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Reactor with expandable structure providing improved heat transfer

US7761994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. · US

Inventors

John Michael Repasky · Hanover, US
Robert Roger Broekhuis · Sugar Land, US
Xiaoyi He · Orefield, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2006
Grant date	Jul 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and a reactor made by a method for increasing heat transfer from a heat source outside a vessel to the fluid inside the vessel are characterized by expanding a structure within the vessel toward the inner vessel surface so as to decrease the spacing between the structure and the vessel wall. The structure may be any of the various so-called structured packings, for example, ceramic honeycombs, metal honeycombs, plate stacks, and the like. The structure may comprise catalyst. The reactor provides high activity, low pressure drop, and high heat transfer. The reactor may be especially suitable for steam hydrocarbon reforming.

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