Patent ID: 7150769

Claim:
A fuel reforming apparatus for reforming a fuel air mixture of a fuel and air, comprising: a reforming catalyst for reforming said fuel air mixture; a reformed fuel supply section for supplying a reformed fuel produced by said reforming catalyst to a predetermined object; capturing means for capturing a non-reformed fuel, said capturing means being disposed between said reforming catalyst and said reformed fuel supply section; and cooling means for cooling said reformed fuel between said reforming catalyst and said capturing means, the cooling means being a heat exchanging means having a reformed fuel passage for leading said reformed fuel from said reforming catalyst to said reformed fuel supply section and a heating medium passage for circulating a heating medium to exchange heat between said heating medium and said reformed fuel flowing through said reformed fuel passage; and the capturing means being an adsorbent material for adsorbing said non-reformed fuel in said reformed fuel passage of said heat exchanging means.