Methanol fueled spark ignition engine
Patent
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OSTI ID:6163094
Methanol is delivered by a fuel pump to a reformer at a relatively high pressure, where it is heated by exhaust gases from a spark ignition engine and decomposed over a catalyst bed to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen, this being a constant pressure process. The mixture is fed to an auxiliary turbine which helps drive the output shaft of the spark ignition engine. The low pressure exhaust gases from the auxiliary turbine are mixed with air and fed to a spark ignition engine where they are combusted.
- Assignee:
- Williams Research Corp.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4244188
- OSTI ID:
- 6163094
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330101* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Spark-Ignition
330701 -- Emission Control-- Nitrogen Oxides
ALCOHOL FUELS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROGEN
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINERY
METHANOL FUELS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SPARK IGNITION ENGINES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WASTES
330101* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Spark-Ignition
330701 -- Emission Control-- Nitrogen Oxides
ALCOHOL FUELS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CATALYSTS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROGEN
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINERY
METHANOL FUELS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SPARK IGNITION ENGINES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WASTES