Patent ID: 7842109
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B01J,C01B

Abstract:
1. A reformer for a fuel cell system, the reformer comprising: a first body; a second body in an inner portion of the first body and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein an inner portion of the second body comprises a heat source unit for generating heat; a reforming reaction unit including a reforming catalyst provided in a space between the first body and the second body for generating a hydrogen-rich gas from a fuel through a reforming reaction using the reforming catalyst; and a nozzle member within the heat source unit, the nozzle member comprising a substantially pipe-shaped body extending from the first end and having a portion closer to the second end than the first end, the nozzle member having a plurality of nozzle holes each extending transversely through the substantially pipe-shaped body, wherein the nozzle member is partitioned to have a plurality of regions adjacent to one another along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle member, and wherein the nozzle holes are arranged in a nozzle pattern that is substantially similar within each of the regions and that is different between at least two of the regions for distributing the fuel and an oxidant substantially uniformly throughout the heat source unit.