Method of operating a fuel processor intermittently

In situations where the demand for syngas is intermittent, a fuel processor is operated to provide a high absolute hydrogen and carbon monoxide production, rather than to give a high fuel-specific hydrogen and carbon monoxide production. When a syngas generator is operated to intermittently produce...

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Hauptverfasser:	LOGAN WILLIAM ALLISON, BOULET ANDRE, STONER CHRISTOPHER GORDON, LI XUANTIAN, TOWGOOD PAUL SEBRIGHT, JOHANNES ERIK PAUL, NEELS JACOBUS
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION COMBUSTION ENGINES COMPOUNDS THEREOF CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS STEAM ENGINES SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	In situations where the demand for syngas is intermittent, a fuel processor is operated to provide a high absolute hydrogen and carbon monoxide production, rather than to give a high fuel-specific hydrogen and carbon monoxide production. When a syngas generator is operated to intermittently produce syngas, a heating process can be performed between periods of syngas demand in order to keep the fuel processor within a desired temperature range. The heating process can comprise various steps or events including performing a heating event, allowing a standby period, and/or performing a carbon conversion event. Carbon formed during the process of converting fuel to syngas can be advantageously converted to maintain the temperature of the fuel processor within a desired range in between periods of syngas demand. A predictive method can be employed to control at least a portion of the heating process.