Patent ID: 8628887
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing an initial fuel mixture including air and hydrocarbon; at least partially oxidizing the initial fuel mixture with only a catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformer to provide a reformed fuel mixture including molecular hydrogen and at least partially oxidized carbon in the form of carbon monoxide (CO); combining an amount of water with the reformed fuel mixture to reduce formation of elemental carbon from the at least partially oxidized carbon; wherein the amount of water is selected to be an amount of water vapor such that a reaction rate of a reaction: CO+H after the combining of the water with the reformed fuel mixture, supplying at least a portion of the molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the reformed fuel mixture to a solid oxide fuel cell; and producing electric power with the solid oxide fuel cell.