Methane cracking apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorsJung Han Yu, Joo Young Kim, Yu Kwon Kim, Hyung Tak Seo, Jin A Kim, Young Jae Lee
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Abstract
A methane cracking apparatus includes a supply pipeline that supplies a gas, a reactor having an interior space, and in which a catalyst for decomposing the gas may be disposed in the interior space, an agitator provided in the interior space and that agitates a material in the interior space, a first discharge pipeline connected to the reactor and that discharges decomposition materials generated as the gas may be decomposed, and a second discharge pipeline connected to the reactor, that discharges the decomposition materials, and disposed on an upper side of the first discharge pipeline.
Claims18
A methane cracking apparatus comprising:
- a supply pipeline configured to supply a gas;
- a reactor having an interior space;
- a catalyst for decomposing the gas is disposed in the interior space;
- an agitator provided in the interior space and configured to agitate a material in the interior space;
- a first discharge pipeline connected to the reactor and configured to discharge decomposition materials generated as the gas is decomposed;
- and
- a second discharge pipeline connected to the reactor configured to discharge the decomposition materials, and disposed on an upper side of the first discharge pipeline,
- wherein the agitator includes:
- a rotary shaft extending upwards and downwards;
- and
- a blade coupled to the rotary shaft, disposed in the interior space, and configured to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the rotary shaft,
- wherein the blade as a spiral shape extending upwards and downwards while the rotary shaft is taken proximate to a center of the blade;
- and
- wherein the first discharge pipeline is located on a lower side of an upper end of the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.