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US 4,965,052 AGranted
Integrated product generation and catalytic product synthesis in an engine-reactor
AssigneeAtlantic Richfield Company
InventorsFrank E. Lowther, William M. Bohon
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Abstract
A process of synthesizing an end product within an integrated engine-reactor wherein an initial product, e.g., syngas, is generated within a first chamber of the engine-reactor. This product is contacted with a catalyst in a second chamber within the engine-reactor to catalytically synthesize an end product, e.g., methanol, which is then expanded within the engine-reactor to rapidly cool the end product before it is exhausted from the engine-reactor.
Claims6
An integrated engine-reactor for converting a reactant and an oxidizer to an end product comprising:
- a first chamber therein, said first chamber comprises a cylinder in said engine-reactor having a reciprocating piston therein and a cylinder head thereon;
- means for igniting said reactant and oxidizer in said first chamber to produce an initial product therein;
- a second chamber in fluid communication with said first chamber to receive said initial product therefrom, said second chamber adapted to be filled with a catalytic material which upon contact with said initial product will catalytically synthesize said end product;
- a third chamber in fluid communication with said second chamber adapted to receive said end product wherein said end product expands to thereby cool said end product;
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- means to exhaust said expanded end product from said engine-reactor.
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