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Development of a Liquid-DME Fuel Tank - A Two-Fluid Thermodynamic Pump
Technical Paper
2001-01-0652
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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SAE 2001 World Congress
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A novel fuel tank for storing liquid dimethyl ether (DME) has been developed. This fuel tank was made of cast aluminum with a water capacity of 40 liters. It contains two fluids: liquid DME and a vapor-liquid mixture of propane. A diaphragm separates the two fluids. The propane in the tank is a pressurizing fluid that pressurizes DME into a subcooled-liquid state; and, it also functions as a driving fluid that pumps the liquid DME from the tank to the injection pump using its vapor pressure. These features characterize the tank as a thermodynamic pump. Several hundred hours of tank tests at various temperatures have been conducted. Results of tank filling-discharge cycles simulating those in vehicle applications demonstrated that the concept of the two-fluid thermodynamic pump works and that the tank design is successful.
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McCandless, J., Teng, H., and Schneyer, J., "Development of a Liquid-DME Fuel Tank - A Two-Fluid Thermodynamic Pump," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0652, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-0652.Data Sets - Support Documents
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