Patent ID: 9382114
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A heat exchange type prereformer, comprising: a shell side configured to flow an exhaust gas therein; an exhaust gas inlet configured to introduce the exhaust gas that has been discharged by a cathode into the shell side; a catalyst layer including a plurality of pipes disposed within one region of the shell side, a mixture gas inlet in communication with the catalyst layer and configured to introduce a mixture gas into the catalyst layer, wherein the mixture gas inlet is disposed in the one region of the shell side; and a tube side connected to the catalyst layer and disposed within an other region of the shell side, the tube side including a plurality of tube bundles each connected to a pipe of the catalyst layer so that a heat exchange area is increased; wherein the exhaust gas inlet is disposed in the other region of the shell side; wherein the catalyst layer is configured to perform a prereforming reaction to the mixture gas to obtain a prereformed mixture gas; wherein the tube side configured to receive the prereformed mixture gas from the catalyst layer and subject the prereformed mixture gas to the heat exchange area with the exhaust gas flowing through the tube side; wherein baffles are disposed in the shell side and configured to form a channel by partitioning an internal space of the shell side and to control a flow of the exhaust gas flowing within the shell side.