Patent ID: 7520907
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B01B,B01J,C01B,F28D,F28F,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An integrated fuel processing unit comprising; a housing; a steam/fuel feed mix supply in said housing; a combustor feed supply in said housing; and a steam reformer/combustor in said housing, the steam reformer/combustor comprising: further comprising a cylindrical water-gas shift reactor extending through said housing at a location radially inward from said first and second flow passages; and further comprising a combustor preheater comprising: a housing defining third and fourth axially extending, concentric annular passages in heat transfer relation to each other, the third passage aligned with and directly connected to said second passage to direct the combustor feed into the second passage, the fourth passage connected to said water-gas shift reactor to receive a reformate flow from the water-gas shift reactor.