Integrated combustion reactors and methods of conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions

US7931875B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Velocys, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anna Lee Tonkovich · Dublin, US
• Gary Roberts · West Richland, US
• Sean P. Fitzgerald · Columbus, US
• Paul W. Neagle · Westerville, US
• Dongming Qiu · Dublin, US
• Matthew B. Schmidt · Columbus, US
• Steven T. Perry · Galloway, US
• David J. Hesse · Columbus, US
• Robert J. Luzenski · Marysville, US
• G. Bradley Chadwell · Reynoldsburg, US
• Ying Peng · Columbus, US
• James A. Mathias · Columbus, US
• Nathan Gano · Dublin, US
• Ravi Arora · Dublin, US
• Barry L. Yang · Dublin, US
• David J. Kuhlmann · Powell, US
• Thomas Yuschak · Lewis Center, US
• John Arthur Monahan · Westerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/10
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Integrated Combustion Reactors (ICRs) and methods of making ICRs are described in which combustion chambers (or channels) are in direct thermal contact to reaction chambers for an endothermic reaction. Particular reactor designs are also described. Processes of conducting reactions in integrated combustion reactors are described and results presented. Some of these processes are characterized by unexpected and superior results, and/or results that can not be achieved with any prior art devices.