| US 7,531,015 B2 | ||
| System for converting fuel and air into reformate | ||
| Felix Wolf, Augsburg (Germany); Christian Baecker, Fuerstenfeldbruck (Germany); Sybille Miklos, Tutzing (Germany); Christine Sallinger, Unterschleissheim (Germany); Marcus Neumueller, Hechendorg (Germany); Stefan Kunz, Munich (Germany); Martin Wegner, Neubrandenburg (Germany); Florian Metz, Mering (Germany); Bernd Mittmann, Germering (Germany); Johann Sperl, Penzberg (Germany); Thomas Kerscher, Munich (Germany); and Josef Amann, Bad Goegging (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Webasto AG, Stockdorf (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/466,683 PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2001, PCT No. PCT/EP01/12071 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 21, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO03/022424, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 20, 2003. |
||
| Claims priority of application No. 101 43 461 (DE), filed on Sep. 05, 2001; application No. 101 44 400 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2001; application No. 101 44 407 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2001; and application No. 101 44 408 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0047778 A1, Mar. 11, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B01J 19/26 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); F23D 14/70 (2006.01); C01B 3/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 48—127.9 [422/220; 422/228; 431/347; 431/348; 431/258] | 13 Claims |
| 1. Device for converting fuel and air into reformate comprising
a reformer which includes a reaction space,
a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space,
a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle, and
at least one heating element for igniting the fuel/air mixture, wherein a breaker body is provided within the reaction space in the path of the fuel/air mixture supplied from the nozzle;
wherein outside dimensions of the breaker body are smaller than inside dimensions of an area of the reaction space in which
the breaker body is positioned, a geometry of the reaction space and of the breaker body relative to each other being such
that at least part of the fuel/air mixture is able to flow around and beyond the breaker body, and wherein the breaker body
is formed of a baffle plate that is generally pot-shaped at least in part and wherein an annular wall having outside dimensions
that are smaller than inside dimensions of the baffle plate defines an ignition chamber in which said at least one heating
element is positioned and extends from an inner wall of the pot-shape part of the baffle plate beyond the baffle plate into
the reaction space, the ignition chamber being peripherally separated from the reaction space by a separate annular wall from
that which forms the pot-shape of the breaker body.
|