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Application of Vortex Layer Devices for Improving the Quality of Marine Fuels

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The first time the possible use of water, in the feed system of internal combustion engines was discussed, took place in the late nineteenth century.  Since then, there have been many studies on the effectiveness of the approach of adding water to fuels.  A couple of known benefits to adding water to fuels include:

  1. intensifies the fuel combustion process; and
  2. reduces the release of incomplete combustion products and nitrogen oxides with the exhaust gases into the atmosphere.

The quality of water used for water-fuel emulsions has a direct impact on the wear of the fuel system’s internal parts.  The most promising systems for obtaining water-fuel mixtures therefore, are those which process not only fuel, but also the water before mixing.  A vortex layer device can successfully perform this task since it causes the complete dispersion of these components.

Structurally, vortex layer devices consist of a tube of non-magnetic material.  Inside the tube there is a rotating electromagnetic field that reacts with with ferromagnetic particles.  The latter are found in the vortex motion.  In the workspace of such devices, there are a number of effects that make possible the deformation of crystal lattice solids, and sharply increase in the reactivity of chemical agents.

Vortex layer devices can input into base fuels up to 7% water.  Mixing actually takes place at the molecular level.  That is why the resulting product is resistant to delamination and can be stored for at least 5 to 6 months.

Another advantage of the use of vortex layer devices is the generation of a large amount of heat during operation.  The vortex layer can be used for the initial fuel and water pre-heating block.

It should be mentioned that the technology for the production of water-fuel emulsions by means of vortex layer devices can be used not only for marine fuels, but in the fuel conditioning systems at boiler plants as well.

You must pay attention however, to the following fact.  During operation of the device, collisions of ferromagnetic particles occurs.  This leads to their gradual abrasion.  The presence of metal particles in marine fuels and in boiler fuels is unacceptable therefore, you need to use the special magnetic traps to remove any unwanted metal particles from remaining in the fuel.

GlobeCore offers magnetic flow metal traps that are made specifically for use in water-fuel emulsions preparation lines equipped with the AVS-100 or AVS-150 type vortex layer devices.  At the Customer’s request, it is possible to produce magnetic metal traps of the required sizes for most other industries.

Sunflower Oil Dewaxing by ‘Vortex Layer’ system

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Vegetable oils and fats are mainly defined by their physical, chemical, electrophysical, and electromagnetic characteristics.  Nowadays, sunflower oil dewaxing, affected by the electric or electromagnetic field, is considered to be very effective.

The electrophysical effect on organic substances and materials is considered to be a relatively new approach which was first introduced in the 1960s.  The nature of electromagnetic fields has allowed for the invention of many machines, which operate according to electrophysical principles.

To improve the refining process, some factories are in the business of developing new types of equipment or applying new chemical agents that require considerable financial expenditures.  But, the refining process may be improved by implementing non-traditional approaches based on electric and magnetic principles.

According to the basic principles of the magnetochemistry, the production processes may be enhanced due to the effects of the magnetic fields on the system.

A wide range of problems may be detected if to study a traditional dewaxing process more thoroughly. They are as follows:

(1) a long wax crystallization process;

(2) poor filtration;

(3) necessity of applying additional substances;

(4) difficulties while cleaning a partition of sediments;

(5) high energy consumption costs;

(6) inadequate purification rate; and

(7) a great amount of waste products.

It is therefore, the factories that have to seek new and promising ways to improve the production process.  The use of electric and electromagnetic fields has become a breakthrough in the oil refining process.  But, special conditions should be provided to create a greater polarization of wax particles as compared with other additives.  A presence of the electromagnetic field is one of such conditions, as wax contains the components of essential oil group, that have polarity.  The waxes are dissolved in oils and their polarity is weak at 40-45 ºC / 104-113 ºF.  If to cool the vegetable oil, the energy state of wax-like substances will be changed, and the lipophilic characteristics will be reduced.  At +15-+45ºC / 59-113ºF, wax compounds are usually  in an intermediate phase, which increases their polarity.

Affected by various external factors, liquid crystals can easily change their structure since the molecular forces are quite small.  It is therefore, the application of electromagnetic fields opens up new possibilities for fat-and-oil industry.

The Vortex layer system AVS-100 is designed to enhance the chemical and physical processes.   From the outside, it is a cylinder with a mounted inductor that is the source of rotating magnetic field.  This cylinder is made of non-magnetic material.

The sunflower oil processing time, as well as the magnetic field strength, depend on the qualitative characteristics of the original product, mainly, on the amount of wax-like substances in sunflower oil.  The application of a vortex layer system, designed for sunflower oil dewaxing, allows for a reduction in the production process time and for an provement of the quality of sunflower oil processing.