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Prevent Water Contaminated Fuel Damaging The Engine
Land Rover New Product IdeaSubmitted 8 years ago
I have been working in the clean fuel solutions business for the past 12 years and everyone agrees water is the No 1 contributor to fuel contamination.
Current practice in combating this problem is fuel filtration � may it be particulate, water coalescing or water absorbing filters.
I read a paper that puts the fuel filtration market at USD6-8 billion/yr. But this is still treating the symptoms and not the cause.
And to add insult to injury � engines are still getting damaged even though fuel filtration is in place.
All so often we hear
� Driver filing up
� vehicle breaking down soon afterwards
� Driver has no idea WHY
� Mechanic finds dirty fuel
� Fuel supplier standard reply � isolated incident
� So � who is responsible for the repair bill?
With no real solutions in the horizon I decided to develop my own.
Our approach is very different, instead of relying on fuel filtration to prevent engine damage, why don�t we prevent the engine from starting or putting the engine into limp mode, as soon as water is detected inside the engine fuel tank?
Have a look at the following you tube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkpga-LBnQA&feature=youtu.be
One can argue, OEM can simply reposition their WIF sensor into the fuel tank and reprogram the EMU to do the same.
A few critical problems we managed to resolve:-
� A typical WIF sensor operating on 12-35V and some Amps will suffer badly from electrolysis (See pic of Parker sensors � left 2 is under normal application far right sensor going through our controller)
� Our ability to read all ages of water � bacteria laden water is a quiet different to clean tap water
Being a Land Rover owner myself - this kind of technology goes very well with the brand.
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