Integrated Automotive Reformer and Catalytic Converter and Method for Reforming Fuel
AssigneeFca Fiat Chrysler Automoveis Brasil Ltda.
InventorLuís Carlos Monteiro Sales
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AssigneeFca Fiat Chrysler Automoveis Brasil Ltda.
InventorLuís Carlos Monteiro Sales
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An integrated catalyst reformer is described, including a housing which surrounds and defines at least two individualized and adjacent chambers. The first chamber is intended for the catalytic conversion of exhaust gases from the MCI and at least one second chamber intended for reforming fuel, ethanol or others, and the heat generated in the first chamber is transferred to the second chamber by thermal conduction. The first chamber is connected, upstream, to the exhaust manifold of the MCI from the inlet nozzle and is connected to the exhaust of the vehicle from the outlet nozzle, while the plenum of the first chamber is filled with a catalytic mesh. The second chamber includes a plenum filled with a catalytic mesh; an intake nozzle intended to receive both ambient air and the fuel to be reformed; and an exhaust nozzle, connected upstream of the intake manifold, so as to allow the reformed fuel to be aspirated.
An integrated catalyst reformer, comprising a housing which surrounds and defines two individual and adjacent chambers, the first chamber being intended for the catalytic conversion of exhaust gases from the MCI and the second chamber destined to reform the fuel, and the heat generated in the first chamber is transferred to the second chamber by thermal conduction, the second chamber comprises a plenum filled with a catalytic mesh;
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