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- Patent Title: Integrated solar micro-reactors for hydrogen synthesis via steam methane reforming
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Application No.: US16764151Application Date: 2018-11-16
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Publication No.: US11452981B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Jean-Francois Dufault , Mathieu Picard , Luc Frechette , Nadi Braidy
- Applicant: SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUEE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
- Applicant Address: CA Sherbrooke
- Assignee: SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUEE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
- Current Assignee: SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUEE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Sherbrooke
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- International Application: PCT/CA2018/051456 WO 20181116
- International Announcement: WO2019/095067 WO 20190523
- Main IPC: B01J19/00
- IPC: B01J19/00 ; F24S23/71 ; F24S20/20 ; F24S23/30 ; C01B3/34

Abstract:
A reactor for steam-methane reforming is adapted to be received in a tube on a focal axis of a parabolic trough. The reactor may comprise an array of micro-reactors interconnected by a water manifold, a gas manifold, a syngas manifold, and at least one steam-methane reforming chamber configured for reforming steam and methane into syngases, the micro-reactors having a vaporization portion for producing steam. Radiation plates may extend on sides of the array of micro-reactors Glazing may face and be spaced apart from a portion of the array of micro-reactors including at least one steam-methane reforming chamber, the glazing being conductively connected to the radiation plates for heat transfer therebetween, the at least one glazing allowing light from the parabolic trough to pass therethrough to reach the array of micro-reactors.
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