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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Yunquan Liu, Katy, TX (US);
Curtis L. Krause, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin H. Nguyen, Missouri City, TX (US);
Yunquan Liu, Katy, TX (US);
Curtis L. Krause, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin H. Nguyen, Missouri City, TX (US);
Texaco Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a hybrid combustor, such as an anode tailgas oxidizer (ATO), for fuel processing applications which combines both flame and catalytic type burners. The hybrid combustor of the present invention combines the advantages of both flame and catalytic type burners. The flame burner component of the hybrid combustor is used during start-up for the preheating of the catalytic burner component. As soon as the catalytic burner bed is preheated or lit off, the flame burner will be shut off. Optionally, the hybrid combustor may also include an integrated heat recovery unit located downstream of the catalytic burner for steam generation and for the preheating of the feed for a reformer, such as an autothermal reformer.