Engine system

Details Engine system Engine system

2009-02-19

2011-10-11

Cuff, Michael (Department: 3783)

Internal-combustion engines

Combined devices

Generating plants

Reexamination Certificate

active

08033255

ABSTRACT:
An engine system comprising an engine, hydrogen medium capable of repeating chemically storing and discharging hydrogen, an exhaust gas pipe from said engine; and a reactor unit bearing a catalyst;wherein the hydrogen generated using the heat of the exhaust gas in said reactor unit or the mixture of the hydrogen and said hydrogen medium being supplied to said engine;wherein said reactor unit includes at least first reactor and second reactor in said exhaust gas pipe and each of said reactors comprises a partition wall disposed between an exhaust gas passage and a hydrogen medium passage; andwherein the thermal resistance of said partition wall of said first reactor positioned on the upstream side is larger than that of said second reactor positioned on the downstream side, and said hydrogen medium is supplied from said first reactor to said second reactor.

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German Office Action including English translation dated Jan. 18, 2011 (Eight (8) pages).

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