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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Chol-bum Kweon, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark J. Khinkis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Vilyam G. Nosach, Kiev, UA;
Robert F. Zabransky, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Chol-Bum Kweon, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark J. Khinkis, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Vilyam G. Nosach, Kiev, UA;
Robert F. Zabransky, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a reciprocating internal combustion engine and a thermochemical recuperator in which a fuel is reformed. The thermochemical recuperator is heated by exhaust gases from the reciprocating internal combustion engine and steam for the reforming process is produced by passing feed water through an engine lubricating oil heat exchanger, an engine cooling system heat recovery system and an exhaust gas heat recovery system arranged in series.