US 11,731,872 B2
Hydrogen generation systems
Herbert Lee Nigg, Los Ranchos, NM (US); Robert Charles Moore, Edgewood, NM (US); Millicent Capstaff, Raeford, NC (US); Ranko P. Bontchev, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Viswanath Krishnamoorthy, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to BAYOTECH, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by BayoTech, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/821,676.
Prior Publication US 2021/0292164 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C01B 3/16 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 3/16 (2013.01) [B01J 15/005 (2013.01); B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); B01J 19/242 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00069 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00076 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00099 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00117 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0288 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0883 (2013.01)] 47 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water gas shift (WGS) reactor system comprising:
a housing;
a reaction tube disposed in the housing, wherein a reaction channel is defined within the reaction tube and a cooling fluid channel is defined between the housing and the reaction tube, wherein an outlet of the cooling fluid channel is configured to be in fluid communication with an inlet of a steam methane reformer (SMR);
a catalyst disposed in the reaction channel, the catalyst configured to catalyze a hydrogen generation reaction; and
a heat transfer material disposed in the reaction channel, in which the heat transfer material comprises a foam.