Patent ID: 6050247
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B01J,F02M

Abstract:
A power generating apparatus which comprises:a fuel storage zone for a fluid hydrocarbon fuel, an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber zone wherein a mixture of the hydrocarbon fuel and an oxygen containing gas are burned and a conduit means zone is in fluid communication with the fuel storage zone and the combustion chamber zone, through which the fluid fuel passes from the fuel storage zone to the combustion chamber zone, wherein a hydrocarbon fuel reforming catalyst is arranged to contact the hydrocarbon fuel in at least one zone selected from the group consisting of the fuel storage zone, the combustion chamber zone and the conduit zone, the fuel reforming catalyst comprising a complex oxide ceramic of transition metals, an intermediate layer of a ceramic containing alumina and a silicate in which the main component is alumina covering the complex ceramics and an outer layer of a ceramic containing a noble metal alloy covering the intermediate layer.