Fuel reforming system for an internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:5245598

Noguchi, M; Bunda, T; Tanaka, T

A system for converting a rich air-fuel mixture to a reformed gaseous mixture containing hydrogen and for feeding the reformed gaseous mixture to an internal combustion engine comprises a carburetor for producing the rich air-fuel mixture, a vortex combustion type burner for imperfectly burning the mixture to produce heat and partially oxidized gaseous mixture, and a reactor vessel provided therein with a catalyst bed of annular cross-section. The partially oxidized gaseous mixture flows radially inwardly through the catalyst bed into a central passage defined by the annular catalyst bed so that the partially oxidized gaseous mixture is completely converted into the reformed gaseous mixture during the passage through the catalyst bed.

• Assignee: Nippon Soken, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4036180
• OSTI ID: 5245598
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 5 Mar 1975, Japan
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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