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Fuel pretreater apparatus and method

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  • US 5,794,601 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1997
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pretreater apparatus for pretreating fuel to provide a suitable fuel for combustion in fuel burning apparatus, the apparatus having a fuel intake system and an exhaust system, the improvement comprising:

  • a volatilization chamber for volatilizating said fuel in said volatilization chamber;

    a heated reactor tube through which the volatilized fuel flows;

    a reactor rod mounted in the reactor tube around which the volatilized fuel flows as it flows through the reactor tube, the space between the reactor rod and the reactor tube through which the volatilized fuel flows forming a reaction zone; and

    inlet means for directing said reacted fuel into the intake system of the fuel burning apparatus.

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