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A cylindrical steam reforming unit comprising a plurality of cylindrical bodies consisting of a first cylindrical body, a second cylindrical body and a third cylindrical body of successively increasing diameters disposed in a concentric spaced relation, a radiation cylinder disposed within and concentrically with the first cylindrical body, a burner disposed in the radial central portion of the radiation cylinder, and a reforming catalyst layer with a reforming catalyst filled in a gap between the first and second cylindrical bodies, wherein a CO shift catalyst layer and a CO removal catalyst layer are disposed in a gap between the second and third cylindrical bodies, the CO shift catalyst layer being formed in a gap with the direction of flow reversed at one axial end of the reforming catalyst layer and through a heat recovery layer of predetermined length. According to this reforming unit, without internally disposing a heat insulation layer, a cooling mechanism or the like, the reforming catalyst layer, CO shift catalyst layer, and CO removal catalyst layer can be integrated, achieving various useful effects, including size and weight reductions and the shortening of startup time.

In a reforming apparatus, for use in a fuel cell, for reforming a raw fuel into a hydrogen-rich reformed gas, a reformer generates the reformed gas from the raw fuel. A shift reactor reduces carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas through a shift reaction. A selective oxidation unit reduces the carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas that has passed through the shift reactor by performing selective oxidation on the carbon monoxide. A reforming reaction tube houses linearly the reformer, the shift reactor and the selective oxidation unit in this order. A combustion means produces combustion exhaust gas by combusting the raw fuel. An outer casing is placed around the reforming reaction tube, and the outer casing has a larger diameter than that of the reforming reaction tube. A heated flow passage through which the combustion exhaust gas passes to heat the reforming reaction tube is formed between the reforming reaction tube and the outer casing.

A reformer includes a reforming chamber having a raw fuel passage through which a raw fuel flows, the reforming chamber being filled with or carrying a reforming catalyst, a supply chamber disposed upstream of the reforming chamber, for uniformly supplying the raw fuel to the raw fuel passage, and a discharge chamber disposed downstream of the reforming chamber, for uniformly discharging the raw fuel from the raw fuel passage. The raw fuel passage has first and second reversers for reversing the direction in which the raw fuel flows. The raw fuel passage has a cross-sectional area which is smaller in a downstream portion thereof than in an upstream portion thereof.

In a heat exchange reformer unit, a reforming passage supporting reform catalyst for inducing reforming reactions and a combustion passage supporting oxidizing catalyst for combustion are disposed adjacent to each other with a plate portion interposed therebetween. Heat-exchanging passages of the reforming passage that produce reformate gas that contains hydrogen from supplied reformation material, and heat-exchanging passages of the combustion passage that supply heat, which is generated by catalytically burning supplied fuel, to the reforming passage constitute a parallel-flow heat exchanger. Reformation material guide passages for introducing reformation material into the heat-exchanging passages in a predetermined direction, and mixed gas guide passages for introducing fuel into the heat-exchanging passages in a direction intersecting the gas flow direction in the reformation material guide passages, are provided upstream of the heat-exchanging passages in a gas flow direction.

A fuel reforming apparatus includes a catalyst packed portion containing therein fuel reforming catalyst (I) having excellent hydrocarbon conversion rate and fuel reforming catalyst (II) having excellent H₂+CO formation rate. Each of catalyst (I) and catalyst (II) especially preferably includes rhodium supported thereon. When the carrier for catalyst (I) is aluminum oxide and the carrier for catalyst (II) is cerium oxide, the hydrogen generation efficiency is excellent particularly even at start-up.

The invention provides a method for operating a reformed gas production apparatus with which it is possible to achieve a high reforming efficiency while preventing a drop in catalyst activity due to the deposition of carbon. The reformed gas production method uses a reforming catalyst to reform a fuel that contains a hydrocarbon having at least two carbon atoms to produce a reformed gas that includes methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide. With this method, a fluid that includes the fuel, at least one of steam and a carbon dioxide-containing gas, and an oxygen-containing gas, is supplied to a reforming reaction region, and with the thermal decomposition index temperature of the fuel, which is determined by the type and the concentration of the hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms that make up the fuel, serving as an upper limit temperature of the reforming reaction region, the fluid is brought into contact with the reforming catalyst to produce the reformed gas.

The invention discloses a waste gas-fuel reforming and recycling natural gas engine system and a control method. The waste gas-fuel reforming and recycling natural gas engine system comprises an engine, a fuel supply device, a gas tank used for supplying to the fuel supply device, a reformer and an intercooler. Engine fuel is directly subjected to a multiple reforming reaction with O2 and water vapor, so that reformed gas which is rich in H2 and CO is generated, and H2 production efficiency is high; online production of hydrogen is achieved, an extra fuel storage device or an extra hydrogen storage tank does not need to be provided, the safety is improved, and the size of the whole system is reduced; two pass tubes are adopted, so that the heat transfer coefficient is increased, and the reforming efficiency is improved accordingly; the reformed gas contains a large quantity of H2, the in-cylinder combustion speed is increased, and the lean burning extreme is widened; the oxygen concentration in a gas inlet pipe can be decreased through circulating waste gas, the specific heat capacity of working media is improved, and the in-cylinder combustion temperature is decreased; and by combining the reformed gas with the circulating waste gas, stable low-temperature lean burning of the natural gas engine can be achieved, and meanwhile, the HC concentration, the CO concentration and the NOx concentration can be decreased.

A fuel reforming apparatus includes a premixed fuel tank. In the premixed fuel tank, premixed fuel which is formed by emulsifying gasoline and water that are mixed with each other at a predetermined ratio, using a emulsifier. The premixed fuel is sprayed into a vaporizing portion through a nozzle. Heat can be supplied to the vaporizing portion by the reformer in which oxidation reaction proceeds, a first heating portion, and air supplied to the vaporizing portion through a heat exchanger. The premixed fuel sprayed into the vaporizing portion is vaporized immediately by the thus supplied heat, and is supplied to the reformer. In addition, air which has been humidified in a humidifying module cam be supplied to the vaporizing portion.

A reforming system including: a mixing section that mixes a reforming fuel and a reforming raw material other than the reforming fuel to produce a mixed gas; a reforming section that generates hydrogen from the mixed gas; a reforming fuel supply flow path; a reforming raw material supply flow path; a first supply device disposed in one flow path of the reforming fuel supply flow path and the reforming raw material flow path, that causes periodic fluctuation in a supply quantity of fluid flowing in the one flow path; a second supply device disposed in the other flow path of the reforming fuel supply flow path and the reforming raw material flow path; and a controller that controls the second supply device so that the second supply device supplies the fluid flowing in the other flow path in synchronization with the periodic fluctuation.

The invention discloses a fuel reforming system. The fuel reforming system includes: an engine combusting reformed gas to generate mechanical power; an intake line connected to the engine to supply the reformed gas and air to the engine; an exhaust line connected to the engine to circulate the exhaust gas discharged from the engine; a fuel reformer provided at an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) line diverging from the exhaust line; and a catalyst disposed at the exhaust line and purifying nitrogen oxide included in the exhaust gas at a front end of the fuel reformer. In particular, the fuel reformer mixes the fuel with the EGR gas which is a part of the exhaust gas and passes through the EGR line, and reforms the fuel mixed in the EGR gas.

The invention relates to a method and system for modifying low-grade oil. The method includes: (1) subjecting low-grade oil as a modifying material to conversion reaction in a conversion reactor underhydrogen contact condition to obtain a conversion product; (2) separating the conversion product of step (1) to at least obtain a first separated product; (3) extracting and separating the first separated product of step (2) in an extraction separation unit to obtain modified soil and residue; (4) returning the residue of step (3) to step (1) for conversion reaction; alternatively, spinning out the residue of step (3); alternatively, returning the residue of step (3) to step (1) for conversion reaction, and spinning out the remainder of the residue. The method and system provided herein havethe advantage that long-term operation is maintained for the system at the premise that spun-out residue is as little as possible.

A fuel reforming apparatus for reforming a mixture of fuel and gas containing oxygen includes an air-fuel mixing chamber into which fuel and air are supplied in such a manner that the fuel and the air are mixed with each other; a reforming reaction chamber which is provided downstream of the air-fuel mixing chamber, and which includes a reforming catalyst for reforming the mixture; and a mixture flow chamber which is provided between the air-fuel mixing chamber and the reforming reaction chamber. The cross sectional area of an outlet of the air-fuel mixing chamber is smaller than the cross sectional area of an inlet of the reforming reaction chamber. An inner wall surface of the mixture flow chamber is formed such that the outlet of the air-fuel mixing chamber is smoothly continuous with the inlet of the reforming reaction chamber.

The invention discloses a methane vapor reforming unit, comprising a reforming heat exchange apparatus, a methane conveyer pipe and a vapor conveyer pipe, and a preheating chamber. The reforming heat-exchange apparatus comprises a reforming chamber and a high temperature channel. The methane conveyer pipe and the vapor conveyer pipe are communicated with the reforming chamber and pass through the preheating chamber. The high temperature channel passes through the reforming chamber. The methane vapor reforming unit also has a preheating chamber. The preheating chamber can preheat the methane and the vapor needed for the reforming, thereby shortening the time of heating the methane and the vapor in the reforming chamber and enabling the methane and the vapor in the methane vapor reforming unit to have relatively higher reforming efficiency.

This invention relates to an oxidative autothermal reformer (1) comprising a reforming layer (2) at least partially filled with a reforming catalyst for producing a reformed gas composed mainly of hydrogen through a reforming reaction by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol and steam with the reforming catalyst; and an oxidative exothermic layer (3) at least partially filled with an oxidation catalyst for generating heat by oxidizing a part of the reformed gas, in which the reforming layer (2) is disposed at an upstream side of the oxidative exothermic layer (3); the reforming layer (2) and the oxidative exothermic layer (3) are in the form of a cylinder and have a triple circular tube structure formed by disposing an inner reforming layer (2A), an oxidative exothermic layer (3) and an outer reforming layer (2B) from the inside in a radical direction in this order; and at least a part of the reforming catalyst filled in the inner reforming layer (2A) and the outer reforming layer (2B) contains Ru metal.

The invention particularly relates to an internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack comprises a galvanic pile which is formed by stacking a plurality of structural units, an airflow buffer cavity which is located around the galvanic pile, and end plates which are located on the upper side and the lower side of the galvanic pile; each structural unit comprises a cathode airflow distribution plate, a connecting body, an anode airflow distribution plate and a single battery which are sequentially and tightly attached together; and a reforming catalytic material is impregnated on the anode airflow distribution plate. According to the invention, the reforming catalytic material is impregnated on the surface of the anode gas flow distribution plate, the steam and desulfurized natural gas are preheated and then directly introduced into the galvanic pile, the reforming reaction of the gas is completed before the gas enters the anode reaction area, the reforming catalytic material can accelerate the reforming efficiency, the problem of anode carbon deposition can be effectively reduced, and the whole system is simplified.

The invention provides a flash circulation smelting system constructed based on a high-temperature heat exchanger. The flash circulation smelting system comprises a coal gas main pipeline, the coal gas main pipeline comprises flash metallurgical equipment, a hot-medium flow pass of the high-temperature heat exchanger, dust-removal desulfurization equipment, a fan, gas-storage and pressure-regulating equipment, a cold-medium flow pass of the high-temperature heat exchanger and coal gas reforming equipment which communicate in sequence through pipelines, and a reduced coal gas outlet of the coalgas reforming equipment is connected with a reduced gas inlet of the flash metallurgical equipment through a pipeline. The flash circulation smelting system constructed based on the high-temperatureheat exchanger is a closed-loop system, and net-zero emission of carbon dioxide is achieved; and meanwhile heat energy and chemical energy of high-temperature discharged smoke of the flash metallurgical equipment are recycled, and comprehensive energy consumption of the system is lowered.