Patent ID: 8671918
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F01P,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel state control unit for an internal combustion engine, the fuel state control unit comprising: a multi-chamber module having at least a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber serially arranged, the module having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, the fuel inlet being configured to connect to a fuel supply, the fuel outlet being configured to connect to a fuel delivery unit for the internal combustion engine, the fuel inlet being in fluid communication with a conduit extending through the first chamber, the second chamber being in fluid communication with an outlet of said conduit such that fuel exiting the conduit at said outlet flows into an interior volume of the second chamber, the third chamber being in fluid communication with the second chamber through at least one port extending between the second chamber and the third chamber such that fuel from the second chamber interior volume flows into an interior volume of the third chamber via said at least one port; and a heating module configured to heat fuel flowing through said conduit in said first chamber to a temperature between 90° F. and 180° F., wherein the second chamber is defined by two radially aligned walls which separate it from the first and third chambers, the second chamber being disposed between the first and third chambers in an axial direction of the multi-chamber module.