Improvements in Means for Producing Inflammable Gas and Utilizing the same in Internal Combustion Engines.

摘要

23,184. Russell, W. H., and Russell, G. E. Oct. 27. Carburetting; mixing gases.-A gas generator,for producing inflammable gas for use in internal-combustion engines or for illuminating purposes, comprises a cylindrical vessel 1, Fig. 1, containing a quantity of absorbent material 8, coated with infusorial earth and saturated with a volatile hydrocarbon or other combustible such as naphtha, crude petroleum, alcohol, lysol, or turpentine, fed in the form of spray through an inlet 7 protected by wire gauze. Extending along the bottom of the receptacle are perforated pipes 2, to which air is supplied by way of the air-inlet pipes 3 and a controlling-valve 4. In the centre of the absorbent material 8 is suspended a deep vessel 9, of copper or brass, insulated from the vessel 1 and containing fibrous material 10 saturated with dilute acid, and a rod of zinc 12 suspended from a cap 11. Hydrogen is generated in the vessel 9 and escapes into the main vessel 1 through perforations 13. The gas passes out through the outlet 5 and cock 6, past the air-inlet cock 16, to the induction pipe 14 of the engine E. The vessel 1 may be provided with an auxiliary air-inlet 24, and is fitted with a reservoir 18 for holding a reserve supply of volatile hydrocarbon, which, in case of emergency or when starting the engine, may be fed directly to the pipe 14, the supply being controlled by means of a needle valve 25. The hydrocarbon in the vessel 18 may be admitted to the main vessel 1 by means of a valve 21 to saturate the absorbent material 8. In cold weather, the exhaust gases from the engine may be employed for warming the contents of the vessel 1. The fuel preferably used in this apparatus consists of alcohol with a small percentage of turpentine to increase the formation of ozone in the apparatus.