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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Peter F. Foley, Manchester, CT (US);
Joshua D. Isom, South Windsor, CT (US);
John L. Preston, Hebron, CT (US);
Peter F. Foley, Manchester, CT (US);
Joshua D. Isom, South Windsor, CT (US);
John L. Preston, Hebron, CT (US);
ClearEdge Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
Fuel processing by a reformer () and a shift reactor () converts hydrocarbon feedstock () and steam () to hydrogen-rich reformate (), such as for use in a fuel cell power plant (). Some of the reformate is recycled through a restriction () to the inlet () of a feedstock pump (), thereby increasing its pressure sufficiently to cause recycle flow through a hydrodesulfurizer () and the secondary inlet () of an ejector () driven by the steam (). Recycle pressure () is maintained by steam pressure through a valve () regulated by a controller ().