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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
KE Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Sean C. Emerson, Windsor, CT (US);
Richard James Bellows, Ellington, CT (US);
Ke Liu, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Sean C. Emerson, Windsor, CT (US);
Richard James Bellows, Ellington, CT (US);
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in a reformate flow includes a reactor defining a flow path for a reformate flow; at least one catalyst bed disposed along the flow path; and a distributor for distributing oxygen from an oxygen source to the at least one catalyst bed, the distributor including a conduit positioned at least one of upstream of and through the at least one catalyst bed, the conduit having a sidewall permeable to flow of oxygen from within the conduit to the at least one catalyst bed.