Patent ID: 6190623
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B01J,C01B,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
A combined partial oxidation burner reactor comprising:a vertically aligned reactor shell having a top head and a bottom head, and side-wall defining an interior reactor zone, said interior reactor zone having an upper shell zone, a center shell zone, and a lower shell zone;a hollow center sleeve sealingly disposed on the top head and extending downwardly into the lower shell zone, said center sleeve having a hollow interior defining an upper core zone, a center core zone, and a lower core zone;an intermediate partition having a downwardly converging diameter along its length sealingly disposed on the side-wall in said center shell zone encircling a portion of said hollow center sleeve, said lower core zone being in fluid communication with a portion of the center shell zone located within said partition;a burner zone defined within the interior reactor zone between the bottom head and said intermediate partition;a feed inlet nozzle disposed on said top head in fluid communication with the upper core zone;a product outlet nozzle disposed on said reactor shell in fluid communication with said upper shell zone;a burner feed nozzle disposed on said reactor shell in fluid communication with the burner zone;an exhaust nozzle disposed on said reactor shell in fluid communication with the burner zone; andan igniter extending through the top head and downwardly into the center core zone; wherein a first oxidation catalyst is disposed in said center core zone and a reforming catalyst is disposed on the intermediate partition in the center shell zone and in the lower core zone.