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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume 8, Issues 11-12, 1983, Pages 929-930
Hydrogen: Today, Tommorrow and Beyond
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Combustion technology of oil mixed with hydrogen produced from water in situ


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T. Ohtaa and S. Kiyohara*
Hydrogen Energy Research Laboratories, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
*Oriental Terminal Products Inc., Yokohama, Japan
Received 10 March 1983. Available online 11 August 2003.

Abstract
Two methods have been developed which can burn oil in the presence of water. The first method burns hydrogen. The hydrogen can be produced from water by d.c. electrical energy generated by a thermoelectric device composed of multistage semiconductor thermocouples attached to the side wall of a conventional oil burner. The second method reforms oil with a high temperature water vapour jet. The generated hydrogen is burnt in situ with the residual oil vapor. Combustion with water has two merits: (1) the combustion temperature becomes higher resulting in a higher efficiency of the heat exchanger, and (2) near perfect combustion of oil can be achieved minimizing soot.

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume 8, Issues 11-12, 1983, Pages 929-930
Hydrogen: Today, Tommorrow and Beyond

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