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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Zhen Chen, Bend, OR (US);
John Karim Kamel Ibrahim, Venetia, PA (US);
Xun Ouyang, Bend, OR (US);
Curtiss Renn, Bend, OR (US);
Ryan Thomas Sturko, Bend, OR (US);
Zhen Chen, Bend, OR (US);
John Karim Kamel Ibrahim, Venetia, PA (US);
Xun Ouyang, Bend, OR (US);
Curtiss Renn, Bend, OR (US);
Ryan Thomas Sturko, Bend, OR (US);
DCNS, La Montagne, FR;
Abstract
Hydrogen-producing assemblies, fuel cell systems including the same, methods of producing hydrogen gas, and methods of powering an energy-consuming device. Hydrogen-producing assemblies may include a monolithic body that defines at least a reforming conduit, and in some embodiments a plurality of reforming conduits, in which a feed stream is catalyzed into a reformate gas stream containing hydrogen gas, and a burner conduit, in which a fuel-air stream is combusted. The monolithic body is constructed to conduct heat generated by the exothermic reaction of the combustion from the burner conduit to the reformer conduit. In some hydrogen-producing assemblies, the monolithic body further defines a vaporizing conduit, in which liquid portions of the feed stream are vaporized prior to being delivered to the reformer conduit, and the monolithic body may be constructed to conduct heat from the burner conduit to the vaporizing conduit.