Reactive metal and catalyst amalgam and method for improving the combustibility of fuel oils

Abstract

A combination of metal catalysts are independently introduced to a fuel oil to enhance and improve the combustibility of the fuel oil and to adjust in real time the ratio of the metal catalyst mixture to the quality and/or quantity of the fuel oil. This combination of ionic metal catalysts may also be utilized to improve a low grade fuel oil to a higher grade fuel source while reducing the pollutants and minimizing the fuel related damage potential to the engine. The primary combination of metals includes Platinum, Indium, Rhodium, Aluminum and Rhenium in an adjustable ratio, with the ratio being variable depending on the fuel source and quantity. Chemicals and catalysts selected are utilized as molecular ions whose decomposition results in the form most effective to combustion.

1 . A metal catalyst mixture added to the combustion air of hydrocarbon fuel oils, including bunker: fuels and marine diesel oil, to elevate the combustibility of the low grade fuel oils and to improve the combustibility of higher grade fuel oils, said metal catalyst mixture comprising platinum, rhodium, rhenium, indium and aluminum. 
   
   
       2 . The metal catalyst mixture, as disclosed in  claim 1 , wherein a respective ratio of said platinum, rhenium, rhodium, indium and aluminum within said metal catalyst mixture is 6.0:1.5:1.0:2.0:1.5, variable to ±4.0, with said metal catalyst mixture to hydrocarbon fuel oil at less than 80 parts per billion per weight of said fuel oil. 
   
   
       3 . The metal catalyst mixture, as disclosed in  claim 1 , wherein said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride. 
   
   
       4 . The metal catalyst mixture, as disclosed in  claim 1 , wherein said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride; and
 a respective ratio of the platinum, rhenium, rhodium, indium and aluminum within said metal catalyst mixture is 6.0:1.5:1.0:2.0:1.5, variable to ±4.0, with said metal catalyst mixture to said hydrocarbon fuel oil at less than 80 parts per billion per weight of said fuel oil.   
   
   
       5 . The metal catalyst mixture, as disclosed in  claim 1 , wherein each said metal catalyst is independently injected as a liquid suspension mixed with air into said fuel oil at an ignition point of said fuel oil within an ignition firing chamber of an engine utilizing said fuel oil, said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride; and
 a respective ratio of the platinum, rhenium, rhodium, indium and aluminum within said metal catalyst mixture is 6.0:1.5:1.0:2.0:1.5 adjustably variable to ±4.0, with said metal catalyst mixture to said fuel oil at less than 80 parts per billion per weight of said fuel oil, said ratio being variably adjustable dependant upon the quality of said fuel oil.   
   
   
       6 . The metal catalyst mixture, as disclosed in  claim 1 , wherein each said metal catalyst is a uniformly mixed liquid suspension combined with air injected into said fuel oil at an ignition point of said fuel oil within an ignition firing chamber of an engine utilizing said fuel oil, said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride; and
 a respective ratio of the platinum, rhenium, rhodium, indium and aluminum within said metal catalyst mixture is 6.0:1.5:1.0:2.0:1.5, adjustably variable to ±4.0, with said metal catalyst mixture to said fuel oil at less than 80 parts per billion per weight of said fuel oil, said ratio being variably adjustable dependant upon the quality of said fuel oil.   
   
   
       7 . A method for adapting an engine utilizing hydrocarbon fuel oils, including bunker fuels and marine diesel oil, to improve combustion of said fuel oil by the injection of a metal catalyst mixture at an ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine comprising the steps of:
 installing within said engine five injectors having independent flow control devices, said five injectors directed towards a common injector target located at said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine;   providing a controlled and regulated flow of a platinum metal catalyst through a first injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine;   providing a controlled and regulated flow of rhenium metal catalyst through a second injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine;   providing a controlled and regulated flow of rhodium metal catalyst through a third injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine;   providing a controlled and regulated flow of indium metal catalyst through a fourth injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine;   providing a controlled and regulated flow of aluminum metal catalyst through a fifth injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine; said platinum, rhenium, rhodium, indium and aluminum being contemporaneously injected through each respective injector at a proportional ratio of 6.0:1.5:1.0;:2.0:1.5 variable to ±4.0, with a combined metal catalyst mixture to fuel oil ratio of less than 80 parts per billion per weight of the fuel oil.   
   
   
       8 . The method, as disclosed in  claim 7 , wherein said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride. 
   
   
       9 . A method for adapting an engine utilizing hydrocarbon fuel oils, including bunker fuels and marine diesel oil, to improve combustion of said fuel oil by the injection of a metal catalyst mixture at an ignition point of said fuel oil within said engine comprising the steps of:
 installing a single injector within said engine directed at said ignition point;   attaching a pre-mixture manifold to said single injector;   attaching a first injector line having an independent flow control device to said manifold, a second injector line having an independent flow control device to said manifold, attaching a third injector line having an independent flow control device to said manifold, attaching a fourth injector line having an independent flow control device to said, and attaching a fifth injector line having an independent flow control device to said manifold;   directing a flow of platinum metal catalyst through said first injector line, a flow of rhenium metal catalyst through said second injector line, directing a flow of rhodium metal catalyst through said third injector line, directing a flow of indium metal catalyst through said fourth injector line, and directing a flow of aluminum metal catalyst through said fifth injector line;   mixing said platinum metal catalyst, rhenium metal catalyst, rhodium metal catalyst, indium metal catalyst and aluminum metal catalyst in a preferred ratio of 6.0:1.5:1.0:2.0:1.5 variable to ±4.0, to a uniform metal catalyst mixture within said manifold;   directing said uniform metal catalyst mixture through said single injector to said ignition point of said fuel oil at a catalyst mixture to fuel oil ratio of less than 80 parts per billion per weight of fuel oil.   
   
   
       10 . The method, as disclosed in  claim 9 , wherein said platinum is presented as chloroplatanic acid, said rhenium is presented as perrhenic acid, said rhodium is presented as rhodium chloride, said indium is presented as indium chloride and said aluminum is presented as aluminum chloride.