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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G. Leone, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
James Eric Anderson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/36 (2006.01); F02M 25/08 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); F02D 19/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/0872 (2013.01); F02D 19/0649 (2013.01); F02D 19/0668 (2013.01); F02D 41/0025 (2013.01); F02D 41/0032 (2013.01); F02M 25/089 (2013.01); F02M 37/0088 (2013.01); F02D 19/0655 (2013.01); F02D 19/0692 (2013.01); F02D 19/081 (2013.01); Y02T 10/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for separating higher octane fuel from a fuel mixture are presented. In one example, higher octane fuel is separated from lower octane fuel and allowed to condense in a fuel tank holding higher octane fuel so that parasitic engine losses are not increased by having to separate higher octane fuel from lower octane fuel a second time. The approach may be applied to fuel systems that include multiple fuel tanks storing different types of fuel.