Hydrogen generator and non-polluting inner combustion engine for driving vehicles
OwnerEliodoro Pomarinventor
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Abstract
A hydrogen generator for use with an inner combustion engine or other apparatus, even of a movable type, such as a home gas kitchen, said hydrogen generator comprises a system for separating hydrogen from ammonia, said system comprising a NH3 tank, an ammonia sucking pump, and a cracking oven containing a catalyst, an electric resistance and a H2/N2 separating centrifuge and including a suction device comprising a filter followed by a bottle for providing a feeding volume necessary for the produced hydrogen to compensate for user system requirement variations.
Claims8
A vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and a hydrogen generator arranged on-board said vehicle for providing hydrogen as a fuel to said internal combustion engine, said hydrogen generator comprising a system for separating hydrogen from ammonia, said system comprising:
- an ammonia tank containing ammonia,
- an ammonia sucking pump for pumping ammonia from said ammonia tank,
- a cracking oven arranged for receiving ammonia from said ammonia sucking pump,
- a catalyst arranged inside said cracking oven,
- an electric resistance arranged inside said cracking oven,
- an H2/N2 separating centrifuge connected to said cracking oven and comprising an N2 exhaust duct, for exhausting into the environment nitrogen separated from ammonia, and an H2 feeding duct,
- a suction device connected to said H2/N2 separating centrifuge and arranged for feeding generated hydrogen into said H2 feeding duct,
- a filter arranged on said H2 feeding duct, and
- a bottle arranged downstream of said filter for storing said generated hydrogen and for providing a feeding volume necessary for said generated hydrogen produced from said hydrogen generator to compensate for system requirement variations,
- said internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder operating by conventional suction and exhausting engine strokes, said H2 feeding duct being connected to said at least one cylinder for feeding said generated hydrogen into said at least one cylinder,
- said vehicle further comprising an oxygen supply connected to said at least one cylinder for supplying oxygen to said at least one cylinder,
- said vehicle further comprising a water metering/atomizer device connected to said at least one cylinder for supplying atomized water to said at least one cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.