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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7815700 | Fluid mixing device inserted in or combined with a reactor A device, system and method of mixing two fluids are described herein. A gaseous first fluid is distributed through a distribution zone to a mixing zone by a bundle of pipes parallel to an axis inside which the first fluid is uniformly distributed. A second fluid is... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806947 | Liquid hydrocarbon fuel from methane assisted by spontaneously generated voltage A methane-containing gas such as natural gas is converted to a clean-burning hydrocarbon liquid fuel in a process wherein the gas is fed to a reaction vessel to contact a metallic catalyst grid that is formed from windings of a transition metal supported on an iron ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7537623 | Method and device for the producing of a gas rich in hydrogen by thermal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons The invention concerns a method for producing a gas rich in hydrogen by thermal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons which consists in carrying out, in a reactor (R) a catalyst-free thermal cracking to pyrolyze a fuel selected so as to produce either a gas rich in hydrogen and... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7452392 | Process for pyrolytic heat recovery enhanced with gasification of organic material This invention is a reactor and a process for the conversion of organic waste material such as municipal trash, sewage, post-consumer refuse, and biomass to commercially salable materials. The invention produces the following: | 11/18/2008 |
| 7445650 | Control of pressurized microchannel processes A method of starting up and shutting down a microchannel process is provided. Included are the steps of providing a first multi-planar process unit, preferably adapted to process an endothermic reaction, a second multi-planar process unit, preferably adapted to proc... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438734 | Direct water vaporization for fuel processor startup and transients A fuel cell system including a fuel reforming processor having a catalyst therein constructed and arranged to produce a reformate stream including hydrogen and carbon monoxide, a water gas shift reactor downstream of the fuel reforming processor and wherein the wate... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431898 | Chemical reaction apparatus and power supply system A chemical reaction apparatus includes a solid body in which a reaction flow path is formed, and a heater having a thin-film heater formed on the body to oppose the reaction flow path and at least partially exposed to the reaction flow path, and which supplies a pre... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7416571 | Compact mixer for the mixing of gaseous hydrocarbon and gaseous oxidants Embodiments include methods and apparatus for mixing feedgases and producing synthesis gas. The apparatus includes a vessel containing a mixing system comprising one or more channels and a reaction zone downstream of the mixing system. A first feedgas and a second f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410622 | Reactor for partial oxidations having thermoplate modules A reactor is proposed for partial oxidations of a fluid reaction mixture in the presence of a heterogeneous particulate catalyst, comprising one or more cuboidal thermoplate modules (1) which are each formed from two or more... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399329 | Process for production of synthesis gas using an oxygen-containing gas A process for the production of a synthesis gas from a light hydrocarbon feed, steam and an oxygen-containing stream is provided in which the feed components are mixed to form a feed mixture. The process provides an inert disengaging zone separating the mixing zone ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381229 | System for reacting fuel and air into reformate A system for reacting fuel and air into reformate, with a reformer (10) which has a reaction space (12), a nozzle (14) which at least in part is formed as a Venturi nozzle for supply of a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space (12), the V... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7350359 | Method for utilizing gas reserves with low methane concentrations and high inert gas concentrations for fueling gas turbines The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention uses such reserves to generate electric power. The invention permits the use of these reserves at significantly lower co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341609 | Reforming and hydrogen purification system A reforming and hydrogen purification system operating with minimal pressure drop for producing free hydrogen from different hydrogen rich fuels includes a hydrogen reforming catalyst bed in a vessel in communication with a core unit containing a hydrogen permeable ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7297169 | Apparatus and method for hydrocarbon reforming process The present invention is an apparatus arranged to maximize heat utilization for a hydrocarbon steam reforming process to produce synthesis gas. The apparatus comprises a refractory lined vessel with partition walls that divide the inside of the vessel into (1) a com... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285144 | Fluidized-bed gasification and combustion furnace A gasification furnace and a combustion furnace are integrated with each other to form a single fluidized-bed gasification and combustion furnace in which unburned char generated in the gasification furnace is combusted in the combustion furnace, and the thus genera... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279019 | Endothermic reaction process and an apparatus therefor A process for an endothermic reaction includes the steps of carrying out an exothermic reaction in which a fuel is combusted to generate heat for transfer to a feedstock subject to an endothermic reaction, the waste heat from the exothermic and endothermic reactions... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276096 | Fuel processor dewar and methods Described herein is a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. The fuel processor comprises a reformer and burner. The reformer includes a catalyst that facilitates the production of hydrogen from the fuel source. Voluminous reformer chamber designs... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261751 | Synthesis gas process comprising partial oxidation using controlled and optimized temperature profile This invention relates to methods for reacting a hydrocarbon, molecular oxygen, and optionally water and/or carbon dioxide, to form synthesis gas. The preferred embodiments are characterized by delivering a substochiometric amount of oxygen to each of a multitude of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261750 | Method for the autothermal reforming of a hydrocarbon A method for the autothermal reforming of a hydrocarbon, in particular of diesel, includes introducing a combustible mixture of the hydrocarbon to be reformed and an oxygen-containing medium into a first reaction zone of a reformer, A gas-phase reaction is ignited. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252692 | Process and reactor module for quick start hydrogen production A shell and tube reactor module for hydrogen production is provided. The shell and tube reactor module includes a reactor having a shell side, at least one palladium membrane tube as a tubular section, and a steam reforming catalyst in the shell side, wherein the at... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247293 | Process and apparatus for the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the gasification of raw materials A process for the producton of pure syngas (hydrogen and carbon dioxide) by fast gasification of liquid, muddy, or solid raw materials, either produced for the purpose or from industrial processes in which they can not be recycled, or fuels from wastes or biomass, w... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7217304 | Electric power generation with heat exchanged membrane reactor This invention is directed to a heat exchanged membrane reactor for electric power generation. More specifically, the invention comprises a membrane reactor system that employs catalytic or thermal steam reforming and a water gas shift reaction on one side of the me... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7192458 | Process, control system and apparatus for the distribution of air in a fuel cell/fuel processor system A process, control system and apparatus for controlling the air side flows to the major components of a fuel processor apparatus are provided. The control system employs a multi-capacity blower provides process air to a partial oxidation reactor and a preferential o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189270 | Method and apparatus for gasification-based power generation A method and apparatus for conversion of solid and liquid fuels to a synthesis gas, steam and/or electricity in which about 10% to about 40% of a solid fuel and/or a liquid fuel is introduced into a gasifier and gasified, resulting in formation of a synthesis gas. T... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182921 | Cylindrical steam reforming unit A cylindrical steam reforming unit contains a plurality of cylindrical bodies consisting of a first cylindrical body, a second cylindrical body and a third cylindrical body of successively increasing diameters disposed in concentric spaced relationship, a radiation ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179313 | Regenerative autothermal catalytic steam reformer A compact steam reformer produces hydrogen to power a fuel cell, such as can be used in a vehicle. The steam reformer includes a first channel, at least partly coated with a steam reforming catalyst, and a second channel, at least partly coated with a combustion cat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175817 | Compact chemical reactor and chemical reaction system The compact chemical reactor includes a first substrate, a second substrate attached to the first substrate. A micro flow path is defined between the first substrate and the second substrate. A thin film heater provided in the flow path. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172736 | Compact chemical reactor and compact chemical reactor system A compact chemical reactor has a first substrate. A catalyst layer is provided on an inner surface of a groove formed in a first surface of the first substrate. A second substrate, in which a concave portion to receive a portion of the catalyst layer is formed on a ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160344 | Process for the continuous production of carbon monoxide-free hydrogen from methane or methane-rich hydrocarbons The present invention relates to a catalytic process for the continuous production of carbon monoxide-free hydrogen from methane or methane-rich hydrocarbons using a solid catalyst comprising at least one group VIII metal in two parallel catalytic reactors. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160342 | Fuel reformer system A method of main reformer startup is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a first supply of fuel and a first supply of air into a micro-reformer. The first supply of fuel is increased to produce a heated reformate in the micro-reformer. The heated reformate i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156887 | Methods, apparatus, and systems for producing hydrogen from a fuel Methods and apparatus for producing hydrogen are provided. The methods and apparatus utilize reforming catalysts in order to produce hydrogen gas. The reforming catalysts may be platinum group metals on a support material, and they may be located in a reforming reac... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153334 | Fuel reforming system and method of operation Carbonaceous material is removed from a catalyst within an autothermal reformer by introducing an isolated oxidant stream into the autothermal reformer prior to introduction of hydrocarbon fuel into the reformer. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into the autotherm... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128768 | Hydrogen generator for hydrogen desulfurization of hydrocarbon feeds A hydrogen-rich reformate gas generator (36), such as a mini-CPO, POX, ATR or other hydrogen generator provides warm, dry, hydrogen-rich reformate gas to a hydrogen desulfurizer (17) which provides desulfurized feedstock gas to a major reformer (14 | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125913 | Partial oxidation reactors and syngas coolers using nickel-containing components Disclosed are methods and apparatus for producing synthesis gas and higher hydrocarbons from light hydrocarbons and molecular oxygen as well as the higher hydrocarbons produced by the disclosed methods and apparatus. The methods and apparatus disclosed utilize compo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108730 | Method for providing controlled heat to a process This invention relates to a method for providing controlled heat to a process utilizing a flameless distributed combustion. The method of the invention comprises providing an oxidation chamber, with an inlet for oxidant, an outlet for combustion products, and a flow... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077878 | Method for gasifying organic materials and mixtures of materials The aim of the invention is to provide a method for gasifying organic materials which is simple to carry out and requires minimal equipment and which produced an undiluted gas of high calorific value. The inventive method should eliminate the need to use fluid beds ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070633 | Fuel gas generating apparatus for a fuel cell The present invention improves the start-up characteristics of a fuel gas generating apparatus for a fuel cell comprising a reformer. In a fuel gas generating apparatus 1 for a fuel cell comprising a vaporizer 22 that generates a fuel vapor by vaporizi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060118 | Synthesis gas production by steam reforming Process for the preparation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide rich gas by steam reforming of hydrocarbon feedstock in presence of a steam reforming catalyst supported as thin film on the wall of a reactor, comprising steps of (a) optionally passing a process gas of hy... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7022149 | Single chamber compact fuel processor An apparatus for carrying out a multi-step process of converting hydrocarbon fuel to a substantially pure hydrogen gas feed includes a plurality of reaction zones arranged in a common reaction chamber. The multi-step process includes: providing a fuel to the fuel pr... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008460 | Process for the production thermally converted light products and electricity Process for the production of thermally converted light products from residual feedstock and electricity from syngas obtained from thermal conversion residue as feedstock, in which process flue gas exiting from the electricity producing unit is fed through a heat re... | 03/07/2006 |
