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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Michael Roy Powell, Kennewick, WA (US);
Charles J. Call, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael Roy Powell, Kennewick, WA (US);
Charles J. Call, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Intelligent Energy, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A hydrogen generation apparatus employs a thermocatalytic reactor () formed of a top plate (), a bottom plate (), and a reactor core () disposed between the top an bottom plates. The reactor core has a reaction surface () and a combustion surface (), each surface having a raised periphery defining opposing ends (and) and opposing sides (and). The reaction surface () and the top plate () together define a reaction chamber and the combustion surface () and the bottom plate () together define a combustion chamber. The reaction core () has a first set of a plurality of spaced apart, substantially straight radiating fins () extending from the reaction surface () and a second set of a plurality of spaced part, substantially straight radiating fins () extending from the combustion surface (). The first set of fins () defining a plurality of reaction channels (), while the second set of fins () defines a plurality of combustion channels () running parallel to the opposing sides (and) and is spaced apart from the opposing ends (and).