US Patent Issued to Cummins Power Generation on Feb. 17 for "Ammonia cracking for multi-fuel engines" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,419, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Cummins Power Generation Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Ammonia cracking for multi-fuel engines" was invented by Andrew Guy Kitchen (Daventry, Great Britain) and Axel O. zur Loye (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an engine to receive a cracked gas mixture. A cracker of the vehicle can receive ammonia and energy, crack the ammonia to form the hydrogen gas and a nitrogen gas, and convey the hydrogen gas to the engine. A controller for the vehicle can receive a predefined route for the vehicle. The controller can predict a future load demand of the vehicle based on the predef...