Patent ID: 11923099
Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC G  B  F  Y | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of recombining and igniting hydrogen comprising the steps of:
passively collecting a first gas, potentially having hydrogen as a component, through a first gaseous intake of a housing through which the first gas will be processed;
directing the first gas from the first gaseous intake to an underside of a substantially horizontal, flat metallic plate coated with a hydrogen recombination catalyst, along an underside of the substantially horizontal, flat metallic plate to a first gas outlet at a periphery of the substantially horizontal, metallic plate;
passively collecting a second gas, potentially having hydrogen as a component, through a second gaseous intake through the housing and through a first set of swirl vanes substantially proximate and in communication with an upper side of the substantially horizontal, flat metallic plate, with the swirl vanes configured to create a vortex out of the second gas traversing the second gaseous intake;
exiting the vortex at a second gaseous outlet through an upper portion of the housing;
supporting a first passive igniter at an entrance to the first gaseous intake; and
supporting a second passive igniter proximate the second gaseous outlet.