CERAMIC OXYGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE ARRAY REACTOR AND REFORMING METHOD
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1. An oxygen transport membrane panel for transferring radiant heat to a plurality of catalytic reforming reactors, the oxygen transport membrane panel comprising:
- optionally a panel frame; and
a plurality of oxygen transport membrane repeating units arranged in a tightly packed linear or co-planar orientation;
wherein each oxygen transport membrane repeating unit comprises two or more oxygen transport membrane tubes coupled together and configured to be in fluid communication with either a feed manifold or an exhaust manifold; and
wherein each oxygen transport membrane tube having a permeate side located on an interior surface of the tube and a retentate side located on an exterior surface of the tube.
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Abstract
A commercially viable modular ceramic oxygen transport membrane reforming reactor for producing a synthesis gas that improves the thermal coupling of reactively-driven oxygen transport membrane tubes and catalyst reforming tubes required to efficiently and effectively produce synthesis gas.
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1. An oxygen transport membrane panel for transferring radiant heat to a plurality of catalytic reforming reactors, the oxygen transport membrane panel comprising:
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optionally a panel frame; and a plurality of oxygen transport membrane repeating units arranged in a tightly packed linear or co-planar orientation; wherein each oxygen transport membrane repeating unit comprises two or more oxygen transport membrane tubes coupled together and configured to be in fluid communication with either a feed manifold or an exhaust manifold; and wherein each oxygen transport membrane tube having a permeate side located on an interior surface of the tube and a retentate side located on an exterior surface of the tube. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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13. The oxygen transport membrane panel of 10 wherein the support layer of the oxygen transport membrane tubes has a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 10.0 mm and a pore size 50 microns or less.
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29. An oxygen transport membrane array module comprising;
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a frame or support structure one or more oxygen transport membrane panels supported by the frame, each panel comprising a plurality of oxygen transport membrane repeating units arranged in a tightly packed linear and co-planar orientation wherein each oxygen transport membrane repeating unit contains two or more oxygen transport membrane tubes coupled together at one end to form a multi-pass arrangement and the other end of the tubes configured to be in fluid communication with a first feed manifold or a first exhaust manifold; and one or more catalytic reforming panels attached to the frame in a juxtaposed orientation with respect to the one or more the oxygen transport membrane panels, each catalytic reforming panel comprising a plurality of reforming repeating units arranged in a tightly packed linear or co-planar orientation wherein each reforming repeating unit comprises at least one multi-pass reforming tube in fluid communication with a second feed manifold or a second exhaust manifold; and wherein the catalytic reforming panels are arranged in a plane parallel to the oxygen transport membrane panels. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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