FUEL REFORMER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER USING THE SAME

摘要

A carrier gas supplied from a carrier gas source is injected from a carrier gas injection nozzle. Also, a fuel including a hydrocarbon-based liquid and supplied from a fuel source is supplied to a tip end of the carrier gas injection nozzle, whereby this fuel is atomized with the carrier gas injected from the carrier gas injection nozzle. Furthermore, an inlet of a reforming part that decomposes the atomized fuel and reforms the atomized fuel into a reducing gas including either or both of hydrogen and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon is provided so as to face the carrier gas injection nozzle and the fuel supply nozzle, and a reducing gas supply nozzle that supplies the reducing gas discharged from an outlet of the reforming part is provided in an exhaust pipe.

主权项

1. A fuel reformer comprising
a carrier gas injection nozzle that injects a carrier gas supplied from a carrier gas source; a fuel supply nozzle that supplies a fuel, including a hydrocarbon-based liquid and supplied from a fuel source, to a tip end of the carrier gas injection nozzle so that the fuel is atomized with the carrier gas injected from the carrier gas injection nozzle; a reforming part that includes an inlet that faces the carrier gas injection nozzle and the fuel supply nozzle and that decomposes the atomized fuel so as to reform the atomized fuel into a reducing gas including either or both of hydrogen and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon; and a reducing gas supply nozzle that is attached to in an exhaust pipe of an engine so as to supply the reducing gas discharged from an outlet of the reforming part to the exhaust pipe.