Patent ID: 9144781
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel processing apparatus comprising: a combustion section having a heat source; a desulfurization section that removes sulfur component from a source gas; a reforming section that generates hydrogen-containing gas having hydrogen as a main component from the source gas desulfurized; and a low-temperature conversion section having a heat-generating catalyst that reduces an impurity concentration in the hydrogen-containing gas, wherein: the reforming section and the desulfurization section are provided surrounding the combustion section, and the reforming section and the desulfurization section are formed in order in concentric circles from the combustion section toward outside, and the fuel processing apparatus further comprises a preheat flow channel provided at a bottom of the combustion section with an insulating material interposed in between and in communication with the desulfurization section, such that the source gas is preheated using heat from the combustion section.