Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
429412000 | Removing CO from reactant or product stream | 22 |
20110014529 | Fuel cell with low water consumption - A technique to provide fuel to a solid oxide fuel cell with low water consumption is described that includes providing an initial fuel mixture with air and hydrocarbon, and partially oxidizing the fuel mixture with a catalyst to provide a reformed fuel mixture. Also included is adding an amount of water to the reformed fuel mixture to reduce formation of elemental carbon from carbon monoxide in the reformed fuel mixture and supplying a portion of the reformed fuel mixture combined with water to an electrochemical device that produces electrical power from hydrogen in the reformed fuel mixture. | 01-20-2011 |
20110045364 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Hydrogen - Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen from a fuel comprising an endothermically decomposable compound, preferably methanol, and optionally comprising water. A catalyst is preferably used to decompose the methanol into hydrogen and CO. The catalyst preferably has low selectivity for reacting the CO and water to form CO | 02-24-2011 |
20110065011 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL POWER GENERATOR - There is provided a hydrogen generator that prevents supply of droplets to a reforming catalyst layer and that exhibits stable performance. | 03-17-2011 |
20110136025 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to provide a fuel cell system capable of performing a stable start-up operation with stable combustion in a burner unit. At the start-up operation of the fuel cell system, out of raw gas components adsorbed to the catalysts filled in a fuel processor, an amount of desorbed raw gas desorbed by a temperature rise in catalysts and supplied to a burner unit 12 is estimated. An amount of raw gas supplied from a raw gas supply device to the burner unit is adjusted according to the estimated value such that a ratio of combustion air separately supplied to the burner unit to a total of the raw gas supplied from the raw gas supply device and the desorbed raw gas falls within a predetermined range. Accordingly, stable combustion of the burner unit can be continually performed at the start-up operation of the fuel cell system. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143230 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - An object of the invention is to provide a fuel cell system capable of performing a stable start-up operation with stable combustion in a burner unit. At the star-up operation of the fuel cell system, an amount of combustion air delivered to a burner unit | 06-16-2011 |
20110151341 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a reforming unit, a carbon monoxide decreasing unit, a fuel cell, a burner unit, a raw gas supply device, and a heating unit. The heating unit is controlled at a start-up operation of the fuel cell system, so as to adjust an amount of a desorbed raw gas desorbed out of components of the raw gas adsorbed to at least one of a reforming catalyst and a carbon monoxide decreasing catalyst such that a ratio of an amount of combustion air to an amount of a raw gas in the burner unit falls within a predetermined range. | 06-23-2011 |
20110207003 | Method for removing CO, H2 and/or CH4 from the anode waste gas of a fuel cell with mixed oxide catalysts comprising Cu, Mn and optionally at least one rare earth metal - The invention relates to a method for removing CO, H | 08-25-2011 |
20110236776 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR ORGANIC FUELS AND A METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes a first electrode-electrolyte assembly having a first electrode coupled to one side of the first electrode-electrolyte assembly and a second electrode coupled to an opposite side of the first electrode-electrolyte assembly and a second electrode-electrolyte assembly having a third electrode coupled to one side of the second electrode-electrolyte assembly and a fourth electrode coupled to an opposite side of the second electrode-electrolyte assembly. A first conduit is in fluid communication with the first electrode and a second conduit is in fluid communication with the fourth electrode and an electrically conductive mesh positioned between the second electrode and the third electrode. Portions of the second and third electrodes engage each other through apertures defined by the mesh. The fuel cell system also includes an electricity source connected to the first and second electrodes; and an electrical circuit connected to the first conduit and the second conduit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110262818 | Electrochemical Removal of Contaminants from Hydrogen - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell is described. The fuel cell includes a twin-cell electrochemical filter. A flow of reformate H | 10-27-2011 |
20120009488 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING FUEL PROCESSOR AND MANAGING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system including a fuel processor, and a method of operating the fuel cell system, the fuel cell system includes: a reformer that reforms a hydrocarbon group fuel source into a reformed gas; a burner that heats the reformer; a CO remover unit that removes CO from a reformed gas generated by the reformer; a stack to generate electricity using the reformed gas; a first burner fuel supply line to supply the hydrocarbon group fuel source to the burner; and a second burner fuel supply line to supply the reformed gas from the CO remover unit to the burner. | 01-12-2012 |
20120164546 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120270119 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF ENERGY IN THE FORMS ELECTRICITY, HEAT AND HYDROGEN GAS - A method and device for sustainable, simultaneous production of energy in the forms electricity, hydrogen gas and heat from a carbonaceous gas, the method having the following steps: 1. continuously dividing a feed charge of carbonaceous gas into a first feed gas flow and a second feed gas flow, 2. charging the first feed gas flow to a primary SOFC to produce electricity and heat and CO | 10-25-2012 |
20120295170 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH VALVE ON RAW MATERIAL GAS SUPPLY PASSAGE AND VALVE DOWNSTREAM OF CARBON MONOXIDE DECREASING UNIT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The fuel cell power generation system includes a fuel cell, a reformer, a carbon monoxide decreasing unit, a first raw material supply source, a first valve which is provided to a first raw material flow passage, a second valve which is provided downstream of the carbon monoxide decreasing unit, a second raw material supply source which supplies a raw material to the inside of a flow passage which is closed by the first valve and the second valve from downstream of the carbon monoxide decreasing unit, and a control unit which controls the first valve and the second valve, wherein the control unit, after the first valve and the second valve are closed, supplies the raw material fed from the second raw material supply source to the inside of the flow passage closed by the first valve and the second valve at the time of stopping the system. | 11-22-2012 |
20120321971 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation apparatus | 12-20-2012 |
20130052549 | ANION-EXCHANGE-MEMBRANE TYPE OF FUEL-CELL-SYSTEM - An anion-exchange-membrane type of fuel-cell-system includes: a fuel cell part; and a carbon dioxide eliminating part, wherein the fuel cell part comprises a fuel electrode, an air electrode, an anion-exchange type of solid polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between the fuel electrode and the air electrode, a fuel channel that supplies a fuel gas to the fuel electrode, and an air channel that supplies air or an oxygen gas to the air electrode, and the carbon dioxide eliminating part is configured to eliminate carbon dioxide which is mixed in the fuel gas when the fuel gas flows through the fuel channel, and to allow the fuel gas to flow again into the fuel channel after eliminating the carbon dioxide. | 02-28-2013 |
20140023944 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell; a fuel gas supply unit; an oxidizing gas supply unit; an oxidizing gas supply passage; an oxidizing gas discharge passage; an oxidizing gas branch passage; an on-off valve disposed on at least one of the oxidizing gas discharge passage and a portion of the oxidizing gas supply passage; an oxidizing gas supply amount measuring unit disposed on the oxidizing gas branch passage; and a controller configured to determine that the on-off valve is normal in a case where a supply amount of the oxidizing gas measured by the oxidizing gas supply amount measuring unit is equal to or larger than a first threshold and determines that the on-off valve is abnormal in a case where the supply amount of the oxidizing gas measured by the oxidizing gas supply amount measuring unit is smaller than the first threshold. | 01-23-2014 |
20140093794 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator includes: a tubular reformer configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction using a material gas; a CO reducer configured to reduce carbon monoxide contained in the hydrogen-containing gas generated in the reformer; a tubular hydro-desulfurizer provided at an outer periphery of the reformer and configured to remove a sulfur compound contained in the material gas; and a material gas supply passage through which the material gas to be supplied to the hydro-desulfurizer flows. The material gas supply passage is configured to perform heat exchange with the CO reducer, and a material gas inlet port of the hydro-desulfurizer is provided at an end surface closer to the CO reducer. | 04-03-2014 |
20140212775 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator includes a reformer configured to cause a reforming reaction using a material and steam to generate a hydrogen-containing gas; a shift converter configured to reduce CO in the hydrogen-containing gas by a shift reaction; an evaporator provided adjacent to the shift converter so as to perform heat exchange with an upstream side of the shift converter and configured to evaporate water; and a hydro-desulfurizer provided adjacent to the shift converter so as to perform heat exchange with a downstream side of the shift converter and configured to remove a sulfur compound in the material by a hydrodesulfurization reaction. | 07-31-2014 |
20140248545 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system ( | 09-04-2014 |
20150030945 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ITS USE - A fuel cell system is provided, including a fuel cell stack with a plurality of cathodes ( | 01-29-2015 |
20160043413 | SOFC SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE CO2 REMOVAL - A system and method in which a high temperature fuel cell stack exhaust stream is recycled back into the fuel inlet stream of the high temperature fuel cell stack. The recycled stream may be sent to a carbon dioxide separation device which separates carbon dioxide from the fuel exhaust stream. The carbon dioxide separation device may be a carbon dioxide trap, an electrochemical carbon dioxide separator, or a membrane separator. A water separator may be used in conjunction with the carbon dioxide separation device or used separately to continuously remove water from the recycled stream. | 02-11-2016 |
20160149248 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE RESTORATION OF FUEL CELL - A method for performance restoration of a fuel cell includes shutting off a supply of hydrogen to an anode to arbitrarily and unevenly drop a cell voltage of the fuel cell when air is supplied to a cathode together with start-off of the fuel cell. A reverse voltage occurs in some cells of the fuel cells, a water-splitting reaction occurs at the anode of the cell in which the reverse voltage occurs, and oxygen generated by the water-splitting reaction removes carbon monoxide (CO), which has contaminated the anode, by oxidizing the carbon monoxide (CO) to carbon dioxide (CO | 05-26-2016 |