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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Tadahiro Ohmi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Koji Kawada, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanabe, Iruma, JP;
Nobukazu Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yukio Minami, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An improved reactor for generating water from hydrogen and oxygen which allows production of moisture at a high conversion rate exceeding 99 percent with the temperature kept under some 400° C. inside the reactor shell (,) and with the water vapor production being more than 1,000 sccm. One form of the reactor (FIG. 1) according to the invention is constructed with a closed cylinder divided into two compartments by an interior partition, a first reactor structural component (,) and a second reactor structural component (,), united to define a sealed interior space (,). The sealed interior space (,) of the reactor shell (,) is partitioned by a diffusion filter (,) into a first chamber (,) provided with an inlet reflector unit (,) and a second chamber (,) provided with an outlet reflector-diffuser unit (,). On the inside surface of the second reactor structural component (,) is formed a platinum coated catalyst layer (,). The inlet reflector unit (,) comprises a cylindrical casing (,) mounted over a starting material gas feed port (,) on the inside surface of the first reactor structural component (,), side openings (,) formed in the casing (,) and a reflector (,) closing the open end of the casing (,). The outlet reflector-diffuser unit (,) has a cylindrical casing (,) fixed over a water vapor gas outlet port (,) on the inside surface of the second reactor structural component (,), side openings (,) formed in the casing, a reflector (,) closing the open end of the casing (,), an outlet diffusion filter (,) provided inside the casing (,) and a platinum coated catalyst layer (,) formed on the outlet diffusion filter (,).