Device for cooling and humidifying reformate

Patent · Tue Apr 08 04:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:1014540

Zhao, Jian Lian; Northrop, William F.

Devices for cooling and humidifying a reformate stream from a reforming reactor as well as related methods, modules and systems includes a heat exchanger and a sprayer. The heat exchanger has an inlet, an outlet, and a conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The heat exchanger is adapted to allow a flow of a first fluid (e.g. water) inside the conduit and to establish a heat exchange relationship between the first fluid and a second fluid (e.g. reformate from a reforming reactor) flowing outside the conduit. The sprayer is coupled to the outlet of the heat exchanger for spraying the first fluid exiting the heat exchanger into the second fluid.

• Research Organization: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC02-99EE50580
• Assignee: Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,354,465
• Application Number: 11/156,919
• OSTI ID: 1014540
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English