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Finally, New News!
As many of you have inquired about the progress
of our system, we felt it was way past time for an update. In a
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These next 7 pictures are of our 3rd attempted heat exchanger. After
countless hundreds of hours of fabricating, we installed it on our
vehicle, only to realize it was way too restrictive and wouldn't make
more than 300 degrees of heat. It was clear that this design would not
meet the requirements to heat the fuel way past the point of 'catalytic
cracking' that takes place between 500 and 600 degrees. There was no way
to modify this unit to flow much more exhaust, so it had to be scrapped.
It was time for some much BIGGER thinking...
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If we were going to flow some
exhaust through the unit, what better way than to make the exhaust
manifold itself into the heat exchanger! Why not use ALL the exhaust
heat? What you see below is our 4th attempt, which is extremely
successful in applying heat to the fuel way past the point where it is
completely vaporized. This unit will reach 300 degrees within 20 seconds
from an overnight cold start, over 600 degrees within a minute, and over
1,200 degrees at 70 miles per hour going uphill under load! |
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shows the original exhaust header positioned on a jig to keep the
pre-cat and header flanges aligned to their original positions. |
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is the section of header pipe that was cut out to make room for the heat
exchanger
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One view of the the heat exchanger
chamber being aligned with the flange and pre-cat. |
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 The
bottom view of the same setup. To keep all emissions components intact,
we welded the pre-cat to the bottom of the exchanger in order to argue
for it meeting all emissions requirements. |
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 Most
of the welding is finished at this point. The tubes running through the
heat exchanger will first turn water into steam, then add fuel to it,
thereby increasing the efficiency of the vaporization process. |
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 Ceramically
coated to keep the heat in the unit and protect the components around
it, it is nearly ready to install into the vehicle! You can see the bank
of injectors on the right, 4 for water and 4 for fuel. |
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 Can
you believe it? After a year of hard work, it's in the car! The fit is
perfect, since we literally converted the header pipe into the heat
exchanger. We didn't have to be nearly as concerned about room, as you
can see. This vehicle has already run on vapor, but has some major
technical issues to resolve to calibrate this system to match the
vehicle computer's operating parameters. Every step of this process has
been an extremely intense, deeply frustrating, and exuberantly
satisfying learning experience. The knowledge that's been gained could
not have come from anywhere else except under this hood. We have still
not enjoyed the success we anticipate, but I believe we are 95% of the
way there! |
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Dear Friends;
We receive many e-mails and inquiries
every month from people interested in eventually purchasing our system.
They want to know how soon it will be available. Unfortunately, I can't
give them a straight answer, because we long ago used up our budget to
build and develop this system. What you have seen on this page has cost
over $8,000, and literally thousands of man-hours to build. We are
financially tapped out. Folks, we will be giving this technology away
once it's perfected and we've gained all the answers needed to build
this system. If you want to help us get this done as soon as possible,
consider purchasing one of our CDs or website access
subscriptions. Every penny that comes from the sale of them goes
directly into our development budget and helps us to get one step closer
to completion. If you're not interested in purchasing the info, we're
not too proud to accept donations to further the development of this
technology. If you feel moved to help us out, please send a donation of
any size to:
Vapor Systems Technology
P.O. Box 658
Spring Valley, California
91976
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