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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Jeremy Thomas Freeman, Durham, NC (US);
Eric Baker Howell, Durham, NC (US);
Jeremy Thomas Freeman, Durham, NC (US);
Eric Baker Howell, Durham, NC (US);
Cormetech, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention, in some embodiments, provides catalyst modules and/or catalytic reactors having increased effective catalyst cross-sectional areas. In some embodiments, a catalyst module comprises a fluid stream inlet side comprising a plurality of first catalyst bodies and a plurality of first ducts and a fluid stream outlet side comprising a plurality of second catalyst bodies and a plurality of second ducts, wherein the first ducts are a fluid stream inlet to the second catalyst bodies and the second ducts are a fluid stream outlet for the first catalyst bodies.