Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090252661 | Fuel reformer - A fuel reformer includes a reforming portion having a tubular catalytic converter that is composed of a substrate supporting the catalytic component, and is arranged to have a center axis extending along the supply direction of the fuel and oxidizer derived from a supply portion, and a communication passage arranged along an inner wall of the catalytic converter and communicating with the supply portion. The fuel and oxidizer supplied from the supply portion to the communication passage pass from the inner wall of the catalytic converter to an outer wall thereof by forced convection, thereby reforming the fuel. | 10-08-2009 |
20100224142 | METHOD OF EXHAUST CLEANING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND EXHAUST CLEANER - An exhaust cleaning method and exhaust cleaning apparatus for an internal combustion engine ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100257845 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification device for an internal combustion engine is provided that can promote the reduction of NOx in a NOx purification catalyst from immediately after startup of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust purification device includes: a fuel reformer that is provided separately from exhaust plumbing | 10-14-2010 |
20100275582 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is an exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine capable of high-efficiency DPF regeneration processing. The exhaust emission control device comprises a DPF for collecting PMs in exhaust emissions, which is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine, a fuel reformer for reforming fuel to manufacture a reducing gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide and supplying the reducing gas from an introduction port provided on the upstream side of the DPF of the exhaust pipe into the exhaust pipe, which is provided separately from the exhaust pipe, a catalyst converter for continuously oxidizing the reducing gas, which is provided between the introduction port and the DPF of the exhaust pipe, and a regeneration means for performing regeneration processing for burning the PMs collected by the DPF while the reducing gas is supplied into the exhaust pipe by the fuel reformer. | 11-04-2010 |
20100282189 | EXHAUST GAS CLEANER - Provided is an exhaust gas cleaner by which nitrogen oxides contained in an exhaust gas can be efficiently removed in a wide temperature range from a low temperature. The exhaust gas cleaner ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100316532 | FUEL REFORMING DEVICE - Provided is a fuel reforming device, which can produce and supply a reformed gas in quick response to a demand for the reformed gas and which is so inexpensive as can be suitably mounted on a vehicle. The fuel reforming device feeds a material to a reforming catalyst and produces the reformed gas under a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure. The fuel reforming device comprises a material supply means for supplying the material to the reforming catalyst, a reforming means having the reforming catalyst, for reforming the material supplied from the material supply means, to produce the reformed gas, and a run control means for controlling the run of the fuel reforming device. The run control means includes a stop mode, in which the drive of the material supply means is stopped to stop the production of the reformed gas, a reform mode, in which the material supply means is driven to produce the reformed gas, and a standby mode, in which the material supply means is driven and in which the temperature of the reforming catalyst is held within a predetermined range while producing the reformed gas as little as possible, so that the standby mode can shift instantly to the reform mode. | 12-16-2010 |
20100324749 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FUEL REFORMER - Disclosed is a control apparatus for a fuel reformer, which enables control with consideration of the nonlinearity of the thermal model of a reforming catalyst. An ECU ( | 12-23-2010 |