Control method for a catalytic combustion apparatus and a catalytic combustion system
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSusumu Maeshima, Tadaki Mano, Hiroyuki Wada, Masamitsu Satake
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Abstract
A method for controlling a catalytic combustion apparatus having a heater capable of heating fuel to be supplied to a catalyst includes a step of supplying oxidant gas to the catalytic combustion apparatus, and an injection step of injecting the fuel into the catalytic combustion apparatus. The injection step also includes an electric power feeding step of supplying electric power to the heater, and a setting step of setting an injection amount of the fuel to be injected into the catalytic combustion apparatus in response to output of the heater.
Claims6
A catalytic combustion system comprising:
- a catalytic combustion apparatus having a heater capable of heating fuel supplied to a catalyst;
- an actuator supplying oxidant gas to the catalytic combustion apparatus;
- an injector injecting the fuel into the catalytic combustion apparatus;
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- a controller configured to control an injection amount of the fuel to be injected into the catalytic combustion apparatus in response to output of the heater,
- wherein the controller is configured to limit the injection amount when a temperature of the catalytic combustion apparatus exceeds a predetermined threshold, the injection amount limited so that a latent heat of vaporization of the fuel supplied to the catalytic combustion apparatus is equal to or less than the output of the heater.
A method for controlling a catalytic combustion apparatus having a heater capable of heating fuel to be supplied to a catalyst, comprising:
- a step of supplying oxidant gas to the catalytic combustion apparatus;
- and
- an injection step of injecting the fuel into the catalytic combustion apparatus,
- wherein the injection step comprises:
- an electric power feeding step of supplying electric power to the heater, and
- a setting step of setting an injection amount of the fuel to be injected into the catalytic combustion apparatus in response to output of the heater,
- wherein the setting step comprises limiting the injection amount when a temperature of the catalytic combustion apparatus exceeds a predetermined threshold, the injection amount limited so that a latent heat of vaporization of the fuel supplied to the catalytic combustion apparatus is equal to or less than the output of the heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.