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Old 04-05-2017, 02:30 AM   #180 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Air-Hybrid View Post
Check out articles/research on Reformed Exhaust Gas Recirculation (REGR) - this is a means to make syngas (H2 rich gas) from diesel exhaust reacted with a small amount of fresh fuel, that is then mixed into the intake air.

Though I appreciate this is not a homebrew level bit of tech, I am looking into a catalyst that could make syngas/hydrogen in a more low-tech way.

What I really like with these sort of approaches is that some of the waste heat is (in an indirect way) being utilised to improve the chemistry.
If you want to make your own syngas catalyst do what the oil companies do. Expose the heavier fuel to a catalyst like platinum or palladium such as found in an catalytic converter within an oxygen starved, to oxygen free environment.
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