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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Oskar Levander, Turku, FI;
Tuomas Sipilä, Turku, FI;
Inventors:
Oskar Levander, Turku, FI;
Tuomas Sipilä, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Wärtsilä Finland Oy, Vaasa, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 61/04 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to fuel system for gas driven piston engine in a marine vessel, which gas is stored in at least one fuel storage tank in the vessel as liquefied gas. The fuel feeding system comprises a separate fuel feed tank in which the gas is in liquid phase and at elevated pressure. The gas is also in liquid phase in the fuel storage tank, in which, however, prevails only the hydrostatic pressure caused by the liquid gas.