Patent ID: 7722971
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: C01B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electric generator for a motor vehicle, comprising: a reformer which produces a reformate from a primary fuel, air, and water; circuits supplying said reformer with primary fuel, air, and water; a fuel cell which produces electric power from said reformate and air; a compressor which compresses the air supplied to said fuel cell and to said reformer; and circuits supplying said fuel cell with reformate and with air, connecting said fuel cell to said reformer and to said compressor, respectively, wherein said circuit supplying water to said reformer includes a first heat exchanger which establishes a heat exchange between said water and the air compressed by said compressor, and said circuit supplying water to said reformer includes at least one second heat exchanger, downstream of said first heat exchanger, which establishes a heat exchange between said water and said reformate flowing in said circuit supplying reformate to said fuel cell, and said second heat exchanger is in said circuit supplying water to said reformer upstream of a heat exchanger for vaporizing said water.