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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Pasco, WA (US);
Yong Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Sean P. Fitzgerald, Richland, WA (US);
Jennifer L. Marco, Pasco, WA (US);
Gary L. Roberts, West Richland, WA (US);
David P. Vanderwiel, Richland, WA (US);
Robert S. Wegeng, Richland, WA (US);
Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich, Pasco, WA (US);
Yong Wang, Richland, WA (US);
Sean P. Fitzgerald, Richland, WA (US);
Jennifer L. Marco, Pasco, WA (US);
Gary L. Roberts, West Richland, WA (US);
David P. Vanderwiel, Richland, WA (US);
Robert S. Wegeng, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a chemical reactor for catalytic chemical reactions having gas phase reactants. The chemical reactor has reactor microchannels for flow of at least one reactant and at least one product, and a catalyst material wherein the at least one reactant contacts the catalyst material and reacts to form the at least one product. The improvement, according to the present invention is: the catalyst material is on a porous material having a porosity that resists bulk flow therethrough and permits molecular diffusion therein. The porous material further has a length, a width and a thickness, the porous material defining at least a portion of one wall of a bulk flow path through which the at least one reactant passes.