US 11,955,676 B2
Integrated reformer, reactor, and control system for efficient hydrogen production from hydrocarbon
Peiwen Li, Tucson, AZ (US); Xinhai Xu, Tucson, AZ (US); Shuyang Zhang, Tucson, AZ (US); and Xiaoxin Wang, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/221,744.
Application 17/221,744 is a division of application No. 16/453,575, filed on Jun. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,196,072.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,069, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,107, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,093, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,056, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,078, filed on Jun. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052368 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/12 (2016.01); F04B 43/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/92 (2006.01); H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 8/0267 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/1213 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/1213 (2013.01) [F04B 43/00 (2013.01); H01M 4/8605 (2013.01); H01M 4/92 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/0267 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04074 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2300/002 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0082 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0091 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compact unit comprising:
a hydrocarbon auto-thermal reformer (ATR),
a water-gas shift (WGS) reactor, and
at least two countercurrent flow heat recuperators,
wherein at least a first of the at least two countercurrent flow heat recuperators is placed downstream from the hydrocarbon ATR and the WGS reactor,
wherein said compact unit is configured as a part of a fuel cell.