US 7,563,417 B2
Thin micro reforming apparatus with periphery inflow channel
Jae Hyoung Gil, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Ro Woon Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Sung Han Kim, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of); and Jae Hyuk Jang, Kyungki-do (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-Do (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/527,421.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0091321 (KR), filed on Sep. 29, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0071659 A1, Mar. 29, 2007
Int. Cl. B01J 10/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 422—189  [422/198; 48/61] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thin micro reforming apparatus for a fuel cell system comprising:
a substrate having a flow path of a single layer structure formed therein;
a fuel inlet portion for introducing fuel to the flow path of the substrate, the fuel inlet portion allowing the fuel to flow through a predetermined length of an inflow channel, thereby preheating the fuel;
an evaporator having a portion of the flow path, the evaporator disposed downstream of the fuel inlet portion to gasify liquid fuel;
a reformer having another portion of the flow path, the reformer disposed downstream of the evaporator to reform fuel into hydrogen gas via heat absorption reaction;
a CO remover having yet another portion of the flow path, the CO remover disposed downstream of the reformer to remove CO gas contained in the hydrogen gas via heat generation reaction; and
a cover for covering an upper part of the substrate to seal the flow path of the substrate from external environment, whereby the fuel flowing through the channel is heated,
wherein the evaporator, the reformer and the CO remover form the single layer structure,
wherein the inflow channel is configured in the form of a narrow flow path along a periphery of the substrate to surround the flow paths of the evaporator, the reformer and the CO remover,
wherein the flow path of the CO remover is formed in a zigzag shape by a plurality of partition walls each extended from a side of the substrate to another side of the substrate, and
wherein the inflow channel includes slits formed by the plurality of partition walls forming the flow path of the CO remover.