The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Kenth I. Svensson, Peoria, IL (US);
David T. Montgomery, Edelstein, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses a reactor to create pilot fuel from the primary fuel to assist in the ignition of the primary fuel. The system uses one or more heaters to increase the temperature of the primary fuel to an operational temperature of a reactor used to convert the primary fuel in a dehydration reaction. The heaters use waste heat generated by the operation of the engine. The waste heat can be lubricant used to remove heat from components of the engine as well as heat from the exhaust of the engine, for example. A controller is used to maintain an operational range of a level of the pilot fuel in an accumulator. The accumulator acts as a buffer to allow the engine to continue to receive the pilot fuel during dynamic and changing conditions of the engine.