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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Uwe Benz, Uhldingen-Müehlhof, DE;
Stefan Boneberg, Beuren, DE;
Stefan Brauchle, Biberach/Riss, DE;
Dirk Georg, Kirchheim/Nabern, DE;
Martin Schäfer, Kirchheim, DE;
Martin Schüssler, Ulm, DE;
Matthias Wolfsteiner, Alesheim, DE;
Ballard Power Systems AG, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Abstract
An arrangement for generating a hydrogen-containing gas from a hydrocarbon-containing medium includes a multi-stage reforming unit that is connected to a multi-stage carbon monoxide removal unit by a heat-conducting separating medium. The stages of the reforming unit, in an ascending order relative to the gas flow direction in the reforming unit, are in a thermal contact with stages of the carbon monoxide removal unit, in a descending order relative to the gas flow direction in the carbon monoxide removal unit.