components. Appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment", "in another embodiment" and similar language throughout this specification may, but not necessarily do, all refer to the same embodiment. Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are only illustrative and not intended to be limiting.

In the following specification and the claims, reference will be made to a number of terms, which shall be defined to have the following meanings. The singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a fuel energizing apparatus and a method to operate the same. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a fuel energizing apparatus and a method to operate the same is provided. The apparatus includes one or more conditioning units operatively coupled to a filter unit of a vehicle. The one or more conditioning units are interconnected by a U-shaped conduit. The one or more conditioning units includes one or more baffles located at mutually opposite sides of an inside periphery of the one or more conditioning units by an offset. The one or more baffles are adapted to generate vortices in the filtered fuel provided by the filter unit to condition and energize the filtered fuel.

FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a fuel energizing apparatus (10) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The apparatus (10) includes one or more conditioning units (40) operatively coupled to a filter unit (20) of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the filter unit (20) may be operatively coupled to a fuel storage unit (30) of the vehicle. As used herein, the filter unit (20) may be defined as a component which screens dirt, rust, and unwanted particles from the fuel. As used herein, the fuel storage unit (30) may be defined as a reservoir used for storing the fuel below a flashing temperature of the fuel. In one embodiment, the filter unit (20) may include, but not limited to, a cartridge filter, a spin on filter, an in tank filter, an inline filter, and the like. In one embodiment, the filter unit (20) may be adapted to filter fuel provided by the fuel storage unit (30) to obtain filtered fuel.

Further, in some embodiments, the fuel storage unit (30) may include, but not limited to, a fuel tank, a bladder tank, an integral fuel tank and the like. In such an embodiment, the fuel storage unit (30) may be composed of at least one of a metal, polymer, and fiber. In one embodiment, the fuel storage unit (30) may include one or more pumps to pump the fuel stored in the fuel storage unit (30) to the filter unit (20). In such an embodiment, pumping pressure of the one or more pumps may be between 1.5 bar and 2 bar. Furthermore, the one or more conditioning units (40) are interconnected by a U-shaped conduit (60). The one or more conditioning units (40) includes one or more baffles (50) located at mutually opposite sides of an inside periphery of the one or more conditioning units (40) by an offset. The one or more baffles (50) are adapted to generate vortices in the filtered fuel provided by the filter unit (20) to condition and energize the filtered fuel. In one embodiment, conditioning the filtered fuel may include, but not limited to, breaking complex molecules of the filtered fuel into smaller molecules, mixing the smaller molecules with oxygen, removing impurities by centrifugal force and the like. In one embodiment, the vortices may be generated by kinetic energy of the filtered fuel provided by the one or more pumps associated with the fuel storage unit (30) or an internal combustion engine (70). In an exemplary embodiment, combustion rate of the filtered fuel after conditioning may be between 98% and 100%. The one or more conditioning units (40) is described in detail in FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of one embodiment of the apparatus (10) of FIG. 1, depicting one or more conditioning units (40) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the one or more baffles (50) may be molded in the inside periphery of the one or more conditioning units (40). As used herein, the one or more baffles (50) may be defined as, flow directing, or obstructing vanes or panels used to control a flow of a fluid. In some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units (40) may be circular in cross section and the one or more baffles (50) may be semicircular in shape.

Further, in some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units (40) may include a constant ratio between a length of the one or more conditioning units (40) and number of the one or more baffles (50). In such an embodiment, the ratio may be dependent on minimum fuel intake of the internal combustion engine (30) associated with the one or more conditioning units (40). In one embodiment, the one or more conditioning units (40) may be adapted to remove a plurality of contaminants from the filtered fuel during conditioning of the filtered fuel. In such an embodiment, the plurality of contaminants may include, but not limited to, fungus, bacteria, and atmospheric moisture.

Also, in some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units (40) may be fabricated by a material including at least one of a stainless steel, high carbon steel, mild steel, and alloy steel. In a specific embodiment, the one or more conditioning units (40) may be interconnected by connecting corresponding outlets of the one or more conditioning units (40) to corresponding inlets of the one or more conditioning units (40). In one embodiment, the U-shaped conduit (60) may be adapted to provide a settling effect for the filtered fuel between one or more conditioning cycles. In detail, the filtered fuel conditioned by the one or more conditioning units (40) may be turbulent in nature. U- shaped conduit (60) may stabilize turbulence present in the filtered fuel before feeding the fuel again into the one or more conditioning units (40) connected in succession. Stabilizing the turbulence may aid removal of the plurality of contaminants from the filtered fuel. Exploded view of the one or more conditioning units (40) along with the U- shaped conduit (60), the one or more baffles (50), outer body (80), and associated tubing (90) is shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method (500) for operating the fuel energizing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method (500) includes receiving filtered fuel from a filter unit of a vehicle in step 510. In one embodiment, receiving filtered fuel from a filter unit of a vehicle includes receiving filtered fuel from a filter unit of a vehicle by one or more conditioning units. In one embodiment, the filter unit may include, but not limited to, a cartridge filter, a spin on filter, an in tank filter, an inline filter, and the like. In one embodiment, the filter unit may be operatively coupled to a fuel storage unit of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the fuel storage unit may include, but not limited to, a fuel tank, a bladder tank, an integral fuel tank and the like. In such an embodiment, the fuel storage unit may be composed of at least one of a metal, polymer, and fiber. In one embodiment, the fuel storage may include one or more pumps to pump the fuel stored in the fuel storage unit to the filter unit. In such an embodiment, pumping pressure of the pump may be between 1.5 bar and 2 bar.

The method (500) also includes generating one or more vortices in the filtered fuel received by the one or more conditioning units in step 520. In one embodiment, generating one or more vortices in the filtered fuel received by the one or more conditioning units includes generating one or more vortices in the filtered fuel received by the one or more conditioning units by one or more baffles. In one embodiment, the vortices may be generated by kinetic energy of the filtered fuel provided by the one or more pumps associated with the fuel storage unit or an internal combustion engine. In one embodiment, the one or more baffles may be molded in the inside periphery of the one or more conditioning units.

The method (500) further includes conditioning the filtered fuel by the one or more vortices generated by the one or more baffles in step 530. In one embodiment, conditioning the filtered fuel by the one or more vortices generated by the one or more baffles includes conditioning the filtered fuel by the one or more vortices generated by the one or more baffles by the one or more conditioning units. In one embodiment, conditioning the filtered fuel may include, but not limited to, breaking complex molecules of the filtered fuel into smaller molecules, mixing the smaller molecules with oxygen, removing impurities by centrifugal force and the like. In an exemplary embodiment, combustion rate of the filtered fuel after conditioning may be between 98% and 100%.

Further, in some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units may be circular in cross section and the one or more baffles may be semicircular in shape. In some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units may include a constant ratio between a length of the one or more conditioning units and number of the one or more baffles. In such an embodiment, the ratio may be dependent on minimum fuel intake of an engine associated with the fuel energizer. In one embodiment, the one or more conditioning units may be adapted to remove a plurality of contaminants from the filtered fuel during conditioning of the filtered fuel. In such an embodiment, the plurality of contaminants may include, but not limited to, fungus, bacteria, and atmospheric moisture.

Also, in some embodiments, the one or more conditioning units may be fabricated by a material including at least one of a stainless steel, high carbon steel, mild steel, and alloy steel. In a specific embodiment, the one or more conditioning units may be interconnected by connecting corresponding outlets of the one or more conditioning units to corresponding inlets of the one or more conditioning units. In one embodiment, the U-shaped conduit may be adapted to provide a settling effect for the filtered fuel between one or more conditioning cycles. In detail, the filtered fuel conditioned by the one or more conditioning units may be turbulent in nature. U- shaped conduit may stabilize turbulence present in the filtered fuel before feeding the fuel again into the one or more conditioning units connected in succession. Stabilizing the turbulence may aid removal of the plurality of contaminants from the filtered fuel.

Various embodiments of the fuel energizing apparatus and a method to operate the same described above enable various advantages. Provision of the one or more conditioning units conditions the filtered fuel thereby enabling complete combustion of the filtered fuel. The complete combustion of the filtered fuel results in better efficiency of the engines, reduces carbon deposits in the engine, reduces emission of the toxic gases, longer life for the spark plugs, and reduction in the sludge production in the engine. The apparatus is composed of readily available materials, thereby making the apparatus cost effective. Absence of any complex circuitries and moving parts, providing reliability to the apparatus. The apparatus is easy to implement and operate. Also, possibility of successive connection of the apparatus provides modularity to the apparatus. Additionally, energy independent operation provides standalone functionality to the apparatus. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof. While specific language has been used to describe the disclosure, any limitations arising on account of the same are not intended.

The figures and the foregoing description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more of the described elements may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements may be split into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, the order of processes described herein may be changed and are not limited to the manner described herein. Moreover, the actions of any flow diagram need not be implemented in the order shown; nor do all the acts need to be necessarily performed. Also, those acts that are not dependent on other acts may be performed in parallel with the other acts. The scope of embodiments is by no means limited by these specific examples.