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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...
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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...
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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...
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7615298 |
Thermally integrated fuel cell stack
A thermally integrated fuel cell system includes a stack zone, a burner zone and a low temperature zone. The fuel is combined with steam and passed sequentially through a primary reformer and a...
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7611789 |
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...
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7608198 |
Heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for fuel cell assemblies
The present invention relates generally to heat transfer compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for use in...
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7592087 |
Fuel cell and electric apparatus
A fuel cell system is provided which has a humidifying means ( 2 ) for directly humidifying a polymer electrolyte membrane ( 12 ) that serves as an ionic conductor. As the humidifying means ( 2 ),...
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7579806 |
Direct methanol fuel cell pack heating system
A temperature sensor ( 13 ) and a heating device ( 14 ) are provided to prevent moisture from freezing i a direct methanol fuel cell ( 16 ). To achieve this, a secondary battery ( 17 ) is connected...
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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...
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7563525 |
Electric reaction technology for fuels processing
A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen is disclosed wherein a hydrocarbon gas is fed into an electric reaction technology system to decompose the hydrocarbon gas to hydrogen gas and carbon...
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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,...
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7553568 |
High efficiency load-following solid oxide fuel cell systems
Enhanced high temperature fuel cell systems, such as solid oxide fuel cell systems and molten carbonate fuel cell systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include solid oxide and molten...
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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...
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7547333 |
Fuel reforming system
In a fuel reforming system ( 32 ) of a fuel cell system ( 1 ), which includes a reformer ( 7 ) generating hydrogen-containing gas to be an electromotive fuel and a combustor ( 6 ) generating...
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7537851 |
Fuel cell system including separator having cooling water flow channels
The present invention is a fuel cell system including a stack having an electricity generator, that includes separators disposed on both surfaces of a membrane-electrode assembly, a reformer that...
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7534512 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a reformer for generating hydrogen gas from fuel containing hydrogen using a chemical catalytic reaction and thermal energy. At least one electricity generator generates...
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7531255 |
Thermal treatment apparatus and power generation module
A thermal treatment apparatus provided on a substrate includes a heat generating section the section includes a heat generating layer, a diffusion preventing layer which contacts one surface of the...
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7531259 |
Fuel cell cooling and water management system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a reservoir, a water management circuit, a cooling circuit and a fan. The fuel cell stack communicates a reactant flow and communicates a water flow....
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7527884 |
Fuel processing system and its shutdown procedure
A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell including an anode and cathode, a fuel reformer, and a water gas shift reactor. The fuel cell system is shutdown by shutting down electrical generation and...
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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...
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7524572 |
Fuel cell system with thermally integrated combustor and corrugated foil reformer
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a reformer which is thermally integrated with the fuel cell stack. The system may also include a combustor which is thermally integrated with the...
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7526346 |
Nonlinear thermal control of a PEM fuel cell stack
A temperature control scheme for a fuel cell stack thermal sub-system in a fuel cell system that uses a non-linear thermal model and disturbance rejection to provide an optimum stack temperature....
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7521139 |
Thermal management of fuel cells
A method for the thermal management of a fuel cell, which method comprises: processing a fuel supply stream in an autothermal reformer to produce a fuel cell supply stream comprising a...
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7519402 |
Mobile terminal holder
A mobile terminal holder includes a body configured to receive a mobile terminal mounted thereon, and a receiving portion provided in the body. The receiving portion is configured to receive a...
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7514167 |
Catalyst for a water gas shift for a fuel cell system, a method of preparing the same, and a fuel cell system including the same
The water gas shift catalyst for a reformer of a fuel cell system where a supporter includes a clay and ZnO filled between layers of the clay; and an active material including CuO supported on the...
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7501196 |
Coolant and cooling system
A coolant comprising a nonaqueous base. A phase change material may be dispersed or a highly heat conductive material may be dispersed or dissolved in the nonaqueous base. A nonaqueous coolant for...
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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...
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7494730 |
Apparatus for cooling fuel cell
An apparatus for cooling a fuel cell, which generates power by supplying air and a fuel gas, in which a cooling liquid is circulated between the fuel cell and a heat exchanger is disclosed. The...
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7485381 |
System and method for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system
Systems and methods for recovering thermal energy from a fuel processing system comprising a fuel processor and a fuel cell stack in communication with a household that is adapted to apply at least...
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7482072 |
Optimizing reactions in fuel cells and electrochemical reactions
This invention relates to novel methods for affecting, controlling and/or directing various reactions and/or reaction pathways or systems by exposing one or more components in a fuel cell reaction...
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7481948 |
Heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for fuel cell assemblies
The present invention relates generally to heat transfer compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to heat transfer compositions with high electrical resistance for use in...
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7482075 |
Reforming apparatus for fuel cell, fuel cell and operation method of fuel cell
In a reforming method for a high temperature type fuel cell in which dimethyl ether is used as fuel gas, and a gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by reacting dimethyl ether with...
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7476455 |
Portable fuel cell system
A self-contained portable fuel cell system is described capable of economically generating a nominal 12 V of DC electrical power.
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7476098 |
Fuel cell power plant warm up
In a fuel cell power plant, carbon monoxide contained in reformate gas which is produced by a reformer ( 3 ) by means of a catalytic fuel reaction is removed by the respective catalytic reactions...
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7470480 |
Solid electrolyte fuel-cell device
The present invention is directed to the provision of a solid electrolyte fuel-cell device that achieves increased durability, increased power generation efficiency, and easy utilization of heat,...
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7465325 |
Fuel reforming system and warmup method thereof
A fuel reforming system generates burnt gas by burning fuel and air in a burner ( 6 ) during system startup, and the temperatures of a reforming reactor ( 7 ) and carbon monoxide oxidizer ( 40 )...
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7455817 |
Compact fuel processor for producing a hydrogen rich gas
An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of modules stacked end-to-end along a common axis....
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7455922 |
Energy utilization apparatus and energy utilization method
An energy utilization apparatus includes: an endothermic reaction device for performing dehydrogenation endothermic reaction of an organic compound; a compression device for pressurizing a first...
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7455721 |
Device and method for humidifying a gas flow
An apparatus for humidifying a gas stream includes a humidifier device having at least one membrane permeable to water vapor. The gas stream and a humid gas stream flow through a humidifier device,...
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7455921 |
Fuel cell system having reformer temperature maintenance system and control method thereof
A fuel cell system comprises a reformer ( 8 ) which produces reformate gas containing hydrogen using gas containing oxygen and raw material vapor, and a fuel cell ( 9 ) which generates power by...
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7455923 |
Fuel supply assembly for supplying propane fuel to a fuel cell assembly and fuel cell system employing same
A fuel supply assembly which receives a supply of liquid fuel feedstock including hydrocarbons having higher and lower hydrocarbon content and high molecular weight sulfur-containing compounds, the...
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7452619 |
Fuel cell system
A process for producing electricity in a fuel cell which comprises: a) pre-reforming a higher carbon (C2+) hydro-carbon fuel in a pre-reformer under conditions effective to achieve substantially...
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7452625 |
Water management in a direct methanol fuel cell system
A compact water management module for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system is provided. The module is a set of plates, typically two or more plates. Two of the plates are sandwiched together...
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7442457 |
Fuel cell system with compressor and also a method for operating such a fuel cell system
A fuel cell system comprising a plurality of fuel cells combined together to form a fuel cell stack, with the fuel cell stack having an anode side with an inlet for a fuel and an outlet for...
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7429429 |
Fuel cell with thermal conductance of cathode greater than anode
In a fuel cell for a fuel cell power plant having a PEM ( 9 ), a cathode comprising at least a catalyst ( 10 ) and a support substrate ( 17 ), possibly with a diffusion layer ( 16 ), on one side of...
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7422728 |
Partial oxidation reactor
A reactor intended to carry out partial oxidation reactions starting from liquid feedstocks that can go from GPL to gas oil for the purpose of producing synthesis gas is characterized by finely...
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7422810 |
High temperature fuel cell system and method of operating same
A high temperature fuel cell stack system, such as a solid oxide fuel cell system, with an improved balance of plant efficiency includes a thermally integrated reformer, combustor and the fuel cell...
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7419733 |
Fuel cell system having a burner with a flame detection rod therein
The object is to provide a simplified but highly efficient fuel cell system, permitting to perform the flame off detection and so on without supplying the burner with additional raw fuel, even if a...
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7419735 |
Fuel cell system, method of controlling the same, and vehicle mounted with the same
A fuel cell can be heated, upon starting thereof, by supplying hydrogen gas from a hydrogen tank to a hydrogen adsorbing alloy tank so as to be adsorbed therein. The hydrogen adsorbing alloy tank...
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7419518 |
Hydrogen generator and fuel cell system
In a hydrogen generator according to the invention, a reformer temperature sensor detects the temperature of a reformer at a start of a stop operation of a hydrogen generator. In a controller, a...
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