Fuel reformers utilizing Taylor Vortex Flows
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May 29, 2012
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Dec 30, 2010
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May 20, 2010
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Abstract
Steam, partial oxidation and pyrolytic fuel reformers (14 or 90) with rotating cylindrical surfaces (18, 24 or 92, 96) that generate Taylor Vortex Flows (28 or 98) and Circular Couette Flows (58, 99) for extracting hydrogen from hydrocarbon fuels such as methane (CH4), methanol (CH3OH), ethanol (C2H5OH), propane (C3H8), butane (C4H10), octane (C8H18), kerosene (C12H26) and gasoline and hydrogen-containing fuels such as ammonia (NH3) and sodium borohydride (NaBH4) are disclosed.
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GLOBAL ENERGY SCIENCE LLC | 4170 MARIPOSA DRIVE SANTA BARBARA CA 93110 |
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- 3014 Applications Filed
- 2582 Patents Issued To-Date
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Fischel, Halbert | Santa Barbara, US | 16 | 657 |
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 657 |
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