Patent ID: 7470294

Claim:
A fuel processor assembly, comprising: a plurality of substantially non-planar hydrocarbon conversion reactors, comprising at least one shift reactor; a first plate comprising first indentations, a second plate comprising second indentations and a third plate; wherein the first plate is mated with the second plate to align the first indentations with the second indentations to form a plurality of reactor housings and form a serial communication path among the hydrocarbon conversion reactors between the first and second plates; wherein each of the hydrocarbon reactors is disposed in a different one of the reactor housings such that the reactors are received in both the first indentations and in the second indentations; wherein at least one of the first and second plates has an inlet orifice feature adapted to receive a hydrocarbon stream; wherein at least one of the first and second plates has an outlet orifice feature adapted to exhaust a reformate stream; and the third plate is adapted to mate with the first plate to form coolant channels between the third plate and the first plate.