C01B 2203/0244
The reforming step being an autothermal reforming step
Official title: the reforming step being an autothermal reforming step, e.g. secondary reforming processes
C01B2203/0244 (The reforming step being an autothermal reforming step) appears on 1,086 US grants and 1,494 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydrogen producing fuel processing system236US 6,221,117 B1IdaTech, LLC · 2001
- Fuel cell electric power production199US 4,522,894 AEngelhard Corporation · 1985
- Thermally enhanced compact reformer179US 5,858,314 AZtek Corporation · 1999
- Staged combustion of a low heating value fuel gas for driving a gas turbine166US 6,201,029 B1Marathon Oil Company · 2001
- Integrated hydrocarbon reforming system and controls150US 6,641,625 B1Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC · 2003