Patent ID: 7976594
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B01J,C01B,C10G

Abstract:
1. A method for vaporization of a liquid fuel comprising: a. providing a supply of a liquid fuel; b. providing a supply of an oxidant; c. atomizing the liquid fuel; d. mixing the atomized fuel with the oxidant; e. passing a resulting mixture of atomized fuel and oxidant into a radiation hot box comprising an ignition source positioned inside a coiled catalytic reactor comprising an ultra-short-channel-length reactor substrate, wherein the catalytic reactor further comprises a plurality of the substrates thereby providing void volumes in random order; and f. igniting the catalytic reactor with the ignition source, and catalytically reacting the atomized fuel oxidant mixture on contacting the reactor substrate so as to generate thermal radiant energy to vaporize the liquid fuel.