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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Takahiro Tachihara, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Kasahara, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Hanai, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of warming up a fuel evaporator is disclosed. The fuel evaporatorcomprises: an evaporation chamberequipped with a first injection devicefor injecting raw fuel liquid onto a heat sourceand vaporizing the raw fuel liquid on the heat source; a catalyst combustorhaving a combustion catalystand introducing catalytically burned combustion gas into the heat source; a second injection devicefor supplying fuel to the catalyst combustor; a combustion gas transferring deviceequipped with a fuel injection portionand a combustion catalystand the fuel injection portion injecting fuel onto the combustion catalyst to generate a catalytically burned gas; a first temperature measurement device Tfor the catalyst combustor; and a second temperature measurement device Tfor the evaporation chamber. The warm-up method comprises the steps of: transferring the combustion gas with the combustion gas transferring device; stopping the combustion gas transferring device in accordance with a temperature of the catalyst combustor, and transferring fuel to the catalyst combustor with the second injection device; and injecting the raw fuel liquid from the first injection device in accordance with a temperature of the evaporation chamber so as to vaporize the raw fuel liquid within the evaporation chamber.