Method for producing a fuel composition and for operating an internal combustion engine

US10890120B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Marc Hehle · Konstanz, DE
• Philipp KLAAS · Friedrichshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/30
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing a fuel composition, including the following steps: providing special gas containing combustible substances; reforming a first part of the special gas by producing synthesis gas; producing dimethyl ether from the synthesis gas by producing a reaction mixture containing a dimethyl ether; separating methanol from the reaction mixture and producing a methanol-reduced dimethyl ether mixture; and bringing together a second part of the special gas with the methanol reduced dimethyl ether mixture in order to obtain the fuel composition.