Thermodynamic accelerator/gasifier

    公开(公告)号:US20040083651A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-06

    申请号:US10695230

    申请日:2003-10-28

    摘要: An apparatus which is capable of supporting a process for gasifying a variety of hydrocarbon-containing materials. The resulting hydrogen-containing gas is suitable for use in various combustion processes and for petrochemical processes. A hydrocarbon-containing material is mixed with natural gas (or other suitable hydrocarbon gas) under pressure. The suspended material and gas are then injected under pressure into an acceleration/gasification tube. Intense heat (provided by an external energy source) is applied to the mixture as it travels through this tube, resulting in the cracking of the hydrocarbon chains and the release of additional energy. The released bond energy, along with the addition of the external energy, rapidly expands the gas and causes the velocity of the moving mixture to rise sharply as it proceeds down the tube. The acceleration/gasification tube is connected to a diffuser, which is essentially an expansion nozzle with a series of heat exchangers to cool the rapidly expanding gas. An evacuation pump is attached to the diffuser to extract the cooled gas and maintain flow in the system.

    Diesel steam reforming with CO2 fixing
    4.
    发明申请
    Diesel steam reforming with CO2 fixing 审中-公开
    柴油蒸汽重整与CO2固定

    公开(公告)号:US20040163312A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-26

    申请号:US10783505

    申请日:2004-02-20

    IPC分类号: B01J008/00 C10J003/20

    摘要: Method and apparatus for steam reforming a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel, such as a diesel hydrocarbon fuel. The apparatus includes a desulphurization unit, a pre-reformer, and a steam reforming unit. A carbon dioxide fixing material is present in the steam reforming catalyst bed to fix carbon dioxide that is produced by the reforming reaction. The carbon dioxide fixing material is an alkaline earth oxide, a doped alkaline earth oxide or a mixture thereof. The fixing of carbon dioxide within the steam reforming catalyst bed creates an equilibrium shift in the steam reforming reaction to produce more hydrogen and less carbon monoxide. Carbon dioxide fixed in the catalyst bed can be released by heating the carbon dioxide fixing material or catalyst bed to a temperature in excess of the steam reforming temperature. Fuel processors having multiple catalyst beds and methods and apparatus for generating electricity utilizing such fuel processors in conjunction with a fuel cell are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 用于蒸汽重整含硫烃燃料如柴油碳氢燃料的方法和装置。 该设备包括脱硫单元,预重整器和蒸汽重整单元。 在蒸汽重整催化剂床中存在二氧化碳固定材料,以固定由重整反应产生的二氧化碳。 二氧化碳固定材料是碱土金属氧化物,掺杂的碱土金属氧化物或其混合物。 在蒸汽重整催化剂床内固定二氧化碳在蒸汽重整反应中产生平衡变化,以产生更多的氢和较少的一氧化碳。 可以通过将二氧化碳固定材料或催化剂床加热到超过蒸汽重整温度的温度来释放固定在催化剂床中的二氧化碳。 还公开了具有多个催化剂床的燃料处理器以及与燃料电池结合使用这种燃料处理器发电的方法和装置。

    WGS reactor incorporated with catalyzed heat exchanger for WGS reactor volume reduction
    5.
    发明申请
    WGS reactor incorporated with catalyzed heat exchanger for WGS reactor volume reduction 审中-公开
    WGS反应器结合有用于WGS反应器体积减少的催化热交换器

    公开(公告)号:US20040148862A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-05

    申请号:US10664503

    申请日:2003-09-17

    IPC分类号: C10J003/20 B01J008/02

    摘要: A heat exchanger (60) for a fuel processing system (10) that produces a hydrogen reformate gas. The heat exchanger (60) includes a catalyst for converting carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The heat exchanger (60) can be any suitable heat exchanger, such as a tube and fin type heat exchanger, that is able to cool the reformate gas and includes a suitable surface on which the catalyst can be coated. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger (60) is part of a WGS reactor assembly (48). The WGS reactor assembly (48) includes a first stage WGS adiabatic reactor (52) followed by the catalyzed heat exchanger (60) and a second stage WGS adiabatic reactor (68). Also, in one embodiment, both the first stage and the second stage WGS reactors (52, 68) are medium temperature reactors. By catalyzing the heat exchanger (60) in the WGS reactor assembly (48), the assembly (48) can be smaller than what is currently known in the art.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于产生氢气重整气体的燃料处理系统(10)的热交换器(60)。 热交换器(60)包括用于将一氧化碳转化为二氧化碳的催化剂。 热交换器(60)可以是能够冷却重整气体并且包括其上可以涂覆催化剂的合适表面的任何合适的热交换器,例如管翅式热交换器。 在一个实施例中,热交换器(60)是WGS反应器组件(48)的一部分。 WGS反应器组件(48)包括第一级WGS绝热反应器(52),随后是催化热交换器(60)和第二级WGS绝热反应器(68)。 而且,在一个实施例中,第一级和第二级WGS反应器(52,68)均为中温反应器。 通过催化WGS反应器组件(48)中的热交换器(60),组件(48)可以比现有技术中已知的更小。

    Dual function CO clean-up/sorber unit
    8.
    发明申请
    Dual function CO clean-up/sorber unit 有权
    双功能CO清理/吸附器

    公开(公告)号:US20040148861A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-08-05

    申请号:US10354542

    申请日:2003-01-30

    摘要: A preferential oxidation reactor (PrOx) is provided including a plurality of substrates defining a plurality of channels, through which a reformate stream flows. A CO-sorption layer and a CO-catalyst layer coat a surface of each substrate support member. The PrOx operates in a first mode, generally at a temperature below 100null C., whereby the CO-sorption material adsorbs CO from the reformate stream. After operation in the first mode, the PrOx operates in a second mode, generally at a temperature above 100null C., whereby the CO-catalyst material enables a preferential oxidation reaction of CO in the reformate stream with a supply of oxygen and desorption of the CO previously absorbed by the CO-sorption layer for an overall reduction in the CO content of the reformate stream.

    摘要翻译: 提供优选氧化反应器(PrOx),其包括限定多个通道的多个衬底,重整产物流通过该多个衬底流动。 CO吸附层和CO催化剂层涂覆每个基板支撑构件的表面。 PrOx通常在低于100℃的温度下以第一模式操作,由此CO吸附材料从重整产物流中吸收CO。 在第一模式下操作之后,PrOx通常在高于100℃的温度下以第二模式操作,由此CO催化剂材料能够在重整产物流中CO的优先氧化反应与氧的供应和解吸 CO被先前被CO吸附层吸收,以便整体降低重整产物流的CO含量。

    Apparatus and method for fractionating alternative solid fuels
    10.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for fractionating alternative solid fuels 审中-公开
    分离替代固体燃料的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20030150161A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-14

    申请号:US10228721

    申请日:2002-08-26

    IPC分类号: C10J003/20

    摘要: An apparatus and a method fractionate solid fuels, especially whole tires, into metal as well as volatiles and coal to be used as alternative fuels. The apparatus includes a feeding zone wherein the solid fuels are fed to the apparatus, a gasifying zone into which the solid fuels are processed, obtaining a gaseous fraction, coal, and metal; cooled grills controlling the bed permeability and permanence time of the solid fuels at the gasifying zone; and a discharging zone into which the resultant coal and metal are discharged, in which the solid fuel coal and solid and gaseous fractions follow a path inside the apparatus through the feeding zone, the gasifying zone and discharging zone, and in which the gases inside the apparatus follow a path that is co-current with the solid fuel fractions path inside the apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置和方法将固体燃料,特别是整个轮胎分馏成金属以及用作替代燃料的挥发物和煤。 该装置包括一个进料区,其中固体燃料被输送到该装置,一个气化区,固体燃料被加工到其中,得到一个气体馏分,煤和金属; 控制气化区固体燃料的床渗透性和持久时间的冷却烤架; 以及排放区域,其中所产生的煤和金属被排放到其中,其中固体燃料煤和固体和气体馏分通过进料区,气化区和排出区在设备内部通过路径,并且其中 设备遵循与设备内的固体燃料分数路径并流的路径。