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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shamel Merchant, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Eugine Choi, Marlton, NJ (US);
Walter Weissman, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Tilman W. Beutel, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
John F. Brody, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Gerardo Majano, Raritan, NJ (US);
Karl G. Strohmaier, Port Murray, NJ (US);
Brian Weiss, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert J. Colby, Annandale, NJ (US);
Makoto Koike, Aichi, JP;
Hiroshi Miyagawa, Aichi, JP;
Seiji Yamamoto, Aichi, JP;
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A power system comprises an engine configured to combust an air/fuel mixture and produce a flow of exhaust gas; an exhaust passageway fluidly connected to the engine to receive the flow of exhaust gas; an exhaust gas recirculation loop fluidly connecting the exhaust passageway to a fuel intake for the engine; a first conversion zone containing a fuel reforming catalyst located within the exhaust gas recirculation loop; and a second conversion zone located within the exhaust gas recirculation loop separate from and downstream of the first conversion zone stream, the second conversion zone containing a fuel cracking catalyst.