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Slab-shaped high efficiency catalytic reformer configurations particularly useful for generation of fuels to be used in fuel cell based generation systems. A plurality of structures forming a generally rectangular peripheral envelope are spaced about one another to form annular regions, an interior

Slab-shaped high efficiency catalytic reformer configurations particularly useful for generation of fuels to be used in fuel cell based generation systems. A plurality of structures forming a generally rectangular peripheral envelope are spaced about one another to form annular regions, an interior annular region containing a catalytic bed and being regeneratively heated on one side by a hot comubstion gas and on the other side by the gaseous products of the reformation. An integrally mounted combustor is cooled by impingement of incoming oxidant.

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A catalytic reformer comprising: a hollow elongated flat non-circular slab; a duct disposed horizontally within said slab and extending along a longitudinal axis of said slab, said duct forming a first annular region between said slab and said duct; a shell disposed within said duct forming a second

A catalytic reformer comprising: a hollow elongated flat non-circular slab; a duct disposed horizontally within said slab and extending along a longitudinal axis of said slab, said duct forming a first annular region between said slab and said duct; a shell disposed within said duct forming a second annular region between said duct and said shell; a bed of catalytic material disposed within said second annular region within said slab; means for flowing a reformable gaseous medium through said bed; and means for heating said bed from within said slab.