Patent ID: 8252251

Claim:
A fluid cooled reformer for gas turbine systems, the fluid cooled reformer comprising: a pressure vessel; a reactor assembly disposed within said pressure vessel, said reactor assembly including an exothermic reactor and a reactor liner surrounding said exothermic reactor, said reactor assembly configured to receive and reform an oxygen/fuel mixture to produce a heated reformate stream; an inlet configured to direct a fluid stream into said pressure vessel, at least a portion of said fluid stream being directed around said reactor liner in order to cool said reactor assembly by external heat exchange; and a reformate cooling section disposed downstream of said exothermic reactor, said reformate cooling section configured to cool said heated reformate stream produced by said reactor assembly with said at least a portion of said fluid stream, wherein said at least a portion of the fluid stream cooling the reactor assembly is mixed with said heated reformate stream downstream of said exothermic reactor.