Gas: heating and illuminating – Processes – Fuel mixtures
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Neckel, Alexa D (Department: 1723)
Gas: heating and illuminating
Processes
Fuel mixtures
C208S134000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07871450
ABSTRACT:
A pre-processing assembly and method for processing fuel feedstock containing oxygen and hydrocarbons having higher and lower hydrocarbon content for a fuel cell, wherein the pre-processing assembly has a deoxidizing bed for reducing oxygen in the fuel feedstock and a pre-reforming bed for reducing higher hydrocarbon content in the fuel feedstock and wherein the deoxidizing bed and the pre-reforming bed are disposed within a common reaction vessel such that the fuel feedstock first passes through the deoxidizing bed and thereafter through the pre-reforming bed. The pre-reforming assembly may further include a propane processor bed for processing propane and propylene in the fuel feedstock, where the propane processor bed is disposed within the common reaction vessel with the deoxidizing bed and the pre-reforming bed.
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Daly Joseph M.
Katikaneni Sai P.
Akram Imran
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
Neckel Alexa D
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