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A Feasibility Evaluation of a Thermal Plasma Fuel Reformer for Supplemental Hydrogen Addition to Internal Combustion Engines
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A Feasibility Evaluation of a Thermal Plasma Fuel Reformer for Supplemental Hydrogen Addition to Internal Combustion Engines

Jud W. Virden, Jeffrey E. Surma, Leslie Bromberg, Alexander Rabinovich, Daniel R. Cohn and J. S. Armfield
SAE Technical Paper Series
1999

Abstract

Chemistry Engine efficiency External combustion engine Homogeneous charge compression ignition Hydrogen fuel Hydrogen fuel enhancement Internal combustion engine Internal combustion engine cooling Process engineering Thermal efficiency Waste management
This paper reports on a mass and energy balance model that has been developed to evaluate the overall system efficiencies of a thermal reformer-heat exchanger system capable of delivering hydrogen to the air intake of a gasoline engine. The mass and energy balance model is utilized to evaluate the conditions where energy losses associated with fuel reformation may be offset by increases in engine efficiencies.

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