COMPACT FT COMBINED WITH MICRO-FIBROUS SUPPORTED NANO-CATALYST

• US 20130216445A1
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ceramatec, Inc.
• Inventors: Hartvigsen, Joseph J., Elangovan, S., Frost, Lyman Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 9,162,935 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/198
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00194 Tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/026 comprising nanocatalysts
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/0002 Plants assembled from modules joined together
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 35/23 in a colloidal state
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 35/58 Fabrics or filaments
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 8/067 Heating or cooling the reactor B01J8/062 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C07C 1/041 Reactors
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2/33 characterised by the catalyst used
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2/341 with stationary catalyst bed
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 7/0025 the conduits for one medium or the conduits for both media being flat tubes or arrays of tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 1/12 the means being only outside the tubular element
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 13/003 by using permeable mass, perforated or porous materials F28F13/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 7/02 Blocks traversed by passages for heat-exchange media F28D7/0008 takes precedence

Abstract

A Fischer Tropsch (“FT”) unit includes at least one FT reactor tube. The FT reactor tube is configured to convert syngas into one or more hydrocarbon products. Inside the tube is a nano-sized catalyst particles dispersed in a micro-fibrous substrate. The FT reactor tube may be positioned within a cooling block that may be made of aluminum or another metal. The cooling block includes an aperture, wherein the FT reactor tube is housed within the aperture. At least one cooling channel is located on the cooling block. The cooling channel houses at least one cooling tube that is designed to dissipate the heat produced by the FT reaction.

Claims

1. An Fischer Tropsch (“

FT”

) unit comprising;

an FT reactor tube configured to convert syngas into one or more hydrocarbon products, the tube comprising;

catalyst particles dispersed in a micro-fibrous substrate.

2. The FT unit of claim 1, further comprising a cooling block, wherein the cooling block comprises an aperture, wherein the reactor tube is housed within the aperture.

3. The FT unit of claim 2, further comprising at least one cooling channel, wherein each cooling channel houses at least one cooling tube.

4. The FT unit of claim 3, wherein the cooling block is made of aluminum.

5. The FT unit of claim 3, wherein the at least one cooling channel is positioned proximate the corners of the cooling block.

6. A cooling block comprising:

at least one aperture, wherein each aperture is sized to receive a Fischer Tropsch (“

FT”

) reactor tube; and

at least one cooling channel, wherein each cooling channel sized to receive a cooling tube.

7. The cooling block of claim 6, wherein the cooling block comprises at least one male connector extension and at least one female connector opening.

8. The cooling block of claim 7, wherein the at least one male connector extension and the at least one female connector opening are configured to allow the cooling block to be connected and/or daisy-chained to one or more additional cooling blocks.

9. The cooling block of claim 8, wherein the cooling block is used with nano-sized catalyst particles dispersed in a micro-fibrous substrate.