| 摘要 |
<p>A fuel processing method is disclosed which is operable to remove substantially all of the sulfur present in an undiluted oxygenated hydrocarbon fuel stock which contains an oxygenate and which is used to power a fuel cell power plant in a mobile environment. The power plant hydrogen fuel source can be gasoline, diesel fuel or other like fuels which contain relatively high levels of organic sulfur. The undiluted hydrocarbon fuel supply (3) is passed through a desulfurizer bed (8) wherein essentially all of the sulfur in the organic sulfur compounds reacts with the nickel reactant and is converted to nickel sulfide, while the now desulfurized hydrocarbon fuel supply (12) continues through the remainder of the fuel processing system (14). The method does not require the addition of steam or a hydrogen source to the fuel stream prior to the desulfurizing step.</p> |
