Patent ID: 8486164
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B01B,B01J,C01B,F28D,F28F,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An evaporator of a fuel reformer comprising: a circumferential wall including a top portion; a bottom wall having an outlet extending through the bottom wall; an evaporation chamber for receiving a liquid-phase fluid and defined by the circumferential wall and the bottom wall, the bottom wall being at a lower side of the evaporation chamber in a gravity direction; a barrier extending out from the bottom wall and into the evaporation chamber and for blocking the liquid-phase fluid from being discharged through the outlet while allowing a gas-phase fluid to be discharged through the outlet; and a heat source coupled to an outer surface of the bottom wall, wherein the barrier is at a periphery of the outlet, wherein the bottom wall is separated from the top portion of the circumferential wall by a first distance in a first direction, and wherein the barrier extends out of the bottom wall by a second distance in the first direction, the second distance being less than the first distance.