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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2003
Yoshio Tamura, Kashihara, JP;
Yuji Mukai, Kadoma, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Ikeda, JP;
Tomonori Asou, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Yoshio Tamura, Kashihara, JP;
Yuji Mukai, Kadoma, JP;
Akira Maenishi, Ikeda, JP;
Tomonori Asou, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen generator comprises a burner for generating a combustion gas, a reformer provided around the burner to generate a reformed gas containing hydrogen by a steam reforming reaction based on a feed material comprising a compound containing at least carbon and hydrogen and a steam, using heat transmission from a combustion gas generated by the burner, and an evaporator having an inner tube provided around the burner, an outer tube provided around the inner tube, and a bottom plate that closes a lower portion of a tubular space formed between the inner tube and the outer tube, the evaporator being configured to evaporate water supplied to the tubular space to generate a steam to be supplied to the reformer, wherein a water absorbing member having a water absorbing capability is provided in the tubular space.