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Vehicle powertrain with onboard catalytic reformer

US10001091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY · US

Inventors

Brian M. Weiss · Bound Brook, US
Walter Weissman · Jalan Pedongkelan, US
Tilman W. Beutel · Neshanic Station, US
John F. Brody · Bound Brook, US
Eugine Choi · Marlton, US
Wenjun Li · Phillipsburg, US
Paul Dmitri Madiara · Bethlehem, US
Chris E. Kliewer · Clinton, US
Karl G. Strohmaier · Hackettstown, US
Scott J. Weigel · Allentown, US
Brett T. Loveless · Houston, US
Makoto Kioke · Nagakute, JP
Hiroshi Miyagawa · Nagakute, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/30
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Catalyst compositions suitable for use in the exhaust gas recycle stream of an internal combustion engine are provided. Such catalyst compositions typically provide significant amounts of methane in addition to syngas. A reformer incorporating such a catalyst for use in an exhaust gas recycle portion of an internal combustion engine powertrain is described. A powertrain incorporating such a reformer, a method of increasing the octane rating of an exhaust gas recycle stream, and a method of operating an internal combustion engine using methane-assisted combustion are also described.

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