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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2022
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Divyaraj Desai, Hayward, CA (US);
Todd Karin, Fairfield, CA (US);
Jessica Louis Baker Rivest, Palo Alto, CA (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to decompose a hydrocarbon reactant into a gaseous product and a solid product includes a reactor volume, a reservoir of liquid material, a plurality of nozzles connected to the reservoir of liquid material, the plurality of nozzles configured to distribute the liquid material into the reactor volume from the reservoir as a liquid mist, a gas inlet connected to a hydrocarbon gas source to receive hydrocarbon gas reactant, a distributor connected to the inlet to distribute the hydrocarbon gas reactant into the reactor volume, a heat source located adjacent the reactor volume configured to heat the reactor volume, a separator to separate the solid product from the liquid material, a re-circulation path connected between the reactor volume and the reservoir to re-circulate the liquid material from the reactor volume to the reservoir, a gas outlet connected to the reactor volume configured to outlet hydrogen gas from the reactor volume, and at least one filter connected to the gas outlet to remove entrained solid product from the hydrogen gas.