GAS REFORMATION WITH MOTOR DRIVEN COMPRESSOR

摘要

A spark-ignited gas engine includes a combustion chamber, a compressor, an exhaust gas duct, and a thermal reformer. The compressor is driven electrically by a motor and configured to load the combustion chamber with an air-gas-mixture. The thermal reformer is connected to at least a part of the exhaust gas duct to receive heat from the exhaust gas duct. The thermal reformer is configured to convert higher HCs to hydrogen (H2). The higher HCs includes n carbon atoms and m hydrogen atoms according to at least one of the following reactions:;—CnHm+nH2O<<->>(m/2+n)H2+nCO,;—CnHm+(n/2)O2<<->>(m/2)H2+nCO,;and;—CnHm+nCO2<<->>(m/2)H2+2nCO.

主权项

1. A spark-ignited gas engine, comprising:
a combustion chamber; a compressor electrically driven by a motor, wherein the compressor is configured to load the combustion chamber with an air-gas-mixture; an exhaust gas duct; and a thermal reformer connected to at least a part of the exhaust gas duct to receive heat from the exhaust gas duct, wherein the thermal reformer is configured to convert higher HCs to hydrogen (H2), and the HCs consist of n carbon atoms and m hydrogen atoms according to at least one of the following reactions:
—CnHm+nH2O<<->>(m/2+n)H2+nCO,—CnHm+(n/2)O2<<->>(m/2)H2+nCO,and—CnHm+nCO2<<->>(m/2)H2+2nCO.