Reformer
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasunori Iwakiri, Takao Izumi
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Abstract
A reformer 1 of the present invention is formed by stacking each other a reforming layer 2 configured to reform a reforming fuel with a reforming catalyst 5, and a heating layer 3 configured to heat the reforming layer 2 through an exothermic reaction with a combustion catalyst 8. A gas mixture obtained by mixing a to-be-combusted gas with a combustion-assisting gas is supplied to a heating passage 25 in the heating layer 3. The heating passage 25 is separated into multiple separation passages 31a to 31c by separation walls 11, 13 parallel to a wall surface coated with the combustion catalyst 8. The multiple separation passages 31a to 31c respectively eject the gas mixture to different positions of the combustion catalyst 8.
Claims10
A reformer, comprising:
- a reforming layer configured to reform a reforming fuel with a reforming catalyst, the reforming layer being stacked with a heating layer configured to heat the reforming layer through an exothermic reaction with a combustion catalyst, wherein
- a heating passage in the heating layer is configured to receive a gas mixture comprising a to-be-combusted gas mixed with a combustion-assisting gas,
- the heating passage is separated into a plurality of separation passages by a plurality of separation walls parallel to a wall surface coated with the combustion catalyst,
- the plurality of separation passages respectively eject the gas mixture to different positions of the combustion catalyst, and
- the plurality of separation walls are respectively provided with openings at the different positions.
A reformer comprising:
- a reforming layer configured to reform a reforming fuel with a reforming catalyst, the reforming layer being stacked with a heating layer configured to heat the reforming layer through an exothermic reaction with a combustion catalyst, wherein
- a heating passage in the heating layer is configured to receive a gas mixture comprising a to-be-combusted gas mixed with a combustion-assisting gas,
- the heating passage is separated into a plurality of separation passages by respective separation walls parallel to a wall surface coated with the combustion catalyst,
- wherein flow in a separation passage disposed in contact with the wall surface coated with the combustion catalyst and a separation passage at a position away from the wall surface is switched in a middle of the heating passage and wherein the respective separation walls are respectively provided with openings at different positions.
A reformer, comprising:
- a reforming layer configured to reform a reforming fuel with a reforming catalyst, the reforming layer being stacked with a heating layer configured to heat the reforming layer through an exothermic reaction with a combustion catalyst, wherein
- a heating passage in the heating layer is configured to receive a mixed gas comprising a to-be-combusted gas mixed with a combustion-assisting gas,
- the heating passage is separated into a plurality of separation passages by parallel separation walls parallel to a wall surface coated with the combustion catalyst, and
- the plurality of separation passages are configured to respectively eject the mixed gas to different positions of the combustion catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.