Patent ID: 8192688

Claim:
A reactor system for reacting at least a first fluid comprising a first reactant and a second fluid comprising a second reactant, and mixing a diluent fluid comprising a diluent with one or more portions of first fluid, second fluid, and products of their reaction to form a reaction product fluid, the reactor system comprising: a reactor having a duct with inner and outer walls having a local streamwise flow direction along a streamwise curvilinear flow path and a first and second transverse directions mutually distinct from the streamwise direction, the first and second transverse directions defining a transverse surface through a reactor location, transverse to the flow; a reactant distribution portion comprising at least one reactant tubular portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a first reactant flow path for the first fluid, and having a plurality of reactant orifices extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, the plurality of reactant orifices having one of spatial number density distribution being the locally averaged distribution of the number of orifices per duct unit area transverse to the flow, and a size distribution, the distributions being with respect to at least one of the transverse directions; and a diluent distribution portion comprising at least one diluent tubular portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a first diluent flow path for the diluent, and a plurality of diluent orifices extending from the inner surface to the outer surface of the diluent tubular portion, the plurality of diluent orifices having one of a spatial number density distribution and a size distribution, the distributions being with respect to at least one of the transverse directions; and a reactant delivery system for supplying the first fluid to the reactant distribution portion; a second fluid delivery system for supplying at least a portion of the second fluid to the duct, whereby the duct directs the second fluid along a second flow path; a diluent delivery system for supplying at least a portion of diluent to the diluent distribution portion; a controller for controlling the delivery of at least one of the first fluid, the second fluid and the diluent fluid to the reactor; and wherein, with respect to one of the transverse directions, one of the density and size distribution of the reactant orifices, and one of the density and size distribution of the diluent orifices, are non-uniform and are configured to deliver, at prescribed fluid temperatures and pressures, the first fluid with a prescribed transverse first fluid distribution, and the diluent fluid with a prescribed transverse diluent fluid distribution.