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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Jacobus Neels, Rosedale, CA;
Xuantian LI, Vancouver, CA;
Richard Allan Sederquist, Middletown, CT (US);
Andre Boulet, Vancouver, CA;
William Allison Logan, Vancouver, CA;
Jacobus Neels, Rosedale, CA;
Xuantian Li, Vancouver, CA;
Richard Allan Sederquist, Middletown, CT (US);
Andre Boulet, Vancouver, CA;
William Allison Logan, Vancouver, CA;
Westport Power Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
A fuel processor for producing a hydrogen-containing product stream from a fuel stream and an oxidant stream, comprises a mixing tube from which the combined fuel and oxidant stream is directed substantially axially into a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber comprises a turn-around chamber and a turn-around wall at one end for re-directing the combined reactant stream, so that in the turn-around chamber the re-directed stream surrounds and is in contact with the combined reactant stream flowing substantially axially in the opposite direction. This design and opposing flow configuration creates a low velocity zone which stabilizes the location of a flame in the fuel processor and offers other advantages.