Patent ID: 9702300
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F02C,F05D,F23L,F23R,Y02E

Claim:
1. A monolith structure ion transport membrane reactor comprising: a plurality of first and second ionic ceramic membranes that separate oxygen from a feed gas, wherein the first and second ionic ceramic membranes are oriented lengthwise and the first ionic ceramic membranes form first walls and the second ionic ceramic membranes form second walls defining a plurality of alternately stacked feed channels and permeate channels; wherein the plurality of feed channels and the plurality of permeate channels are present in the monolith structure ion transport membrane reactor formed by the first and second ionic ceramic membranes; wherein each permeate channel has a fuel inlet at an upstream end of the reactor and each feed channel has an oxygen-containing gas inlet at an upstream end of the reactor; wherein an oxygen-containing gas passes through the feed channels and at least one of the first and the second ionic ceramic membranes separates oxygen from the feed channels into the fuel channels through at least one ionic ceramic membrane to react with a fuel gas present in the permeate channels to create a flame; wherein the monolith structure ion transport membrane reactor has at least 50,000 permeate channels in which the oxygen gas and the fuel gas combust; and wherein the permeate channels have a width of 1-15 mm.