Plate shift converter

A plate shift converted comprising:

• a stack of shift reactor plates and cooling plates, each shift reactor plate being sandwiched between two cooling plates for cooling the shift reactor plate and including a first plate member, a first masking frame extending along a periphery of the first plate member, a first gas entrance formed in the first masking frame, a first gas exit formed at a position opposite the first gas entrance in the first masking frame, an upstream side shift catalyst located in an upstream area of the first masking frame and a downstream side shift catalyst located in a downstream area of the first masking frame, and the cooling plate including a second plate member, a second masking frame extending along a periphery of the second plate member, a second gas entrance formed in the second masking frame and a second gas exit formed at a position opposite the second gas entrance in the second masking frame;
• a first gas intake manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the first gas entrance of the shift reactor plate;
• a first gas exhaust manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the first gas exit of the shift reactor plate;
• a second gas intake manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the second gas entrance of the cooling plate;
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• a second gas exhaust manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the second gas exit of the cooling plate.

A plate shift converter comprising:

• a stack of shift reactor plates and cooling plates, each shift reactor plate being sandwiched between two cooling plates for cooling the shift reactor plate and including a first plate member, a first masking frame extending along a periphery of the first plate member, a first gas entrance formed in the first masking frame, a first gas exit formed at a position opposite the first gas entrance in the first masking frame and a shift catalyst located in first masking frame, the first cooling plate including a second plate member, a second masking frame extending along a periphery of the second plate member, a second gas entrance formed in the second masking frame, a second gas exit formed at a position opposite the second gas entrance in the second masking frame and a first fin plate located in the second masking frame, and the second cooling plate including a third plate member, a third masking frame extending along a periphery of the third plate member, a third gas entrance formed in the third masking frame, the third gas entrance being formed at a position different from the second gas entrance, a third gas exit formed at a position opposite the third gas entrance in the third masking frame, the third gas exit being formed at a position different from the second gas exit and a second fin plate located in the third masking frame;
• a first gas intake manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the first gas entrance of the shift reactor plate;
• a first gas exhaust manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the first gas exit of the shift reactor plate;
• a second gas intake manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the second gas entrance of the first cooling plate;
• a second gas exhaust manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the second gas exit of the first cooling plate;
• a third gas intake manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the third gas entrance of the second cooling plate;
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• a third gas exhaust manifold mounted on a lateral face of the stack for covering the third gas exit of the second cooling plate.

A power generation system comprising:

• a plate reformer including a reforming reactor plate, a reforming catalyst, a combustor plate, a combustion catalyst and a fuel introduction plate, the reforming catalyst being placed in the reforming reactor plate, raw material gas being introduced to the reforming reactor plate, the combustion catalyst being placed in the combustor plate, air being introduced to the combustor plate, fuel gas being introduced to the fuel introduction plate, the fuel gas being delivered to the combustor plate from the fuel introduction plate, and the reforming reactor plate, the combustor plate and the fuel introduction plate being stacked;
• a plate type heat exchanger including a high temperature fin plate, a low temperature fin plate and a partition plate, a high temperature fluid flowing through the high temperature fin plate, a low temperature fluid flowing through the low temperature fin plate, the high and low temperature fin plates being stacked with the partition plate being interposed;
• a plate type shift converter including a stack of shift reactor plates and cooling plates, each shift reactor plate being sandwiched between two cooling plates for cooling the shift reactor plate, a shift catalyst being placed in each shift reactor plate, a cooling agent flowing through each cooling plate, and the shift reactor plates and the cooling plates being stacked;
• a phosphoric acid fuel cell stack, each phosphoric acid fuel cell having an electrolyte plate, a fuel electrode and an air electrode, the electrolyte plate being sandwiched by the electrodes;
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• a housing for accommodating the plate type reformer, the plate type heat exchanger, the plate type shift converter and the fuel cell stack, the plate type reformer, the plate type heat exchanger and the plate type shift converter being in one pile, with the fuel gas from the reforming reactor plate of the reformer being fed to the fuel electrode of each phosphoric acid fuel cell through the high temperature fin plate of the heat exchanger and the shift reactor plate of the shift converter.

A power generation system comprising:

• a plate reformer including a reforming reactor plate, a reforming catalyst, a combustor plate, a combustion catalyst and a fuel introduction plate, the reforming catalyst being placed in the reforming reactor plate, raw material gas being introduced to the reforming reactor plate, the combustion catalyst being placed in the combustor plate, air being introduced to the combustor plate, fuel gas being introduced to the fuel introduction plate, the fuel gas being delivered to the combustor plate from the fuel introduction plate, and the reforming reactor plate, the combustor plate and the fuel introduction plate being stacked;
• a plate type heat exchanger including a high temperature fin plate, a low temperature fin plate and a partition plate, a high temperature fluid flowing through the high temperature fin plate, a low temperature fluid flowing through the low temperature fin plate, the high and low temperature fin plates being stacked with the partition plate being interposed;
• a plate type shift converter including a stack of shift reactor plates and cooling plates, each shift reactor plate being sandwiched between two cooling plates for cooling the shift reactor plate, a shift catalyst being placed in each shift reactor plate, a cooling agent flowing through each cooling plate, and the shift reactor plates and the cooling plates being stacked;
• a phosphoric acid fuel cell stack, each phosphoric acid fuel cell having an electrolyte plate, a fuel electrode and an air electrode, the electrolyte plate being sandwiched by the electrodes;
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• a housing for accommodating the plate type reformer, the plate type heat exchanger, the plate type shift converter and the fuel cell stack, the plate type reformer, the plate type heat exchanger, the plate type shift converter and the fuel cell stack being in one pile, with the fuel gas from the reforming reactor plate of the reformer being fed to the fuel electrode of each phosphoric acid fuel cell through the high temperature fin plate of the heat exchanger and the shift reactor plate of the shift converter.