Fuel Treating Device

Abstract

To provide a fuel processor provided with a heat insulating shaped body which has high heat resistance and heat insulating properties, which is good in formability, which is strong against external impacts, and which can be easily fixed to the fuel processor 1 or can be filled into a narrow space or the like in the fuel processor without forming any gap. A fuel processor 1 for reforming a raw material gas G into a fuel gas J mainly composed of hydrogen, having a combustion chamber 13 for generating heat for the reforming, a solid first primary heat insulating material 17 for thermally insulating the combustion chamber 13 from an outside, and a fabric-like secondary heat insulating material 19 covering the outside of the first primary heat insulating material 17 for heat insulation.

1 . A fuel processor for reforming a raw material gas into a fuel gas mainly composed of hydrogen, comprising:
 a combustion chamber for generating heat for the reforming;   a solid first primary heat insulating material for thermally insulating the combustion chamber from an outside; and   a fabric-like secondary heat insulating material covering an outside of the first primary heat insulating material for heat insulation.   
     
     
         2 . The fuel processor as recited in  claim 1 ,
 wherein an inorganic foamed body prepared by foaming and curing a mixture containing a silica-alumina-based fine powder is used as the first primary heat insulating material, and   wherein a secondary heat insulating shaped body prepared from an inorganic fiber is used as the secondary heat insulating material.   
     
     
         3 . The fuel processor as recited in  claim 1 ,
 wherein an inorganic porous body prepared by compression molding of a mixture containing a silica-based fine powder is used as the first primary heat insulating material, and   wherein a secondary heat insulating shaped body prepared from an inorganic fiber is used as the secondary heat insulating material.   
     
     
         4 . A fuel processor for reforming a raw material gas into a fuel gas mainly composed of hydrogen, comprising:
 a combustion chamber for generating heat for the reforming;   a solid first primary heat insulating material for thermally insulating the combustion chamber from an outside; and   a fabric-like second primary heat insulating material for thermally insulating the combustion chamber from a second section in the fuel processor.   
     
     
         5 . A fuel processor for reforming a raw material gas into a fuel gas mainly composed of hydrogen, comprising:
 a combustion chamber for generating heat for the reforming; and   a solid first primary heat insulating material for thermally insulating the combustion chamber from an outside;   wherein an inorganic foamed body prepared by foaming and curing a mixture containing a silica-alumina-based fine powder is used as the first primary heat insulating material.   
     
     
         6 . A fuel processor for processing to reform a raw material gas into a fuel gas mainly composed of hydrogen, comprising:
 a combustion chamber for generating heat for the reforming; and   a fabric-like second primary heat insulating material for thermally insulating the combustion chamber from a second section in the fuel processor,   wherein an inorganic staple fiber felt prepared by forming a mixture containing an inorganic staple fiber and a heated expansion material into a felt-like state is used as the second primary heat insulating material.