Heat exchanger system comprising fluid circulation zones which are selectively coated with a chemical reaction catalyst

US8187559B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• Renault S.A.S. · FR

Inventors

• Jean-Antoine Gruss · Seyssinet-Pariset, FR
• Emmanuelle Duval-Brunel · Palaiseau, FR
• Andre Van Veen · Val-de-Reuil, FR
• Claude Mirodatos · Val-de-Reuil, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2007
• Grant date: May 29, 2012
• Expiry date: May 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/10
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a plate (10a) intended to be integrated in a stack of plates in a heat exchanger system, the plate comprising a plurality of channels (38) distributed in rows (40), each row comprising side walls (42) arranged opposite one another and spaced apart from one another in a first direction (44), so that two directly consecutive side walls delimit one of the channels (38), the rows being arranged opposite one another and spaced apart from one another in a second direction (46) which is perpendicular to the first. Furthermore, in the fluid circulation zone (20) of the plate incorporating the channels (38), only the latter are coated with a catalyst allowing a chemical reaction.