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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Duraiswamy Kandaswamy, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Anand S. Chellappa, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mack Knobbe, Long Beach, CA (US);
Duraiswamy Kandaswamy, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Anand S. Chellappa, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mack Knobbe, Long Beach, CA (US);
Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing hydrogen using fuel cell off gases, the method feeding hydrocarbon fuel to a sulfur adsorbent to produce a desulfurized fuel and a spent sulfur adsorbent; feeding said desulfurized fuel and water to an adsorption enhanced reformer that comprises of a plurality of reforming chambers or compartments; reforming said desulfurized fuel in the presence of a one or more of a reforming catalyst and one or more of a COadsorbent to produce hydrogen and a spent COadsorbent; feeding said hydrogen to the anode side of the fuel cell; regenerating said spent COadsorbents using the fuel cell cathode off-gases, producing a flow of hydrogen by cycling between said plurality of reforming chambers or compartments in a predetermined timing sequence; and, replacing the spent sulfur adsorbent with a fresh sulfur adsorbent at a predetermined time.