INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: NAGAYAMA SHIN, AKAMA HIROSHI, HATANO MASAHARU, KUSHIBIKI KEIKO, SO AZUMA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.12.2008
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an internal-combustion engine system capable of supplying the fuel to an internal-combustion engine upon reforming even without installing a separate heating means. SOLUTION: The internal-combustion engine system includes the engine, a fuel storing means, and a fuel reforming means. The engine generates a power through combustion of the fuel, while the fuel storing means stores the fuel to be supplied to the engine, and the fuel reforming means includes a fuel electrode fed with the fuel from the fuel storing means, an air electrode fed with a fluid containing oxygen-containing substance, and an oxygen ion conductor to separate the fuel electrode from the air electrode. The fuel reforming means makes partial oxidation of at least part of the hydrocarbon component of the fuel fed to the fuel electrode and produces a reformed fuel to be supplied to the engine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT