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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Hyun-chul Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Soon-ho Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Doo-hwan Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kang-hee Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-chul Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Soon-ho Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Doo-hwan Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Kang-hee Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A fuel processor having a CO removal unit including an apparatus for warming a CO shifter, is provided. A method of using the fuel processor is also provided. The fuel processor includes a reformer that extracts hydrogen gas from a raw fuel by reacting the raw fuel with water. A burner heats up the reformer to a temperature suitable for extracting the hydrogen gas. A CO shifter removes CO produced during the extraction reaction from the hydrogen gas, and a medium path line in which a heat exchange medium disposed therein absorbs heat from the reformer and passes the heat to the CO shifter. A fuel processor having the above structure can greatly reduce the time required to increases the temperature of the CO shifter to an appropriate operating temperature at an early stage of start up, since a rapid heating of the CO shifter is possible using the heat exchange of steam.