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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998227 | Method for utilizing gas reserves with low methane 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 permits the use of such reserves to be used to fuel gas turbines to generate electric power. The method of the invention... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988751 | Method for producing hydrogen A method for controlling the purity of hydrogen in a reforming apparatus is described where in the apparatus includes a fuel processor, a purification unit and a system controller. The controller determines a calculated flow of reformate from the fuel processor and ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7896935 | Process of conducting reactions or separation in a microchannel with internal fin support for catalyst or sorption medium A process of conducting a catalyst reaction or fluid separation in comprising: at least one process microchannel having a height, width and length, the height being up to about 10 mm, the process microchannel having a base wall extending in one direction along the w... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7645307 | Combinational control strategy for fuel processor reactor shift temperature control A method and apparatus for use in controlling the reaction temperature of a fuel processor are disclosed. The apparatus includes a fuel processor reactor, the reactor including a water gas shift reaction section; a temperature sensor disposed within the reaction sec... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7632321 | Fuel processing systems, fuel cell systems, and improved feedstocks therefor Improved feedstocks for hydrogen-producing fuel processing and fuel cell systems, and fuel processing and fuel cell systems incorporating the same. The fuel processing systems include a fuel processor adapted to produce a product hydrogen stream from at least one fe... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7500997 | Steam pyrolysis as a process to enhance the hydro-gasification of carbonaceous materials A process and apparatus for producing a synthesis gas for use as a gaseous fuel or as feed into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to produce a liquid fuel in a substantially self-sustaining process. In one embodiment, a slurry of carbonaceous material in water, and hydrogen... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7442349 | Ammonia plant configuration and methods A synthesis plant includes a separation system upstream of a synthesis loop that removes excess nitrogen and other gaseous compounds from a feed gas having a ratio of hydrogen to nitrogen of less than 3:1, thereby producing a syngas with a ratio of hydrogen to nitro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7420004 | Process and System for producing synthetic liquid hydrocarbon fuels A process for producing synthetic hydrocarbons that reacts carbon dioxide, obtained from seawater of air, and hydrogen obtained from water, with a catalyst in a chemical process such as reverse water gas shift combined with Fischer Tropsch synthesis. The hydrogen is... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402287 | Apparatus and methods for producing hydrogen An apparatus and method for producing hydrogen. The apparatus includes a fuel processor, a purification unit and a system controller. The controller determines a calculated flow of reformate from the fuel processor and operates the purification unit based on the cal... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387651 | Fuel reforming device and fuel reforming method A fuel reforming device for reforming an air-fuel mixture includes a mixing chamber to which fuel and air are introduced and which is composed such that an air-fuel mixture flows upward; a reforming reaction chamber which is arranged downstream of the mixing chamber... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374742 | Direct sulfur recovery system The present invention provides a method for removing sulfur species from a gas stream without the use of a sulfur species removal process, such as an amine scrub. The sulfur species are removed by directly subjecting the gas stream to a sulfur recovery process, such... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357855 | Reactor for chemical conversion of a feed with added heat, and crosswise flow of feed and catalyst Described are a reactor for carrying out a chemical conversion process in a catalytic bed with mechanism for supplying heat integrated into the reactor, and with a very compact reaction zone, combined with efficient use of the catalyst, and a process for converting ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354463 | Apparatus and methods for producing hydrogen An apparatus and method for producing a hydrogen-enriched reformate. The apparatus includes a fuel processor for producing a reformate having fluctuations in a pressure and/or flow rate and means for reducing the fluctuations. The reformate comprises impurities that... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354464 | Apparatus and method for producing hydrogen An apparatus and method for producing a hydrogen-enriched reformate. The apparatus includes a fuel processor for converting a fuel to a reformate having fluctuations in pressure and or flow rate, means for reducing the fluctuations, a compression unit for compressin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7341610 | Fuel cell system having two reformation reactors and method for operating same A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell unit and a gas-generating system containing at least one reforming unit for obtaining a hydrogen-rich reformate from a fuel. It is possible to supply the reformate at least partly to the anode side of the fuel cell unit. The s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329359 | Application of catalysts for destruction of organic compounds in liquid media A method of destroying an organic compound in liquid media comprising: contacting said liquid media with a catalyst of formula: nN/Ce1−xZrcBbB′b′B″b″O2−δ wherein n is a percentage from 0 ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300635 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor comprises a plurality of fluid-impermeable plates defining flow channels between them. Tight fitting within each flow channel is a sheet of corrugated material whose surfaces are coated with catalytic material. At each end of the flow channels ar... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276214 | Chemical reactor A chemical reactor is disclosed and which has a core composed of a stack of metal plates that are diffusion bonded in face-to-face relationship. A plurality of reaction zones are located within the core, as are a plurality of catalyst receiving zones, and both the r... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263822 | Catalytic conversion of fuel and converter therefor For a process for the catalytic conversion of furl for removing oxides of nitrogen from exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, in which fuel and a part-stream of the exhaust gas or of the intake air are converted in a converter, the fuel and the part-stream o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261749 | Multi-port autothermal reformer An autothermal reformer is provided for a fuel cell system utilizing one volume and a plurality of inlets for both start-up and normal operation. In start-up mode, thermal combustion is employed for heating the catalyst reformation section of the reformer. Two inlet... | 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 |
| 7235218 | Catalytic reactors A compact catalytic reactor comprises a stack of plates (72, 74, 75) to define a multiplicity of first and second flow channels arranged alternately in the stack; each flow channel in which a chemical reaction is to take place is defined by straight-through c... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223373 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor comprises a plurality of sheets defining flow channels between then. Within each flow channel is a foil of corrugated material whose surfaces are coated with catalytic material. The flow channels extend in transverse dire options, but the foils a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220392 | Fuel conversion reactor A fuel conversion reactor includes a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of a hot gaseous mixture produced by catalytic or non-catalytic reaction of a fuel with a gaseous fluid, and for controlling the temperature of the gaseous fluid and/o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201883 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor comprises a plurality of sheets defining flow channels between them. Within each flow channel is a foil of corrugated material whose surfaces are coated with catalytic material. Flow channels for a first gas extend in oblique directions relative ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201783 | Fuel processing system and improved feedstock therefor An improved feedstock for fuel processing systems, and fuel processing systems incorporating the same. The fuel processing system includes a fuel processor adapted to produce a product hydrogen stream from a carbon-containing feedstock. The fuel processing system ma... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196034 | Nickel-iron-silica-alumina The invention is directed to a catalyst suitable for the hydrogenation of hydrocarbon resins, comprising a supported nickel on silica and alumina catalyst, said catalyst having a nickel content of 45 to 85 wt. %, a silicon content, calculated as SiO2, of ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192565 | Method of collecting mercaptans contained in a gaseous feed The gaseous feed flowing in through line 1 is contacted in contacting zone ZA with a liquid solvent flowing in through line 2. The solvent comprises between 0.001% and 100% by weight of a liquid olefin. Contacting in zone ZA is carried out in the prese... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189271 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor comprises a plurality of thin tray-like metal sheets each with a peripheral rim and arranged as a stack to define first gas flow channels between adjacent sheets, alternating with second gas flow channels between adjacent sheets, so as to ensure ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189371 | Fuel reforming system The invention presents a fuel reforming technique for a mobile fuel cell system capable of obtaining a reformed gas composition usable in fuel cell 200 even if vapor temperature supplied from an evaporator 102 into a fuel reformer 107 varies sig... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186388 | Catalytic reactor A catalytic reactor comprises a stack of sheets defining flow channels between them. Within each flow channel is a flexible wire structure whose surfaces are coated with catalytic material. Flow channels for a first gas extend along S-shaped curved paths whereas the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7163566 | Method of operating a gas generating system and a gas generating system A method of operating a gas generating system for generating a hydrogen-rich product gas by partial oxidation or autothermal reforming includes operating a reactor approximately adiabatically. The ratio of the mole flow O2/mole flow C-atomsfuel | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146801 | Fuel vaporizing device Hydrogen-rich reformate gas is produced by a fuel reformer (2) from fuel vapor containing hydrocarbon, which is produced by a fuel vaporizer (6), by means of a partial oxidation reaction and a steam reforming reaction. A fuel injector (8, 9) sup... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7115148 | Compact methanol steam reformer with integrated hydrogen separation Hydrogen is produced in a compact methanol-steam reformer, which integrates an inner cylindrical heating chamber; and a reactant vaporizer and heating zone, and an outer Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst bed in concentric annuli around the heating chamber.... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7094730 | Gas treatment device, methods for making and using the same, and a vehicle exhaust system Gas treatment devices and vehicle exhaust systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the vehicle exhaust system, comprises: an engine, a gas treatment device disposed downstream from the engine, the gas treatment device comprising a housing, a substrate dispos... | 08/22/2006 |
