Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc.

Vincent Rizzo

Lawrence G Clawson

James C Cross, Iii

William L Mitchell

Matthew Dorson

Mark R Hagan

Changsik Kim

Christopher J Papile

William F Northrop

Jian L Zhao

Jennifer W Rumsey

Brian J Bowers

Brian J Nowicki

Robert Davis

Stephen G Block

Michael Rindone

Gunther Kleeburg

Timothy Bosco

Nathan Longo

Johannes Thijssen

Brian D Morriseau

Maria Sun

A startup burner for rapidly heating a catalyst in a reformer, as well as related methods and modules, is disclosed.

Startup burner

A hydrocarbon reformer system including a first reactor configured to generate hydrogen-rich reformate by carrying out at least one of a non-catalytic thermal partial oxidation, a catalytic partial oxidation, a steam reforming, and any combinations thereof, a second reactor in fluid communication with the first reactor to receive the hydrogen-rich reformate, and having a catalyst for promoting a water gas shift reaction in the hydrogen-rich reformate, and a heat exchanger having a first mass of two-phase water therein and configured to exchange heat between the two-phase water and the hydrogen-rich reformate in the second reactor, the heat exchanger being in fluid communication with the first reactor so as to supply steam to the first reactor as a reactant is disclosed. The disclosed reformer includes an auxiliary reactor configured to generate heated water/steam and being in fluid communication with the heat exchanger of the second reactor to supply the heated water/steam to the heat exchanger.

Integrated hydrocarbon reforming system and controls

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Norfolk, MA, United States of America

Vincent Rizzo