Low-temperature fuel reforming unit based on combined external reformer of an engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10801447-B2
Application number	US-201715559822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2017
Priority date	Jan 6, 2017
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

The present invention discloses a novel low-temperature fuel reforming unit based on combined external reformer of an engine, comprising an engine cylinder and an external low-temperature fuel reformer; the external low-temperature fuel reformer is winded with a heater strip and is provided with a first temperature controlled meter, the inlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with a air inlet pipe and a fuel sample injection pipe, and a flow meter is arranged on the air inlet pipe; the fuel sample injection pipe is connected with a fuel injection pump and a fuel vaporization tank which is provided with a second temperature controlled meter; the outlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with the engine inlet pipe via a reforming gas pipe; and the reformed low-temperature products enter into the engine inlet pipe via the reforming gas pipe for combining with the fresh air again to form a uniform hybrid gas, and the hybrid gas is introduced into the engine cylinder and performing combined combustion with the fuel in the cylinder to achieve activity and concentration stratification of hybrid gas. Since the above process does not need adding catalyst, the engine of the present invention can be operated more efficient and energy-saving.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel reforming device, comprising fuel injection pump ( 14 ), fuel vaporization tank ( 9 ), external low-temperature fuel reformer ( 6 ), air bottle ( 13 ), flow meter ( 12 ) and reforming gas pipe ( 4 ), said external low-temperature fuel reformer being winded with a first heater strip, provided with a first temperature controlled meter; having a connection to said air bottle via an air inlet pipe for intake of fresh air and a connection to fuel injection pump via said fuel vaporization tank and fuel sample injection pipe for intake of fuel: and having an outlet connection to an engine inlet pipe via said reforming gas pipe: said
fuel vaporization tank ( 9 ) being provided with a second heater strip and a thermocouple, arranged on a fuel sample injection pipe, and provided with a second temperature controlled meter, wherein said heater strip on the fuel vaporization tank controls a heating temperature via said second temperature controlled meter, and said heater strip and the thermocouple on the fuel vaporization tank perform a closed-loop temperature control; and
said reforming gas pipe being provided with a thermocouple and located adjacent to an outlet of said external low-temperature fuel reformer.

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Yao Mingfa
• Wang Yang
• Wei Lixia
• Liu Haifeng
• Wang Hu
• Zheng Zunqing

Classifications

• F02M27/00 Primary

  Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like · CPC title

• F02M31/16

  Other apparatus for heating fuel · CPC title

• Y02T10/12

  Improving ICE efficiencies · CPC title