US 3,945,806 AGranted

Reactor-generator

AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company

InventorsNorman F. Costello, Neal A. Cook

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Abstract

A high temperature reactor-generator apparatus comprising a pressure vessel defined by walls including side walls with the vessel including a lower section and an upper section, a conduit member or tube within the vessel having sides spaced from the pressure walls and open upper and lower ends, a partition intermediate the upper and lower ends of the conduit spanning the space between the vessel and the conduit and dividing the vessel into an upper reactor chamber and a lower reactor chamber, heating means for supplying heat to the lower reactor chamber adjacent to the bottom thereof, restricted flow means for providing a restricted flow passage dividing the lower reactor chamber into an intermediate preheat section essentially above the heating means and a heating section essentially at the heating means, fluid introducing means for introducing a fluid reactant medium into the intermediate section for flow in the intermediate section, through the restricted passage into the heating passage and upwardly in the conduit into the upper reactor chamber and means for moving the reaction products from the upper reactor chamber.

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A high temperature reactor-generator apparatus, comprising:

a pressure vessel defined by walls including side walls, said vessel including a lower section and an upper section;
a conduit member within said vessel having sides spaced from the pressure vessel walls and open upper and lower ends;
a combined partition means and mounting flange for said conduit member located intermediate to said upper and lower ends of said conduit member and extending to said side walls and spanning the space between the vessel and the conduit member for dividing the vessel into an upper reactor chamber located laterally outwardly of said conduit member upper end and a lower reactor chamber, said lower section and said upper section comprising said lower and upper reactor chambers;
resilient sealing means for resiliently sealing together said partition means and said upper and lower vessel sections;
heating means for supplying heat to said lower reactor chamber adjacent to the bottom end thereof;
restricted flow means for providing a restricted flow passage dividing said lower reactor chamber into an intermediate, preheat section essentially above said heating means and a heating section essentially at said heating means;
fluid introducing means for introducing a fluid reactant medium into said intermediate, preheat section for flow in said intermediate, preheat section, through said restricted passage into said heating section and upwardly in said conduit member into said upper reactor chamber;
and means for removing reaction products from said upper reactor chamber.

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