Operation of internal combustion engine with improved fuel efficiency

A process of operating a spark-ignited internal combustion engine (SI-ICE) with improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions including under steady state and under lean-operating conditions at high overall air to fuel (AFR) ratios. A first supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline o...

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description A process of operating a spark-ignited internal combustion engine (SI-ICE) with improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions including under steady state and under lean-operating conditions at high overall air to fuel (AFR) ratios. A first supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel, such as gasoline or natural gas, and a first supply of oxidant are fed to a fuel reformer to produce a gaseous reformate with a reforming efficiency of greater than 75 percent relative to equilibrium. The gaseous reformate is mixed with a second supply of oxidant, after which the resulting reformate blended oxidant is fed with a second supply of high octane hydrocarbon fuel to the SI-ICE for combustion. Steady state fuel efficiency is improved by more than 3 percent, when the reformate comprises from greater than about 1 to less than about 18 percent of the total volume of reformate blended oxidant fed to the engine.
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BLASTING
CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMBUSTION ENGINES
COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
FIRELIGHTERS
FUELS
FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES
LIGHTING
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
LUBRICANTS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
METALLURGY
NATURAL GAS
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
PEAT
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K
TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE
THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
title Operation of internal combustion engine with improved fuel efficiency
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