Patent ID: 7976592

Claim:
A plate type reformer, comprising: a plate type combustion reactor including a distributing plate including a distributing chamber having a plurality of distributing holes, and a combustion plate including a combustion chamber having an oxidizing catalyst layer, the combustion chamber being connected to the distribution chamber through the distributing holes, an oxidizing agent supplied to the distributing chamber being supplied to the combustion chamber through the distributing holes, the combustion chamber generating heat energy from reaction of the oxidizing agent and a fuel, the plurality of distributing holes being uniformly dispersed in the distributing chamber; a plate type preheater disposed above the plate type combustion reactor and including a channel, the plate type preheater being preheated by the heat energy generated in the plate type combustion reactor, the plate type preheater comprising a preheating plate and a cover plate, the channel of the plate type preheater being formed on a first side of the preheating plate, the cover plate contacting the first side of the preheating plate and defining a passage with the channel, the channel having a first end and a second end, a mixed fuel of fuel and water being introduced into the channel through the first end and flowing to the second end through the passage, the second end having at least two branches, the mixed fuel of fuel and water flowing into the distributing plate at the at least two branches; a plate type reforming reactor disposed below the plate type combustion reactor and having a reforming catalyst layer to generate hydrogen gas from the mixed fuel supplied from the plate type preheater, the plate type reforming reactor being heated by the heat energy generated in the plate type combustion reactor; and a heating plate disposed below the plate type reforming reactor and including a channel, a reaction gas of the oxidizing agent and the fuel being supplied to the channel of the heating plate from the combustion chamber, the reaction gas flowing through the channel of the heating plate transferring heat energy of the reaction gas to the plate type reforming reactor.