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AssigneeMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
InventorsToru Nakamura, Susumu Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kudo, Mikio Sei, Yuichiro Yasuda, Zhongmin Fei
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There is provided a reforming apparatus which shows high efficiency and excellent operation-starting performance, in spite of its compact body and simple structure. The present invention relates to a reforming apparatus which having a gas-producing passage (1) which includes a reforming catalyst section (2), a shift catalyst section (3) and a CO-selective oxidizing catalyst section (4) arranged in this order along a gas flowing direction; and a combustion gas passage (5) for heating the reforming catalyst section (2), the shift catalyst section (3) and the CO-selective oxidizing catalyst section (4). The reformed gas-producing passage (1) is formed of a first passage (1a) including the reforming catalyst section (2) and a second heat-recovering section (6) which recovers heat from the gas having passed through the shift catalyst section (3) and the gas having passed through the CO-selective oxidizing catalyst section (4) and supplies the heat to a fuel gas and steam fed to the reforming catalyst section (2); and a second passage (1b) including the shift catalyst section (3), the CO-selective oxidizing catalyst section (4), and a first heat-recovering section (7) which recovers heat from the gas having passed through the reforming catalyst section (2) and supplies the heat to the reforming catalyst section (2). The first passage (1a) is located adjacent to the combustion gas passage (5), and the second passage (1b) is located adjacent to the first passage (1a).
A reforming apparatus for producing a reformed gas from a fuel gas and steam, comprising a reformed gas-producing passage and a combustion gas passage, characterized in
A reforming apparatus comprising a reformed gas-producing passage which includes a reforming catalyst section for producing reformed gas containing hydrogen as a main component through a steam reforming reaction between a fuel gas and steam, a shift catalyst section for reducing an amount of carbon monoxide (CO) in the reformed gas produced in the reforming catalyst section through water gas shift reaction and a CO-selective oxidizing catalyst section for further reducing an amount of carbon monoxide (CO) in the reformed gas having been subjected to the water gas shift reaction by reacting carbon monoxide in the reformed gas with oxygen, arranged in thus listed order along a gas flowing direction;
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