Patent ID: 8464927
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B01D,B01J,B21D,G01N,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus designed to enable a reaction or combustion of one or more fluids flowing through the processing apparatus, said processing apparatus comprising a plurality of metal layers and a catalyst system, at least two of said metal layers stacked and aligned together and connected together by at least one metal laminate, at least two of said metal layers including an opening, said opening spaced from an outer edge of said at least two metal layers, said openings of adjacently positioned metal layers forming at least one fluid channel through said metal layers that is designed to enable fluid to flow through the at least one fluid channel when said metal layers are connected together, said catalyst system including one or more catalysts selected from the group consisting of i) at least one of said metal layers is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, ii) at least one of said metal laminates is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, and iii) a catalyst located in said at least one fluid channel and formed of a different composition from at least one of said metal layers, said metal laminate having a different composition from said plurality of said metal layers.