Patent ID: 6921516
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A reactor system comprising: a reactor housing including an inlet portion defined therein at one end of the housing and having a discharge opening formed in the housing at an opposite end; an air charge line connected to the housing for charging air into the inlet portion; a steam charge line connected to the housing for charging steam into the inlet portion, and wherein the housing is constructed and arranged so that a stream of the air and steam flow through the housing from the inlet portion through the discharge opening formed at the opposite end of the housing; a fuel injector positioned in the housing for injecting fuel into the stream of air and steam flowing through the housing; a fuel charge line connected to the fuel injector for charging a carbon-based fuel into the fuel injector; a catalyst bed carried in the housing and positioned downstream of the fuel injector, and wherein at least a portion of the catalyst bed includes a catalyst for promoting the reformation of the carbon-based fuel to produce hydrogen; a foam carried in the housing and positioned between the catalyst bed and the fuel injector, the foam being constructed and arranged to suppress auto ignition and suppress carbon formation, and a catalyst agent coated on the foam, the catalyst agent comprising at least one of lead, lead oxide, lead molybdate and gold.