Apparatus, system, and method for vaporizing fuel mixture
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for vaporizing fuel. A method for vaporizing fuel includes providing a fuel vaporizer. The fuel vaporizer includes a chamber for receiving a liquid, the chamber comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet. The fuel vaporizer also includes a driver module coupled with the chamber, and a oscillator disposed within the chamber and configured to be driven by the driver module. The method includes feeding water through an inlet of the at least one inlet into the chamber. The method includes driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency, wherein a mist is created from the liquid. The method also includes introducing the mist from the chamber via an outlet of the at least one outlet into an intake of an internal combustion engine.
1. A method comprising:
providing a fuel vaporizer comprising
a chamber for receiving liquid, the chamber comprising a water inlet, a liquid fuel inlet, an air inlet and at least one outlet,
a driver module coupled to the chamber, and
an oscillator disposed within the chamber and configured to be driven by the driver module;
feeding water, liquid fuel, and air through the water inlet, fuel inlet, and air inlet, respectively, into the chamber, wherein the water gathers in a portion of the chamber by gravity and a layer of the liquid fuel floats on the water in the chamber, the oscillator being positioned in the chamber to be within the water and below the layer of the liquid fuel;
driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency to create a mist from the water, liquid fuel, and air, wherein a fuel to water ratio of the mist is less than 50% fuel, wherein the mist comprises particles of water and liquid fuel that have a size between about 0.5 and 1.8 microns, individual particles comprising both water and liquid fuel; and
introducing the mist from the chamber via an outlet of the at least one outlet into an intake of an internal combustion engine, wherein the mist is the exclusive source of combustion fuel reactants to the internal combustion engine.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oscillator comprises at least one oscillator disc.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined frequency is in the range of between 0.5 and 5.0 MHz.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined frequency is in the range of between 1.6 and 3.0 MHz.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fuel-to-water ratio is equal to or less than 5%.
6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fuel is at least a combination of two liquid fuels.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the liquid fuels is a fuel additive.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing a water hydrolysis device for hydrolyzing the mist, wherein the water hydrolysis device is downstream of the chamber of the fuel vaporizer, wherein the method comprises hydrolyzing the mist before introducing the mist into the intake of the internal combustion engine.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the water hydrolysis device comprises one or more light emitting diodes that promote covalent bond breakage and thereby facilitate hydrolyzing the water molecules in the mist.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the water inlet comprises a water polarizer and the fuel inlet comprises a fuel polarizer, wherein the method includes actuating the water polarizer and actuating the fuel polarizer to oppositely polarize the water and the fuel.
11. An apparatus for vaporizing fuel comprising:
a chamber for receiving liquid, the chamber comprising a water inlet for receiving water, a liquid fuel inlet for receiving liquid fuel, an air inlet, and at least one outlet, wherein the water gathers in a portion of the chamber by gravity and a layer of the liquid fuel floats on the water in the chamber;
a driver module coupled to the chamber; and
an oscillator disposed within the chamber to be within the water and below the layer of the liquid fuel and configured to be driven by the driver module, wherein driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency creates a mist from the water, liquid fuel, and air, wherein a fuel to water ratio of the mist is less than 50% fuel, wherein the mist comprises particles of water and liquid fuel that have a size between about 0.5 and 1.8 microns, each particle of the particles of water and liquid fuel comprising water and liquid fuel.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a water hydrolysis device coupled downstream of the at least one outlet of the chamber, wherein the water hydrolysis device is configure to hydrolyze water molecules in the mist.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the water hydrolysis device comprises one or more light emitting diodes that are configured to promote covalent bond breakage of the water molecules in the mist.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the water inlet comprises a water polarizer and the fuel inlet comprises a fuel polarizer, wherein the water polarizer and the fuel polarizer are configured to oppositely polarize the water and the fuel.
15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the ratio is equal to or less than 5%.
16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein operably feeding water, fuel, and air through the water inlet, the fuel inlet, and the air inlet, respectively, and into the chamber is done under vacuum pressure, wherein operably, wherein driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency creates a mist under vacuum pressure.
17. A method comprising:
providing a fuel vaporizer comprising
a chamber for receiving liquid, the chamber comprising a water inlet, a liquid fuel inlet, an air inlet and at least one outlet,
a driver module coupled to the chamber, and
an oscillator disposed within the chamber and configured to be driven by the driver module;
feeding water, liquid fuel, and air through the water inlet, fuel inlet, and air inlet, respectively, into the chamber, wherein the water gathers in a portion of the chamber by gravity and a layer of the liquid fuel floats on the water in the chamber, the oscillator being positioned in the chamber to be within the water and below the layer of the liquid fuel, wherein the chamber is under vacuum pressure;
driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency to create a mist under vacuum pressure from the water, liquid fuel, and air, wherein a fuel to water ratio of the mist is equal to or less than 5% fuel, wherein the mist comprises particles of water and liquid fuel that have a size under 1.8 microns, each particle of the particles of water and liquid fuel comprising water and liquid fuel; and
introducing the mist from the chamber via an outlet of the at least one outlet into an intake of an internal combustion engine, wherein the mist is the exclusive source of combustion fuel reactants to the internal combustion engine.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising providing a water hydrolysis device for hydrolyzing the mist, wherein the water hydrolysis device is downstream of the chamber of the fuel vaporizer, wherein the method further comprises hydrolyzing water molecules in the mist before introducing the mist into the intake of the internal combustion engine.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the water hydrolysis device comprises one or more light emitting diodes that promote covalent bond breakage and thereby facilitate hydrolyzing the water molecules in the mist.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the water inlet comprises a water polarizer and the fuel inlet comprises a fuel polarizer, wherein the method includes actuating the water polarizer and actuating the fuel polarizer to oppositely polarize the water and the fuel.