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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Junichi Kamio, Wako, JP;
Yasuyuki Kubo, Wako, JP;
Junichi Kamio, Wako, JP;
Yasuyuki Kubo, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This present invention provides a gasoline-ethanol separation apparatus which is used for an internal combustion engine, and can separate a mixture fuel formed of mixed gasoline and ethanol into gasoline and ethanol. The gasoline-ethanol separation apparatusincludes a fuel tankfor accommodating a mixture fuel, a separation tankfor separating the mixture fuel supplied from the fuel tankinto the gasoline (A) and an ethanol-water mixture liquid (B), by mixing water supplied by water-supply meanswith the mixture fuel, and storing the separated mixture liquid (B); pressurizing meansfor pressurizing the mixture liquid (B) to be supplied into the separation tank; gasoline-taking-out meansfor taking the gasoline (A) out of the tank from an upper part of the interface between the gasoline (A) and the ethanol-water mixture liquid (B) first valve; and ethanol-taking-out meansfor taking the ethanol-water mixture liquid (B) out of the separation tankthrough a second valve