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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Yan Zhang, Victor, NY (US);
John Ruhl, Rochester, NY (US);
Annette M Brenner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Craig S Gittleman, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yan Zhang, Victor, NY (US);
John Ruhl, Rochester, NY (US);
Annette M Brenner, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Craig S Gittleman, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 7/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel processor system is provided including an autothermal reactor (ATR), a pressure swing adsorber (PSA) located downstream of the ATR, and a methanation reactor located downstream of the PSA. A method of operating of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack involves cooling the methanator output and feeding it into the stack as an anode fuel.