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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Hiroshi Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Hosoya, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Hayashizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawada, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hirabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Hosoya, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Hayashizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawada, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
HINO MOTORS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A carrier gas supplied from a carrier gas source is injected from a carrier gas injection nozzle. Also, a fuel including a hydrocarbon-based liquid and supplied from a fuel source is supplied to a tip end of the carrier gas injection nozzle, whereby this fuel is atomized with the carrier gas injected from the carrier gas injection nozzle. Furthermore, an inlet of a reforming part that decomposes the atomized fuel and reforms the atomized fuel into a reducing gas including either or both of hydrogen and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon is provided so as to face the carrier gas injection nozzle and the fuel supply nozzle, and a reducing gas supply nozzle that supplies the reducing gas discharged from an outlet of the reforming part is provided in an exhaust pipe.