Patent ID: 8821832
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: C01B,H01M,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for producing hydrogen in a fuel processor, the method comprising: turning on an electrical heater; passing fuel over a surface of the electrical heater; combusting the gaseous fuel in the burner to generate heat; transferring at least a portion of the heat from the burner to a reformer included in the fuel processor; providing fuel to the reformer; and catalytically processing the reformer fuel to produce hydrogen; and wherein the fuel processor includes a monolithic structure having a common material included in walls that define the reformer and the burner, and wherein the reformer includes a first reformer chamber for outputting hydrogen and any unprocessed fuel and a second reformer chamber for receiving and processing fuel from the first reformer chamber, wherein the reformer is configured such that fuel flows through the first reformer chamber in a direction parallel to the fuel flow direction through the second reformer chamber.