Patent ID: 8720390
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: C01B,F02B,F02M,Y02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle internal combustion engine comprising: a heat source; a tank containing a mixture of water and methanol, wherein the weight ratio of said water to said methanol is from 5 to 30; at least one pressure pump operatively connected by a feed line to said water-methanol tank, said pressure pump capable of pressurizing said water-methanol mixture to a pressure of at least about 3,100 psig; a catalyst free reactor, said reactor operatively connected to said pressurized water-methanol mixture and operatively connected to said heat source, said heat source adapted to heat said pressurized water-methanol mixture to a temperature of at least about 374° C. and to react said methanol and said water to produce a yield of at least about 70 mole percent of said methanol to hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and a flow line operatively connected to said reactor and said vehicle internal combustion engine, said flow line capable of feeding said hydrogen to said internal combustion engine to power the same.