Gas: heating and illuminating – Generators
Patent
1999-11-12
2000-12-12
Knode, Marian C.
Gas: heating and illuminating
Generators
208244, B01J 700, C10G 2900, C10J 100
Patent
active
061592560
ABSTRACT:
A fuel processing system is operable to remove substantially all of the sulfur present in an undiluted hydrocarbon fuel stock supply used to power a fuel cell power plant in a mobile environment, such as an automobile, bus, truck, boat, or the like, or in a stationary environment. The power plant hydrogen fuel source can be gasoline, diesel fuel, naphtha, light hydrocarbon fuels such as butane, propane, natural gas, or other like fuels which contain relatively high levels of organic sulfur compounds such as mercaptans, sulfides, disulfides, and the like. The undiluted hydrocarbon fuel supply is passed through a nickel desulfurizer bed wherein essentially all of the sulfur in the organic sulfur compounds react with the nickel reactant, and are converted to nickel sulfide while the desulfurized organic remnants continue through the remainder of the fuel processing system. The system does not require the addition of steam or a hydrogen source to the fuel stream prior to the desulfurizing step. The system operates at relatively low temperatures and can be used to desulfurize either a liquid or a gaseous fuel stream.
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Bonville, Jr. Leonard J.
DeGeorge Charles L.
Foley Peter F.
Garow Jay
Lesieur Roger R.
Doroshenk Alexa A.
International Fuel Cells LLC
Jones William W.
Knode Marian C.
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