Fuel Modification Apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Arai, Hikaru Okada, Mitsuru Ikeo, Takeshi Yamagami, Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Noriyuki Mizojiri, Satoshi Hanai
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Abstract
A fuel modification apparatus is equipped with evaporators for evaporating a raw fuel as a fuel to be modified, a super heater for elevating the temperature of the above evaporated raw fuel to a temperature required for the modification, a modification vessel for modifying the above raw fuel having an elevated temperature to form a modified gas, and a pre-heater for preheating a heating fluid for evaporating the above raw fuel in the evaporator. The evaporators are arranged on a concentric circle, surrounding the superheater.
Claims19
A fuel reforming apparatus for reforming a reforming fuel to produce a hydrogen rich fuel gas, said fuel reforming apparatus comprising:
- an evaporator for evaporating the reforming fuel by heat exchange with a heating fluid;
- a superheater for raising the temperature of the evaporated reforming fuel to a temperature required for a reforming reaction;
- a reformer for reforming the reforming fuel, after the temperature of the reforming fuel has been raised, in order to produce a reformed gas.
- wherein said evaporator is disposed around said superheater, and
- wherein said superheater and said reformer are connected together in series.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.