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US 9,943,818 B2Granted
Steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor
AssigneeAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsBo Jin, Wenyuan Li, Xianming Jimmy Li, William Robert Licht
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Abstract
Steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor with a reformer tube containing ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets have a porous support comprising one or more of alumina, calcium aluminate, and magnesium aluminate. The metal foam particles comprise Fe and/or Ni. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles may be layered or interspersed.
Claims17
A steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor comprising:
- a reformer tube;
- a plurality of ceramic-supported catalyst pellets each ceramic-supported catalyst pellet comprising a catalyst material and having a porous support comprising one or more of alumina, calcium aluminate, and magnesium aluminate;
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- a plurality of metal foam particles, each metal foam particle comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe and Ni;
- wherein the plurality of ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and the plurality of metal foam particles form a packed bed region within the reformer tube;
- and wherein each of the plurality of the plurality of metal foam particles has a pore volume in a range of 0.2 cm3/g to 13 cm3/g.
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