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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Joel M. Desjardins, Vernon, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
Dennis E. Walsh, Richboro, PA (US);
William C. Pfefferle, Madison, CT (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Joel M. Desjardins, Vernon, CT (US);
David Spence, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
Dennis E. Walsh, Richboro, PA (US);
William C. Pfefferle, Madison, CT (US);
Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling the operating temperature of a catalytic reactor using a closed-loop system that provides for varying the reactor input and other operating parameters in order to maintain the operating temperature of the reactor at or near the initial setpoint temperature for operation of the reactor. In one example, maximum and minimum operating temperatures with a catalytic partial oxidation reactor are controlled, as well as maintaining control over the corresponding minimum required ratio of oxygen atoms to carbon atoms, such that the operating temperature within the reactor is maintained below the material limits but above threshold temperatures for coking.