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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Maxim Lyubovsky, Fairfax, VA (US);
Jonathan D. Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Subir Roychoudhury, Madison, CT (US);
Maxim Lyubovsky, Fairfax, VA (US);
Jonathan D. Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for the gasification of liquid fuels, involving: (a) a nozzle for atomizing and feeding a liquid fuel into a mixing region; (b) an inlet for feeding an oxidizer into the mixing region; (c) the mixing region for mixing the atomized fuel with the oxidizer; (d) a radiation hot box for vaporizing the liquid fuel, the radiation hot box comprising an ignition source positioned inside coiled catalytic reactor; (e) the coiled catalytic reactor comprising a coiled metal screen providing for a radial flow path from an inner diameter to an outer diameter of the coiled metal screen and providing for a plurality of void volumes in random order along the flow path from the inner diameter to the outer diameter; and (f) an outlet for exiting a gaseous reformate.