US 12,337,290 B2
Electrical coupler for resistively heated reactor systems
Branko Zugic, Cambridge, MA (US); Joseph Rodden, Cambridge, MA (US); Theo Amendola, Cambridge, MA (US); Zachary Modest, Cambridge, MA (US); and Joseph Benjamin, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Lydian Labs, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Lydian Labs, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/758,642.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/524,468, filed on Jun. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001381 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B01J 8/06 (2006.01); B01J 12/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 12/007 (2013.01) [B01J 8/067 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00415 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0809 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0815 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal reactor comprising:
a reaction module comprising:
a vessel;
a first electrode;
a catalytic element; and
a second electrode;
wherein the catalytic element is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode, second electrode, and vessel each comprises substantially the same cross-sectional perimeter, wherein the catalytic element is resistively heated to a temperature greater than about 1000° C. by an electrical current provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first and second electrode determine a flow distribution of fluid through the catalytic element.