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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
David T. Montgomery, Edelstein, IL (US);
David M. Ginter, Peoria, IL (US);
Michael Bardell, Peoria, IL (US);
Arnold Kim, Peoria, IL (US);
Kenth Svensson, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system includes a fuel tank and a dehydration reactor that are configured to provide a primary fuel and a pilot fuel to a power system. The fuel tank is configured to store the primary fuel and is fluidly connected to a reactor feed line and a primary fuel line provide the primary fuel. The dehydration reactor is configured to receive the primary fuel via the reactor feed line and convert a portion of the primary fuel to the pilot fuel and a byproduct. The power system is configured to receive the pilot fuel from the dehydration reactor to initiate combustion of the primary fuel. The power system also includes a cylinder with an internal piston that receives the pilot fuel and the primary fuel, contains the combustion reaction, and generates power from the combustion reaction; and contains the combustion reaction. A pilot fuel injector provides the pilot fuel to the cylinder at a first time to initiate combustion and a primary fuel injector provides the pilot fuel to the cylinder at to generate power via the power system.