Claims
- 1. A reactor for providing fuel vapor to and for treating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, which reactor comprises:
- (a) elongated reaction chamber means having inlet and outlet means disposed at substantially opposed ends of said chamber means,
- (b) a plurality of longitudinal fins on the interior wall of said chamber means,
- (c) a mass of particulate dissociation catalyst arranged within said chamber means and in heat exchange contact with said fins,
- (d) means for supplying methanol to said inlet means, and means for conveying gaseous dissociation product from said outlet means to the fuel intake of said engine,
- (e) housing means surrounding said chamber means and having a gas supply opening and a gas discharge opening, said openings being disposed in substantially opposed faces of said housing means, and
- (f) means for conveying exhaust gas from said engine to said gas supply opening.
- 2. A reactor for providing fuel vapor to and for treating exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, which reactor comprises:
- (a) elongated reaction chamber means having inlet and outlet means disposed at substantially opposed ends of said chamber means,
- (b) a plurality of longitudinal fins on the interior wall of said chamber means,
- (c) a mass of particulate dissociation catalyst arranged within said chamber means and in heat exchange contact with said fins,
- (d) means for supplying methanol to said inlet means, and means for conveying gaseous dissociation product from said outlet means to the fuel intake of said engine,
- (e) housing means surrounding said chamber means and having a gas supply opening and a gas discharge opening, said openings being disposed in substantially opposed faces of said housing means,
- (f) combustion catalyst within the space between said chamber means and said housing means, and
- (g) means for conveying exhaust gas from said engine to said gas supply opening.
- 3. The reactor of claim 2 further comprising a plurality of fins on the exterior wall of said chamber means.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of a division of U.S. Ser. No. 414,744 filed Sept. 3, 1982 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,444,158.
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