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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7008707 | Direct water vaporization for fuel processor startup and transients A fuel cell system including a fuel reforming processor having a catalyst therein constructed and arranged to produce a reformate stream including hydrogen and carbon monoxide, a water gas shift reactor downstream of the fuel reforming processor and wherein the wate... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6746496 | Compact solid source of hydrogen gas A compact solid source of hydrogen gas, where the gas is generated by contacting water with micro-disperse particles of sodium borohydride in the presence of a catalyst, such as cobalt or ruthenium. The micro-disperse particles can have a substantially uniform diame... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6641625 | Integrated hydrocarbon reforming system and controls A hydrocarbon reformer system including a first reactor configured to generate hydrogen-rich reformate by carrying out at least one of a non-catalytic thermal partial oxidation, a catalytic partial oxidation, a steam reforming, and any combinations thereo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 4236899 | Gas generator for catalytically reacting liquid, hydrocarbon containing fuel to be evaporated with an oxygen containing gas at elevated temperature to form a fuel gas, particularly for supplying internal-combustion engines A gas generator which comprises a heat resistant housing and a reaction chamber which is centrally arranged therein and contains a catalytic charge, with an inlet opening for the reactants and an outlet opening for the fuel gas is used for catalytically r... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4212652 | Apparatus and system for producing coal gas Apparatus and system for producing high pressure gas, such as high pressure coal gas from coal, air and water. Pulverized coal is introduced into a rising stream of steam in a central reaction column of a retort to constitute a fluidized or entrained bed.... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4203731 | Radiant energy gasification apparatus A gas making retort includes a substantially upright mixing chamber opening into a first horizontal refractory cylinder which encloses a second horizontal refractory cylinder. The second cylinder encloses two centrally positioned refractory circular gas o... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4137052 | Apparatus and system for producing coal gas Apparatus and system for producing coal gas from coal, air and water. Pulverized coal is introduced into a rising stream of air and steam in a retort to constitute a fluidized or entrained bed. The coal reacts with the steam and air to form a gas consisti... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4105419 | Fluidized bed apparatus A fluidized bed apparatus suitable for the combustion of fuel has a baffle assembly arranged in the freeboard above the fluidized bed level. The assembly is in the form of a perforate duct which defines within it a passage connecting with the gas exit of ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4101295 | Apparatus for converting coal into gas substitutes Apparatus for converting coal into a gas substitute in which a slurry mix of pulverized coal and water is heated to form an emulsion which is then successively passed through a catalytic chamber and a convertor chamber. The catalyzed emulsion mix is heated to ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4080181 | Gas generator A gas generator is provided for the production of gas from fuel and steam under conditions of high pressure and temperature. The requisite temperature is preferably provided by a nuclear reactor. The gas generator includes a cylinder wth a hollow interior... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4046522 | Pre-engine converter for use with fuels containing oxygenated compounds A pre-engine catalytic converter for use with fuels which are mixtures of hydrocarbons and oxygenated organic compounds, such as alcohols, ethers and ketones, convertible to carbon monoxide and H2. The converter comprises two catalyst beds arra... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3971634 | Heat pipe methanator A heat pipe methanator for converting coal gas to methane. Gravity return heat pipes are employed to remove the heat of reaction from the methanation promoting catalyst, transmitting a portion of this heat to an incoming gas pre-heat section and deliverin... | 07/27/1976 |
