US 12,359,872 B2
Furnace, fluid feed component, fluid reforming system and method of reforming a fluid
Johan Francois Brand, Pretoria (ZA); and Bernard De Waal Esterhuyse, Pretoria (ZA)
Assigned to BURNSTAR TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD, Mpumalanga (ZA)
Appl. No. 17/761,499
Filed by BURNSTAR TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD, Mpumalanga (ZA)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/058714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/053602, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019/06187 (ZA), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364791 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F27D 3/16 (2006.01); C22B 9/02 (2006.01); F27D 3/15 (2006.01)
CPC F27D 3/1563 (2013.01) [C22B 9/02 (2013.01); C22B 9/023 (2013.01); F27D 3/16 (2013.01); F27D 2003/166 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A furnace comprising:
a vessel that defines a chamber therein for holding a body of liquid;
a fluid inlet for introducing a fluid into the chamber below an intended level of the body of liquid to cause the fluid to interact with the liquid and to migrate therethrough towards an outlet for discharging a product of the interaction from the chamber; and
a liquid circulation passage having a weir which is operatively located at a predefined vertical height from a bottom of the furnace so as to form the intended level of the body of liquid, and a port which is located remote from the weir and in fluid communication with the fluid inlet so as to enable the liquid to flow over the weir through the liquid circulation passage and through the port,
wherein the furnace is operable as a fluid reformer and arranged to cause the fluid to break down into one or more of its constituent elements.