WO2007037856A3 - Thermally primed hydrogen-producing fuel cell system - Google Patents

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WO2007037856A3
WO2007037856A3 PCT/US2006/033027 US2006033027W WO2007037856A3 WO 2007037856 A3 WO2007037856 A3 WO 2007037856A3 US 2006033027 W US2006033027 W US 2006033027W WO 2007037856 A3 WO2007037856 A3 WO 2007037856A3
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Abstract

Thermally primed fuel processing assemblies and hydrogen-producing fuel cell systems that include the same. The thermally primed fuel processing assemblies (10) include at least one hydrogen-producing region (19) housed within an internal compartment of a heated containment structure (70). In some embodiments, the heated containment structure is an oven. In some embodiments, the compartment also contains a purification region (24) and/or heating assembly. In some embodiments, the containment structure is adapted to heat and maintain the internal compartment at or above a threshold temperature, which may correspond to a suitable hydrogen-producing temperature. In some embodiments, the containment structure is adapted to maintain this temperature during periods in which the fuel cell system is not producing power and/or not producing power to satisfy an applied'load to the system In some embodiments, the fuel cell system is adapted to provide backup power to a power source (130), which may be adapted to power the containment structure.
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JP2008531132A JP5607302B2 (en) 2005-09-16 2006-08-23 Heat-prepared hydrogen generation fuel cell system
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