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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Xuantian LI, Vancouver, CA;

Andre Boutel, Vancouver, CA;

Jacobus Neels, Rosedale, CA;

William Allison Logan, Victoria, CA;

Inventors:

Xuantian Li, Vancouver, CA;

Andre Boutel, Vancouver, CA;

Jacobus Neels, Rosedale, CA;

William Allison Logan, Victoria, CA;

Assignee:

Westport Power Inc., Vancouver, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F02M 25/12 (2006.01); C01B 3/36 (2006.01); F01N 3/023 (2006.01); H01M 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 25/12 (2013.01); C01B 3/36 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0255 (2013.01); C01B 2203/169 (2013.01); F01N 3/023 (2013.01); F01N 2240/30 (2013.01); F01N 2610/04 (2013.01); F01N 2610/05 (2013.01); H01M 8/0618 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02T 10/121 (2013.01);
Abstract

In situations where the demand for syngas is prolonged, a fuel processor is operated continuously to provide a syngas stream for a prolonged period. The equivalence ratio of reactants supplied to the fuel processor is controlled so that a high fuel-conversion efficiency to hydrogen and carbon monoxide is obtained at temperatures correspondent to carbon production balance, where carbon is formed and gasified at approximately the same rate in the fuel processor.


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