| abstract |
A fuel processing system (fig. 27) is disclosed. The system includes a steam reformer (12) adapted to produce hydrogen from a feedstock consisting of water and at least one of an alcohol and a hydrocarbon feedstock. The hydrogen is produced by reacting the feedstock in the present of a reforming catalyst (102). The product stream is passed through a hydrogen-selective membrane module (54), at which the permeate stream is polished to remove trade carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and the byproduct stream is combusted to heat the reformer. |