Patent ID: 7789920
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B01D,B01J,C01B,C10J,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A reactor for producing hydrogen comprising: a) a housing including a bonded stack of plates featuring internal passageways which define a heating stream channel, a hydrogen channel and a reaction channel; b) a heat transfer wall separating the heating stream channel and the reaction channel; c) a separator positioned between the reaction channel and the hydrogen channel; d) said heating stream channel adapted to receive a heating stream so that heat is provided to the reaction channel through the heat transfer wall; and e) a catalyst positioned in the reaction channel and said reaction channel adapted to receive a reaction stream including a mixture of supercritical water and a hydrocarbon fuel so that hydrogen is produced in the reaction channel and passes through the separator into said hydrogen channel.