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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
KE Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Ke Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
HydrogenSource LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
Inlet air () humidified in an air bubbling (or other) humidifier () that receives water from a tank () is sent to a hydrogen generator () along with vaporized () diesel fuel () to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide () for either (a) mixing with the mainstream of exhaust () fed to a catalytic converter () or (b) regenerating a pair of NOx adsorption traps (), thereby reducing oxides of nitrogen (NOx), to provide system exhaust () which may have less than 0.40 grams/bhp/hr of NOx and 0.28 grams/bhp/hr of non-methane hydrocarbons. In other embodiments, unhumidified air mixed with fuel feeds a homogeneous non-catalytic partial oxidizer () to provide the required hydrogen and carbon monoxide.