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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Man Truck & Bus Ag, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Doering, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
MAN TRUCK & BUS AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/02 (2013.01); C10L 1/026 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01); C10L 2290/562 (2013.01); C10L 2290/567 (2013.01); C10L 2290/58 (2013.01); C10L 2300/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for converting an alcohol into a fuel mixture which consists of alcohol, ether and water and is suitable for operating a combustion engine, in particular an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, converts the alcohol into the fuel mixture in a reactor at a suitable reaction temperature. The mixing ratio of alcohol fraction, ether fraction and water fraction in the fuel mixture is adjusted by controlling at least one reaction parameter of a reaction taking place in the reactor.