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patent · US7174861

Method and apparatus for fueling an internal combustion engine

13 February 2007

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Abstract

A combined gasoline and hydrogen fueling system for a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including, preferably, a rapid-start catalytic reformer for producing reformate gas containing hydrogen from gasoline. The reformate from the reformer is swept by air into the intake manifold of the cold engine where it is mixed with intake air and then drawn into the cylinders and ignited conventionally to start the engine. A computer-based reformer control system optimizes the...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2003-09-15
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2007-02-13
Inventors
Brian K. Allston; John E. Kirwan; James M. Haller; Delphi Technologies Inc