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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kohtaro Hashimoto, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fuel reforming system that can convert gasoline into alcohol in a vehicle. Provided is a fuel reforming system () equipped with a reformer () having a reforming catalyst () that uses air to reform gasoline to produce alcohol, a mixer () which mixes gasoline and air and supplies the mixture to the reformer (), and a condenser () which separates the gas produced in the reformer () into a gas phase and a condensed phase of which reformed fuel is the primary constituent; wherein the fuel reforming system () is characterized in that the reforming catalyst () is configured including a main catalyst for extracting hydrogen atoms from the hydrocarbons in the gasoline to produce alkyl radicals, and a catalytic promoter for reducing alkyl hydroperoxides produced from the alkyl radicals to produce alcohol.