摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply fuel of stable property to an internal combustion engine when starting the internal combustion engine, for example. <P>SOLUTION: The internal combustion engine control device controls the engine 100 which has a fuel tank 410 for storing gasoline and ethanol mixed fuel. The control device comprises a discharging means such as a pump 73 or discharge port 411 for discharging from the fuel tank 410 a water-ethanol phase 91b which is generated by the phase separation of the mixed fuel in the fuel tank 410, a fractionating device 600 for fractionating the discharged water-ethanol phase into a gas phase mainly containing ethanol and a liquid phase mainly containing water, and a return passage 815 for returning the gas phase from the fractionating device 600 to the fuel tank 410. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |