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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7713319 | Glycol recycle system A fluid recycling system includes a separator for physically separating glycol from at least a portion of other substances mixed with the glycol to produce a first effluent stream having separated glycol and a second effluent stream having the other substances and r... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7686856 | Method and apparatus for producing synthesis gas A method and apparatus for reacting a hydrocarbon containing feed stream by steam methane reforming reactions to form a synthesis gas. The hydrocarbon containing feed is reacted within a reactor having stages in which the final stage from which a synthesis gas is di... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7575614 | Startup burner A startup burner for rapidly heating a catalyst in a reformer, as well as related methods and modules, is disclosed. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7503948 | Solid oxide fuel cell systems having temperature swing reforming The present invention provides an improvement in the process of producing energy from fuel cells. A cyclic reforming process, referred to as temperature swing reforming, provides an efficient means for producing a hydrogen containing synthesis gas for use in solid o... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7494518 | Highly integrated fuel processor for distributed hydrogen production A fuel processing system is provided wherein heat is transferred from a reformate flow (32) downstream from a water-gas shift (38) to both a) a combustor feed flow (40) that is supplied to a combustor (25); and b) a water flow (26)... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491250 | Pressure swing reforming Synthesis gas is produced though a cyclic method where the first step of the cycle includes reforming a hydrocarbon feed over a catalyst to synthesis gas in a first zone of a bed and the second step reheats this first zone. A hydrocarbon feed is introduced to a bed ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7459000 | Low temperature reforming process for production of hydrogen from methanol A hydrogen production process with high hydrogen yield at a low temperature is described. First, an aqueous methanol solution with water/methanol molar ratio between about 0.75 and about 2.5 is pre-mixed with oxygen in an oxygen/methanol molar ratio not greater than... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7427304 | Fuel gas manufacturing apparatus A PSA mechanism has a plurality of adsorption towers having inlet/outlet ends connected to respective valves that are connected to an off-gas discharge passage. The off-gas discharge passage is connected to an off-gas ejector of a residual gas supply. The off-gas ej... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419518 | Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system In a hydrogen generator according to the invention, a reformer temperature sensor detects the temperature of a reformer at a start of a stop operation of a hydrogen generator. In a controller, a processing and controlling portion compares the detected temperature wi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416572 | Apparatus and method for determining reforming catalyst degradation According to an apparatus and method for determining degradation of a reforming catalyst degradation which reforms a mixture of air and fuel, in a reformer that supplies a reformate gas to an engine of a vehicle, a temperature sensor detects a temperature of a refor... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410622 | Reactor for partial oxidations having thermoplate modules A reactor is proposed for partial oxidations of a fluid reaction mixture in the presence of a heterogeneous particulate catalyst, comprising one or more cuboidal thermoplate modules (1) which are each formed from two or more... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399329 | Process for production of synthesis gas using an oxygen-containing gas A process for the production of a synthesis gas from a light hydrocarbon feed, steam and an oxygen-containing stream is provided in which the feed components are mixed to form a feed mixture. The process provides an inert disengaging zone separating the mixing zone ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7374591 | Method for starting a gas generating system A method for starting a gas generating system serving to generate a hydrogenous gas used for operating a fuel cell. The gas generating system includes: devices for converting starting materials into the hydrogenous gas; devices for conditioning at least a portion of... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361199 | Combined water gas shift reactor/carbon dioxide adsorber for use in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes CO from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies. Both a catalyst adapted to perform a water gas shift reaction, and a carbon dioxide adsorbent are dispos... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350359 | Method for utilizing gas reserves with low methane concentrations and high inert gas concentrations for fueling gas turbines The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention uses such reserves to generate electric power. The invention permits the use of these reserves at significantly lower co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341610 | Fuel cell system having two reformation reactors and method for operating same A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell unit and a gas-generating system containing at least one reforming unit for obtaining a hydrogen-rich reformate from a fuel. It is possible to supply the reformate at least partly to the anode side of the fuel cell unit. The s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341609 | Reforming and hydrogen purification system A reforming and hydrogen purification system operating with minimal pressure drop for producing free hydrogen from different hydrogen rich fuels includes a hydrogen reforming catalyst bed in a vessel in communication with a core unit containing a hydrogen permeable ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338643 | Integrated membrane shift methanation reactor for carbon monoxide clean-up A reformate clean-up reactor. The reactor takes a reformate stream and passes it through multiple subreactors that are integrated into a common reactor housing to reduce reformate stream by-product concentration prior to use of the reformate in a fuel cell. The reac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334400 | Valveless dual leg exhaust aftertreatment system An exhaust aftertreatment system comprising two or more branches, at least one of which contains a NOx adsorber-catalyst. The branches unite downstream into a trailing conduit that contains an ammonia-SCR catalyst. Ammonia generated by the NOx adsorber-catalyst duri... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329291 | Process for the preparation of hydrogen and synthesis gas Process for production of synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen by reforming of methanol including the steps of: (a) introducing methanol in liquid phase into a reactor containing a solid methanol reforming catalyst suspe... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318977 | Platinum and titanium containing electrocatalysts The present teachings are directed toward electrocatalyst compositions of platinum, titanium, a third, fourth and possibly fifth metal for use in fuel cells. The electrocatalyst composition is composed essentially of platinum present in an atomic percentage ranging ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7297169 | Apparatus and method for hydrocarbon reforming process The present invention is an apparatus arranged to maximize heat utilization for a hydrocarbon steam reforming process to produce synthesis gas. The apparatus comprises a refractory lined vessel with partition walls that divide the inside of the vessel into (1) a com... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7279019 | Endothermic reaction process and an apparatus therefor A process for an endothermic reaction includes the steps of carrying out an exothermic reaction in which a fuel is combusted to generate heat for transfer to a feedstock subject to an endothermic reaction, the waste heat from the exothermic and endothermic reactions... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270689 | Reformer A reformer for reacting a raw material gas to be reformed, with an oxidizing agent gas and a reforming agent gas in the presence of an oxidation catalyst and a reforming catalyst to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas, including: a set of catalyst layers consisting of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261751 | Synthesis gas process comprising partial oxidation using controlled and optimized temperature profile This invention relates to methods for reacting a hydrocarbon, molecular oxygen, and optionally water and/or carbon dioxide, to form synthesis gas. The preferred embodiments are characterized by delivering a substochiometric amount of oxygen to each of a multitude of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261750 | Method for the autothermal reforming of a hydrocarbon A method for the autothermal reforming of a hydrocarbon, in particular of diesel, includes introducing a combustible mixture of the hydrocarbon to be reformed and an oxygen-containing medium into a first reaction zone of a reformer, A gas-phase reaction is ignited. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252693 | Carbon monoxide conversion process and reactor A process and reaction unit for isothermal shift conversion of a carbon monoxide containing feed gas. The process comprises the steps of introducing the feed gas in a reaction unit into reactor tubes with a fixed bed of a shift conversion catalyst in a reaction zone... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7232553 | Plate type steam reformer Disclosed is a plate type steam reformer comprising a plate type burner capable of heating a broad area of a reactor as a heat source, positioned on a bottom of the reformer; a reforming reactor requiring a relatively high temperature, positioned over the burner; a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230035 | Catalysts for the conversion of methane to synthesis gas The present invention relates to improved catalyst compositions, as well as methods of making and using such compositions to prepare synthesis gas and ultimately C5+ hydrocarbons. In particular, preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise cata... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217304 | Electric power generation with heat exchanged membrane reactor This invention is directed to a heat exchanged membrane reactor for electric power generation. More specifically, the invention comprises a membrane reactor system that employs catalytic or thermal steam reforming and a water gas shift reaction on one side of the me... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213395 | Hybrid catalyst system for exhaust emissions reduction One aspect of the invention relates an exhaust treatment system having an SCR reactor following a NOx adsorber. Syn gas is used to regenerate the NOx adsorber. Another aspect relates to an LNT/SCR provided with an ammonia source separate from the LNT. A further aspe... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7181906 | Devices and methods for reduction of NOemissions from lean burn engines The invention provides devices and methods for generating H2 and CO in an O2 containing gas stream. The invention also provides devices and methods for removal of NOX from an O2 containing gas stream, particularly the oxyg... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182921 | Cylindrical steam reforming unit A cylindrical steam reforming unit contains a plurality of cylindrical bodies consisting of a first cylindrical body, a second cylindrical body and a third cylindrical body of successively increasing diameters disposed in concentric spaced relationship, a radiation ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172638 | Staged air autothermal reformer for improved startup and operation An autothermal reformer according to the principles of the present invention comprises a first stage that selectively receives a fuel flow, a first oxidant flow, and a steam flow. The first stage has a first portion of a catalyst bed. The fluids within the first sta... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160344 | Process for the continuous production of carbon monoxide-free hydrogen from methane or methane-rich hydrocarbons The present invention relates to a catalytic process for the continuous production of carbon monoxide-free hydrogen from methane or methane-rich hydrocarbons using a solid catalyst comprising at least one group VIII metal in two parallel catalytic reactors. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160342 | Fuel reformer system A method of main reformer startup is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a first supply of fuel and a first supply of air into a micro-reformer. The first supply of fuel is increased to produce a heated reformate in the micro-reformer. The heated reformate i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160343 | Systems and methods for carbon monoxide clean-up A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack and a carbon monoxide clean-up system in communication with the fuel cell stack. The carbon monoxide cleanup system comprises a first water gas shift reactor, a first hydride heat exchanger, and a second water gas shift... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156886 | Reforming apparatus A reforming apparatus for producing a reformed gas from a fuel gas and steam, including a reformed gas-producing passage and a combustion gas passage, the reformed gas-producing passage having reforming catalyst, shift catalyst, and CO-selective oxidizing catalyst s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156887 | Methods, apparatus, and systems for producing hydrogen from a fuel Methods and apparatus for producing hydrogen are provided. The methods and apparatus utilize reforming catalysts in order to produce hydrogen gas. The reforming catalysts may be platinum group metals on a support material, and they may be located in a reforming reac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153334 | Fuel reforming system and method of operation Carbonaceous material is removed from a catalyst within an autothermal reformer by introducing an isolated oxidant stream into the autothermal reformer prior to introduction of hydrocarbon fuel into the reformer. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into the autotherm... | 12/26/2006 |
