| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 429419000 | Thermal regeneration | 12 |
| 20110076575 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF HYDROGEN FOR AN ON-BOARD SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system for generating hydrogen for an on-board device comprising a system for regenerating the material consumed by the generation of hydrogen. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110086279 | FLUID COOLING APPARATUS FOR A FUEL CELL DEVICE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Liquid cooling apparatus for a fuel cell device, which is configured as an independent unit and by means of which the fuel cell device can be provided with cooling liquid and heated liquid can be removed from the fuel cell device, comprising an inlet connection for liquid, an outlet connection for liquid, a radiator, at least one fan, which is speed-controlled and directed at the radiator, and a temperature-controlled two-way valve, wherein a first path passes through the radiator and a second path by-passes the radiator and a mass flow distribution of the liquid into the first path and the second path can be adjusted by the two-way valve. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110274994 | Catalyst and Liquid Combination for a Thermally Regenerative Fuel Cell - Combinations of catalyst and compound are described that are suitable for use in a thermally regenerative fuel cell. Such combinations offer greater than 99% selectivity and accordingly they cycle through a reversible dehydrogenation process with substantially no loss due to byproduct formation. Combinations of secondary benzylic alcohols and Pd/SiO | 11-10-2011 |
| 20130011757 | Fuel Cell System Containing Anode Tail Gas Oxidizer and Hybrid Heat Exchanger/Reformer - A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell stack, a fuel inlet conduit, and a fuel heat exchanger containing a fuel reformation catalyst. The fuel heat exchanger is connected to the fuel inlet conduit and to at least one fuel cell system exhaust conduit which in operation provides a high temperature exhaust stream to the fuel heat exchanger. The fuel heat exchanger is thermally integrated with an anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) exhaust conduit such that in operation an ATO exhaust stream in the ATO exhaust conduit heats a fuel inlet stream passing through the heat exchanger. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130017460 | SORPTION ENHANCED METHANATION OF BIOMASS - Disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass. Certain embodiments of the method are particularly useful for producing substitute natural gas from forestry residues. Certain disclosed embodiments of the method convert a biomass feedstock into a product hydrocarbon by hydropyrolysis. Catalytic conversion of the resulting pyrolysis gas to the product hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide occurs in the presence of hydrogen and steam over a CO | 01-17-2013 |
| 20140030616 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH CARBON MONOXIDE GENERATOR USING ULTRACLEAN COAL OR GRAPHITE - A solid oxide fuel cell system has a carbon monoxide generator using ultraclean coal or graphite, which includes a carbon supply unit, a carbon dioxide supply unit, a carbon monoxide generating unit, and a fuel cell unit. The carbon monoxide generating unit supplies CO to the anode of the fuel cell unit, and CO | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140186728 | Use of Ammonia as Source of Hydrogen Fuel and as a Getter for Air-CO2 in Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells - Embodiments of the invention provide an ammonia operated fuel cell system including an alkaline membrane fuel cell (AMFC) having an anode, and an ammonia thermal cracker including a combustion chamber, the cracker being in gas communication with an ammonia source, and configured to provide a supply of H | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150125769 | METHOD OF OPERATING A FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM - A method of operating a fuel cell power system comprising: supplying a hydrocarbon fuel to a fuel processing system; supplying air and water to the fuel processing system; supplying a hydrogen-rich reformate from the fuel processing system to a fuel cell stack; supplying an anode waste gas from the fuel cell stack to a burner; drawing a load from the at least one fuel cell stack; and detecting an operating temperature of the fuel reformer; wherein supplying air and water to the fuel processing system comprises adjusting an amount of air and water to be supplied based on the load drawn from the fuel cell stack; and supplying the hydrocarbon fuel to the fuel processing system comprises adjusting an amount of hydrocarbon fuel to be supplied based on the detected operating temperature of the fuel reformer. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150311549 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen generator includes: a hydro-desulfurizer operative to remove a sulfur compound in a raw material and including a tubular first wall; a reformer operative to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by using the raw material supplied from the hydro-desulfurizer; a tubular second wall provided coaxially with the first wall so as to be opposed to the first wall; and an electric heater annularly provided in a gap between the first wall and the second wall so as to turn back in the axial direction of the first wall and including a portion extending in an axial direction of the first wall. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150380756 | FUEL CELL MODULE - An object is to provide a highly efficient and small-sized fuel cell module. To achieve this object, a cell stack | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160104906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW RATE RATIO - A system for controlling a flow rate ratio includes a fuel cell comprising an anode for generating a tail gas and having an inlet and an outlet; a fuel reformer for mixing a fuel with the tail gas from the outlet of the anode to generate a reformed stream which is split into first and second branch streams at a splitting position, the first branch stream returned to the inlet of the anode; a cooler for removing heat from the second branch stream; a bottoming cycle including an external or internal combustion engine driven in response to the cooled second branch stream; a measuring device for measuring differential pressures of two of the main stream, the first branch stream and the second branch stream; and a controlling device for controlling a flow rate ratio of the first branch stream to the main stream in response to the measured differential pressures. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20170237088 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE OPERATING FUEL-CELL MODULE | 08-17-2017 |
