Patent ID: 8668752
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B01D,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A reducing gas generator for startup and shutdown of a fuel cell, comprising: an air intake; an oxidant source structured to generate a low oxygen (O a fuel input configured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel; a merging chamber in fluid communication with said oxidant source and in fluid communication with said fuel inlet, said merging chamber structured to receive the hydrocarbon fuel and the low oxygen (O a catalytic reactor in fluid communication with said merging chamber, said catalytic reactor structured to receive the feed mixture and to catalytically convert the feed mixture into a reducing gas; a reducing gas output fluidly coupled to said catalytic reactor and in fluid communication with at least one of an anode and a reformer of the fuel cell, said reducing gas output operative to direct the reducing gas to said at least one of the anode and the reformer of the fuel cell; and a control system programmed to control a flow rate of the feed mixture and vary both the O