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Process for producing electrical energy with the aid of a fuel cell

  • US 20020025456A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2001
  • Published: 02/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for producing electrical energy using a fuel cell, the process comprising:

  • reforming an organic fuel to produce a reformate;

    removing carbon monoxide from the reformate by treating the reformate in a bioreactor which contains CO-dehydrogenase or a thermophilic microorganism strain which metabolizes carbon monoxide under anaerobic conditions to give carbon dioxide and hydrogen; and

    reacting the hydrogen from the reformate with oxygen in a fuel cell to produce electrical energy.

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