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B01J 35/02 (2006.01) B01J 35/04 (2006.01) C01B 3/40 (2006.01) H01M 8/06 (2006.01) H01M 8/10 (2006.01) H01M 8/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2142781
A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst material comprising a catalyst support impregnated with catalyst is provided for reforming hydrocarbon fuel gases in anelectrochemical generator. Elongated electrochemical cells convert the fuel to electrical power in the presence of an oxidant, after which the spent fuel is recirculated and combined with a fresh hydrocarbon feed fuel forming the reformable gas mixture which is fed to a reforming chamber containing a reforming catalyst material, where the reforming catalyst material includes discrete passageways integrally formed along the length of the catalyst support in the direction of reformable gas flow. The spent fuel and/or combusted exhaust gases discharged from the generator chamber transfer heat to the catalyst support, which in turn transfers heat to the reformable gas and to the catalyst, preferably via a number of discrete passageways disposed adjacent one another in the reforming catalyst support. The passageways can be slots extending inwardly from an outer surface of the support body, which slots are partly defined by an exterior confining wall. According to a preferred embodiment, the catalyst support is non- rigid, porous, fibrous alumina wherein the fibers are substantially unsintered and compressible, and the reforming catalyst support is impregnated at least in the discrete passageways with Ni and MgO, and has a number of internal slot passageways for reformable gas, the slot passageways being partly closed by a containing outer wall.
Basel Richard A.
George Raymond A.
Shockling Larry A.
Singh Prabhakar
Bereskin & Parr
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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