Patents Assigned to Petroleum Energy Center and Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Fuel cell electricity generation process
    Patent number: 5149600
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved fuel cell electricity generation rocess which includes a desulfurizer, an adsorber, a reformer, a shift converter, and a fuel cell wherein reformed gas from the reformer is treated using a non-porous gas separation membrane comprising a polymer in place of the converter at a temperature of 50.degree.-150.degree. C. and a pressure of 2-10 kg/cm.sup.2 to separate carbon monoxide contained in the reformed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Petroleum Energy Center and Showa Shell Sekiyu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Yamase, Sumio Yoshizawa, Tadayuki Miura