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patent · US6502533

Internal combustion fuel reforming

7 January 2003

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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.

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Abstract

The present invention uses an internal combustion engine operated at an air/fuel ratio richer than stoichiometric as a partial oxidation reformer in fuel cell power generation systems. Commonly available liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon or alcohol fuels, including “logistic” fuel in military applications, are converted to a product gas mixture containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and traces of light hydrocarbons. The product gas may be used directly or with minimum processing b...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2001-09-29
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2003-01-07
Inventors
George Beuan Kirby Meacham