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US 2002/0119084 A1Published application
Reactor for a fuel cell system and method of making a reactor
OwnerStefan Boneberg, Thomas Starkinventors
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Abstract
A reactor has a catalytically coated metallic catalyst carrier. The catalyst carrier is constructed as part of an electric circuit and is acted upon by a medium to be catalytically converted. The catalyst carrier is arranged at least in areas in the flow path of a medium to be converted by the catalyst, and this medium can flow through the catalyst carrier.
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Reactor for converting a medium, comprising:
- alternately successively arranged layers of a catalyst carrier and of an insulating material, the reactor being electrically heated, the layers of the catalyst carrier and of the insulating material are arranged perpendicular to the main flow direction of the medium, the medium flows essentially perpendicularly through the layers of the catalyst carrier and of the insulating material, and the catalyst is a component of an electric circuit.
A reactor for converting a medium, the reactor comprising:
- alternately arranged layers of a catalyst carrier and an electric insulating material;
- a main flow path of the medium, wherein the alternately arranged layers of the catalyst carrier and the electric insulating material are positioned essentially perpendicular to the main flow path of the medium, allowing the medium to flow essentially perpendicularly through the layers of the catalyst carrier and the electric insulating material;
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- an electric circuit, the catalyst carrier being a part of the electric circuit, wherein the electric circuit is used to heat the reactor.
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A method of making a reactor for converting a medium, the method comprising:
- defining a main flow path of the medium;
- alternately arranging layers of a catalyst carrier and an electric insulating material and positioning the alternately arranged layers of the catalyst carrier and the electric insulating material essentially perpendicular to the main flow path of the medium, allowing the medium to flow essentially perpendicularly through the layers of the catalyst carrier and the electric insulating material;
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- providing an electric circuit and making the catalyst carrier a part of the electric circuit, wherein the electric circuit is used to heat the reactor.
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A reactor for converting a medium, the reactor comprising:
- a catalyst carrier means;
- means for insulating the catalyst carrier means;
- a main flow path of the medium, wherein the means for insulating the catalyst carrier means and the catalyst carrier means are positioned essentially perpendicular to the main flow path of the medium, allowing the medium to flow essentially perpendicularly through the means for insulating the catalyst carrier means and the catalyst carrier means;
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- an electric heating means, the catalyst carrier means being a part of the electric heating means, wherein the electric heating means is used to heat the reactor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.