DIESEL FUEL HEATER Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; engines. SUBSTANCE: diesel fuel heater has fine fuel filter housing 2 with fuel inlet connection 4 and fuel outlet connection 3, filtering element 5, electric heating element 6 made in form of cup manufactured of carbon cloth or carbon fibers. Faces 7 and 8 are coated with current-carrying material fixed by screws on filtering element 5. Fitted inside filtering element 5 is posistor 12 connected in series with current source and screws with contacts 10 installed in current-carrying material. EFFECT: enhanced operation reliability of diesel engines. 4 cl, 2 dwg