HYBRID FOAM/LOW-PRESSURE AUTOTHERMAL REFORMER

An autothermal reformer (103) includes a long section of unified foil or honeycomb catalyst bed (120) and a much shorter mixing and spreading section (102) of monolithic, open cell foam which mixes and spreads the components of mixture to be reformed. A fuel/steam mixture (A) passes through a heat e...

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Main Authors VINCITORE ANTONIO M, LESIEUR ROGER R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.01.2012
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CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An autothermal reformer (103) includes a long section of unified foil or honeycomb catalyst bed (120) and a much shorter mixing and spreading section (102) of monolithic, open cell foam which mixes and spreads the components of mixture to be reformed. A fuel/steam mixture (A) passes through a heat exchange tube (44), and air (B) passes through a heat exchange tube (46), both tubes being heated by the exothermic catalytic reaction. The air, fuel and steam are mixed in a plurality of tubes (40) passing through a manifold (32), and thence into the monolithic, open cell foam mixing and spreading section (102). The shorter section may or may not be catalycized.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070452708