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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2004
Yoshihiko Kurashima, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeru Hanzawa, Nagoya, JP;
Michitaka Hidaka, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiko Honda, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Kurashima, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeru Hanzawa, Nagoya, JP;
Michitaka Hidaka, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiko Honda, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a firing furnace () comprising a combusting means () for combusting a fuel (), a firing furnace main body () for firing a member to be fired and exhausting a combustion gas, and a methane reforming device () for reacting a reforming material () composed of a methane sub fuel for reformation () and steam () with a methane reforming catalyst () filled therein while heating the same by the combustion gas for producing a reformed gas () containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, capable of cutting back the fuel cost.