A micro component steam reformer system for producing hydrogen-enriched
gas to power a fuel cell adapted for scalable power requirements wherein
fluid flow is configured in a circuit whereby, in serially interconnected
fluid flow modules, a vaporized hydrocarbon is mixed with fuel cell off
gas having a hydrogen component and combusted to heat vaporizers and a
steam reformer, vaporized hydrocarbons and water vapor are introduced as
a feed stock into the steam reformer to produce a syn-gas, which is
cooled and purified, and the resulting principally hydrogen gas is
introduced into a hydrogen fuel cell having an interconnection within the
circuit in which off gas from the fuel cell is processed to provide
hydrogen and water for use in the system cycle.