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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Koichi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Iio, Yokosuka, JP;
Takao Izumi, Yokosuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2006.01); C10L 3/00 (2006.01); C01B 3/36 (2006.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01); F01N 3/20 (2006.01); G05D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel reforming system generates burnt gas by burning fuel and air in a burner () during system startup, and the temperatures of a reforming reactor () and carbon monoxide oxidizer () are raised by supplying the burnt gas to the reforming reactor () and carbon monoxide oxidizer (). The temperature of the burnt gas produced by the burner () is increased according to the elapsed time from the beginning of the startup processing.