Method for generating hydrogen for fuel cells

A method of generating a H2 rich gas from a fuel includes supplying a mixture of molecular oxygen, fuel, and water to a fuel processor, and converting the mixture of molecular oxygen, fuel, and water in the fuel processor to the H2 rich gas. The fuel has the formula CnHmOp where n has a value rangin...

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Hauptverfasser:	AHMED SHABBIR, KRUMPELT MICHAEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS COMPOUNDS THEREOF ELECTRICITY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS INORGANIC CHEMISTRY METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of generating a H2 rich gas from a fuel includes supplying a mixture of molecular oxygen, fuel, and water to a fuel processor, and converting the mixture of molecular oxygen, fuel, and water in the fuel processor to the H2 rich gas. The fuel has the formula CnHmOp where n has a value ranging from 1 to 20 and is the average number of carbon atoms per mole of the fuel; m has a value ranging from 2 to 42 and is the average number of hydrogen atoms per mole of the fuel; and p has a value ranging from 0 to 12 and is the average number of oxygen atoms per mole of the fuel. The molar ratio of molecular oxygen supplied to the fuel processor per mole of fuel is a value ranging from about 0.5x0 to about 1.5x0, and the value of x0 is equal to 0.312n-0.5p+0.5(DELTAHf, fuel/DELTAHf, water) where n and p have the values described above, DELTAHf, fuel is the heat of formation of the fuel, and DELTAHf, water is the heat of formation of water.