Title:
GAS ENGINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2002/061256
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A gas engine (1), comprising a fuel feed system (5) having a transformer (57) using the heat of exhaust gas as a heat source, a waste heat boiler (52) using the heat of the exhaust gas as the heat source, and a hydrogen separator (56) for separatingly extracting hydrogen from the fuel, wherein hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas are allowed to cause a transformation reaction (H¿2? + CO¿2? → CO + H¿2?O) in the transformer (57) to change a fuel composition, and the compositionally changed fuel is fed to a combustion chamber, steam is generated by the waste heat boiler (52), and the steam is fed to the fuel feed system, and the fuel after separatingly extracting hydrogen therefrom is fed to the combustion chamber by a hydrogen separator (56).
Inventors:
MATSUOKA TOSHIO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2002/000813
Publication Date:
August 08, 2002
Filing Date:
January 31, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
YANMAR DIESEL ENGINE CO (JP)
MATSUOKA TOSHIO (JP)
MATSUOKA TOSHIO (JP)
International Classes:
C01B3/00; C01B3/38; C01B3/56; F02D45/00; F02M21/02; F02M25/022; F02M25/032; F02M25/12; F02M31/08; F02M31/16; F02M33/00; F02M33/08; (IPC1-7): F02M21/02; F02M25/032; F02M27/02
Foreign References:
| JPH0849604A | 1996-02-20 | |||
| JPS58172048U | 1983-11-17 | |||
| EP0553643A2 | 1993-08-04 | |||
| JPS62279263A | 1987-12-04 | |||
| JPH03961A | 1991-01-07 | |||
| JPH11336562A | 1999-12-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1359310A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kurauchi, Giro (14-3 Nishitemma 4-chom, Kita-ku Osaka-shi Osaka, JP)
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