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An apparatus for the catalytic transformation of fuel for use with an internal combustion engine is described. The apparatus comprises a catalytic reactor in the form of a chamber containing catalytic material, and through which liquid or vaporized fuel is passed, the reactor chamber being in close

An apparatus for the catalytic transformation of fuel for use with an internal combustion engine is described. The apparatus comprises a catalytic reactor in the form of a chamber containing catalytic material, and through which liquid or vaporized fuel is passed, the reactor chamber being in close thermal communication with the exhaust gases leaving the internal combustion engine. Said reactor chamber is either placed within the exhaust gas chamber of the engine exhaust manifold, or in very close proximity thereto. In a preferred arrangement, there are two reactor chambers in series, one being formed within the exhaust manifold of the engine, and the other being mounted closely adjacent thereto.

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Exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine which comprises a body having a plurality of inlets for mounting over the exhaust orifices of an internal combustion engine, a first chamber in said body in communication with said inlets, and an outlet for the exhaust gases of said engine, and a se

Exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine which comprises a body having a plurality of inlets for mounting over the exhaust orifices of an internal combustion engine, a first chamber in said body in communication with said inlets, and an outlet for the exhaust gases of said engine, and a second chamber in said body in thermal communication with said first chamber, one of said first and second chambers surrounding the other of said chambers, said second chamber being a catalytic reaction chamber having a fuel inlet and an outlet for dissociated fuel in the form of gases, said catalytic reaction chamber containing catalytic material effective for the catalytic conversion of a liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel.