HYDROGEN FUEL REFORMING IN A FOG COOLED FUEL CELL POWER PLANT ASSEMBLY

摘要

Hydrocarbon Fuel Reforming In a Fog Cooled Fuel Cell Power Plant Assembly The power section of a phosphoric acid fuel cell power plant is cooled by injection of water droplets or fog into the anode gas stream exhaust, wherein the water droplets are vaporized. The anode exhaust with the water vapor therein is then split with a portion thereof being directed to the burner in the catalytic reformer to be consumed by the reformer burner. The remainder of the anode exhaust is routed to the reformer inlet where it provides the water necessary for the reforming reaction. The fog is produced by condensation of water out of the exhaust from a turbocompressor which compresses the air supply for the cathode side of the power section. C-1613