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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Akira Fuju, Gunma, JP;
Masataka Kadowaki, Gunma, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Nakajima, Naga, JP;
Yasushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Samura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fuju, Gunma, JP;
Masataka Kadowaki, Gunma, JP;
Kazumi Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Kazuaki Nakajima, Naga, JP;
Yasushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Samura, Kanagawa, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a reforming apparatus, for use in a fuel cell, for reforming a raw fuel into a hydrogen-rich reformed gas, a reformer generates the reformed gas from the raw fuel. A shift reactor reduces carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas through a shift reaction. A selective oxidation unit reduces the carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas that has passed through the shift reactor by performing selective oxidation on the carbon monoxide. A reforming reaction tube houses linearly the reformer, the shift reactor and the selective oxidation unit in this order.