Hybrid water gas shift system
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Dec 8, 2005
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Jun 4, 2004
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Jun 4, 2004
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A fuel processing system (FPS) (120, 220, 320) provides a hydrogen-rich reformate having a reduced level of CO (34, 234, 62), as for use in a fuel cell power plant (120). The FPS includes, in combination, a reformer (30, 230) for converting hydrocarbon feedstock (22) to reformate and a multistage hybrid WGS reactor (150, 250, 350) for converting CO with H.sub.2O in the reformate to H.sub.2 and CO.sub.2 to reduce the CO in the reformate. The multistage hybrid WGS reactor (150, 250, 350) has one stage (154, 254, 352) of active noble metal catalyst (174, 274, 374), typically platinum and/or rhenium, and an other stage (152, 252, 354) of Cu-based WGS catalyst (172, 272, 372), e.g. Cu/ZnO, whereby the collective volume of the one and the other stages is relatively small, being less than about 1/2 that of prior WGS reactors. The Cu-based WGS catalyst may be modified to reduce self-heat. Protection from sulfur in the reformate is also provided. The multistage hybrid WGS reactor (150, 250, 350) may further include an O.sub.2 guard.
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