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7632321 Fuel processing systems, fuel cell systems, and improved feedstocks therefor  
Improved feedstocks for hydrogen-producing fuel processing and fuel cell systems, and fuel processing and fuel cell systems incorporating the same. The fuel processing systems include a fuel...
7632322 Hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies, heating assemblies, and methods of operating the same  
Combustion-based heating assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies that include at least a reforming region adapted to be heated by the heating assemblies. The heating assembly...
7628842 Hydrogen purification for fuel cell vehicle  
A purification system and method for purifying a hydrogen stream supplied from a storage tank mounted in a vehicle to produce a purified hydrogen stream for use in a PEM fuel cell system that is...
7629066 Fuel cell system configured to detect and control excess load use  
An adaptable fuel cell system includes a stack generating electric energy through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen and applying the electric energy to a load. A reformer...
7628963 Small cylindrical reformer  
A small cylindrical reformer according to the embodiments of the present invention are suitable for use in the production of hydrogen from fossil fuels for a small fuel cell power plant. In the...
7625647 Fuel cell system with integrated thermal-to-electric generating devices  
A set of fuel cell system heat exchangers that have been modified to incorporate thermal-to-electric devices is disclosed. These devices convert a portion of the thermal energy flowing through each...
7621982 Liquid-gas separator for direct liquid feed fuel cell  
A liquid-gas separator for a direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a tube having an opening portion at a sidewall thereof; liquid extracting members that selectively transmit the liquid in the tube...
7622208 Reaction device, and fuel cell device and electronic apparatus using the reaction device  
Disclosed is a reaction device including: a reactor, a heat insulating container housing the reactor, a pipe penetrating a wall of the insulating container to connect the reactor to an outside of...
7622210 Fuel supplying apparatus for a fuel cell which stabilizes fuel concentration  
A fuel supplying apparatus is proposed, having a fuel and a polymer to control rate of fuel release. When the fuel supplying apparatus is applied in a fuel cell, the rate of fuel release is...
7615295 Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system  
A fuel cell system is provided with: a fuel supplier supplying a fuel including dimethyl ether; a reforming catalyst causing a reforming reaction of the fuel into a reformed gas including hydrogen;...
7611568 Liquid-gas separator for direct liquid feed fuel cell  
A liquid-gas separator for a direct liquid feed fuel cell includes: a housing having an open hole; a gas extracting membrane that covers the open hole and transmits only the gas; a liquid...
7601186 Reformer and fuel cell system having the same  
A reformer of a fuel cell system is provided. The reformer includes a reforming reaction section constructed with a plurality of pipelines having independent internal spaces to generate hydrogen...
7601302 Self-regulating feedstock delivery systems and hydrogen-generating fuel processing assemblies and fuel cell systems incorporating the same  
Feedstock delivery systems and hydrogen-producing fuel processing assemblies and fuel cell systems containing the same. The feedstock delivery systems include a liquid pump that draws at least one...
7600375 Catalytic device with fuel cell portion and catalytic conversion portion  
An apparatus comprising an internal combustion engine, an exhaust system for conducting exhaust emitted by the engine, and a catalytic device associated with the exhaust system is disclosed,...
7601453 Fuel cell and fuel cell stack  
A fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly and separators. The separator includes first through third plates which are stacked together. The first plate has a first protrusion section...
7588852 Module and fuel package  
A power generation module for generating electric power by using fuel has a fuel package accommodating portion capable of accommodating a fuel package which has a fuel supply hole and a collection...
7588846 Energy storage system  
A closed loop energy storage system configured with a hydrogen tank, an oxygen tank, a fuel cell stack and an electrolyzer. A heat exchanger freeze-dries the hydrogen and oxygen prior to their...
7585355 Temperature/humidity exchanger  
A temperature-humidity exchanger comprising: a moisture permeable membrane which transmits moisture therethrough; a dry gas separator in which low-temperature dry gas is caused to flow; and a wet...
7585338 Hydrogen generating apparatus  
Hydrogen is generated in a reactor, of a hydrogen generating apparatus, in which a catalyst is installed and the catalyst and a borohydride fuel are reacted. The hydrogen generating apparatus...
7575822 Method of optimizing operating efficiency of fuel cells  
A method of operating a fuel cell electrochemical system includes receiving at least one of a cost of electricity and a cost of fuel and adjusting at least one of an operating efficiency and...
7572417 Reactor  
A reactor supplied with a reactant to cause reaction of the reactant includes a reaction device which has a hollow box type member having a top plate and a bottom plate opposed to each other and...
7569293 Methods and systems for efficient operation of integrated fuel cell-fuel reformer systems  
Methods and related systems for determining an efficient operating state for an integrated fuel cell/fuel reformer power system have been developed. Such a method forms the basis of a control...
7563523 Fuel cell start-up method, fuel cell system and vehicle equipped with same  
The invention relates to a fuel cell start-up method, said fuel cell comprising numerous cells which are supplied by a reformer ( 10 ). According to the invention, when the reformer is cold,...
7563526 Fuel cell system and method for removal of water from fuel cells  
A fuel cell system is provided which generates electricity by supplying fuel gas and oxidant gas to a fuel cell stack comprising a fuel cell stack, a DC power supply, and a controller. The DC power...
7560081 Reactor and production thereof, reformer, and power supply system including paired channels having a heat exchanger formed thereon  
The present invention is to provide a thin miniaturized reactor for chemical reaction with effective use of heat. The reactor has paired channels formed on a substrate such that the channels extend...
7556872 Adsorbent for removing sulfur compound, process for producing hydrogen and fuel cell system  
The present invention provides an adsorbent for removing sulfur compounds, which adsorbent can effectively remove a variety of sulfur compounds contained in a hydrocarbon fuel to a low...
7553570 Fuel cell  
Back pressure is applied to a liquid fuel stored in a fuel storage unit by a pressure application unit, and a liquid fuel vaporization membrane that vaporizes the liquid fuel to thereby supply the...
7553572 Fuel cell device and fuel cell management system  
A fuel cell device including a fuel cell stack unit, a fuel reform unit, a material feed unit, a cooling water supply unit, and a control unit further includes a memory section, constructed of a...
7550113 System for maintaining hydrogen purity in electrical generators and method thereof  
A method and apparatus is provided for an a system for maintaining hydrogen purity in an electrical power generator. The purity system includes: a generator, a hydrogen generator configured to...
7547331 Reformer installation with heat shield  
A reformer installation for generating a hydrogen-rich product gas from a hydrocarbon-containing fluid, includes a housing having an interior, at least one reformer zone disposed in the interior of...
7547483 Fuel cell device  
A fuel cell device includes a housing containing a fuel processor that generates fuel gas and a fuel cell having electrodes forming an anode and cathode, and an ion exchange electrolyte positioned...
7544431 Regulated hydrogen production system  
A production system includes a reaction chamber having an inlet and outlet, a gas collection chamber coupled with the reaction chamber and a regulator coupled to the gas collection chamber. The...
7537849 Solid-oxide fuel cell assembly having a convectively vented structural enclosure  
In a solid-oxide fuel cell system, the fuel cell stacks, the fuel reformer, tail gas combuster, heat exchangers, and fuel/air manifold, are contained in a “hot zone” within a thermal enclosure....
7537738 Fuel processing system having a membrane separator  
A fuel processing system is provided for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel. This fuel processing system utilizes a membrane separator to separate the hydrogen from the reformate stream. A CO-reduction...
7524344 Carbon monoxide adsorption for carbon monoxide clean-up in a fuel cell system  
An apparatus removes carbon monoxide (CO) from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies of proton exchange...
7520916 Partial pressure swing adsorption system for providing hydrogen to a vehicle fuel cell  
A method of operating a fuel cell system includes providing a fuel inlet stream into a fuel cell stack, operating the fuel cell stack to generate electricity and a hydrogen containing fuel exhaust...
7504015 Method and device for producing oxygen  
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing elementary oxygen or for increasing the concentration thereof in the inhaled air of a user. According to the invention, water is split...
7501195 Drive control of power system including fuel cells  
A power system of the invention includes fuel cells and a fuel gas generation system that generates a fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cells. At the time of stopping supply of hydrogen, the fuel...
7501008 Hydrogen storage systems and fuel cell systems with hydrogen storage capacity  
The present invention relates to a gas storage and dispensing system, which comprising a carrier material for a target gas and multiple microtubular elements in contact with such carrier material....
7497882 Method of operating a fuel cell  
A method of generating hydrogen for use in a fuel cell system, which comprises processing a fuel which is essentially free of organic sulfur-containing compounds to produce a hydrogen-containing...
7494731 Fuel cell power generation system  
In a fuel cell power generation system that includes a fuel cell that generates power by an electrochemical reaction with a supply of a fuel gas and an oxide gas, a control portion that controls...
7491454 All-in-one type hybrid fuel cell system  
A hybrid fuel cell system includes a fuel supply unit for supplying a fuel containing hydrogen, an oxygen supply unit for supplying oxygen, at least one electricity generation unit for generating...
7488458 Apparatus for converting a hydrocarbon-containing flow of matter  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for converting a hydrocarbon-containing flow of matter ( 4 ) to a hydrogen-enriched fluid flow ( 10 ) includes a heating apparatus ( 5 ) for production of a heating stream ( 6...
7485380 Fuel cell power plant used as reformate generator  
A method for operating a fuel cell power plant to provide end-use electricity, end-use heat and end-use reformate includes the steps of providing a fuel cell power plant that consumes reformate to...
7482077 Direct hydrocarbon fuel cells  
A method of using a hydrocarbon fuel to operate a solid oxide fuel cell, such a cell comprising one or more components which can be prepared using a centrifugal deposition technique of the type...
7482078 Co-production of hydrogen and electricity in a high temperature electrochemical system  
A high temperature electrochemical system, such as a solid oxide fuel cell system, generates hydrogen and optionally electricity in a fuel cell mode. At least a part of the generated hydrogen is...
7479342 Fuel cell  
A fuel cell body has an anode having an anode-side separator with projections and depressions formed on its surface, a cathode, and a membrane electrode assembly disposed between the anode and the...
7476457 Fuel cells system and method of controlling cells  
A system which enables fuel cells to be activated at a working point of high energy conversion efficiency. A control unit calculates a required output of an inverter from an input accelerator...
7468215 Self-starting fuel cell assembly  
A self-starting fuel cell assembly and methods of starting fuel cells are disclosed. In at least certain examples, the fuel cell assembly can be configured to supply voltage to a fuel source, an...
7465505 Power supply system, fuel pack constituting the system, and device driven by power generator and power supply system  
A fuel pack with a space for storing a fuel is provided which includes a case, wherein the case includes a feed port for exhausting the fuel to outside of the fuel pack, and at least a portion of...