Patent ID: 7981171
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B01D,B01J,C01B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. Reactor apparatus comprising: a chamber having an input port for species introduction into the chamber from outside of the chamber and an output port for species exiting from the chamber to the outside of the chamber; a movable membrane coupled to the chamber that is selectively permeable to one or more chemical species, wherein the membrane divides the chamber into two areas, wherein one of the areas includes the input port and the other area includes the output port; a catalyst present in the chamber, wherein the catalyst causes one or more chemical reactions within the chamber; and an actuator that controls introduction of fuel into the chamber, wherein the actuator is adapted to cause the position of the movable membrane to change relative to inside walls of the chamber, wherein this movement changes the volume of one area by an equal and opposite amount as the other area so the volume of the chamber is constant.