Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device producing energy from a reformate
- Patent Title (中): 从重整产生能量的装置
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Application No.: US13094520Application Date: 2011-04-26
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Publication No.: US09352265B2Publication Date: 2016-05-31
- Inventor: Patrick Ryan , Jeffery White , Mark Wherrett
- Applicant: Patrick Ryan , Jeffery White , Mark Wherrett
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: DTE Energy
- Current Assignee: DTE Energy
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Damian Porcari
- Main IPC: B01J7/00
- IPC: B01J7/00 ; B01D53/02 ; B01D53/06 ; B01D53/72 ; C01B3/34 ; B01D53/12

Abstract:
A device and method for producing a reformate fuel from a hydrocarbon gas source. The invention enables the conversion of a dilute hydrocarbon gas into a more easily consumable reformate fuel. Gases having low concentrations of hydrocarbons are concentrated using a concentrator into a gaseous or liquid concentrated VOC fuel. The concentrated VOC fuel is then converted into a reformate using a reformer. The reformate is more easily consumed by an energy conversion device such as a combustion engine, fuel cell, sterling engine or similar device that converts chemical energy into kinetic or electrical energy. The reformer enables complex hydrocarbon fuels that are not normally suitable for use in an energy conversion device to be converted into a reformate. The reformate may be directly supplied into the energy conversion device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110232257A1 DEVICE PRODUCING ENERGY Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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