Patent ID: 6890672
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: C01B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel processing system, comprising: a fuel processor having a reforming region; a feedstock delivery system adapted to deliver a feed stream containing a predetermined mix ratio of feedstock components to the fuel processor, the feedstock delivery system comprising: a water delivery assembly adapted to provide a stream comprising liquid water; a carbon-containing feedstock delivery assembly adapted to provide a stream comprising a liquid carbon-containing feedstock; a reservoir adapted to receive a volume of liquid water and a volume of liquid carbon-containing feedstock from the water and the carbon-containing feedstock delivery assemblies; a sensor assembly associated with the reservoir and adapted to detect at least one triggering event related to the quantity of one or more of the feedstock components in the reservoir; and wherein the feedstock delivery system is adapted to regulate the flow of the streams comprising the liquid water and the liquid carbon-containing feedstock at least partially in response to the detection of the at least one triggering event by the sensor-assembly to produce the feed stream containing a predetermined mix ratio of the liquid water and the liquid carbon-containing feedstock; and wherein the fuel processor is adapted to produce a product stream containing hydrogen gas from the feed stream.