| US 7,547,484 B2 | ||
| Solid oxide fuel cell tube with internal fuel processing | ||
| Aaron T. Crumm, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); Christopher J. Reilly, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); and Tim LaBreche, Tecumseh, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Adaptive Materials Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/979,017. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/515779, filed on Oct. 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0112452 A1, May 26, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01M 8/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 429—31 [429/12; 429/30; 429/34; 429/40] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising:
a first tube;
a fuel reforming catalytic substrate positioned within the first tube, the fuel reforming catalytic substrate being configured
to receive hydrocarbon fuel and to convert the hydrocarbon fuel to hydrogen gas; and
a second tube electrically insulated from the fuel reforming catalytic substrate and disposed around the first tube, the second
tube comprising an active area disposed downstream the fuel reforming catalytic substrate, said active area having an anode
positioned on an interior, an electrolyte positioned exteriorly from the anode, and a cathode positioned exteriorly from the
electrolyte the second tube being configured to route hydrogen gas from the fuel reforming catalytic substrate to the active
area, the active area being configured to transform the hydrogen gas into electrical energy.
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