Patent ID: 7081143
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: C10L,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. In a fuel cell system comprising a reformer to produce a hydrogen containing gas for use in a fuel cell stack, the improvement comprising: feeding to the reformer, at start-up, an emulsion composition comprising, wherein R is (M—O) n —R′, R′ is an alkyl hydrocarbon of about 6 to 26 carbons, n is an integer from about 1 to 50, M is CH 2 —CH 2 , CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 , CH 2 —CH—CH 3 , CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 , CH 2 —CH—(CH 3 )—CH 2 or mixtures thereof.