Patent ID: 7943263
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02B,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A portable fuel cell system for producing electrical energy, the portable fuel cell system comprising: a fuel processor that includes a fuel cell including a thermal catalyst, disposed outside the fuel cell and in conductive thermal communication with the set of heat transfer appendages, operable to produce heat when the burner exhaust interacts with the thermal catalyst; and plumbing configured to controllably transport the burner exhaust to the thermal catalyst, wherein the plumbing includes a valve that directs the burner exhaust a) to the thermal catalyst or b) to a line that transports the burner exhaust away from the thermal catalyst, and wherein an outlet of the plumbing is less than about 2 centimeters from the thermal catalyst nearest to the outlet.