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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Kiyoshi Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Tomizawa, Ikoma, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Ikoma, JP;
Toshiyuki Shono, Kyoto, JP;
Koichiro Kitagawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuya Ueda, Kasugai, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Yoshida, Nabari, JP;
Kiyoshi Taguchi, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Tomizawa, Ikoma, JP;
Kunihiro Ukai, Ikoma, JP;
Toshiyuki Shono, Kyoto, JP;
Koichiro Kitagawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuya Ueda, Kasugai, JP;
Seiji Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Yoshida, Nabari, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen producing apparatus comprising: a reforming section having a reforming catalyst which causes a reaction between a carbon-containing organic compound as a feedstock and water; a feedstock supply section for supplying the feedstock to the reforming section; a water supply section for supplying water to the reforming section; a heating section for heating the reforming catalyst; a shifting section having a shift catalyst which causes a shift reaction between carbon monoxide and water contained in a reformed gas supplied from the reforming section; and a purifying section having a purifying catalyst which causes oxidation or methanation of carbon monoxide contained in a gas supplied from the shifting section, wherein the shift catalyst comprises a platinum group metal and a metal oxide.