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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry G Christner, Newtown, CT (US);
Steven A Koehler, Bethel, CT (US);
George Steinfeld, Southbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Energy Research Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
48 61 ; 422191 ; 422203 ; 422204 ; 422211 ; 429 19 ;
Abstract
A methanol fuel reformer for use in conjunction with fuel cell power plants comprising a plurality of annular chambers which are interconnected in a manner to promote fuel vaporization, reformation and shift conversion by using fuel cell anode exhaust as the source of heat and steam required for reforming.