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Title: Ceramic oxygen transport membrane array reactor and reforming method

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1331339

The invention relates to a commercially viable modular ceramic oxygen transport membrane reforming reactor configured using repeating assemblies of oxygen transport membrane tubes and catalytic reforming reactors.

Research Organization:
Praxair, Inc., Danbury, CT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-07NT43088
Assignee:
PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Danbury, CT)
Patent Number(s):
9,486,765
Application Number:
14/508,344
OSTI ID:
1331339
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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