Device for a fuel filter system

摘要

A device (8) for a fuel filter system (10, 14) separates water from the fuel. The water takes on a property enhancing the separation by the device (8) by the action of a medium (42).

主权项

1. A device for a fuel filtering system that separates water from fuel, comprising:
a housing having a fuel flow inlet, a fuel flow outlet and an interior space in fluid communication with said inlet and said outlet, said housing being inserted in a fuel line connected to a filter system; and a block of salt essentially completely filling said interior space as an insert and as a replaceable cartridge, the fuel contacting said block of salt between said inlet and said outlet upstream of said filter system, said block of salt contacting and interacting with the water in the fuel in said housing as the fuel flows through said housing in the fuel filtering system to promote separation of the water from the fuel.