Method of and apparatus for improved methanol operation of combustion systems
US3986350A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 1975 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for cracking methanol, for utilizing the cracked-methanol to operate a minimum-pollution fuel-combusting device. The heat of combustion gases which is brought into the presence of a catalyst is employed to crack the methanol into hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas. The hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide gas thereupon serve as the primary fuel source for the fuel-combusting device and these gases, or hydrogen alone, are further utilized to create a reduction atmosphere so as to render the heated combustion gases inert and pollution-free to discharge into the ambient atmosphere.
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