Reformer for converting fuel to hydrogen

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A fuel conversion reactor includes a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of a hot gaseous mixture produced by catalytic or non-catalytic reaction of a fuel with a gaseous fluid and for controlling the , temperature, of the gaseous fluid and/or the fuel prior to the reaction. The reactor is either a, catalytic or non-catalytic burner or a fuel reformer for converting a fuel to hydrogen. A preferred reactor includes an outer shell having first and second ends, and an inner surface, a primary inner shell extending into the outer shell the, primary inner shell defining a heat exchanging chamber and having primary and secondary ends, and a secondary inner shell …