Patent ID: 8580111
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: B01D,C10G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for separating fuel components comprising: an un-separated fuel tank in which un-separated fuel is stored; a high-octane fuel tank in which high-octane fuel is stored, said high-octane fuel having an octane level greater than an octane level of said un-separated fuel; a low-octane fuel tank in which low-octane fuel is stored, said low-octane fuel having an octane level less than said octane level of said un-separated fuel and said octane level of said high-octane fuel; a separation chamber having a separating membrane that separates the separation chamber into a first section and a second section, said separating membrane separates said un-separated fuel in said first section into said high-octane fuel in said second section, said low-octane fuel remains in said first section after said high-octane fuel is separated from said un-separated fuel; an un-separated fuel pathway in which said un-separated fuel flows from said un-separated fuel tank to said first section of said separation chamber; a high-octane fuel pathway in which said high-octane fuel flows from said second section of said separation chamber to said high-octane fuel tank; a low-octane fuel pathway in which said low-octane fuel flows from said first section of said separation chamber to said low-octane fuel tank; a heat exchanger positioned between said un-separated fuel tank, said high-octane fuel tank and said low-octane fuel tank and said separation chamber such that said un-separated fuel pathway, said high-octane fuel pathway and said low-octane fuel pathway pass through said heat exchanger, said heat exchanger exchanges heat from said low-octane fuel in a liquid state to said un-separated fuel in a liquid state prior to said un-separated fuel being supplied to said first section of said separation chamber; and a cooling apparatus through which said high-octane fuel pathway and said low-octane pathway extend through, said cooling apparatus being positioned between said separation chamber and said heat exchanger, said cooling apparatus cooling said low-octane fuel to an almost liquid state prior to said low-octane fuel entering said heat exchanger.