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Abstract
Description
- The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for reforming fuel.
- Fuel reformers are used to reform fuel into a reformate gas such as hydrogen (H2) or carbon monoxide (CO). Such reformate gas may be used for a variety of purposes such as hydrogen-enhancement of engine combustion, emission abatement, and fuel cell operation.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus comprises a supplier of air and/or fuel, a main passageway fluidly coupled to the supplier to receive air and/or fuel therefrom to provide a fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture in the main passageway, and a pilot flame generator mounted in the main passageway. The pilot flame generator defines therein a pilot passageway that is fluidly coupled to the supplier to receive air and/or fuel therefrom and is fluidly coupled to the main passageway to receive air and/or fuel therefrom to provide an air-and-fuel pilot mixture in the pilot passageway. The pilot flame generator comprises an ignition device configured to ignite the pilot mixture to generate a pilot flame that initiates a partial oxidation reaction of the main mixture so as to generate reformate gas. An associated method is disclosed.
- The above and other features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description and the attached drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a fuel reformer; -
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing a bypass provided in conjunction with the fuel reformer ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing another embodiment of a fuel reformer. - While the concepts of the present disclosure are susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific exemplary embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives following within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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FIG. 1 , there is provided anapparatus 10 which has afuel reformer 12 for reforming a fuel (e.g., diesel, gasoline) into reformate gas in the form of, for example, H2 and/or CO for use by areformats gas user 13. Thereformate gas user 13 may be configured in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, a hydrogen-enhanced combustion engine, a fuel cell, and/or an emission abatement device (e.g., a NOx trap, a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, a catalyzed particulate filter, an oxidation catalyst in combination with a catalyzed or uncatalyzed particulate filter). Thereformer 12 comprises apilot flame generator 14 that is mounted in amain passageway 15 of thereformer 12 and generates apilot flame 16 in part by use of air and/or fuel from themain passageway 15 to initiate a partial oxidation reaction of a fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture in themain passageway 15 so as to generate the reformate gas. - A
supplier 17 may have anair source 18 and afuel source 20. In such a case, theair source 18 supplies “air” in the form of, for example, the oxygen component of the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine (e.g., a diesel engine which outputs exhaust gas with excess oxygen) or atmospheric air which does not undergo combustion with fuel in the engine (e.g., air from an onboard vehicle brake system). As such, theair source 18 may be the internal combustion engine of a vehicle, the vehicle brake system, a turbocharger of a vehicle, an onboard air pump, or other device that provides oxygen alone or in combination with other gases to thereformer 12. It is thus to be understood that the term “air” as used herein means a gas at least a portion of which is oxygen. Exemplarily, such gas may be atmospheric air (i.e., about 21% oxygen, about 78% nitrogen, and trace amounts of other gases), exhaust gas containing oxygen, or pure oxygen. - In any case, such “air,” or main flow, is supplied by the
source 18 to amain inlet 21 of themain passageway 15 defined in aconduit 22 of thereformer 12 upstream from thepilot flame generator 14. Themain passageway 15 is configured as an exhaust gas passageway (or exhaust gas main passageway) in the case where thesource 18 is configured as an engine or other source of emissions. Operation of thefuel source 20 is discussed in more detail below. - A portion of the main flow passes through an
annular section 24 of themain passageway 15. Aswirler 26 imparts a swirling motion to that portion of the main flow as it enters theannular section 24 to promote mixing with fuel dispensed into theannular section 24. - Downstream from the
swirler 26 are a number offuel dispensers 28 of thesupplier 17 that receive fuel from thefuel source 20 viafuel lines 29. Illustratively, there are twosuch fuel dispensers 28, although the number may be more or less than two. Thedispensers 28 are spaced circumferentially about anaxis 31 of themain passageway 15 and aimed at an outer surface 30 of apilot tube 32 of thepilot flame generator 14. In particular, eachdispenser 28 is oriented relative to theaxis 31 so as to direct fuel radially inwardly and axially downstream (relative to the flow direction of the main flow) against the outer surface 30 which becomes relatively hot due to operation of thepilot flame generator 14. Such heating of the outer surface 30 vaporizes the fuel that impinges against it for mixture with the portion of the main flow in theannular section 24 to provide a fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture to be reacted by thepilot flame 16. Exemplarily, the air-fuel ratio of the main mixture is between about 4.5 and about 5.5. - The portion of the main flow that does not enter the
section 24 enters thepilot flame generator 14. In particular, it advances through apilot inlet 34 into apilot passageway 36 defined in thepilot tube 32. Aswirler 38 at theinlet 34 imparts a swirling motion to the flow as it enters thepilot passageway 36 so as to swirl-stabilize the fuel output of afuel dispenser 40 of thesupplier 17 that receives fuel from thefuel source 20 via afuel line 41 and is surrounded by theswirler 38. The fuel dispensed by thefuel dispenser 40 mixes with the portion of the main flow that enters thepilot passageway 36 to provide therein an air-and-fuel pilot mixture that is less fuel-rich than the main mixture so as to be readily ignitable by anignition device 42 mounted in thepilot passageway 36. Theignition device 42 ignites the pilot mixture in thepilot passageway 36 so as to generate thepilot flame 16, thereby creating a first reaction zone of thefuel reformer 12. A control device 44 (e.g., swirler, flame holder) may be secured to an end of thepilot tube 32 for management of the flame and/or flow exiting thepilot tube 32. - Such burning of the pilot mixture serves two purposes. First, as alluded to above, it heats the
pilot tube 32 and the outer surface 30 thereof for vaporization of the fuel dispensed by the fuel dispenser(s) 28. Second, it provides sufficient thermal energy to at least initiate partial oxidation of the fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture. A fuel-reformingcatalyst 46 may be positioned downstream from thepilot flame generator 14 to increase the yield of reformate gas. In some cases, the burning of the pilot mixture may provide sufficient thermal energy to also complete partial oxidation of the main mixture. In such cases, the fuel-reformingcatalyst 46 may be omitted. - The partial oxidation of the main mixture occurs in the
main passageway 15 just downstream from thepilot flame generator 14 in a second reaction zone of thereformer 12. Thepilot flame 16 initiates the partial oxidation reaction of the main mixture to generate the reformate gas. The reformate gas exits themain passageway 15 through amain outlet 48 for advancement to thereformate gas user 13 downstream therefrom. - An
electronic controller 50 controls operation of thesupplier 17 and theignition device 42 viacontrol lines supplier 17, thecontroller 50 may operate various valves and pumps to control flow of air and fuel to thereformer 12. Thecontroller 50 comprises aprocessor 56 and amemory device 58 electrically coupled to theprocessor 56 and having instructions stored therein to cause theprocessor 56 to perform the functions of thecontroller 50. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , there is shown areformer bypass 60 to control flow of exhaust gas, and thus the oxygen content thereof, to thereformer 12. Thereformer bypass 60 comprises abypass passageway 62 in flow-parallel with themain passageway 15. As such, the main andbypass passageways bypass passageway 62 and is under the control of thecontroller 50 via a control line 66. Thebypass valve 64 is able to move (e.g., rotate) in response to signals on the control line 66 from thecontroller 50 to adjust flow through thebypass passageway 62 and, as a result, flow through themain passageway 15 to assist with control of the air-fuel ratios of the main and pilot mixtures. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , there is shown anapparatus 110 comprising afuel reformer 112 that generates reformate gas for use by thereformate gas user 13. Thefuel reformer 112 includes several components similar in structure and function to components of thefuel reformer 12. Such similar components are thus identified by the same reference numbers as inFIGS. 1 and 2. Thefuel reformer 112 is different primarily in the way that the main and pilot mixtures are provided, as discussed below. - The
apparatus 110 has asupplier 117 which is under the control of thecontroller 50 and provides the air and fuel for operation of thereformer 112. Illustratively, thesupplier 117 has the air andfuel sources supplier 17 in that it provides in themain passageway 15 the fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture upstream, rather than downstream, from thepilot inlet 34 of thepilot flame generator 14. Exemplarily, the air-fuel ratio of the main mixture is between about 4.5 and about 5.5. A portion of that main mixture flows through theannular section 24 while the remainder flows through thepilot inlet 34 into thepilot passageway 36. Since the portion of the main mixture entering thepilot passageway 36 is fuel-rich, there is anair dispenser 140 located in thepilot passageway 36 to dispense air into thepilot passageway 36 to provide a less fuel-rich air-and-fuel pilot mixture therein, such mixture being more readily ignitable than the fuel-rich air-and-fuel main mixture. Exemplarily, theair source 18 of thesupplier 117 provides atmospheric air, rather than exhaust gas, to provide the main and pilot mixtures. - The
ignition device 42 under the control of thecontroller 50 ignites the pilot mixture to generate thepilot flame 16 which initiates the partial oxidation reaction of the portion of the main mixture exiting theannular section 24 of themain passageway 15 to generate the reformate gas. The fuel-reformingcatalyst 46 may be included to increase the reformate gas yield or omitted if, for example, thepilot flame 16 provides sufficient thermal energy to complete the partial oxidation reaction. - While the concepts of the present disclosure have been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description is to be considered as exemplary and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only illustrative embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected.
- There are a plurality of advantages of the concepts of the present disclosure arising from the various features of the systems described herein. It will be noted that alternative embodiments of each of the systems of the present disclosure may not include all of the features described yet still benefit from at least some of the advantages of such features. Those of ordinary skill in the art may readily devise their own implementations of a system that incorporate one or more of the features of the present disclosure and fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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