FUEL REFORMING SYSTEM

摘要

Provided is a fuel reforming system that can convert gasoline into alcohol in a vehicle. Provided is a fuel reforming system (1) equipped with a reformer (15) having a reforming catalyst (152) that uses air to reform gasoline to produce alcohol, a mixer (14) which mixes gasoline and air and supplies the mixture to the reformer (15), and a condenser (16) which separates the gas produced in the reformer (15) into a gas phase and a condensed phase of which reformed fuel is the primary constituent; wherein the fuel reforming system (1) is characterized in that the reforming catalyst (152) is configured including a main catalyst for extracting hydrogen atoms from the hydrocarbons in the gasoline to produce alkyl radicals, and a catalytic promoter for reducing alkyl hydroperoxides produced from the alkyl radicals to produce alcohol.

主权项

1. A fuel reforming system comprising:
a reformer that includes a reforming catalyst which reforms hydrocarbons in fuel consisting of gasoline or gasoline that contains alcohol using air to produce alcohols; a mixer that is provided upstream of the reformer, and mixes the fuel and air and supplies to the reformer; and a condenser that is provided downstream of the reformer, and separates product gas generated by the reformer into a condensed phase with reformed fuel as a main constituent and a gas phase, wherein the reforming catalyst is configured to include a primary catalyst which abstracts hydrogen atoms from hydrocarbons in the fuel to produce alkyl radicals, and an auxiliary catalyst which reduces alkyl hydroperoxides generated from the alkyl radicals and oxygen to produce alcohols, and wherein the reformed fuel has a higher octane rating than the fuel.