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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7367996 | Heat transfer optimization in multi shelled reformers A hydrocarbon fuel processing reactor for generating a hydrogen-enriched reformate from hydrocarbons is disclosed. A plurality of shells are arranged coaxially having a gap defined between each of the successive shells, thereby forming a plurality of coaxial zones. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7276095 | Fuel processor module for hydrogen production for a fuel cell engine using pressure swing adsorption A stand-alone fuel processor (10) for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel for a fuel cell engine in a vehicle. The fuel processor (10) includes a primary reactor (14) that dissociates hydrogen and other by-products from the hydrocarbon fu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261749 | Multi-port autothermal reformer An autothermal reformer is provided for a fuel cell system utilizing one volume and a plurality of inlets for both start-up and normal operation. In start-up mode, thermal combustion is employed for heating the catalyst reformation section of the reformer. Two inlet... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258704 | Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system having the same A hydrogen generator of the present invention is provided with: a reformer for generating a reformed gas containing hydrogen from a feed material containing an organic compound at least containing carbon and hydrogen and water; a heater for heating the reformer to a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7235217 | Method and apparatus for rapid heating of fuel reforming reactants Apparatus and method for rapidly heating one or more reactants for use in a fuel reformer. The apparatus includes a combustion section having an outer wall enclosing a combustion chamber and a catalyst disposed within the combustion chamber. A heat recovery section ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220341 | Controlling solids flow in a gas-solids reactor This invention is to a process and system for controlling solids distribution in a gas-solids reactor. Solids distribution is controlled by controlling electrical charges between solid particles flowing between conductive surfaces within a gas-solids reactor. The el... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217303 | Pressure swing reforming for fuel cell systems The present invention provides an improvement in the process of producing hydrogen from hydrocarbon-containing streams. A cyclic reforming process, referred to as pressure swing reforming, provides an efficient means for producing a hydrogen containing synthesis gas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7148261 | Methanol manufacture using pressure swing reforming A process for producing methanol is described in which a hydrocarbon is steam reformed in a reforming zone, and during the reforming stage, of a cyclic steam reformer having a reforming stage and a regeneration stage, the steam reforming being conducted under condit... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128768 | Hydrogen generator for hydrogen desulfurization of hydrocarbon feeds A hydrogen-rich reformate gas generator (36), such as a mini-CPO, POX, ATR or other hydrogen generator provides warm, dry, hydrogen-rich reformate gas to a hydrogen desulfurizer (17) which provides desulfurized feedstock gas to a major reformer (14 | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097676 | Process and device for producing hydrogen A process and a device are provided for producing hydrogen gas from water and carbon. The process includes introducing steam and powdered carbon in stoichiometric ratio of carbon to water into a preheated oxidization chamber in such a way that a gas plasma is produc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066973 | Integrated reformer and shift reactor A hydrocarbon fuel reformer for producing diatomic hydrogen gas is disclosed. The reformer includes a first reaction vessel, a shift reactor vessel annularly disposed about the first reaction vessel, including a first shift reactor zone, and a first helical tube dis... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037472 | Single-pipe cylinder-type reformer A single-pipe cylinder-type reformer includes a plurality of circular cylinders standing upright coaxially and forming therebetween a zigzag gas flow path allowing a raw material gas to flow therein, a radiation cylinder coaxially arranged inside the plurality of ci... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033407 | Method for internal heating reformation by oxidation A method of producing hydrogen by reforming a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol. The method includes preparing a columnar catalytic member having many axial passages and containing a reforming catalyst, a shift catalyst and an oxidation catalyst; preparing a refor... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6998096 | Fuel reformer for use in fuel cell A reformer for a solid state polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes a burner 1 forming a flame, a reforming portion 2 surrounding the burner and having an exhaust port 22 and exhausting a reformed gas from the exhaust port 22; and a heat ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986797 | Auxiliary reactor for a hydrocarbon reforming system An auxiliary reactor for use with a reformer reactor having at least one reaction zone, and including a burner for burning fuel and creating a heated auxiliary reactor gas stream, and heat exchanger for transferring heat from auxiliary reactor gas stream and heat tr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6964692 | Carbon monoxide adsorption for carbon monoxide clean-up in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes carbon monoxide (CO) from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. A vessel houses a carbon monoxide adsorbe... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6936082 | Very large autothermal reformer An autothermal reforming process and apparatus including a combustion chamber, at least one catalytic reactor, a duct for leading combustion product from the combustion chamber to the catalytic reactor or reactors, and withdrawal ducts for withdrawing the product of... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911187 | Apparatus for internal heating type reformation by oxidation The present invention provides an apparatus for the production of hydrogen by the reformation of a hydrocarbon or aliphatic alcohol having a hollow cylindrical frame; a columnar catalytic member having a multitude of axial passages, mounted in and supported by the c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905998 | Catalyst performance recovery method for reforming catalyst apparatus In a reforming catalyst apparatus provided with a reforming catalyst for forming a hydrogen rich reformed gas by a reforming reaction of the fuel with water, the catalyst performance can be recovered by heating the catalyst within a temperature ranging from 500° C.... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6852215 | Heavy oil upgrade method and apparatus A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon in which an oxygen source and a hydrogen source are ignited and the resulting synthetic gas is used to initiate a predominantly gas phase heavy oil upgrade reaction. The upgrade reaction is quenched with an additional source of u... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6835482 | Fuel reforming apparatus for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell A fuel reforming apparatus for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, characterized in that each of a reformer, a carbon monoxide converter, a carbon monoxide selective oxidizing reactor, a cooling device for cooling the inlet port of the carbon monoxide converte... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6830596 | Electric power generation with heat exchanged membrane reactor (law 917) 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... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6827751 | Thermodynamic accelerator/gasifier An apparatus which is capable of supporting a process for gasifying a variety of hydrocarbon-containing materials. The resulting hydrogen-containing gas is suitable for use in various combustion processes and for petrochemical processes. A hydrocarbon-containing mat... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6790247 | Compact fuel processor An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of reaction zones arranged in an insulated, box-shaped, compact fuel processor. The multi-step process includes preheatin... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6733552 | Hydrogen generating apparatus A hydrogen generating apparatus having a fuel feeding part, a water feeding part for fuel reforming, an oxidant gas feeding part, a reforming catalyst body, a heating part for the reforming catalyst, a CO shifting catalyst body and a CO purification catalyst body is... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6610112 | Method for oil gasification The present invention relates to a method for oil gasification. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for oil gasification while reducing wastewater and costly purification systems. The method comprises providing feedstock and water to ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6596039 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage with burner wall temperature control A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed columns of individual gas passages. The reformer assemblage is constructed from a series... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6203587 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed monolithic open cell sponge-like members which form gas passages. The monolithic members... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6153152 | Endothermic reaction apparatus and method A compact endothermic reaction apparatus employing metallic reaction tubes in a close-pack arrangement using offset nozzle tubes and an air distribution plate for introducing fuel and air into a combustion chamber to produce long and thin flames thereby t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6136279 | Reformer furnace with internal recirculation A reformer furnace having a cylindrical shell with an open outlet end in bottom of the shell, and a burner surrounded by a wall spaced apart the burner arranged within the shell and spaced apart from inner wall surface of the shell, thereby defining a ref... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5733347 | Compact fuel gas reformer assemblage A fuel gas reformer assemblage for use in a fuel cell power plant is formed from a composite plate assembly which includes spaced-apart divider plates with interposed columns of individual gas passages. The reformer assemblage is constructed from a series... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5718881 | Catalytic reactor designed to reduce catalyst slumping and crushing A steam reformer for converting a reactor fuel into a product gas includes a segmented catalyst bed. The steam reformer side walls have a thermal coefficient of expansion which is greater than the thermal coefficient of expansion of the catalyst. By formi... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5651800 | Reformer for fuel cell system A number of embodiments of reformers for reforming fuel for a fuel cell that includes an elongated catalyst bed with fuel to be reformed being delivered at one end of the bed and extracted from the other end of the bed. Heat is applied to a greater extent... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5639431 | Hydrogen producing apparatus A hydrogen producing apparatus for producing hydrogen on an industrial scale by steam reforming reactions and separating hydrogen using a hydrogen-permeable membrane, including nested outer (14), intermediate (18) and inner (20) cylinders, a combustion bu... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5618322 | Reformer for fuel cell system A number of embodiments of reformers for reforming fuel for a fuel cell that includes an elongated catalyst bed with fuel to be reformed being delivered at one end of the bed and extracted from the other end of the bed. Heat is applied to a greater extent... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5588974 | Process, and apparatus, for the injection of preheated oxygen into a high temperature reactor Process, and apparatus, for the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a reactor, preferably one containing a bed of a particulate solids catalyst, or catalyst and solids diluent, by contacting and reacting within the reaction zone a low molecular ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5567398 | Endothermic reaction apparatus and method A compact endothermic reaction apparatus employing metallic reaction tubes in a close-pack arrangement using offset nozzle tubes and an air distribution plate for introducing fuel and air into a combustion chamber to produce long and thin flames thereby t... | 10/22/1996 |
