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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph J. Hartvigsen, Kaysville, UT (US);
S. Elangovan, South Jordan, UT (US);
Lyman Joseph Frost, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
CERAMATEC, INC., Sal Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A Fischer Tropsch ('FT') unit includes at least one FT reactor tube. The FT reactor tube is configured to convert syngas into one or more hydrocarbon products. Inside the tube is a nano-sized catalyst particles dispersed in a micro-fibrous substrate. The FT reactor tube may be positioned within a cooling block that may be made of aluminum or another metal. The cooling block includes an aperture, wherein the FT reactor tube is housed within the aperture. At least one cooling channel is located on the cooling block. The cooling channel houses at least one cooling tube that is designed to dissipate the heat produced by the FT reaction.