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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Mohammed E Sennoun, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gerald E Voecks, Fairport, NY (US);
Gary M Robb, Lima, NY (US);
William H Pettit, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven G Goebel, Victor, NY (US);
Mohammed E Sennoun, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gerald E Voecks, Fairport, NY (US);
Gary M Robb, Lima, NY (US);
William H Pettit, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven G Goebel, Victor, NY (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an integrated fuel processor subsystem incorporating a thermal combustor, a catalytic combustor, a quasi-autothermal reactor (QATR) and a air-fuel-steam (AFS) mixer to provide a range of operating modes exhibiting performance between that of a pure steam reformer and a pure autothermal reformer to increase the flexibility of the fuel processor to handle transient system demands such as cold starts, suppress emissions and carbon formation and improve efficiency.