Intelligent Energy Inc.

Leonard Weschta

Richard Root Woods

Brook Forest Porter

Kandaswamy Duraiswamy

Christian Hulteberg

Rahul Iyer

A hydrogen generation system is disclosed that includes an integrated steam reforming reactor. The reactor has an overall cylindrical shape, receives a reformate and separately receiving a combustion gas mixture. The reactor includes a plurality of reforming stages arranged in a stacked series of disc shaped stage configuration, wherein each reforming stage has a disc shaped combustion portion adjacent a disc shaped catalyst pack through which the reformate passes, wherein the reformate is directed axially between stages and radially within each stage; and the combustion mixture is directed radially between groups of stages and circumferentially within each stage.

Steam reforming unit

The thermal reformer system () is provided that compromises a planar assembly including a reformer zone (), a combustion zone (), and various inlet and outlet manifolds with associated fluid flow passages (). The reformer system further compromises an inlet combustion fluid flow passage () connecting an inlet combustion fluid manifold () and the combustion zone (), and an outlet combustion fluid flow passage () connecting the combustion zone () and the outlet combustion fluid manifold (). In the thermal reformer system the heat transfer and recuperation from outlet fluid flows is efficiently transferred to inlet fluid flows, in order to minimize heat loss and insulation requirements.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Leonard Weschta