Patent ID: 8366937

Claim:
A method for chemical catalytic reaction comprising: providing for fluids to flow through a reactor body, wherein the reactor body includes a high permeability metallic matrix (HPMM) mounted within it such that the HPMM can be contacted by the fluids, the HPMM being magnetically permeable to magnetic flux and physically permeable to the fluids; providing a magnetic field for magnetically permeating the HPMM; causing a carrier fluid to flow through the HPMM, the carrier fluid purposely including catalytic particles; initializing the magnetic field to magnetically couple at least some of the catalytic particles to the HPMM; causing at least one reactant fluid to flow through the HPMM during a continuing presence of the magnetic field, wherein the magnetically coupled catalytic particles facilitate the chemical catalytic reaction using the at least one reactant fluid.