Patent ID: 6827047
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: C01B,F02B,F02D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A vehicle that is provided with an internal combustion engine and that performs fuel-reforming/supplying functions, the internal combustion engine comprising:a reformer that reforms at least a portion of a liquid fuel by a dehydrogenating cyclization reaction to produce a reformed liquid fuel rich with aromatic hydrocarbon and having a high octane value and to produce a reformed gaseous fuel rich with hydrogen; a gas-liquid separator that separates said reformed liquid fuel and said reformed gaseous fuel from each other; a reformed liquid fuel supplying device that supplies at least a portion of said reformed liquid fuel as a fuel to the internal combustion engine; and a reformed gaseous fuel supplying device that supplies at least a portion of said reformed gaseous fuel to a gas burning-type heater of said reformer.