US 12,012,558 B1
Microchannel reactors for catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbon fuels
Guanghui Zhu, Dhahran (SA); Maryam M. Al-Taher, Dammam (SA); and Christos Kalamaras, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/065,961.
Int. Cl. C10G 27/04 (2006.01); B01J 12/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 27/04 (2013.01) [B01J 12/007 (2013.01); B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); B01J 31/0247 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00835 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0086 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00867 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00869 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00873 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00889 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00905 (2013.01); C10G 2300/307 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4006 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4012 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4018 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4081 (2013.01); C10G 2300/70 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reforming a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, the system comprising:
a microchannel reactor comprising a microchannel, where the microchannel has a microchannel inlet, a microchannel outlet, at least one wall, and a catalyst deposited on the at least one wall of the microchannel, where:
the at least one wall defines an interior cavity; and
the catalyst comprises N-Hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI);
a heat transfer system configured to actively transfer heat across the at least one wall of the microchannel; and
a microstatic mixer upstream of the microchannel, where the microstatic mixer has a microstatic mixer inlet and microstatic mixer outlet, and where the microstatic mixer outlet is in fluid communication with the microchannel inlet and where the microstatic mixer inlet is fluidly coupled to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel source and an oxygen containing gas source.