Method of catalytic reaction
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsSteven W. Burd, Meredith B. Colket, III
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Abstract
A method of combusting a catalyzed hydrocarbon fuel comprising providing a first fluid and a second fluid, at least one of said fluids comprising a mixture of a hydrocarbon fuel with an air stream, passing the first fluid into one or more catalytic tubes of a catalytic reactor, and passing the second fluid adjacent the catalytic tubes in a chamber of a catalytic reactor. A varying tube cross section to modify the flow of one of the fluids is provided for at least a portion of the tube. The flow of the first fluid leaving the catalytic tubes is mixed with the second fluid and combusted.
Claims7
A method of combusting a catalyzed hydrocarbon fuel, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of fluids, at least one of said fluids comprising a mixture of a hydrocarbon fuel with an air stream;
- passing the mixture into a plurality of catalytic tubes of a catalytic reactor;
- passing the remainder of the plurality of fluids excluding the mixture adjacent the catalytic tubes in a chamber of a catalytic reactor;
- providing, for at least a portion of each of the plurality of tube, a varying tube cross section to modify the flow of one of the fluids;
- mixing the flow of the plurality of fluids leaving the catalytic tubes;
- combusting a second mixture consisting essentially of the plurality of fluids leaving the catalytic tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.