CPOX reactor control system and method

A fuel reformer module comprising:

• a fuel reactor body enclosing a fuel chamber bounded by:
• a perimeter wall, disposed along a chamber longitudinal axis;
• a cap wall, attached to the perimeter wall and disposed to enclose a top end of the fuel chamber;
• and a reactor shield base wall, attached to the perimeter wall and disposed to enclose a bottom end of the fuel chamber, wherein the reactor shield base wall includes:
• a base wall top surface facing into the fuel chamber;
• a substantially parallel and opposing base wall bottom surface facing out of the fuel chamber;
• and a plurality of base wall fuel passages, each base wall fuel passage extending through the reactor shield base wall from the base wall top surface to the base wall bottom surface, and
• a catalyzing body including:
• a solid non-porous substrate bounded by a catalyzing body top surface;
• a substantially parallel and opposing catalyzing body bottom surface;
• and a plurality of catalyst fuel passages, each catalyst fuel passage passing through the catalyzing body wherein an inside surface of each of the plurality of catalyst fuel passages is formed with a catalyst layer coated thereon;
• and
• the fuel reactor body is formed as a substantially continuous thermally conductive pathway extending from the bottom surface of the reactor shield base wall to external surfaces of each of the perimeter wall and the cap wall and is formed from materials having a coefficient of thermal conductivity greater than 100 W/mK at 350 degrees C.