External Magnet Array for Hydrocarbon Fuel Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magnetic treatment devices for hydrocarbon-containing fuels are complex, require significant maintenance, and are not easily interchangeable or installable without opening the fuel line, leading to inconsistent fuel activation and increased production costs.
Innovation Solution
A device with six cylindrical magnets arranged in three pairs outside the fuel line, featuring alternating magnetic polarity perpendicular to the flow direction, housed in a tubular structure with plastic fixation, and optionally mounted in a rotatable drum driven by an electric controller to optimize magnetic field alignment and activation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If magnets are arranged inside the fuel line with complex structures (flow screens, heating elements), then fuel can be processed in various ways, but the device complexity increases and fuel line must be opened for installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the magnets from the fuel line interior and positions them externally against the outer surface of the fuel line. This eliminates the need for flow screens, heating elements, and other complex internal components while maintaining magnetic treatment capability. The fuel line remains intact and does not need to be opened for installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The fuel line itself serves as an intermediary medium that transmits the magnetic field from the externally positioned magnets to the fuel flowing through it. This eliminates the need for complex internal structures while ensuring uniform magnetic field exposure of the fuel.
2Reliability
If magnets are arranged inside the fuel line, then fuel treatment can be achieved, but the fuel line must be opened for installation and replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The magnets are extracted from the fuel line interior and positioned externally. This allows the device to be installed by simply positioning magnets against the outer surface of the fuel line without opening or modifying the fuel line, making installation and replacement trivial operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of placing magnets inside the fuel line as in conventional designs, the patent inverts the arrangement by positioning magnets externally against the outer surface. This inversion simplifies installation while maintaining treatment effectiveness.
3Device complexity
If three pairs of magnets are arranged outside the fuel line with simple structure, then device complexity is reduced, but carbon atom activation is comparatively small
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating concentrated magnetic field zones at specific locations where the magnets contact the fuel line outer surface. The alternating polarity arrangement ensures that each local region experiences optimized magnetic field exposure, maximizing carbon atom activation despite the simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The alternating polarity arrangement of the magnets creates periodic magnetic field variations as fuel flows through the treatment zone. This periodic magnetic field action enhances carbon atom activation compared to simple continuous fields, while maintaining device simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device achieves high activation of carbon atoms, improving combustion efficiency by ensuring uniform magnetic field exposure and reducing soot and carbon monoxide emissions, with increased performance and reduced fuel consumption.
Implementation Method 1
six magnets forming three pairs arranged one behind the other, the magnetic fields of which penetrate inside the duct
Implementation Method 2
The fuel passes through an inhomogeneous magnetic field in the longitudinal or transverse direction, which is intended to excite the carbon atoms
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (1) for the magnetic treatment of a hydrocarbon-containing fluid, which device comprises a pipe (2) for the fluid to flow through and six magnets (3) that form three pairs arranged one behind the other, the magnetic fields of which penetrate the interior of the pipe, wherein the magnets are of substantially cylindrical construction and are arranged outside the pipe, wherein the two magnets of a pair are arranged aligned with one another on opposing sides of the pipe wall and each have one of their end faces (4) directed towards the pipe, and wherein each magnet has a line pattern of alternating magnet polarity, which line pattern is aligned perpendicular to the flow direction of the fluid.