WO2001000310A3 - Plasma reforming and partial oxidation of hydrocarbon fuel vapor to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas - Google Patents

Plasma reforming and partial oxidation of hydrocarbon fuel vapor to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas Download PDF

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WO2001000310A3
WO2001000310A3 PCT/US2000/015936 US0015936W WO0100310A3 WO 2001000310 A3 WO2001000310 A3 WO 2001000310A3 US 0015936 W US0015936 W US 0015936W WO 0100310 A3 WO0100310 A3 WO 0100310A3
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Abstract

Methods and systems for treating vapors from fuels such as gasoline or diesel fuel in an internal combustion engine (10), to form hydrogen gas or synthesis gas, which can then be burned in the engine to produce more power. Fuel vapor (20), or a mixture of fuel vapor and exhaust gas (18a) and/or air (30), is contacted with a plasma (22), to promote reforming reactions between the fuel vapor (20) and exhaust gas (18a) to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas, partial oxidation reactions between the fuel vapor (20) and air (30) to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas, or direct hydrogen and carbon particle production from the fuel vapor. The plasma (22) can be a thermal plasma or a non-thermal plasma (24). The plasma can be produced in a plasma generating device (22) which can be preheated by contact with at least a portion of the hot exhaust gas stream (18b), thereby decreasing the power requirements of the plasma generating device (22).
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