Feedstock reactor and method of cooling a feedstock reactor
AssigneeEkona Power Inc.
InventorBrendan Gordon Cade
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Abstract
A feedstock reactor includes a reaction chamber for receiving a feedstock, a combustion chamber for receiving a combustible gas mixture, a passageway extending from the combustion chamber to the reaction chamber for allowing combustion products generated in the combustion chamber, by combustion of the combustible gas mixture, to flow into the reaction chamber, and a nozzle at an end of the passageway for allowing the combustion products flowing along the passageway to flow into the reaction chamber via the nozzle. The nozzle includes a nozzle wall along which the combustion products flow, and a heat-conducting portion positioned to transfer heat from the combustion products flowing through the nozzle away from the nozzle wall.
Claims20
A feedstock reactor comprising:
- a reaction chamber for receiving a feedstock;
- a combustion chamber for receiving a combustible gas mixture;
- a passageway extending from the combustion chamber to the reaction chamber for allowing combustion products generated in the combustion chamber, by combustion of the combustible gas mixture, to flow into the reaction chamber;
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- a nozzle at an end of the passageway for allowing the combustion products flowing along the passageway to flow into the reaction chamber via the nozzle, wherein the nozzle comprises:
- a nozzle wall along which the combustion products flow;
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- a heat-conducting portion positioned to transfer heat from the combustion products flowing through the nozzle away from the nozzle wall.
A method of cooling a feedstock reactor, comprising:
- flowing a feedstock into a reaction chamber connected to a combustion chamber;
- flowing a combustible gas mixture into the combustion chamber;
- combusting the combustible gas mixture in the combustion chamber to generate combustion products that flow into the reaction chamber via a nozzle, mix with the feedstock, and cause decomposition of the feedstock;
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- cooling a nozzle wall of the nozzle by using a heat-conducting portion of the nozzle to transfer heat from the combustion products flowing through the nozzle away from the nozzle wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.