Heat pipe methanator

Patent · Tue Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:862605

Ranken, William A ^[1]; Kemme, Joseph E ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

A heat pipe methanator for converting coal gas to methane. Gravity return heat pipes are employed to remove the heat of reaction from the methanation promoting catalyst, transmitting a portion of this heat to an incoming gas pre-heat section and delivering the remainder to a steam generating heat exchanger.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3971634
• Application Number: 05/571,655
• OSTI ID: 862605
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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