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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Pavol Pranda, Hockessin, DE (US);
Robert A. Gagliano, Cochranville, PA (US);
Tony M K Thampan, Bear, DE (US);
Inventors:
Pavol Pranda, Hockessin, DE (US);
Robert A. Gagliano, Cochranville, PA (US);
Tony M K Thampan, Bear, DE (US);
Assignee:
American Air Liquide, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B01J 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved reactor tube which includes a reactor tube, wherein the reactor tube is at least partially filled with at least one porous media catalyst, and at least one shape memory alloy element located within the reactor tube, wherein; at a first temperature, the shape memory alloy element has a first configuration, at a second temperature, the shape memory alloy element has a second configuration is provided.