Fuel cell integrated with steam reformer
Patent
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OSTI ID:866268
- Lower Makefield, PA
- Bricktown, NJ
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
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