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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Brian Michael Weiss, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Walter Weissman, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
John Francis Brody, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Eugine Choi, Marlton, NJ (US);
Wenjun LI, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Paul Dmitri Madiara, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Chris Esther Kliewer, Clinton, NJ (US);
Karl Gottlieb Strohmaier, Port Murray, NJ (US);
Scott J. Weigel, Allentown, PA (US);
Brett Loveless, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Makota Koike, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroshi Miyagawa, Nagakute, JP;
Brian Michael Weiss, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Walter Weissman, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Tilman Wolfram Beutel, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
John Francis Brody, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Eugine Choi, Marlton, NJ (US);
Wenjun Li, Phillipsburg, NJ (US);
Paul Dmitri Madiara, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Chris Esther Kliewer, Clinton, NJ (US);
Karl Gottlieb Strohmaier, Port Murray, NJ (US);
Scott J. Weigel, Allentown, PA (US);
Brett Loveless, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Makota Koike, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroshi Miyagawa, Nagakute, JP;
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Toyota Central Research and Development Labs, Inc., Magakute, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Catalyst compositions suitable for use in the exhaust gas recycle stream of an internal combustion engine are provided. Such catalyst compositions typically provide significant amounts of methane in addition to syngas. A reformer incorporating such a catalyst for use in an exhaust gas recycle portion of an internal combustion engine powertrain is described. A powertrain incorporating such a reformer, a method of increasing the octane rating of an exhaust gas recycle stream, and a method of operating an internal combustion engine using methane-assisted combustion are also described.