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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Michael Joseph Bowe, Preston, GB;
Michael Joseph Bowe, Preston, GB;
CompactGTL plc, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB;
Abstract
A compact catalytic reactor defines a multiplicity of first and second flow channels arranged alternately in the reactor, for carrying first and second fluids, respectively, wherein at least the first fluids undergo a chemical reaction. Each first flow channel containing a removable gas-permeable catalyst structure () incorporating a metal substrate, the catalyst structure defining flow paths therethrough, with catalytic material on at least some surfaces of each such path. The catalyst structure also incorporates a multiplicity of projecting resilient lugs () which support the catalyst structure () spaced away from at least one adjacent wall of the channel ().