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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Masataka Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Kajita, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinobu Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Samura, Yokohama, JP;
Masataka Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Kajita, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinobu Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Samura, Yokohama, JP;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reforming apparatus for reforming a raw fuel into a hydrogen-rich reformed gas includes a reformer for generating the reformed gas from the raw fuel, and a steam supply means for supplying the steam to the reformer. The steam supply means has a dry-out heat exchanger that dries out the water by conducting heat exchange with the reformed gas generated when the raw fuel is combusted. The cross-sectional area of passage in the dry-out heat exchanger is larger than that of a pipe connected upstream of the dry-out heat exchanger.