Patent ID: 8613273
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: B01J,F02M

Abstract:
1. A fuel conditioning module to condition a combustible fuel prior to combustion, comprising: a housing having inlet and outlet ends and defining a flow-through passageway for the fuel therebetween; and a fuel conditioning insert assembly disposed in the flow-through passageway such that the fuel flowing in the passageway between the inlet and outlet ends of the housing contacts the fuel conditioning assembly, wherein the fuel conditioning insert assembly includes: (i) a mass of catalytic metallic elements formed of a catalytic metal, (ii) a mass of solid resin catalytic material in the form of chips dispersed throughout the mass of catalytic metallic elements, wherein the chips of solid resin catalytic material are comprised of a resin binder and a catalyst mixture of zeolite particulates and rare earth metal or metal oxide particulates mixed within the solid resin binder, and (iii) a wire mesh enclosure containing the mass of catalytic metallic elements and the chips of solid resin catalytic material dispersed throughout the mass of catalytic metallic elements and disposed in the flow-through passageway to create turbulence in the fuel as it flows therethrough from the inlet to the outlet of the housing.