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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:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Glenn W Skala, Churchville, NY (US);
Gerald E Voecks, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Glenn W Skala, Churchville, NY (US);
Gerald E Voecks, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/36 (2006.01); C10J 3/46 (2006.01); C10J 3/54 (2006.01); B01J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A preferred method for starting a primary reactor of a fuel cell system includes performing lean combustion within the primary reactor during a first phase of a start sequence and autothermal reforming during a second phase of the start sequence. In another aspect of the present invention, partial oxidation is performed within the primary reactor during the first phase of the start sequence and autothermal reforming is performed during the second phase of the start sequence.