Patent ID: 7326263
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: B01J,C01B,C01F,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for hydrogenating hydrocarbon fuel, comprising: a receptacle having a hydrogen gas generating region at a lower inner portion of said receptacle, a hydrocarbon fuel treatment region at an intermediate inner portion of said receptacle and above said hydrogen gas generating region, and a hydrogen gas recovery region at an upper inner portion of said receptacle and above said hydrocarbon fuel treatment region, said lower inner portion of said receptacle containing an aqueous solution; means for introducing aluminum particles in said hydrogen gas generating region for generating hydrogen gas in said hydrogen gas generating region; means for recovering hydrogen gas in said hydrogen gas recovery region and for creating a vertical flow of hydrogen gas between said hydrogen gas generating region and said hydrogen gas recovery region; and means for introducing a hydrocarbon fuel into said receptacle and for circulating said hydrocarbon fuel inside said receptacle along a horizontal flow path in said hydrocarbon fuel treatment region, across said vertical flow of hydrogen gas, and in contact with said hydrogen gas for hydrogenating said hydrocarbon fuel.