Internal combustion engine-reformer installation
AssigneeGe Jenbacher GmbH & Co Og
InventorsFriedrich GRUBER, Gunther WALL, Michael URL, Lukas VOGL
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Abstract
A method of operating an internal combustion engine-reformer installation having an internal combustion engine and a reformer, includes predetermining at least one parameter of the internal combustion engine, calculating a desired amount of fuel for the reformer on the basis of the at least one parameter, feeding the desired amount of fuel to the reformer, reforming fuel to give a synthesis gas in the reformer, and feeding the synthesis gas to the internal combustion engine. A synthesis gas pressure of the synthesis gas downstream of the reformer is measured, and the synthesis gas pressure is taken into consideration when calculating the desired amount of fuel.
Claims14
A method of operating an internal combustion engine-reformer installation having an internal combustion engine and a reformer, wherein
- at least one parameter of the internal combustion engine is predetermined,
- a desired amount of fuel is calculated for the reformer on the basis of the at least one parameter,
- the desired amount of fuel is fed to the reformer,
- fuel is reformed to give a synthesis gas in the reformer, and
- the synthesis gas is fed to the internal combustion engine
- characterised in that a synthesis gas pressure of the synthesis gas downstream of the reformer is measured and the synthesis gas pressure is taken into consideration when calculating the desired amount of fuel.
An internal combustion engine-reformer installation comprising
- an internal combustion engine,
- a reformer for reforming a fuel flow to give a synthesis gas,
- a fuel feed line connected to the reformer to provide the fuel flow,
- a synthesis gas line connected to the reformer and the internal combustion engine to supply the internal combustion engine with synthesis gas,
- an open or closed loop control device for calculating a desired amount of fuel having regard to at least one parameter,
- a measuring device for measuring the at least one parameter, the measuring device being connected to the open or closed loop control device, and
- a control valve for controlling the fuel flow in the fuel feed line, that is connected to the open or closed loop control device,
- characterised in that provided in the synthesis gas line is a pressure measuring device for measuring a synthesis gas pressure for taking it into account in the calculation of the desired amount of fuel, that is connected to the open or closed loop control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.