US 12,478,940 B2
Methane cracking apparatus
Jung Han Yu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Joo Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yu Kwon Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyung Tak Seo, Seoul (KR); Jin A Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Young Jae Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,471.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0031674 (KR), filed on Mar. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285921 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B01J 12/00 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 10/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/18 (2006.01); C01B 3/26 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 12/005 (2013.01) [B01J 4/004 (2013.01); B01J 4/008 (2013.01); B01J 10/005 (2013.01); B01J 19/0066 (2013.01); B01J 19/1812 (2013.01); C01B 3/26 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00006 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00166 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00189 (2013.01); B01J 2219/002 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00761 (2013.01); B01J 2219/185 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0277 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1088 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A methane cracking apparatus comprising:
a supply pipeline configured to supply a gas;
a reactor having an interior space;
a catalyst for decomposing the gas is disposed in the interior space;
an agitator provided in the interior space and configured to agitate a material in the interior space;
a first discharge pipeline connected to the reactor and configured to discharge decomposition materials generated as the gas is decomposed; and
a second discharge pipeline connected to the reactor configured to discharge the decomposition materials, and disposed on an upper side of the first discharge pipeline,
wherein the agitator includes:
a rotary shaft extending upwards and downwards; and
a blade coupled to the rotary shaft, disposed in the interior space, and configured to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the rotary shaft,
wherein the blade as a spiral shape extending upwards and downwards while the rotary shaft is taken proximate to a center of the blade; and
wherein the first discharge pipeline is located on a lower side of an upper end of the blade.