THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

The usage of natural resources such as oil is nowadays gaining more and more attention. The Estonian national energy management development plan foresees increasing the percentage of renewable resources in energy consumption by 20 per cent, the percentage of biofuels in transportation fuels by 10 per cent. That is the reason for the increase in using biofuels. Biofuels are used as engine fuels in many countries, however, some problems that hinder using biofuels have not been solved. One of the greatest problems is the cost of biofuels which depends on the raw material, production technologies and quality of the fuel produced. The quality of the fuel is important to ensure the working modes of the engine's subsystems on given conditions as well as the durability guaranteed by the factory. This particular article provides an overview of designing and developing an innovative additional fuel supply system. For doing so, firstly, the problems encountered when using biofuels in engines are discussed, secondly, an overview of a patent research is given. The prototype of an innovative additional fuel supply system is designed, its development stages as well as the problems that need to be tackled are pointed out and discussed.