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TWI325465B
TWI325465B TW096113467A TW96113467A TWI325465B TW I325465 B TWI325465 B TW I325465B TW 096113467 A TW096113467 A TW 096113467A TW 96113467 A TW96113467 A TW 96113467A TW I325465 B TWI325465 B TW I325465B
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前述能源轉化過程中,加入適量的H2〇純水為媒介以 避免積碳現象’並産生氫氣,同時降低燃料的使用,解決習知 , 技術之引擎峨衫全及〇)職過高的缺點,以達到環 低污染目地。 前述能源轉化過程中,燃油通過能源轉化器内之高能元件 產生的高能的能量場時’目為極高溫的轉仙解離成碳氮 • 化合物的混合燃氣’其過程中會將戴奥辛的分子鍵破壞,避免 燃油在引擎室因燃燒不完全産生的戴奥辛或其它的空氣污 染’以達到環保降低污染目地。 【實施方式】 對於本發明之其他優點、目的、技術特徵及功效,係能 夠藉由以下配合圖式之本案較佳實施例的詳細說明,而趨於 瞭解: 請參閱第一圖係為本發明轉換燃料方法及裝置示意流程 圖,本發明「一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法及其裝置」, 係包括有:一供油泵浦10將燃料油輸送經一油濾淨器u至 一喷油嘴14’並透過一壓力調節器13調節前述喷油嘴之喷油 壓力,一引擎控制系統透過一電壓控制訊號15操作該喷油嘴 14開啟時並送出供油訊號、控制器21接收前述喷油嘴 14開啟供油訊號及一令央控制器之訊號其中任一,以啟動·一 高壓產生器22產生一高電壓,此高電壓傳輸至一能源轉換器 7 1325465 23以高電壓透過放賴絲動—能源轉切23狀一高能 元件(例如可使用電極放電方式產生高能的電弧場、或使用電 射元件產生高能的雷射脈衝能量場等方法);另前述喷油嘴14 喷油的同時’齡適量的純水17,饋入該能源轉換器23; 當混合H20純水17及燃油的混合燃料通過前述高能元件産生 高能的能量料’解離成帶有氫氣及C1~G4的碳氫化合物的 混合燃氣騎針,會纽壓力,較鱗脤的混合燃料氣 體,透過麟管路直接饋人引擎室3Q,降健料油的損耗並 提昇引擎動力來達到省油的目地。 前述混合燃料通過該高能元件産生的高能能量場時,因 為極高溫的解離作用,油分子會被打散成短分子鍵的^伽形 態的氣體,多餘的碳會與H20純水反應,成為H2及co。 前述控制器21係主要接收喷油控制訊號,或中央控制器 命令16(例如引擎中央控制器的直接命令訊號),來産生連動 反應’該連動反應係包括: 控制上述高壓産生器22來産生高壓,並配合噴油時序控 制高壓産生時序; 偵測油氣離化成混合燃氣的濃度及成份,來調節高壓産 生器22的輸出強度’以控制前述高能元件産生的能量場強度; 控制前述之H20純水17的混合比例,以得到最佳的油水 混合比。 8 月'J述該尚壓産生器22係為用來産生高電壓的電子電路, 用來推動所述之能源轉化器23内之高能元件産生高能的能量 場。 月’J述該能源轉化器23,主要由高能元件(例如電極産生 電弧場或雷射元件纽衝能量場或魅生無氧放電裝 置,並不以此為限。)産生高能的能量場,來快速解離燃料分 子。 月’J述喷油嘴14喷油的同時,混合適量的H2〇純水17,饋 入該能源雜室23 純水π係為舰油能充份解離不産 生積兔現象。H20純水17的添加方式有以下幾種方式: 1. 可於能源轉化器23内混合。 2. 喷油嘴14供油之前’預先將水及燃油混合在饋人能源轉化 器23。 3. 使用含一定比例水的燃油,例如92%的酒精。 本發明實施例其中之能源轉化器23内有高能元件産生高 月b混合H20純水17及燃油的混合燃料通過高能元件産生 之商能的能量場時,gj為極高溫轉離侧,麟成帶有氫氣 及C1〜C4的碳氫化合物的混合燃氣透過燃氣管路直接饋入引擎 至30 ’降低燃料油的損耗並提昇引擎動力來達到省油的目地。 上述燃料除了汽油或柴油的傳統燃料透過本發明提供之 「-種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法及其裝置」轉化為燃氣 丄 。還可將食用油(例如蔬菜油、大豆油等)、醇類(例如酒精、 甲醇、乙醇、丙料)、_、各類有機賴、或上述物質的 犯口物轉化為燃氣’使引擎能使用多樣性燃料。 改4述習知技術無法而為因應能源危機,發展替代能源 引改知其它燃料方式來取代汽油或柴油的問題。 據上所述’本發明具有以下優點: • h前述帶有氫氣及C1〜C4的碳氫化合物的混合燃氣,由於 燃氣的燃燒速率為燃油的3_1()倍,燃氣中的氫氣具有 高的自雛’因此可延長火星塞的朗壽命及大幅提昇 引擎動力,達到低油耗高動力輸出的省油目地。 2·前述能源轉化過程中,燃油通過能源轉化器内之高能元 件產生的高能的能量場時,因為極高溫的解離作用解 離成碳氫化合物的混合燃氣,其過程中會將戴奥辛的分 鲁?鍵额,避油在引擎㈣概不完全產生的戴奥 辛或其它的空氣污染,以達到環保降低污染目地。 3.本發明不需修改習知引擎結構,只需加裝本裝置於嘴油 嘴與引擎之間’接时油嘴的㈣訊息,或㈣擎的中 央處理器來下達命令’以產生適量的高能場來將燃油轉 化為燃氣,不需改造引擎也可達到省油的優點。 本發明未見公開及使用,亦符合發明專利要件,差依法 出申清,謹請賜准專利,是所至盼。 s )· 需陳明者’以上所述僅為本案之較佳實施例,並非用以 作若依本創作之構想所作之改變,在不脫離本創 各種變:圚:’例如:對於構形或佈置型態加以變換,對於 但I化,修飾詉麻 之權利範㈣。產生等效制,均應包含於本案In the above energy conversion process, adding an appropriate amount of H2 〇 pure water as a medium to avoid the phenomenon of carbon deposition and generating hydrogen, while reducing the use of fuel, solving the conventional, technical engine, and the disadvantages of the high-level job, In order to achieve a low pollution target. In the above energy conversion process, the high-energy energy field generated by the fuel passing through the high-energy components in the energy converter is the result of the extremely high-temperature conversion of the carbon into the carbon-nitrogen compound compound gas. Destruction, to avoid fuel in the engine room due to incomplete combustion caused by Dioxin or other air pollution 'to achieve environmental protection and reduce pollution. The other advantages, objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention. A flow chart of a fuel conversion method and apparatus, and a method and apparatus for converting fuel for an engine, comprising: an oil supply pump 10 for conveying fuel oil through an oil filter u to a spray The oil nozzle 14' adjusts the fuel injection pressure of the fuel injector through a pressure regulator 13, and an engine control system operates the fuel injection nozzle 14 to open the fuel supply signal through a voltage control signal 15 and sends a fuel supply signal to the controller 21 to receive the aforementioned The fuel injector 14 turns on the signal of the oil supply signal and the signal of a central controller to start a high voltage generator 22 to generate a high voltage, and the high voltage is transmitted to an energy converter 7 1325465 23 to discharge at a high voltage. Lai Si-Energy-cutting 23-shaped high-energy components (for example, an electrode discharge method can be used to generate a high-energy arc field, or an electro-radiation element can be used to generate a high-energy laser pulse energy field) In addition, the injector 11 is injected with the same amount of pure water 17 at the same time as the energy converter 23; when the mixed fuel of the H20 pure water 17 and the fuel is produced by the aforementioned high-energy element, the high-energy energy material is dissociated into a belt. Hybrid gas riding needle with hydrogen and C1~G4 hydrocarbons, Huizhou pressure, more scaled mixed fuel gas, directly feeding the engine room 3Q through the Lin pipeline, reducing the loss of oil and improving engine power To achieve the goal of fuel economy. When the aforementioned mixed fuel passes through the high-energy energy field generated by the high-energy element, the oil molecules are broken up into short-molecule bonds, and the excess carbon reacts with H20 pure water to become H2 because of the extremely high-temperature dissociation. And co. The controller 21 mainly receives the fuel injection control signal, or the central controller command 16 (for example, the direct command signal of the engine central controller) to generate a linkage reaction. The linkage reaction system includes: controlling the high voltage generator 22 to generate a high voltage. And matching the injection timing to control the high-voltage generation timing; detecting the concentration and composition of the oil-gas ionization into the mixed gas to adjust the output intensity of the high-voltage generator 22 to control the intensity of the energy field generated by the high-energy element; controlling the aforementioned H20 pure The mixing ratio of water 17 is to obtain the optimum oil-water mixing ratio. In August, the voltage generator 22 is an electronic circuit for generating a high voltage for driving a high-energy element in the energy converter 23 to generate a high-energy energy field. The energy converter 23 is mainly composed of a high-energy element (for example, an electrode generating an arc field or a laser element or an anaerobic discharge device, and is not limited thereto) to generate a high-energy energy field. To quickly dissociate fuel molecules. At the same time as the fuel injection of the injector 14 is injected, an appropriate amount of H2 pure water 17 is mixed and fed into the energy chamber 23. The pure water π system is a phenomenon in which the oil can be fully dissociated and not produced. The H20 pure water 17 can be added in the following manners: 1. It can be mixed in the energy converter 23. 2. Before the fuel injector 14 is supplied with oil, water and fuel are mixed in advance in the feeder energy converter 23. 3. Use fuel with a certain proportion of water, such as 92% alcohol. In the embodiment of the present invention, the energy converter 23 has a high-energy component to generate a high-month b-mixed H20 pure water 17 and a fuel blended fuel through a high-energy component to generate a commercial energy field, and gj is a very high-temperature turn-off side. The mixed gas with hydrogen and C1~C4 hydrocarbons is fed directly into the engine through the gas line to reduce the loss of fuel oil and increase engine power to achieve fuel-saving goals. The conventional fuel of the above fuel, in addition to gasoline or diesel, is converted into a gas enthalpy by the "method and apparatus for converting fuel to the engine" provided by the present invention. It is also possible to convert edible oils (such as vegetable oil, soybean oil, etc.), alcohols (such as alcohol, methanol, ethanol, and acrylic materials), _, various organic remedies, or the sins of the above substances into gas. Can use a variety of fuels. It is impossible to replace the problem of gasoline or diesel with other fuels in response to the energy crisis and the development of alternative energy sources. According to the above description, the present invention has the following advantages: • h the aforementioned mixed gas with hydrogen and C1 to C4 hydrocarbons, since the combustion rate of the gas is 3_1 () times that of the fuel, the hydrogen in the gas has The high self-cultivation' thus extends the life of the Mars plug and greatly increases the engine power, achieving a fuel-efficient goal with low fuel consumption and high power output. 2. In the above energy conversion process, when the fuel passes through the high-energy energy field generated by the high-energy components in the energy converter, the dissociation of the hydrocarbons into the mixed gas due to the extremely high-temperature dissociation will result in the process of Dioxin’s separation. ? The amount of key, oil evading in the engine (four) is not completely produced by Dioxin or other air pollution, in order to achieve environmental protection and reduce pollution. 3. The present invention does not need to modify the conventional engine structure, and only needs to add the device to the (four) message of the nozzle between the nozzle and the engine, or (4) the central processor of the engine to issue the command 'to generate an appropriate amount of high energy field. To convert fuel into gas, you can achieve fuel-saving advantages without the need to modify the engine. The invention has not been disclosed and used, and is also in conformity with the patent requirements of the invention, and it is unsatisfactory to apply for a patent in accordance with the law. s )· The person who needs to be clarified' is only a preferred embodiment of the case, and is not intended to be used in the context of the creation of the concept, without departing from the various changes: 圚: 'For example: for the configuration Or the arrangement type is transformed, for the case of I, the modification of the net of the castor (4). 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1325465 十、申請專利範圍: 1. -種應騰引擎之轉雜料之方法,係主要步驟包括有: (a)利用-供油㈣將燃料油輸送經—油濾淨器至一喷油 嘴’並透過-壓力調節器調節前述喷油嘴之喷油壓力,一 引擎控制系統透過-電壓控舰麟作該喷油嘴開啟; ⑻一控制器係接收前述喷油嘴開啟供油訊號及一中央控制 φ $之訊號其中任一,以啟動一高壓産生器産生-高電壓; (c)前述高透過—放顏式推動_能雜化器之一高能 元件; (d)於前述喷油嘴開啟供油時,混合適量的H2〇純水,饋入 該能源轉換器; (e)前述高能元件產生高能的能量場,對通過之H2〇純水及燃 油的混合燃料解離成混合燃氣; • (f)前述解離的過程中産生壓力,令前述混合燃氣受熱膨脤, 並透過一燃氣管路直接饋入引擎産生動力。 2. 如請求項丨所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其中 步驟(e)因為極高溫的解離作用,油分子會被打散成短分子鍵 的CnHm形態的氣體,多餘的碳會與h2〇純水反應,成為H2 及CO。 3. 如請求項丨所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其中 步驟(e)之高能元件為至少一電極,其係以放電方式產生高能 之電弧場。 4. 如凊求項1所述之1應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,宜中 之高能元件為騎元件,錢时激放财式纽高 能的雷射脈衝能量場。 5. 2凊求項述之—種顧於引擎之轉翻料之方法,其中 則述H2G純水是為了使燃油能充份解離不産生積碳現象,並 | 産生氫氣。 6. 如請求項5所述之—種_於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其令 刖述H20純水的添加方式為於能源轉化器内混合。 7·如請求項5所述之-種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其中 月’J述H20純水的添加方式為於喷油嘴供油之前預先將h2〇 純水及燃油混合在饋入能源轉化器。 8. 如請求項5所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其中 • 前述H2〇的添加方式可為直接使用含一定比例H20純水的燃 油如92%的酒精。 9. 如請求項1所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其中 δ亥混合燃氣具有鼠氣及C1〜C4的碳氮化合物。 - 10.如請求項1所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之方法,其 中該控制器接收訊號後産生一連動反應步驟包括: 控制上述高壓産生器來産生高壓,並配合喷油時序控制高壓 産生時序; ·.·公 14 偵測油氣離化成混合燃氣的濃度及成份,來調節高壓産生器 的輸出強度,以控制前述高能元件産生高能的能量場強度; 控制前述之H20純水的混合比例,以得到最佳的油水混合比。 —種應用於如請求項丨所述之引擎之轉換燃料方法之轉換 燃料裝置,包括有: —控制器,係用以接收該喷油嘴之一開啟供油訊號及一中央 控制器之訊號其中任一,產生控制能力; 向壓產生器,係受前述控制器控制產生一高電壓; 一旎源轉換器,接受前述高電壓之放電模式推動其内之一高 能元件産生高能的能量場。 12. 如請求項11所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之裝置,其 中前述高能元件為至少一電極,其係以放電方式產生高能之 電弧場、 13. 如請求項11所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之裝置,其 中前述高能元件為電射元件’其係以受激放射方式產生高能 的雷射脈衝能量場。 14. 如請求項11所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之裝置,其 中該兩壓産生器係為産生高電壓的電子電路構成,以推動所 述之能源轉化器内之高能元件産生高能的能量場。 15. 如請求項11所述之一種應用於引擎之轉換燃料之震置,其 中該能源轉化韻㈣高能元件産生高能雜量場快逮解離 1325465 燃料分子。1325465 X. Patent application scope: 1. - The method of converting the engine to the engine, the main steps include: (a) using - oil supply (4) conveying fuel oil through the oil filter to a fuel injector 'And through the pressure regulator to adjust the fuel injection pressure of the injector, an engine control system through the - voltage control of the ship to open the injector; (8) a controller receives the fuel injector to open the fuel supply signal and a Centrally controlling any of the signals of φ $ to activate a high voltage generator to generate - high voltage; (c) the aforementioned high transmission - discharge type push - one of the high energy components of the hybridizer; (d) the aforementioned injector When the oil supply is turned on, an appropriate amount of H2 pure water is mixed and fed into the energy converter; (e) the high-energy element generates a high-energy energy field, and dissociates the mixed fuel passing through the H2 pure water and the fuel into a mixed gas; • (f) The pressure generated during the dissociation process causes the mixed gas to be heated and expanded, and is directly fed into the engine through a gas line to generate power. 2. A method of converting fuel applied to an engine as recited in claim 1, wherein step (e) is dissociated by a very high temperature, and the oil molecules are broken up into a short molecularly bonded CnHm form of gas, excess carbon It will react with h2〇 pure water to become H2 and CO. 3. A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the high energy component of step (e) is at least one electrode that produces a high energy arc field in a discharge manner. 4. If the method described in claim 1 is applied to the conversion fuel of the engine, the high-energy component of the medium is a riding component, and the laser pulse energy field of the high-energy energy is stimulated. 5. 2 pleading for the description of the method - taking into account the method of turning over the engine, wherein H2G pure water is used to make the fuel fully dissociated without carbon deposition, and | 6. A method of converting fuel to an engine as described in claim 5, which adds that the H20 pure water is added in a manner to be mixed in the energy converter. 7. The method for converting fuel to an engine according to claim 5, wherein the method of adding H20 pure water is to mix h2 〇 pure water and fuel before feeding the fuel injector. Into the energy converter. 8. The method of claim 5, wherein the H2 is added in a manner that directly uses a fuel containing a proportion of H20 pure water, such as 92% alcohol. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gas mixture has a mouse gas and a C1 to C4 carbonitride. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller generates a linkage reaction step after receiving the signal, comprising: controlling the high voltage generator to generate a high voltage, and controlling the high voltage in accordance with the injection timing. Produce timing; ···· 14 detects the concentration and composition of the oil and gas ionized into the mixed gas to adjust the output intensity of the high-voltage generator to control the high-energy energy field intensity of the high-energy component; control the mixing of the aforementioned H20 pure water Proportion to get the best oil-water mixing ratio. A conversion fuel device for use in a fuel conversion method of an engine as claimed in claim 1, comprising: - a controller for receiving a signal of one of the fuel injectors for opening a fuel supply signal and a central controller Any one of the control generators; the voltage generator is controlled by the controller to generate a high voltage; and the source converter receives the high voltage discharge mode to drive one of the high energy components to generate a high energy energy field. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the high energy component is at least one electrode that generates a high energy arc field in a discharge manner, 13. an application according to claim 11 A device for converting fuel to an engine, wherein the aforementioned high-energy element is an electro-radiation element that generates a high-energy laser pulse energy field in a stimulated manner. 14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the two pressure generators are configured to generate a high voltage electronic circuit to drive high energy components in the energy converter to generate high energy. Energy field. 15. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the energy conversion rhythm (four) high energy component generates a high energy impurity field to quickly dissociate 1325465 fuel molecules.
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