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Patent US7763368 - Efficient micro fuel cell systems and methods - Google Patents
Described herein are fuel cell systems and methods of using fuel cell systems. The systems include a fuel cell that generates electrical energy using hydrogen and a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. The fuel processor includes a reformer and a burner that heats the reformer. One...http://www.google.com/patents/US7763368?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7763368 - Efficient micro fuel cell systems and methods
Publication number US7763368 B2
Application number US 10/877,771
Also published as EP1639660A2, EP1639660A4, US8043757, US20050008909, US20050014040, US20050186455, US20080038601, US20080171241, US20090123797, WO2005001960A2, WO2005001960A3, WO2005004257A2, WO2005004257A3
Publication number 10877771, 877771, US 7763368 B2, US 7763368B2, US-B2-7763368, US7763368 B2, US7763368B2
Inventors Ian W. Kaye, Gerry Tucker
Patent Citations (98), Non-Patent Citations (64), Referenced by (5), Classifications (133), Legal Events (6)
Efficient micro fuel cell systems and methods
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U.S. Classification 429/424, 429/434
International Classification C01B3/24, H01M, B01J19/24, H01M8/04, B01J19/00, C08F4/651, H01M8/00, H01M8/10, C08F4/649, C08F4/636, H01M8/06, C01B3/38, C08F4/654
Cooperative Classification Y02P70/56, Y02P20/128, C01B3/38, C01B2203/0844, B01J2208/00415, H01M8/04022, H01M8/0631, H01M8/04425, B01J2208/00646, H01M8/04373, B01J8/0484, C01B2203/0805, C01B2203/142, H01M8/04268, B01J2208/00398, B01J2219/00835, C01B2203/1247, B01J2219/2462, H01M8/04776, H01M8/04604, H01M8/0247, B01J8/0438, B01J2219/2479, C01B2203/82, B01J2219/2481, H01M8/04619, C01B2203/0244, H01M8/0267, H01M8/04626, B01J2219/2467, B01J2219/00907, C01B2203/0822, C01B2203/066, H01M8/04223, H01M8/04731, H01M8/04738, H01M8/04768, B01J2208/00407, H01M8/04067, H01M2008/1095, B01J2219/00783, B01J2219/2458, B01J8/0221, H01M8/04298, B01J2219/2482, H01M8/04007, B01J2219/2453, C01B2203/0866, B01J2208/00716, H01M8/0228, B01J2219/2459, H01M8/04589, B01J2219/2475, B01J2219/247, C01B3/323, H01M8/04955, B01J8/0285, H01M8/04753, B01J19/0093, H01M8/0435, B01J2208/00061, C01B2203/0233, H01M8/04388, H01M8/04365, H01M8/0618, C01B2203/0827, H01M8/0662, B01J2219/00873, B01J2219/2465, B01J19/249, C01B2203/1223, H01M8/04037, B01J2208/00504, H01M8/04559, B01J8/0214, B01J2208/00309, H01M8/0258, C01B2203/0261, C01B2203/0811, B01J8/0242
European Classification H01M8/04H6B8, H01M8/04H6D6, H01M8/04H4K6F, H01M8/04H4K6, H01M8/04H6D2, H01M8/04H4B8, H01M8/04H4K6D, H01M8/04H6D8, H01M8/04B14, H01M8/04C8, C01B3/32B, H01M8/04H4B14, B01J8/02B2, B01J8/04B4D, H01M8/04H4K2D, H01M8/06B2B2, H01M8/04H6K6H, H01M8/02C10, H01M8/04H4K4D, H01M8/02C2K2, H01M8/02C6, B01J8/02D, H01M8/06B2A, B01J8/02B4, H01M8/04H6B10, B01J8/04D4D, H01M8/04B6, H01M8/04H4B12, B01J8/02H, H01M8/04H4D2, H01M8/02C8, H01M8/04H4D12, B01J19/00R, H01M8/04B, B01J19/24R4, H01M8/04H, H01M8/04B2C, C01B3/38
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