Dual fuel diesel engine

• US 4,463,734 A
• Filed: 05/14/1982
• Issued: 08/07/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard T. Akeroyd
• Original Assignee: Richard T. Akeroyd
• Inventors: Akeroyd, Richard T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feinberg, Craig R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Okonsky, David A.
• Application Number:
  US06/378,100
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 123/575, 123/576, 123/577, 123/578, 123/27 GE, 123/525, 123/526
• US Class Current: 123/525
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 3/06 with compression ignition compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 19/0607 to adjust the fuel mass or volume flow
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 19/066 Retrofit of secondary fuel supply systems; Conversion of engines to operate on multiple fuels
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 19/0678 Pressure or flow regulators therefor; Fuel metering valves therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 19/081 Adjusting the fuel composition or mixing ratio; Transitioning from one fuel to the other
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 19/105 operating in a special mode, e.g. in a liquid fuel only mode for starting
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 21/042 Mixer comprising a plurality of bores or flow passages
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/30 Use of alternative fuels, e.g. biofuels

Abstract

A diesel engine is designed to burn on a mixture of liquid fuel or diesel, and liquefied petroleum gas, or gas. The diesel is injected into the cylinders as is conventional on diesel engines. The gas is mixed into the intake air. The output of the governor connects to a diesel control and a gas control. As more fuel is consumed, both the amount of diesel and the amount of gas is increased; however, the amount of gas is increased at a much faster rate than the amount of diesel is increased. At no load, the engine operates on about 76 percent diesel and 24 percent gas. At 100 percent load, the engine operates on about 80 percent gas and 20 percent diesel. A special gas valve is used.

Claims

1. The method of converting the operation of an engine designed to use diesel oil fuel only to operate upon a mixture of liquid and gas fuels comprising the steps of:

a. providing an amount of liquid fuel and gas fuel,

b. injecting the liquid by injectors,

c. mixing the gas with air in an air intake,

d. providing small amounts of gas fuel, less than that of liquid fuel, at no load,

e. increasing the amount of gas fuel as the load increases in about direct relationship to the load,

f. also increasing the amount of liquid fuel furnished to the engine in about direct proportion to an increase in load, and

g. the increase of the gas fuel being about 14 times faster than the increase of the liquid fuel wherein the amount of gas fuel exceeds that of the liquid fuel at full load.

2. The method of converting the operation of an engine designed to use diesel oil fuel only to operate upon a mixture of liquid and gas fuels comprising the steps of:

a. supplying the engine with a mixture of gas fuel and liquid fuel,

b. injecting the liquid by injectors,

c. mixing the gas with air in an air intake,

d. maintaining at any load level a predetermined ratio of gas to liquid fuel,

e. supplying fuel at a ratio of gas to liquid of about 0.3 at no load, and

f. increasing the ratio about in direct proportion to an increase in load, thus

g. supplying fuel at a ratio of gas to liquid of about 4 at 100% load,

h. increasing the amount of liquid fuel furnished to the engine in about direct proportion to the increase in load, and

i. the increase of the gas fuel about 14 times faster than the increase of the liquid fuel.