Patent ID: 6033634
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A hydrogen manufacturing apparatus comprising:a plate type high-temperature shift converter having a shift reaction chamber which is filled with a high-temperature shift catalyst and into which a reformed gas is introduced, a cooling chamber which is filled with a filler for promoting heat transfer and into which a cooling gas is introduced, and a partition for separating said shift reaction chamber and said cooling chamber;wherein said plate type high-temperature shift converter comprises a plurality of partitions, shift reaction chambers, cooling chambers, and hydrogen gas chambers; two adjoining shift reaction chambers are disposed so that they are opposed to each other, the hydrogen gas chamber separated by a plate type partition being located therebetween; said partition is composed of a porous plate and a hydrogen permeable film which is coated or plated thereon and which allows only hydrogen gas to pass therethrough; so that only the hydrogen, which has been generated by subjecting a reformed gas to the shift reaction in the two adjoining shift reaction chambers, is allowed to pass through the hydrogen permeable film into a single hydrogen gas chamber.