| 摘要 |
An autothermal reformer (103) includes a long section of unified foil or honeycomb catalyst bed (120) and a much shorter mixing and spreading section (102) of monolithic, open cell foam which mixes and spreads the components of mixture to be reformed. A fuel/steam mixture (A) passes through a heat exchange tube (44), and air (B) passes through a heat exchange tube (46), both tubes being heated by the exothermic catalytic reaction. The air, fuel and steam are mixed in a plurality of tubes (40) passing through a manifold (32), and thence into the monolithic, open cell foam mixing and spreading section (102). The shorter section may or may not be catalycized. |
