Three-Phase Fuel Composition Using Gas-Trapped Adsorbent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fossil fuels, particularly liquid fuels, suffer from low efficiency and high pollutant emissions during combustion, leading to environmental issues and increased consumption, with existing additives showing limited efficiency-enhancement properties.
Innovation Solution
A three-phase fuel composition is developed by trapping gases within the pores of a coated adsorbent, using metal-organic, carbon-based, or polymeric adsorbents, and incorporating a coating solution and surfactant to enhance combustion efficiency and safety, which is then mixed with liquid fuels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If liquid fuels are used for combustion, then energy supply is maintained, but combustion efficiency is low and pollutant emissions are high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite fuel system by integrating gas-filled porous adsorbent particles into liquid fuel. This composite structure allows the solid adsorbent to store flammable gas internally while the liquid fuel provides the base combustion medium, achieving synergistic effects that improve combustion efficiency and reduce emissions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces regions of different composition and properties within the fuel system. The porous adsorbent particles create localized zones where gas is stored and released, providing different functional properties (gas storage, fuel mixing enhancement) at specific locations within the liquid fuel
2Quantity of substance
If flammable gases are stored in three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks, then gas storage capacity is increased, but safety is compromised due to flammable coatings required at room temperature
Solution Approach 1:
The patent stores flammable gas within porous adsorbent at controlled parameters (pressure between 1-30 bar, specific temperature conditions) that maintain safety while maximizing storage capacity. The coating material and its thickness are optimized to prevent premature release while allowing controlled discharge during combustion
3Productivity
If metal additives are added to liquid fuels to improve efficiency, then air-fuel mixing is enhanced, but efficiency-enhancement properties remain poor
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using simple metal additives, the patent employs composite porous adsorbent particles that combine solid matrix structures with stored flammable gas. This composite approach provides both the mixing enhancement benefits of particulate additives and the efficiency benefits of internal gas release, while potentially reducing harmful emissions through more complete combustion
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 three-phase fuel composition improves combustion efficiency, reduces pollutant emissions, and enhances fuel mixing, resulting in increased engine power and reduced specific fuel consumption and emissions.
Implementation Method 1
trapping at least one gas into pores of an adsorbent
Data Source
AI summary
A three-phase fuel composition may be synthesized by producing a first composition by trapping at least one gas into pores of an adsorbent, producing a coated composition by spray coating a solution on the first composition, and mixing the coated composition with a liquid fuel.