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Fuel cell integrated with steam reformer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:866268
A H.sub.2 -air fuel cell integrated with a steam reformer is disclosed wherein a superheated water/methanol mixture is fed to a catalytic reformer to provide a continuous supply of hydrogen to the fuel cell, the gases exhausted from the anode of the fuel cell providing the thermal energy, via combustion, for superheating the water/methanol mixture.
Assignee:
Engelhard Corporation (Menlo Park, NJ)
Patent Number(s):
US 4670359
OSTI ID:
866268
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English