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US 2010/0062299 A1Published application
Evaporator and fuel reformer having the same
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorsIn-Hyuk Son, Woo-Cheol Shin, Jin-Goo Ahn, Sung-Chul Lee
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Abstract
An evaporator and a fuel reformer having the same. The evaporator includes a wall arrangement having a circumferential wall and a bottom wall, the circumferential wall and the bottom wall defining (or surrounding) an evaporation chamber; an inlet provided at one side of the evaporation chamber; an outlet formed in the bottom wall; and a barrier at (or surrounding) the outlet and projected from the bottom wall to the inside of the evaporation chamber.
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An evaporator of a fuel reformer comprising:
- a circumferential wall;
- a bottom wall having an outlet extending through the bottom wall;
- an evaporation chamber for receiving a liquid-phase fluid and defined by the circumferential wall and the bottom wall;
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- a barrier extending out from the bottom wall and into the evaporation chamber and for blocking the liquid-phase fluid from being discharged through the outlet while allowing a gas-phase fluid to be discharged through the outlet.
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A fuel reformer comprising:
- a reforming reactor;
- an evaporator for vaporizing a fuel and water into a gas-phase fluid and supplying the gas-phase fluid to the reforming reactor;
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- a heat source stacked between the evaporator and the reforming reactor and for supplying heat to both the evaporator and the reforming reactor, the evaporator comprising:
- an evaporation chamber for containing a liquid-phase fluid and defined by a bottom wall, the bottom wall being between the evaporation chamber and oxidation reactor and having an opening extending through the bottom wall;
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- a barrier extending out from the bottom wall and into the evaporation chamber and for blocking the liquid-phase fluid from being discharged through the opening while allowing the gas-phase fluid to be discharged through the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.