Patent ID: 7428896
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in treating fuel, comprising: an input to receive the fluid; an output through which the fluid exits; a first conduit having an input end, an output end, and a metallic interior surface where the input end is positioned proximate the input; a second conduit positioned within and axially aligned with the first conduit, the second conduit having first and second ends where the first end of the second conduit is positioned proximate the input and the first end is configured to receive the fluid entering through the input such that fluid enters the second conduit through the first end, and a plurality of holes distributed along at least a portion of a length of the second conduit, wherein each of the plurality of holes has a cross-sectional area generally perpendicular to fluid flow through the plurality of holes, and a sum of all of the areas of the plurality of holes is less than a cross-sectional area of an interior channel of the second conduit perpendicular to the length of the second conduit; a treatment control bypass affixed with the second conduit configured to control an amount of fluid flow exiting the second conduit through the plurality of holes distributed along the portion of the length of the second conduit; and a vortex device positioned proximate the output end of the first conduit between the output end of the first conduit and the output, where the vortex device has a bore having a width less than an interior width of the second conduit such that the fluid passes through the bore to exit through the output adaptor.