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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Tadashi Sano, Ushiku, JP;
Shigenori Togashi, Abiko, JP;
Takao Ishikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Atsushi Shimada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kenichi Souma, Mito, JP;
Tadashi Sano, Ushiku, JP;
Shigenori Togashi, Abiko, JP;
Takao Ishikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Atsushi Shimada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Kenichi Souma, Mito, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An engine system in which hydrogen is employed as a fuel, including a reactor configured to cause a reaction using a catalyst, in which the reactor is constituted by alternately disposing plural exhaust passages and plural fuel passageways of the engine system with a wall interposed therebetween; at least one carrier configured to carry the catalyst and to be formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape is fitted in at least one of fuel passageways; and the carrier is provided with a plate portion which has a surface disposed in a fuel flowing direction and is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape and at least one slit portion which divides the surface of the plate portion in the fuel flowing direction.