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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel D. Hiltner, Powell, OH (US);
Martin L. Willi, Dunlap, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 4/308 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a hydrogen enriched fuel to a combustion prechamber. The method and apparatus includes reforming a quantity of fuel to produce a hydrogen enriched fuel, delivering the reformed fuel to the combustion prechamber, and combining the hydrogen enriched fuel with a fuel/air mixture to less than stoichiometric.